Scary Tales
August 22, 2017
In the words of her own grand-niece Rosalind Constable, Favell Lee Mortimer wrote “one of the most outspokenly sadistic children’s books ever written” [New Yorker, 1950 – subscription required], yet she topped the Victorian best-seller lists and was well-regarded as an educational author. Today is the 139th anniversary of her death, and the book referred …
Thoroton Society members view historic Bible
November 22, 2011
On Saturday 4 November, members of the Thoroton Society of Nottinghamshire visited the University Park campus for their annual lunch. The Bishop of Southwell was guest at the dinner and gave a brief talk about the King James Bible which was first published in 1611, four hundred years ago. A copy of the 1613 printing …
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