Interview With Diego Leon - Norwich, June 2023
Interview with Diego Leon, Musician and member of La Perspectiva Artists Collective Norwich has a long and proud history of welcoming people from afar. The Strangers Hall, which was the home of Thomas Southerton in the 1500s, was nicknamed so because he attracted and welcomed Dutch Calvinists, who fled from Spanish persecutors to England. These weavers had a long-reaching influence on the city by introducing canaries, (the source of the local football club’s nickname), new architectural styles and strengthening the local economy through the application of their skills. Diego Leon and Ohianna Garcia. Photo Copyright, Ardin Hasa One morning, this mid-summer, I had the pleasure of sitting down with a multi-talented musician and cultural entrepreneur, Diego Leon to listen to his experiences of moving to Norwich and his ambitions to build connections between overseas musicians and artists who find themselves living in Norwich. Perhaps the last thing I expected to be hearing...