From steam engines to a pop-up pasta barn, pickleball and padel to behind-the-scenes tours of a lobster hatchery, there’s so much to enjoy this season beyond the bucket and spade. You just need to know where to look, says Harriet Cooper

From Coronation Street to Doctor Foster, millions of us have tuned in to watch Suranne Jones on the small screen but now she has another role – president of Sheringham Little Theatre. Here, the actor and producer talks to Harriet Cooper about supporting local theatre, Norfolk’s sense of community and the joys of sea swimming

From garden tours to Gothic revivals, and classical concerts, Harriet Cooper brings the inside track on the North Norfolk events to bookmark this season

Sarah Hardy takes a joyful look at some of the village open garden events coming up across our patch this season

The National Garden Scheme (NGS) is the highlight of many people’s summer as it allows the green-fingered amongst us to explore other people’s little pieces of Eden. Here’s flaming June’s fabulous lineup of gardens opening for the NGS