
Sudden late decision to go to Cathedral at 10am to hear the Archbishop of Canterbury and Ruth Padel dialoguing on the subject of poetry and prayer. Turned out to be fascinating, and as we were buying tickets we ran into Katherine Venn, who is doing poetry at the UEA, so we sat together. Some really interesting stuff lasting till 12.30 and including a brief service, featuring poetry, at the end. Also ran into Bill Smith, the EDP photographer, with additional glimpses of Rowan Mantell (EDP writer), the Rev Richard Woodhams, and the Kiddles from St Luke’s. Tea / coffee halfway through in the cloisters, and afterwards Katherine came back to ours for lunch (dropped in at Budgens on the way). Had a long chat with her about various things, including her UEA project. Weather cooler than of late, but not as bad as had been predicted.