Halsgrove Publishing: Norfolk: Exploring the Land of Wide Skies, Norfolk, 9780857040817

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In this beautifully crafted book two locals set out to explore the county through words and photographs in order to bring to the reader, be they local or visitor, the best places in Norfolk to investigate for themselves. There’s no other place like it, and no other book quite like this one, as may be seen from the author’s introduction:

“‘Very Flat, Norfolk’. So said Noel Coward.Yes, Noel, the land IS generally flat, but it is not possible to come up with a valid sentence that summarises the character of whole county. Easier to say what it is NOT. Not one inch of it is twee or chocolate-boxy. It is not a comfortable, sweet place.

Yes, statements can be made about individual places: The city of Norwich is the most complete medieval city in the Kingdom. The northern coast is beautiful beyond description with some internationally important bird sanctuaries. The Broads are indeed, to quote Ted Ellis,‘a breathing place for the cure of souls’.

The greatest ever British Admiral, Lord Nelson, gained a first taste for the sea at Brancaster. Cromer crabs are supreme.The range of beautiful churches, laboured on by families as an act of love for generations, are wondrous and compelling. The county has stimulated an incredible amount of great literature – from The Hound of the Baskervilles by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to The Shrimp and The Anemone by L P Hartley. And so on.

Looking out to sea, at the never ending ‘highway to heaven’ in hues of pink, orange, silver, green and blue, as the sun sets of a very long evening, is a neverto- be-forgotten experience of peace and stillness. At times like this, nature seems to be saying ‘take me as I am: you don’t have to like me’. Us locals would not have it any other way. Being a ‘bit out of the way’, our county, customs, dialect and way of life have never been simple or easy to understand – no slick advertising agency can brand Norfolk as anything other than ‘Norfolk’.

That is why we love it so.”

And that is why readers will love this book.

Stephen Browning was educated in Norfolk before gaining an honours degree in History from the University of Kent at Canterbury. After training as a teacher at the University of Birmingham School of Education, he spent much of his working life promoting teacher exchanges between the United Kingdom and the overseas Commonwealth. He also worked for the Council for Education in the Commonwealth. He has written extensively about best practice in education both in the UK and the 50-plus countries of the Commonwealth. He has written, or contributed to, a number of books about the English Language, mainly for the Asian market. He spends several months each year inTaiwan.

Daniel Tink was born and still lives in Norwich, a city he knows well and continues to enjoy exploring. A graphic designer by profession, photography has given him a unique and detailed view of life through a lens. Daniel has previously provided photographs for the book Norwich in the Halsgrove Discover Series and Spirit of Norwich Cathedral, both written by Stephen Browning. Daniel is the author of Spirit of Norwich in the Halsgrove PiXZ series.

Imprint: Halsgrove. ISBN 978 0 85704 081 7, hardback, 214x230mm, 144 pages. Published June 2011.

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