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The Wherry Ardea: From the Norfolk Broads to Paris

Generally, in this column I write about Norfolk characters – some famous, some infamous, and some not widely known at all.

31.08.2025 6

Eastern Daily Press

Chris Armstrong

The Norfolk musical prodigy to rival Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in 1756, was renowned as a child prodigy. He could play the harpsichord at the age of 3 and was touring to perform...

04.05.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Chris Armstrong

How a Norfolk rector’s son’s surname was added to the dictionary

Boycott was born in the parsonage at Burgh St Peter, where his father was rector. It was a family living, several generations of Boycotts succeeding...

02.03.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Chris Armstrong

Four generations of a Norfolk family who found fame in the stage

From the 1780s to the 1880s four generations of one remarkable Norfolk family delighted theatre audiences and found fame, not just in East Anglia, but...

09.02.2025 10

Eastern Daily Press

Chris Armstrong