Brightening up the cold autumnal nights and reflecting on the maritime history of King’s Lynn, six buildings are lit up with different digital projections from dusk onwards, each linked to the individual building.  At the historic Custom’s House, one of the most architecturally perfect such buildings in the country artist Julia Dantonnet created “Night Sailors” to reflect on King’s Lynn’s importance in the development of  navigation in the Middle Ages, Shantidas Riedacker & Dorian Rigal have changing patterns moving across the spire of St Nicholas’ Chapel, while Amandine Meyer & Julia Dantonnet’s slowly-moving ‘The Round of Clocks’ on the Minster was inspired by both the clock and stained glass window in the Minster, plus there were other installations elsewhere in King’s Lynn.

Inside, when I visited, other events were taking place – an organ recital on the two organs of  St Nicholas’ Chapel, one an original Father Willis, with the pipes contained in a fine case; the other built by the Scottish artist and performer Sarah Kenchington with everything exposed, and the Minister was getting ready to show the original black and white film of The Phantom of the Opera, with live music to accompany it.

It was encouraging to see the historic buildings playing such an active role in the cultural and community life of King’s Lynn.