4 December – what’s the story behind door number four?
December 4, 2016
Food for thought – how accurate are our bathroom scales! In March physiology experts in the Division of Medical Sciences and Graduate Medicine helped BBC TV’s The One Show solve a domestic mystery – how accurate are our bathroom scales? Dr Beth Phillips agreed to help presenter Dominic Littlewood investigate five different, newly bought domestic bathroom scales, …
3 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number three?
December 3, 2016
Claudia’s cause – a story that captured our hearts in February 2016. On what would have been her 10th birthday, researchers at the Children’s Brain Tumour Research Centre at The University of Nottingham gave their thanks to Claudia Burkill’s fundraising which has raised a staggering £250,000 to fund research into the disease that claimed her life. Claudia …
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 …
1 December 2016 – what’s the story behind door number one?
December 1, 2016
Trust me I’m a press officer! Back in January 2016 Emma Rayner decided to go the extra mile and volunteer herself for the BBC’s flagship TV health programme ‘Trust Me, I’m a Doctor’. BBC had asked our researchers in musculoskeletal ageing over at the Royal Derby Hospital to set up a small study for their first programme of …
Advent Calendar 2016 – artcodes take the advent calendar into the digital age
It’s a long time since children were satisfied with a printed picture when they prized open the doors of their advent calendar. They have grown to expect some kind of treat – a sweet or toy – as well. But the advent calendar has moved on again – into the digital age. Computer scientists at …
22 December: Father Christmas
December 22, 2011
Father Christmas, Santa Claus, St Nicholas – whatever you call him, he’s an essential part of today’s Christmas festivities. This image from the Briggs Collection is entitled ‘Old Father Christmas’ and is from E Bond’s Leaves from a Christmas Bough (London, 1897). While this illustration may be instantly recognisable as the Santa we know today, …
21 December: Christmas Day weather forecast
December 21, 2011
This weather chart from Christmas Day 1951 was drawn using recordings from outside of the University’s School of Geography. The reason that the report caught our eye is not because it was a white Christmas that year, but because the chart has been given a truly festive feel with holly around the edges and a …
20 December: Chatsworth Christmas dinner
December 20, 2011
If you understand French, this menu from the lavish Christmas dinner at Chatsworth House in 1904 shows the festive feast that the lucky guests were treated to. But while the menu may be en Francais, the meal still includes some British favourites with Cumberland beef and mince pies making the cut alongside ‘Fromage Grille’ and …
18 December: Alice in Wonderland
December 18, 2011
This is a programme for a performance of Alice in Wonderland which was staged by University College Nottingham students on 18 December 1913. The programme was kept by Gertrude Devey who studied at the University between 1913 and 1917, and it is now housed by Manuscripts and Special Collections. In homage to the festive production …
10 December: Christmas in hospital
December 10, 2011
This photograph was taken on Christmas Day 1917 in a hospital ward in Nottingham. Although spending Christmas in hospital is never going to be fun, this black and white snap shows that hospital staff tried to make the day as cheery as possible. Christmas is usually a time for celebration but some people – as …
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