Jacob Lilley
Morwenna Farrell designs
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A fashion designer inspired by her country-singing stepfather has announced she will be reopening her pop-up shop and online studio in the coming weeks.
Norwich University of the Arts graduate Morwenna Farrell launched her brand in 2016 with upcycled western and screen-printed pieces bearing phrases like Tough as nails and twice as sharp and Rootin-Tootin Bootin .
As well as growing online demand Mrs Farrell had been planning to open a shop which was delayed last year: Initially, I was upset but completely understood. When lockdown got announced last March, I d already had a pop-up booked for April with stock ready to go. My husband, Tom and I thought, let s not let this opportunity go, let s do something different, so we did a virtual launch.
Natural wines have been a hobby and a profession at the same time, she said. We moved to Norfolk in September last year - moving was a pre-Covid decision but lockdown gave us the impetus to do it. We found that locally there was not a great amount of the selection of wines we like to choose from, so we found ourselves ordering our wine from dealers in London.
She and 37-year-old Mr Davies - a digital brander who studied at the Norwich University of the Arts and has lived in Norwich on and off over the years - took the plunge and launched the business in January.
She said: At first, things were a bit slow to pick up, but now I m getting commissions from total strangers which is incredibly exciting. I think Norwich is really undergoing a bit of a home improvement phase. Everybody wants to upgrade their houses.
Danielle Croft solders the lead in a panel for her stained-glass business, Luna Glassworks.
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021 There are so many historic buildings and Victorian terraces in the city. People love the traditional architecture, but now they re looking for ways to give their place some modern characteristics. My favourite commission so far involved a pet rabbit on a round door window. It was a present for the customer s partner, so I installed it in secret. They had no idea it was coming.
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6:00 AM April 3, 2021
Ben James Smith on the roof of Mercy nightclub in Norwich which he is developing into apartments. Around the corner lives one of his tenants, Becca Booty, who has complained about problems in the house she rents from his company.
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A dispute between a landlord and tenant over utility bills has led to students living without heating for several days over winter.
Norwich University of the Arts student Becca Booty complained to her landlord and property agent, Estateducation, in March that she and four other tenants, who live on St Faiths Lane, had had no heating for up to a week at a time when their meter ran out, meaning temperatures in the home sometimes dropped to 10C.
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