Over more than a decade, Norfolk Wildlife Trust Ambassador Nick Acheson has written a column for Norfolk Magazine, championing the wildlife of our county. In spring 2026, in celebration of NWT's centenary, 60 of those articles were brought together in This Wild Dream - a portrait of Norfolk Wildlife Trust through its places, people, species and ambitions.
In parallel, Nick has worked for more than a year with the Society of Wildlife Artists at Massingham Heath. From 2025 to 2026, over 30 artists visited Massingham to document - in drawing, painting, sculpture and print - the restoration of 900 acres of biodiverse grassland and the exuberant wildlife that has returned. This Healing Heath is SWLA's celebration of that transformation: a West Norfolk valley given back to nature, rendered in art and in Nick's words.
SWLA President Harriet Mead and Nick Acheson approach the natural world from different directions - one through paint and line, one through language - but they share a conviction that paying attention to wild places matters deeply. In this far-reaching, light-hearted conversation, they explore nature restoration in Norfolk, what wild habitats do to us as human beings, and why we have always needed to capture the living world in art, in words and in song.
Tickets: Supporter ticket £12, Standard ticket £10 and NWT member ticket £8
