Creative Walking Between Past & Present Norwich

Walk between the past and present on a sensory City adventure. Meet at St Peter's Church (Hungate Medieval Art) on Princes Street, to explore a pop-up exhibition and digital interactions that introduce you to the world of the Pastons. Then talk and walk with John Paston III and Margery Brews Paston (who wrote the earliest known Valentine's letter). Tales of passion, protest and plague come to life with interactive puzzles and challenges. The walk ends with quiet contemplation, with the Cathedral labyrinth.

All ages welcome. There is an access audit on the Paston Footprints Norwich walk page , with pictorial overview (note, there are cobbled streets and this guided walk uses the short route): https://www.pastonfootprints.co.uk/norwichheritagewalk. There is the option to extend the walk as self-guided with the free audio drama and map on the web site.

Professional actors, Norwich Cathedral, Hungate Medieval Art, Professor Holly Maples, a theatre specialist from the University of Essex, and medievalists from UEA's School of Literature are the partners hosting this free event.

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6 - 15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information, please see beinghumanfestival.org.

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