University history professor in Countryfile farming feature
June 11, 2015
A University academic is to appear on BBC’s Countryfile this weekend discussing the origins of an ancient method of agriculture which is still employed by a village in north Nottinghamshire today. Viewers will see presenter Matt Baker interviewing Professor John Beckett, of the Department of History, during a visit to Laxton near Newark, the last …
The Grandest views
January 15, 2015
As inhabitants of our 21st century world it’s almost unthinkable for us to imagine an age when seeing the rolling hills of the British landscape laid out like a patchwork quilt below would have been as alien as the surface of the moon. These days while we need only glance out of the window of …
Over hills and mountains: Nottingham students join Countryfile
May 6, 2014
It’s one of the most recognisable landmarks of the Lakeland Fells and could be yours for a cool £1.75 million. Blencathra mountain, also known as Saddleback because of its distinctive shape, has been owned by the Earl of Lonsdale’s family for 400 years but is now up for sale. Its rugged beauty inspired poet Samuel …
Countryfile joins Geography’s Cumbrian field trip
April 28, 2014
Geography students from the University, set against the stunning Cumbrian landscape, are to make an appearance on an upcoming episode of Countryfile, BBC One’s flagship Sunday evening show. Presenter Ellie Harrison and a film crew spent the morning with around 180 first-year undergraduates as part of the School of Geography’s annual Easter field trip to …
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