It's coming up to Christmastime and thoughts in Great Yarmouth always turn to panto and the Christmas Circus Spectacular. Great Yarmouth has a long tradition of blending seaside entertainment with the finest in circus and is home to the last 'total circus' building, just off the seafront. Great Yarmouth is also the birth place of Out There, now one of the UK’s leading circus festivals. Philip...

We love something new, and when it's right opposite the hotel, then we're more than a little intrigued! Great Yarmouth's arts organisation, Out There, is launching Fire on the Water - a very different event on the Venetian Waterway Gardens from 21 October to 6 November 2021 (tickets not available on Monday 1 or 2 November). It's going to be a dramatic mixture of fire-bright ember-glowing installations...

When the pictures first started appearing around town, here at the hotel, we were really excited. Was Banksy really on a staycation in Norfolk, and in Great Yarmouth in particular? Like so many other people, we jaunted down Admiralty Road to admire the dancing people on top of the bus stop and lots of the others, way before they were protected with perspex. For several days, rumours spread like wildfire...

The thing about Hotel Director, Nick, is that he really knows his stuff. And whilst he'd be the last person to blow his own trumpet, you'd expect him to be pretty au fait with what's what as the owner and director of a 4 star hotel, what with having grown up at Imperial Hotel and having read Hotel Management at The Scottish Hotel School and being the 3rd generation of his family to be a hotelier. ...

We were absolutely delighted that Café Cru has retained 2 AA rosettes for culinary excellence further to our recent 4 star AA inspection this week. Pictured here looking really rather chirpy about the news is Executive Chef Daniel Lawrence and Head Chef Peter Clarke, who don't usually venture out beyond the kitchen door into the restaurant.  In these still somewhat strange and ever-changing...