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Six of the Best: Cultural highlights not to miss this week

Living cartoon Ennio Marchetto transforms the art of origami into comedy magic, The Stranglers return to the Norfolk coast to close the Holt Festival, there’s an imaginative and energetic production of Cosi fan tutte, while Tall Stories return with a revival of their hit musical stage adaptation of Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo. SIMON PARKIN picks six cultural highlights not to miss this week.

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• Your chance to win tickets to the Last Night of the Blickling Proms
• Special celebration of cultures in Norwich
• Review: The Bad Shepherds and Wreckless Eric, Holt Festival
• Artist John Patchett’s 40th solo exhibition opens at The Forum today
• Six things to do indoors to keep your family happy this summer

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War hero Ted Sismore’s medal sale stirs memories of RAF’s original ‘smart’ bomber

Following a medal sale that stirred memories of some of the most daring missions flown out of Norfolk during the Second World War, Steve Snelling salutes a master airman who was the RAF’s original ‘smart’ bomber.

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Ridiculing Norwich City’s tour ‘shambles’ will get us nowhere

A few years ago I was fortunate enough to be able to spend a few days at St Andrews in Scotland.

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• Opinion: Why bother with Italy when Cromer Veterans are at home
• Opinion: I Love Anglia Square in Norwich, a place to be celebrated
• World Cup personality clashes reminded exactly why we love football
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Torment of the missed meeting and the family torn apart by the First World War

It is a heartbreaking tale which lays bare the random cruelties unleashed by the First World War.

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• Thelnetham tractor display reveals how technology has changed
• Traditional seaside entertainment brings Cromer Pier to life for special 200-year celebration
• Video and photo gallery: Brave fundraisers abseil from Thurne Mill
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