Editing Norwich (section)

==Culture and attractions==
Historically Norwich has been associated with art, literature and publishing. This continues. It was the site of England's first provincial library, which opened in 1608, and the first city to implement the [[Public Libraries Act 1850]].<ref name=unesco10>{{Cite web |url=http://www.unesco.org.uk/uploads/Norwich%20UNESCO%20City%20of%20Literature%2010%20things.pdf |title=10 things to know about Norwich |publisher=UNESCO |date=November 2012 |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302125621/http://www.unesco.org.uk/uploads/Norwich%20UNESCO%20City%20of%20Literature%2010%20things.pdf |archive-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Norwich Post]]'' was the first provincial newspaper outside London, founded in 1701.<ref name=unesco10/> The [[Norwich School (art movement)|Norwich School]] of artists was the first provincial art movement, with nationally acclaimed artists such as [[John Crome]] associated with the movement.{{sfn |Cundall |1920}} Other literary firsts include [[Julian of Norwich]]'s ''[[Revelations of Divine Love]]'', published in 1395, which was the first book written in the English language by a woman, and the first poem written in [[blank verse]], composed by [[Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey]], in the 16th century.<ref name=unesco10/>

Today the city is a regional centre for publishing, with 5 per cent of the UK's independent publishing sector based in the city in 2012.<ref name=unesco10/> In 2006 Norwich became the UK's first City of Refuge, part of the [[International Cities of Refuge Network]] (ICORN) which promotes free speech.<ref name=unesco10/> Norwich made the shortlist for the first city to be designated [[UK City of Culture]], but in July 2010 it was announced that [[Derry]] had been selected.<ref name="Derry wins City of Culture">{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10653989 |title=Londonderry named the UK City of Culture |work=BBC News |access-date=15 July 2010 |date=15 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910160818/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-10653989 |archive-date=10 September 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2012 Norwich was designated as England's first [[UNESCO]] [[City of Literature]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18016481 |title=Norwich named as UNESCO City of Literature |publisher=BBC |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=13 September 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120801131150/http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-18016481 |archive-date=1 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Attractions===
[[File:Pulls Ferry, Norwich.jpg|thumb|left|[[Pulls Ferry, Norwich|Pulls Ferry]], once a 15th-century [[Watergate (architecture)|watergate]]]]

Norwich is a popular destination for a city break. Attractions include [[Norwich Cathedral]], the cobbled streets and museums of old Norwich, [[Norwich Castle]], [[Cow Tower, Norwich|Cow Tower]], [[Dragon Hall, Norwich|Dragon Hall]] and [[The Forum, Norwich|The Forum]]. Norwich is one of the UK's top ten shopping destinations, with a mix of chain retailers and independent stores, and [[Norwich Market]] as one of the largest outdoor markets in England.

The Forum, designed by [[Michael Hopkins (architect)|Michael Hopkins]] and Partners and opened in 2002 is a building designed to house the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, a replacement for the Norwich Central Library building which burnt down in 1994, and the regional headquarters and television centre for [[BBC East]]. In 2006–2013 it was the most visited library in the UK, with 1.3 million visits in 2013.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/11/norfolk-norwich-library-most-popular-top-20 |title=Norfolk & Norwich Millennium tops list of most popular UK libraries |first=Liz |last=Bury |newspaper=The Guardian |location=London |date=11 December 2013 |access-date=25 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303030909/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/dec/11/norfolk-norwich-library-most-popular-top-20 |archive-date=3 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> The collections contains the [[2nd Air Division]] Memorial Library, a collection of material about American culture and the American relationship with East Anglia, especially the role of the [[United States Air Force]] on UK airbases throughout the Second World War and [[Cold War]]. Much of the collection was lost in the 1994 fire, but the collection has been restored by contributions from many veterans of the war, European and American. The building also provides a venue for art exhibitions, concerts and events, although the city still lacks a dedicated concert venue.

Recent attempts to shed the backwater image of Norwich and market it as a popular tourist destination, as well as a centre for science, commerce, culture and the arts, have included refurbishment of the Norwich Castle Museum and the opening of the Forum. The proposed new slogan for Norwich as ''England's Other City'' has been the subject of much discussion and controversy. It remains to be seen whether it will be adopted. Several signs at the city's approaches still display the traditional phrase: "Norwich — a fine city".

[[File:The Forum Norwich 2015.JPG|thumb|[[The Forum, Norwich|The Forum]], housing, among other things, the Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library and the [[BBC]]'s East of England headquarters and studios]]

The city promotes its architectural heritage through a collection of notable buildings in Norwich called the "[[Norwich 12]]". The group consists of: Norwich Castle, Norwich Cathedral, the [[Great Hospital]], [[St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich|St Andrew's Hall and Blackfriars' Hall]], [[Norwich Guildhall|The Guildhall]], [[Dragon Hall, Norwich|Dragon Hall]], [[The Assembly House]], [[St James Mill]], [[St John the Baptist Cathedral, Norwich|St John the Baptist RC Cathedral]], [[Surrey House]], [[City Hall, Norwich|City Hall]] and The Forum.

===Art and music===
Each year the [[Norfolk and Norwich Festival]] celebrates the arts, drawing many visitors into the city from all over eastern England. The [[Norwich Twenty Group]], founded in 1944, presents exhibitions of its members to promote awareness of modern art. Norwich was home to the first arts festival in Britain in 1772.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nnfestival.org.uk/about_us/history |title=Norfolk & Norwich Festival – About us – History |first=Silk Pearce |last=www.silkpearce.com |access-date=28 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202093237/http://www.nnfestival.org.uk/about_us/history |archive-date=2 February 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Norwich Arts Centre]] is a notable live music venue, concert hall and theatre located in St Benedict's Street. The King of Hearts in Fye Bridge Street is another centre for art and music. Norwich has a thriving music scene based around local venues such as the University of East Anglia LCR, Norwich Arts Centre, [[The Waterfront, Norwich|The Waterfront]] and Epic Studios. Live music, mostly contemporary musical genres, is also to be heard at a number of other [[public house]] and club venues around the city. The city is host to many artists that have achieved national and international recognition such as [[Cord (band)|Cord]], [[The Kabeedies]], [[Serious Drinking]], [[Tim Bowness]], [[Sennen (band)|Sennen]], [[Magoo (band)|Magoo]], [[Let's Eat Grandma]] and [[KaitO]].

Norwich hosted [[BBC Radio 1's Big Weekend]] in 2015. The event was held on 23–24 May in Earlham Park.<ref>BBC Big Weekend Norwich [https://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160406012750/http://www.bbc.co.uk/events/ewh8q9|date=6 April 2016}} Retrieved 5 April 2016.</ref>

Established record labels in Norwich include All Sorted Records,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://allsortedrecords.com |title=All Sorted !?! Records |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120723215728/http://www.allsortedrecords.com/ |archive-date=23 July 2012 |url-status=dead |access-date=27 April 2011 |publisher=East Anglian Music Archive |others=Label owner Dudley Garner}}</ref> NR ONE,<ref>[http://www.nrone.co.uk/nrone record label]{{dead link |date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}} Retrieved 2 March 2010.</ref> [[Hungry Audio]] and Burning Shed.

The British artist [[Stella Vine]] lived in Norwich from the age of seven,<ref name="Vine Times">{{Cite news |author=Lynn Barber |url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/08/art |title=Vine Times |work=The Guardian |access-date=13 September 2013 |location=London |date=9 July 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031060704/http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2007/jul/08/art |archive-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> including for a short while in [[Argyle Street, Norwich]] and again later in life with her son Jamie. Vine depicted the city in a large painting, ''Welcome to Norwich a fine city'' (2006).<ref name="Stella Vine at Modern Art Oxford">{{Cite web |url=https://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Press/80 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124053418/http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/Press/80 |url-status=dead |title=Modern Art Oxford |archive-date=24 January 2009 |website=www.modernartoxford.org.uk}}</ref>

===Theatres===
[[File:St Swithin's church in St Benedicts Street, Norwich.jpg|thumb|[[Norwich Arts Centre]], opened in 1977, on St Benedict's Street]]
[[File:Norwich Theatre Royal.JPG|thumb|The [[Theatre Royal, Norwich|Theatre Royal]], Norwich's largest theatre]]
[[File:NorwichPlayhouse (cropped).JPG|thumb|[[Norwich Playhouse]] on St George's Street]]

Norwich has theatres ranging in capacity from 100 to 1,300 seats and offering a wide variety of programmes. The [[Theatre Royal, Norwich|Theatre Royal]] is the largest and has been on its present site for nearly 250 years, through several rebuildings and many alterations. It has 1,300 seats and hosts a mix of national touring productions including musicals, dance, drama, family shows, stand-up comedians, opera and pop.

The [[Maddermarket Theatre]] opened in 1921 as the first permanent recreation of an [[Elizabethan theatre]]. The founder was [[Nugent Monck]] who had worked with [[William Poel]]. The theatre is a [[Shakespearean]]-style playhouse and has a [[seating capacity]] of 310. [[Norwich Puppet Theatre]] was founded in 1979 by Ray and Joan DaSilva as a permanent base for their touring company and was first opened as a public venue in 1980, following the conversion of the medieval church of St James in the heart of Norwich. Under subsequent artistic directors — Barry Smith and Luis Z. Boy — the theatre established its current pattern of operation. It is a nationally unique venue dedicated to puppetry, and currently houses a 185-seat raked auditorium, the 50-seat Octagon Studio, workshops, an exhibition gallery, shop and licensed bar. It is the only theatre in the Eastern region with a year-round programme of family-centred entertainment. [[Norwich Arts Centre]] theatre opened in 1977 in St Benedict's Street and has a capacity of 290. The [[Norwich Playhouse]], which opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 300, is a venue in the heart of the city and one of the most modern performance spaces of its size in East Anglia.

The Garage studio theatre seats up to 110 in a range of layouts, or can be used for standing events for up to 180. Platform Theatre is in the grounds of the City College Norwich. Productions are staged mainly in the autumn and summer months. The theatre is raked and seats about 250. On 20 April 2012, it held a large relaunch event with an evening performance, showcasing it with previews of coming performances and scenes from past ones.<ref>[http://www.ccn.ac.uk/news/new-building-boost-creative-arts-city-college-norwich City College Norwich] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120406070519/http://www.ccn.ac.uk/news/new-building-boost-creative-arts-city-college-norwich |date=6 April 2012}} Retrieved 23 March 2012.</ref>

The Whiffler Theatre, built in 1981, was given to the people of Norwich by the local newspaper group Eastern Daily Press. It is an open-air facility in Norwich Castle Gardens, with fixed-raked seating for up to 80 and standing for another 30 on the balcony. The stage is brick-built and has its dressing rooms set in a small building to stage left. The Whiffler mainly plays small Shakespeare productions. [[Sewell Barn Theatre]] is the smallest theatre in Norwich and has a seating capacity of just 100. The auditorium features raked seating on three sides of an open acting space. This staging helps to draw the audience closer into the performance.

Public performance spaces include the Forum in the city centre, with a large open-air [[amphitheatre]] for performances of many types throughout the year. Additionally, the [[cloister]]s of Norwich Cathedral are used for open-air performances as part of an annual Shakespeare festival.<ref>[http://www.cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/shakespeare-in-the-cloisters-2013-tour.aspx Shakespeare in the cloisters] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130121155413/http://www.cathedral.org.uk/whats-on/shakespeare-in-the-cloisters-2013-tour.aspx |date=21 January 2013}} Retrieved 13 December 2012.</ref>

===Museums===
Norwich has several museums to reflect the history of the city and of Norfolk, and wider interests. The largest, Norwich Castle Museum, has extensive collections of archaeological finds from Norfolk, art (including a fine collection of paintings by the [[Norwich School (art movement)|Norwich School of painters]]), ceramics (including the largest collection of British teapots), silver, and natural history. Of particular interest are dioramas of Norfolk scenery showing wildlife and landscape. It has been much remodelled to enhance the display of the collections and hosts frequent temporary exhibitions of art and other subjects.<ref>[http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Norwich_Castle/index.htm Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110505054034/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Norwich_Castle/index.htm |date=5 May 2011}} – Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery.</ref>

[[File:Dragon Hall, Norwich.jpg|thumb|Dragon Hall, Norwich, a medieval merchant's house. Taken on the 2006 Sponsored Bike Ride for The Norfolk Churches Trust, 2006-09-09. View from King Street of house front, sign hanging from iron dragon reads 'Dragon Hall'.]]

The [[Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell]] (until 2014 the Bridewell Museum) closed in 2010 for refurbishment of the building and overhaul of the displays,<ref>[http://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/content/eveningnews24/norwich-news/story.aspx?brand=ENOnline&category=News&tBrand=ENOnline&tCategory=xNews&itemid=NOED06%20May%202010%2015%3A34%3A05%3A700 Eastern Evening News]—"Work begins on Norwich Bridewell Museum"</ref> and re-opened in July 2012.<ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/re_opening_of_norwich_s_bridewell_museum_delayed_until_next_year_1_815654 Eastern Daily Press 1 March 2011] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110303031035/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/education/re_opening_of_norwich_s_bridewell_museum_delayed_until_next_year_1_815654 |date=3 March 2011}}– "Re-opening of Norwich's Bridewell Museum delayed."</ref><ref>[http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/click_clack_sound_to_return_to_norwich_after_loom_restored_during_1_5m_bridewell_revamp_1_1424120 Eastern Daily Press 28 June 2012] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705060836/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/click_clack_sound_to_return_to_norwich_after_loom_restored_during_1_5m_bridewell_revamp_1_1424120 |date=5 July 2012}}–"Click-clack sound to return to Norwich …"</ref> The several galleries and groups of displays include "Life in Norwich: Our City 1900–1945"; "Life in Norwich: Our City 1945 Onwards"; and "England's Second City" depicting Norwich in the 18th century. "Made in Norwich", "Industrious City" and "Shoemakers" have exhibits connected with historic industries of Norwich, including weaving, shoe and bootmaking, iron foundries, and manufacture of metal goods, engineering, milling, brewing, chocolate-making and other food manufacturing. "Shopping and Trading" extends from the early 19th century to the 1960s.<ref>[http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Museum_of_Norwich_at_the_Bridewell/index.htm Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150519200351/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Museum_of_Norwich_at_the_Bridewell/index.htm |date=19 May 2015}} – The Museum of Norwich at the Bridewell.</ref>

[[Strangers' Hall]], at Charing Cross, is one of the oldest buildings in Norwich: a merchant's house from the early 14th century. The many rooms are furnished and equipped in the styles of different eras, from the [[Tudor period|Early Tudor]] to the [[Victorian era|Late Victorian]]. Exhibits include costumes and textiles, domestic objects, children's toys and games and children's books. The last two collections are seen to be of national importance.<ref>[http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Strangers_Hall/index.htm Norfolk Museums and Archaeology Service website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405163020/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Strangers_Hall/index.htm |date=5 April 2011}} – Strangers' Hall.</ref>

The [[Royal Norfolk Regiment|Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum]] was, until 2011, housed in part of the former [[Shirehall, Norwich|Shirehall]], close to the castle. Although archives and the reserve collections are still held in the Shirehall, the principal museum display there closed in September 2011 and was relocated to the main Norwich Castle Museum, reopening fully in 2013.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-14292962 BBC Norfolk News 26 July 2011] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180628073914/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-14292962 |date=28 June 2018}} "-Royal Norfolk Museum Moves to Norwich Castle"</ref> It illustrates the history of the regiment from its 17th-century origins to its incorporation into the [[Royal Anglian Regiment]] in 1964, along with many aspects of its military life. There is an extensive, representative display of medals awarded to soldiers of the regiment, including two of the six [[Victoria Cross]]es won.<ref>[http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Royal_Norfolk_Regimental_Museum/index.htm Norfolk Museums – Royal Norfolk Regiment museum] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209051700/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Visit_Us/Royal_Norfolk_Regimental_Museum/index.htm |date=9 December 2013}}"- Royal Norfolk Regiment Museum at Norwich Castle.</ref><ref>[http://www.rnrm.org.uk/index.html Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081223024302/http://www.rnrm.org.uk/index.html |date=23 December 2008}} – Royal Norfolk Regimental Museum.</ref>

The [[City of Norwich Aviation Museum]] is at [[Horsham St Faith]], on the northern edge of the city, close to [[Norwich International Airport|Norwich Airport]]. It has static displays of military and civil aircraft, with various collective exhibits, including one for the [[Eighth Air Force|United States 8th Army Air Force]].<ref>[http://www.cnam.org.uk City of Norwich Aviation Museum website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190623184850/http://www.cnam.org.uk/ |date=23 June 2019}} – Aviation Museum.</ref>

[[File:Norwich - House - 1180.jpg|thumb|A house in the Cathedral close in Norwich]]

Formerly known as the John Jarrold [[Printing]] Museum, The Norwich Printing Museum covers the history of printing, with examples of printing machinery, presses, books and related equipment considered of national and international importance.<ref>[http://printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk/JarroldPressRelease.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321133036/http://printinghistoricalsociety.org.uk/JarroldPressRelease.pdf|date=21 March 2019}} "Printing Historical Society Jarrold Press Release 19 November 2018"</ref> Exhibits date from the early 19th century to the present day. Some machinery and equipment are shown in use. Many items were donated by Jarrold Printing.<ref>[http://www.johnjarroldprintingmuseum.org.uk/home.html John Jarrold Printing Museum website] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090530090547/http://www.johnjarroldprintingmuseum.org.uk/home.html |date=30 May 2009 }} – John Jarrold Printing Museum</ref> In November 2018, redevelopment plans for the museum site at Whitefriars caused uncertainty about its future.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-45764356 BBC Norfolk news 5 October 2018] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125204656/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-45764356 |date=25 November 2018}} "Norwich printing museum: Owners seek new location"</ref><ref>[https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/john-jarrold-printing-museum-in-norwich-to-relocate-1-5794094 Norwich Evening News 24 November 2018] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181125182742/https://www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/john-jarrold-printing-museum-in-norwich-to-relocate-1-5794094 |date=25 November 2018}}"Norwich printing museum to relocate amid demolition plans"</ref> The museum closed its Whitefriars premises on 23 October 2019, with a plan to relocate to the vacant medieval church of St Peter Parmentergate in King Street in 2020, but this site was later found to be unsuitable.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1169061/jarrold-museum-finds-new-home-in-norwich-church |title=Printweek 28 October 2019 "Jarrold Museum finds new home in Norwich church" |access-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030093341/https://www.printweek.com/print-week/news/1169061/jarrold-museum-finds-new-home-in-norwich-church |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john-jarrold-printing-museum-to-move-st-peter-parmentergate-church-king-street-1-6338545 |title=Eastern Daily Press 24 October 2019 New home revealed for John Jarrold Printing Museum |date=24 October 2019 |access-date=30 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030102030/https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john-jarrold-printing-museum-to-move-st-peter-parmentergate-church-king-street-1-6338545 |archive-date=30 October 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2021, the museum trustees were offered space at [[Blickling Hall]], near [[Aylsham]], and, as "The Norwich Printing Museum", it reopened there as a fully-working museum in July 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 October 2021 |title=Historic {{!}} Norwich Printing Museum {{!}} Blickling |url=https://www.norwichprintingmuseum.co.uk/|website=Norwich Printing Museum}}</ref> Whilst the museum continues in its temporary home at Blickling, as at March 2023 the trustees were seeking permanent quarters in Norwich.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Baldwin |first=Louisa |date=4 March 2023 |title=Norwich Printing Museum searching for permanent home |work=Eastern Daily Press |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/23361582.norwich-printing-museum-searching-permanent-home/ |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref> At October 2024, the search for a permanent home has continued, and the museum will be leaving its temporary home at Blickling in October 2025; by which time the trustees hope to have found a new home, preferably in Norwich.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Eastern Daily Press |date=10 October 2024 |title=Norwich Printing Museum leaving Blickling Estate in 2025 |url=https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/24643171.norwich-printing-museum-leaving-blickling-estate-2025/}}</ref>

[[Dragon Hall, Norwich|Dragon Hall]] in King Street exemplifies a medieval merchants' trading hall. Mostly dating from about 1430, it is unique in Western Europe. In 2006 the building underwent restoration. Its architecture is complemented by displays on the history of the building and its role in Norwich through the ages. The Norwich Castle Study Centre at the Shirehall in Market Avenue has some important collections, including one of more than 20,000 costume and textile items built up over some 130 years and previously kept in other Norwich museums. Although not a publicly open museum in the usual sense, items are accessible to the public, students and researchers by prior appointment.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-here/norwich-castle-study-centre |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190720135458/https://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/norwich-castle/whats-here/norwich-castle-study-centre |url-status=dead |title=Norwich Castle Study Centre - Norfolk Museums |archive-date=20 July 2019 |website=www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk}}</ref>

===Entertainment===
Norwich has three cinema complexes. [[Odeon Cinemas|Odeon]] Norwich is located in the Riverside Leisure Centre, [[Vue Cinemas|Vue]] inside the Castle Mall and previously the Hollywood Cinema (closed 2019)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hollywood Cinemas close after 30 years |url=https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-02-07/hollywood-cinemas-close-after-30-years/ |website=ITV news |access-date=7 June 2020 |date=7 February 2019 |archive-date=7 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200607135713/https://www.itv.com/news/anglia/2019-02-07/hollywood-cinemas-close-after-30-years/ |url-status=live}}</ref> at [[Anglia Square Shopping Centre, Norwich|Anglia Square]], north of the city centre. [[Norwich Cinema City|Cinema City]] is an art-house cinema showing non-mainstream productions, operated by [[Picturehouse Cinemas|Picturehouse]] in St Andrews Street opposite [[St Andrew's and Blackfriars' Hall, Norwich|St Andrew's Hall]], whose patron was actor [[John Hurt]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john_hurt_announced_as_new_patron_of_norwich_s_cinema_city_1_1996857 |title=John Hurt announced as new patron of Norwich's Cinema City |date=29 March 2013 |first=Sabbah |last=Meddings |newspaper=Eastern Daily Press |access-date=26 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302005732/http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/john_hurt_announced_as_new_patron_of_norwich_s_cinema_city_1_1996857 |archive-date=2 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Norwich has a large number of pubs throughout the city. Prince of Wales Road in the city centre, running from the Riverside district near Norwich railway station to Norwich Castle, is home to many of them, along with bars and clubs.

===Media and film===
[[File:A Saturday in Norwich (14998715671) (cropped).jpg|thumb|Anglia House, the headquarters of Anglia Television, today [[ITV Anglia]]]]

Norwich is the headquarters of BBC East, its presence in the East of England, and [[BBC Radio Norfolk]], ''[[BBC Look East]]'', ''Inside Out'' and ''[[The Politics Show]]'' are broadcast from studios in The Forum. [[Independent radio]] stations based in Norwich include [[Heart East]], [[Smooth East Anglia]], [[Greatest Hits Radio Norfolk and North Suffolk]], and the University of East Anglia's Livewire 1350, an online station. A community station, [[Future Radio]], was launched on 6 August 2007.

[[ITV Anglia]], formerly [[Anglia Television]], is based in Norwich. Although one of the smaller ITV companies, it supplied the network with some of its most popular shows such as ''[[Tales of the Unexpected (TV series)|Tales of the Unexpected]]'', ''[[Survival (TV series)|Survival]]'' and ''[[Sale of the Century (UK game show)|Sale of the Century]]'' (1971–1983), which began each edition with John Benson's enthusiastic announcement: "And now from Norwich, it's the quiz of the week!" The company also had a subsidiary called Anglia Multimedia, which produced educational content on CD and DVD mainly for schools, and was one of the three companies, along with [[Granada TV]] and the [[BBC]] vying for the right to produce a digital television station for English schools and colleges.

Launched in 1959, Anglia Television lost its independence in 1994 with a takeover by [[Meridian Broadcasting]]. Subsequent mergers have seen it reduced from a significant producer of programmes to a regional news centre. The company is still based in Anglia House, the former Norfolk and Norwich Agricultural Hall, on Agricultural Hall Plain near Prince of Wales Road.

Despite the contraction of Anglia, television production in Norwich has by no means ended. Anglia's former network production centre at Magdalen Street has been taken over by Norfolk County Council and revamped. After a total investment of £4 million from the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) it has re-opened as Epic Studios (East of England Production Innovation Centre). Degree courses in film and video are run at the centre by Norwich University of the Arts. Epic has commercial, broadcast-quality post-production facilities, a real-time virtual studio and a smaller HD discussion studio. The main studio opened as an HD facility in November 2008, when it began concentrating on the development of new TV formats and has worked on pilot shows.

[[Archant]] publishes two dailies in Norwich, the ''[[Norwich Evening News]]'' and the regional ''[[Eastern Daily Press]]'' (EDP). It had its own television operation, [[Mustard TV]], which closed after being bought out by the [[That's TV]] group. Mustard TV is now [[That's Norfolk]].

The character of [[Alan Partridge]] in the sitcom ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'' (1997–2002) and the comedy film ''[[Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa]]'' (2013) is a Norwich broadcaster played by [[Steve Coogan]].

===Esoteric associations===
Because Norwich was England's second city in the medieval and Renaissance periods, it has some little acknowledged, but significant associations with [[esoteric]] spirituality. It was the home of [[William Cuningham]], a physician who published ''An Invective Epistle in Defense of Astrologers'' in 1560.<ref>Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers by Michael Bryan, edited by Robert Edmund Graves and Sir Walter Armstrong, an 1886–1889 publication now in the public domain.</ref> The [[Elizabethan era|Elizabethan]] dramatist [[Robert Greene (dramatist)|Robert Greene]], author of [[Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay]], was born in Norwich in 1558. The city was the retirement residence of [[Arthur Dee]] (died Norwich, 1651), eldest son of the alchemist [[John Dee]].{{sfn |Fleay |1891 |pp=251–252}}<ref>Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, Volume 14</ref>

[[File:St John the Baptist Church - The Layer Monument.jpg|thumb|The Layer Monument, marble polychrome {{Circa|1600}}]]

Norwich was the residence of the physician and [[hermeticism|hermetic]] philosopher Sir [[Thomas Browne]], author of ''[[The Garden of Cyrus]]'' (1658). Many influential esoteric titles are listed as once in Browne's [[Library of Sir Thomas Browne#Esoteric|library]].<ref>Catalogue of the libraries of Sir Thomas Browne and his son Edward Browne, edited with an introduction by J. S. Finch E. J. Brill Publications 1986.</ref> His coffin-plate, on display at the church of [[St Peter Mancroft]], alludes to [[Paracelsian]] medicine and alchemy. Translated from Latin it reads, "Great Virtues, ...sleeping here the dust of his [[spagyric]] body converts the lead to gold." Browne was also a significant figure in the history of [[physiognomy]].

The [[Church of St John Maddermarket]]'s graveyard includes the Crabtree headstone, which has the pre-Christian symbol of the [[Ouroboros]] along with [[Masonic]] [[Square and Compasses]] carved upon it. Within the church is [[the Layer Monument]], a rare example of an alchemical [[mandala]] in European funerary art.{{sfn|Faulkner|2013}}

From 1787 the congregation of the [[New Jerusalem Church]] of [[Swedenborgians]], followers of the mystic [[Emanuel Swedenborg]], worshipped at the [[St Mary the Less, Norwich|Church of St Mary the Less]]; in 1852 they moved to Park Lane, Norwich to establish the Swedenborgian Chapel.<ref>[http://www.norwich-churches.org/St%20Mary%20the%20Less/home.shtm Norwich historic churches – St Mary the Less] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131016080407/http://www.norwich-churches.org/St%20Mary%20the%20Less/home.shtm |date=16 October 2013}} Retrieved 9 October 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichsweden/norwichsweden.htm Norfolk Churches – Swedenborgian Chapel] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121029002119/http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichsweden/norwichsweden.htm |date=29 October 2012}} Retrieved 8 October 2013.</ref>