23 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 23?
December 23, 2016
Genetic history of the ‘ship of the desert’ revealed. Although this research was published in May we thought is was topical enough to save until one of the last entries on our digital calendar. This was a unique and pioneering study of the ancient and modern DNA of the ‘ship of the desert’ — the single …
19 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 19?
December 19, 2016
Success for Nottingham in Parliament Day! On October 25 Nottingham decamped to London to stage the very first, and hugely successful, Nottingham in Parliament Day. The one-day takeover of Westminster involved more than 100 organisations from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire. After chairing an entertaining special edition of University Challenge, featuring teams from the House of Commons and …
17 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number 17?
December 17, 2016
Nottingham is University of the Year for Graduate Employment. There were celebrations in September when the University of Nottingham was named best university in the UK for graduate employment, according to the 2017 The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide. The University was also back in the top 20 of The Sunday Times Good …
6 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number six?
December 6, 2016
Hundreds of people struck a pose at Nottingham Lakeside Arts in March and April when we were treated to an amazing exhibition of Elisabeth Frink’s work. The Presence of Sculpture captured the imagination of visitors who took to social media to share their selfies with the artwork. One of the most notable pictures was the one of Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn …
2 December – what’s the story behind door number two?
December 2, 2016
Celebrating 80 years of a Nottingham-born beauty brand In January 2016 Lakeside Arts celebrated the 80th anniversary of the iconic Nottingham-born beauty brand No 7. ‘Inspiring Beauty. No 7 – 80 years of making up the modern woman‘ was the most popular exhibition staged in the Weston Gallery. It showcased previously unseen material from the Boots …
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