Colin Howey
@colinhowey.bsky.social
Once upon a time birds would land on a gentle little boy. Then life intervened and the boy hid behind a blizzard of fists and rage. He thought he'd be safe back there - but it was a lonely, desolate space. Now, I aspire to be a Gentle Man...
After a long break from publishing anything on my heritage-inspired blog, here is a piece about Kenninghall Church, south Norfolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow...
November 29, 2025 at 3:04 PM
After a long break from publishing anything on my heritage-inspired blog, here is a piece about Kenninghall Church, south Norfolk: open.substack.com/pub/colinhow...
October 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
October 25, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Itteringham, St Mary, north Norfolk
October 20, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Itteringham, St Mary, north Norfolk
September 9, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Well, isn't this a shimmering beauty of a late medieval porch at Pulham St Mary, St Mary, south Norfolk
July 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Well, isn't this a shimmering beauty of a late medieval porch at Pulham St Mary, St Mary, south Norfolk
Momento mori skulls on the early 17thC Suckling family monuments within St Andrew's Church, Norwich
July 28, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Momento mori skulls on the early 17thC Suckling family monuments within St Andrew's Church, Norwich
Light! East Mersea, Essex, St Edmund
July 17, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Light! East Mersea, Essex, St Edmund
Some of the outstanding Victorian stained glass at Brome, St Mary, Suffolk #brome #suffolk #churches #stainedglass
June 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Some of the outstanding Victorian stained glass at Brome, St Mary, Suffolk #brome #suffolk #churches #stainedglass
Illington, St Andrew, Norfolk: a church within the fields #illington #norfolk #churches #breckland #heritage
June 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Illington, St Andrew, Norfolk: a church within the fields #illington #norfolk #churches #breckland #heritage
Angel Roof at March, St Wendreda, Cambridgeshire. According to the 'Visit East of England' website entry for the church, 'In all there are appproximately one hundred and twenty angels and 19 canopied saints and martyrs in the roof.' #cambridgeshire #angelroof #churches
June 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Angel Roof at March, St Wendreda, Cambridgeshire. According to the 'Visit East of England' website entry for the church, 'In all there are appproximately one hundred and twenty angels and 19 canopied saints and martyrs in the roof.' #cambridgeshire #angelroof #churches
June 3, 2025 at 9:21 PM
May 25, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Late medieval rood screen panels at Swanton Abbot, Norfolk. Curiously, these face eastwards on the reverse of the screen having been placed here after the screen was rebuilt in the early twentieth century #swantonabbot #norfolk #northnorfolk #church #churches #roodscreen #medieval
May 17, 2025 at 4:35 AM
Late medieval rood screen panels at Swanton Abbot, Norfolk. Curiously, these face eastwards on the reverse of the screen having been placed here after the screen was rebuilt in the early twentieth century #swantonabbot #norfolk #northnorfolk #church #churches #roodscreen #medieval
Some of the wonderful 18thC 'Momento Mori' gravestones at Cley, St Margaret, north Norfolk #gravestones #18thcentury #skulls #history #churches #norfolk
May 10, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Some of the wonderful 18thC 'Momento Mori' gravestones at Cley, St Margaret, north Norfolk #gravestones #18thcentury #skulls #history #churches #norfolk
Southern parvis above porch at Salle, St Peter & St Paul, Norfolk #salle #church #churches #porch #parvis #stonevaulting #history #heritage #architecture #norfolk #northnorfolk
May 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Southern parvis above porch at Salle, St Peter & St Paul, Norfolk #salle #church #churches #porch #parvis #stonevaulting #history #heritage #architecture #norfolk #northnorfolk
The magnificent late medieval church at Salle, north Norfolk, beneath an appropriately dramatic sky #medieval #churches #norfolk #heritage #architecture
May 6, 2025 at 4:18 PM
The magnificent late medieval church at Salle, north Norfolk, beneath an appropriately dramatic sky #medieval #churches #norfolk #heritage #architecture
May 5, 2025 at 8:38 PM
I've just posted a new piece on my 'Fallible Flâneur' blog that features Winterton, Holy Trinity & All Saints, in a reflection about living life more beautifully. To read this, please click on the following link: thefallibleflaneur.blogspot.com/2025/05/wint... #beauty #heritage #wellbeing #beauty
May 3, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I've just posted a new piece on my 'Fallible Flâneur' blog that features Winterton, Holy Trinity & All Saints, in a reflection about living life more beautifully. To read this, please click on the following link: thefallibleflaneur.blogspot.com/2025/05/wint... #beauty #heritage #wellbeing #beauty
May 3, 2025 at 6:04 AM
I was out exploring some 'healing heritage' in north Norfolk yesterday & have posted a reflection upon this experience on my 'Fallible Flâneur' blog and invite you to check it out: thefallibleflaneur.blogspot.com/2025/04/thur... #heritage #mentalhealth #wellbeing
April 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I was out exploring some 'healing heritage' in north Norfolk yesterday & have posted a reflection upon this experience on my 'Fallible Flâneur' blog and invite you to check it out: thefallibleflaneur.blogspot.com/2025/04/thur... #heritage #mentalhealth #wellbeing
On Tuesday, I'm delivering a lecture entitled, 'Healing Heritage', about the potential for stimulating encounters with heritage to improve wellbeing. I'll be speaking, both, as heritage interpretation practitioner and PTSD 'survivor' #heritage #wellbeing #mentalhealth
April 20, 2025 at 5:38 PM
On Tuesday, I'm delivering a lecture entitled, 'Healing Heritage', about the potential for stimulating encounters with heritage to improve wellbeing. I'll be speaking, both, as heritage interpretation practitioner and PTSD 'survivor' #heritage #wellbeing #mentalhealth