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 …
13 December: Winter-Lull
December 13, 2011
Bay was the first private edition of DH Lawrence’s work to be produced during his lifetime and contains this powerful illustration by Anne Estelle Rice as an accompaniment to the poem ‘Winter-Lull.’ The collection was issued in a small print run of 200 copies and one of the vellum (mammal skin) copies is housed in …
11 December: Christmas books
December 11, 2011
This is a list of Christmas books from The Times Literary Supplement published in 1917. There are 19 books on the list and many of the novels and poetry collections are still popular today – so it’s well worth a look if you’re after a festive recommendation. We’re particularly pleased to see two of DH …
3 December: A Winter’s Tale
December 3, 2011
This copy of DH Lawrence’s ‘A Winter’s Tale’ is from a notebook belonging to the famous writer while at University College Nottingham. Lawrence was at the College between 1906 and 1908, and the notebook was originally used for his Latin studies before he decided to use the space to draft his wintry poem. We recruited …