The Kittywitch Diaries

Who would have thought that the sixth child of eleven, born in 1758 in a small Norfolk village close to the North Sea...

In the Middle Ages, East Anglia was a rich wool-producing area and hat-making was the principle line of work in villages known as The...

April, 2022 In the earlier part of the year, I visited a local artist's studio, open for the day, and was impressed by the array of...

There is a legend in Norfolk about Black Shuck, a vicious dog as large as a calf that roams the countryside ready to attack. Should you...

Do you till have your Christmas Poinsettia - Euphorbia pulcherrima? Millions of them are bought at the festive time of the year and and...

Dragons have always featured in the history of England and East Anglia. April 23rd is England's National Day and commemorates St George,...

There is something very empowering about taking responsibility for oneself in this age of reliance on world-wide connection where advice...

Well, I blinked and almost missed them! Bluebells that is. We have several patches in the garden but somehow the swiftly-growing ground...

Growing up in Norwich in 1810, one of five children could not have been easy, more especially if one was of mixed race, so it's perhaps...

Who put the ‘Wren’ in Wreningham? The answer of course, is the witch.

When I pick my young grandson up twice a week, I stand in the playground and study the towering poplars...

My mother always cooked, and the nearest we ever got to convenience food other than tinned fruit, was the occasional treat of fish and...

Bertha Bracegirdle As you can see, Bertha is a jolly and friendly woman, a witch whose presence cannot possibly go unnoticed! This is...

When I was a young mother living in Norwich, I used to push my babies out in their pram along Dereham Road and was always intrigued by...

One of my favourite local walks takes me beside a large sweeping field running towards a boggy valley bottom that provides pasture for...

I just happened to mention to Hubby last week that we have not had any 'big cat sightings' lately when, what would you know, a spate of...

In 1542 Parliament passed The Witchcraft Act, making it a crime punishable by death. It was repealed five years later. However when King...

Used for centuries in folk healing for ailments associated with blood pressure, modern science shows that Hawthorn...

Oooh, Granny does love a good flag! What a brilliant idea to hang 50 of the county flags of England, Scotland and Wales together in...

Hubby and I were sitting outside on the field boundary next to our house quietly drinking a cup of tea and counting our blessings for the...