Loads of freestuff at the LIBRARY

I have a bit of a love affair with the Library :)

Norfolk and Norwich Millennium Library

Address: The Forum, Millennium Plain, Norwich NR2 1AW

Email: libraries@norfolk.gov.uk
Telephone: 0344 800 8006

If you're in the Forum library, there's usually some sort of exhibition on at the Forum space too.

more info

Serial Podcast

Free podcast.

It's Baltimore, 1999. Hae Min Lee, a popular high-school senior, disappears after school one day. Six weeks later detectives arrest her classmate and ex-boyfriend, Adnan Syed, for her murder. He says he's innocent - though he can't exactly remember what he was doing on that January afternoon. But someone can. A classmate at Woodlawn High School says she knows where Adnan was. The trouble is, she’s nowhere to be found.

Website

Thanks to Sophie Crow for the link!

Other top-rated podcasts (as suggested by the Independent)

This American Life
“I'm Ira Glass. Each week on our program, we choose a theme and bring you different kinds of stories on that theme.” Essential listening since 1995.
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/

Mark Kermode and Simon Mayo's Film Reviews
The 5 Live duo review the big releases and argue in an occasionally uncivil partnership that has become a radio and podcasting institution.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/kermode

Slate’s Culture Gabfest
High, low and mid-brow cultural musings from the pretentious yet winning Stephen Metcalfe, kept in check by Julia and Dana.
http://www.slate.com/articles/podcasts/culturegabfest.html

Call Your Girlfriend
“Long distance besties” in the US discuss, among other things, “menstruation news, Kimye, Hillary Clinton, racism, emoji, rom-coms and Lorde lipstick.”
http://callyourgirlfriend.com/

No Such Thing As A Fish
Q.I spinoff in which the researchers who make Stephen Fry look smart consider a fact each - and throw in some gags.
http://qi.com/podcast/

Welcome to Night Vale
US cult megahit presented as a radio show from the fictional titular town. “The news from Lake Wobegon as seen through the eyes of Stephen King."
http://commonplacebooks.com/

The Bugle
John Oliver and fellow Brit comedian Andy Zaltzman “powerhose premium-calibre satirical hogwash over planet Earth”.
http://thebuglepodcast.com/

Butcher’s Apron
British sleeper hit with big youth audience, using stories to “investigate artistic, cultural and scientific eccentricities”.
http://www.thebutchersapron.co.uk/

Criminal
Three top journalists satisfy your post-Serial true-crime habit, examining a new case each week.
http://thisiscriminal.com/

99% Invisible
Highly-rated American series of stories about design, architecture and “the 99% invisible activity that shapes our world”.
http://99percentinvisible.org/

The Library

Libraries are great, aren't they?!

The library in the Forum

Your local library has something for everyone and it’s free to join.  The mission statement of Norfolk Library & Information Service is to support reading & learning for everyone.

When you join the library, you can use any Norfolk Library to

• Borrow up to 15 books for free, for up to 3 weeks at a time and return them to any library in Norfolk (see the What you can borrow for more details)
• Borrow the latest CDs, Playstation games, DVDs and videos at affordable rates and return them to any library as well
• Download ebooks from the Norfolk Digital Library – up to 6 at a time, for a maximum of 3 weeks
• Bring your children to storytimes
• Use our PCs – office software, email and the internet are all free
• Access study material
• Research local history
• Access business information
• Request and renew books online

And there's normally loads on at the Forum as well while you're there.

Free Tai Chi, Counselling, Computer access, job support, art and music, housing advice etc...

Under1roof is a training and development centre targeted at people who are homeless or who are vulnerable and at risk of homelessness.

What happens there?

Although the emphasis of the project is clearly focused on providing people with skills that can help them compete for jobs in the greater community, not all training sessions will necessarily be work related.  Much of what will be on offer will be informal learning to help develop  confidence, build self esteem and inspire, prior to taking up work based training.  These sessions can also support people achieve basic skills such as literacy and numeracy.

100/102 Westwick Street,
Norwich
NR2 4SZ
Tel (01603) 699150

http://www.stmartinshousing.org.uk/departments/under-one-roof

Udemy free courses

Udemy does some free online courses.

http://www.udemy.com/

MIT Open Courseware

http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/

Loads of online course materials and resources.