Things We Do To Enjoy England
from Diss Norfolk

In Diss we celebrate famous people from the town’s past. In recent years we have commemorated Tudor poet laureate John Skelton, an award-winning festival that included his play Magnificence.

Another poet laureate, John Betjeman, was celebrated at his centenary. This included a re-make of the film he made about Diss in the 1960s.

Thomas Paine, author of Rights of Man, worked in the town in the 1760s. The bicentenary of his death in 1809 was commemorated with many events, including a film The Staymaker about his life.

All these projects were generated by Diss Museum.