Objects moving in our kitchen - help needed, getting quite frightened now

This has been happening for about two weeks and I genuinely don't know what to do. Our kitchen is absolutely freezing - like properly cold, below what the thermometer says - and we keep finding cupboard doors open that we definitely shut. Nothing aggressive, just... persistent.

Last Tuesday morning, my wife made a cup of tea, set it on the counter, left the room for literally 30 seconds, and when she came back the mug was on the opposite side of the kitchen, still full, steam still rising. I thought she was having a laugh but she was genuinely frightened.

We've got a nine-year-old daughter and I'm worried about her being scared. This is in Colchester, Victorian terraced house. Should we call someone? Is this just our house being old and creaky, or should we actually be concerned?

Victorian terrace in Colchester will be full of drafts, settling foundations, and old plumbing. Cupboards swing open constantly in older houses due to uneven floors. The mug thing is just absent-mindedness - we all do it. The cold spot is probably a draught from under the floorboards. Please don't ring an exorcist, ring a surveyor.

Actually, poltergeist activity often clusters around pubescent children. Has your daughter been stressed at school? Poltergeists respond to emotional energy, especially during adolescence. It's not dangerous, but it does mean the activity will continue until the emotional trigger is resolved. Have you noticed the phenomena correlating with her mood?

I thought she was having a laugh but she was genuinely frightened.

Okay, but is it possible she moved the mug and then genuinely forgot doing it, then her fear made it seem impossible? Memory is rubbish. I did exactly this with my keys last month - convinced I was being robbed until I found them in the freezer where I'd apparently put them.

Don't call anyone official. Get your house blessed by a local vicar first - low-key, nothing heavy handed. St Botolph's in Colchester is excellent. If it persists after that, then consider whether you want to investigate further. But honestly, most poltergeist activity is benign and quiets down on its own.

How long have you lived there? And has anyone died in the house that you know about? Sometimes you get residual hauntings that just need acknowledgment. I'm not saying it's definitely haunted, but the thermal anomalies you're describing are worth taking seriously. Keep a log of when things happen.