• Book Review: Mrs Pankhurst's purple feather
    I've just finished reading a fascinating book that profiles the contrasting lives of two Victorian women in their parallel quests for change. One is the eponymous Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst - one of the leaders...
  • Birds and people
    Guest blog by Will Shoote, Visitor Centre Assistant Norfolk-based author and naturalist Mark Cocker set out 10 years ago on a mission; to write a book about almost every known bird in the world. However...
  • books, authors, paintings and photos
    A visit to Minsmere is not just about birds, insects, flowers or mammals. Or tea, coffee, cakes and soup for that matter! It's about the arts too. Minsmere is a great place to inspire artists, photographers...
  • World Mental Health Week
    This week is World Mental Health Week, with this year’s them being nature and the power it holds to help improve people’s wellbeing. Now we know how vital nature and wellbeing are every week of the year...
  • Book of the month: Where to see wildlife in Britain and Ireland
    Guest blog by Kirstie Last, Assistant Retail Manager Have you ever wondered where to go to see leaping salmon, rutting deer, diving gannets, inquisitive otters, mountain hares or bluebells in the woods...