The Quilt

The city of Norwich, in East Anglia, has a history of welcoming strangers and people who are a bit different.

In this episode, Adam meets some of Norfolk’s wonderful misfits. From Serena James, an older trans woman who discovered a remarkable photograph from the 1960s, to Steve Peck, who bought a shirt 40 years ago on a memorable holiday. Finally there’s Beau Brannick and Alice Bigsby-Bye, who brought together a whole community to make a gorgeous (and now famous) quilt. He’s also given a local history tour by Adam Baker from Queer Norfolk.

As their stories all unravel, we hear the threads of East Anglia’s queer past... and future.

For this episode we’d like to say thanks to Adam Baker from Queer Norfolk, Joanne Foster-Murdoch at Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library, and Bethan Holdridge at Norfolk Museums Service.

The Quilt is an Aunt Nell Production, in partnership with Queer Britain, the UK's first and only LGBTQ+ museum, and funded by Mindsets and Missions. 

It is hosted and produced by Tash Walker and Adam Zmith.

Music by Rhiannon Takel. 

The assistant producer was Marnie Woodmeade.

The associate producers for Queer Britain were Sue Shave, Siân Williams and Katharine Dick.

Mixed and mastered by David Pye.

Mindsets + Missions is funded by UK Research and Innovation in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and delivered by the Museums Association in partnership with The Liminal Space and the Association for Science and Discovery Centres.

Queer Britain museum is located at Granary Square, Kings Cross in London. It is free to visit and is open from Wednesday to Sunday, 12-6pm. 

If you’d like to talk to anyone about any issues raised in this podcast, you can always contact Switchboard - the LGBTQIA+ helpline on switchboard.lgbt or 0800 0119 100.