Unless stated otherwise, events in this region are organised by the Society’s East Anglia Regional Committee.
Local RGS-IBG contact: Mike Hand 
handconsultancy@gmail.com 
+44 (0)1603 616427
Coming up:
The heart of darkness
Robert Chalmers
- Thursday 2 February 2012 at 7.30pm
- Lecture (Norwich)
The Congo, formally the Zaire River, is the world's largest after the Amazon. Its course runs for 2,920 miles, cutting through the planet's second largest area of primary rainforests. Robert Chalmers has recently undertaken an incident-filled river journey into this troubled area of deepest Africa.
Venue: Kent Room, Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR2 1RQ.
An evening with the President
- Thursday 23 February 2012 from 7pm to 9pm
- Norwich
A special evening for Fellows and Members. There will be a brief update on the Society followed by a talk from Michael Palin and plenty of time to chat over wine and nibbles afterwards.
Venue: The Hostry, Norwich Cathedral, Norwich NR1 4EH. This event is open to all our Fellows and Members in the East Anglia region (and one guest).
Tickets: cost £5 each with all proceeds going towards the Society’s charitable activities.
To book: Telephone +44 (0)20 7591 3100 (or fill in the booking form enclosed with the East Anglia regional bulletin mailing). Places are limited, please book early.
Explore!
Paul Rose
- Wednesday 29 February 2012 at 8pm
- Regional Theatres Programme (Stamford)
BBC presenter Paul Rose talks about a lifetime of remarkable adventures from Antarctica to Everest via the planet’s last true remaining wilderness – her vast oceans.
Venue: Stamford Arts Centre, 27St Mary’s Street, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 2DL.
Tickets: RGS-IBG members and one guest £8 (quote membership number), telephone +44 (0)17 8076 3203.
Erosion on the Norfolk coast
David Stannard
- Monday 5 March 2012 at 7.30pm
- Lecture (Norwich)
An illustrated talk about the dynamic processes in evidence along many parts of the Norfolk coastline and the potential implications for flood risk and landscape change.
Venue: Lancaster House, Norwich High School for Girls, Newmarket Road, Norwich, NR2 2HU.
Tickets: Norfolk GA event, free to RGS-IBG members.
Explore!
Paul Rose
- Friday 9 March 2012 at 7.30pm
- Regional Theatres Programme (King’s Lynn)
BBC presenter Paul Rose talks about a lifetime of remarkable adventures from Antarctica to Everest via the planet’s last true remaining wilderness – her vast oceans.
Venue: King’s Lynn Arts Centre (as part of the King’s Lynn Festival), 27-29 King Street, King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 1HA.
Tickets: RGS-IBGmembers and one guest £8 (quotemembership number), telephone +44 (0)15 5376 4864.
Tea and coffee production in Ethiopia
Pat Alker
- Thursday 22 March 2012 at 7.30pm
- Lecture (Norwich)
There is a long history of coffee and tea production in Ethiopia, where coffee is still grown in the forests and commercial tea plantations are found in the highlands of Kaffa in the south west of the country.
Venue: Sexton Room, Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR21RQ.
Tickets: Open to all, RGS-IBG and GA members free, non-members £3 on the door.
Skye to Smithfield
Vyv Wood-Gee
- Thursday 1 December 2011 at 7.30pm
- Lecture (Norwich)
On a solo ride lasting eight weeks, Vyv followed the traditional drovers' route from the Outer Hebrides to London via Norfolk without back-up. She endured torrential rain in the Highlands, traversed bogs, forded rivers and had to chase after her own ponies to complete the 900 mile ride.
Venue: Kent Room, Assembly House, Theatre Street, Norwich, NR21RQ.