Places in Nottingham to make you feel all literary
November 30, 2015
This blog post was written by final year English student, Katie Randall from the School of English. Perhaps because I am an English student I’m more of a dreamer than your average student and sometimes when I’ve finished reading a book, I’m just not quite ready to let it go. Luckily for me, in Nottingham there are …
The Book Sprint
November 25, 2015
This blog post was written by Dr Spencer Jordan who set ten first-year students a challenge which involved writing a book in just three days. Could you write, edit and publish a book in three days? That was the challenge I set ten first-year School of English students who applied to my open invitation. The challenge used the …
Radhika’s Top 4 Reads: Fantasy
November 23, 2015
This blog post was written by final year American Studies and English student, Radhika Chond from the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies. Fancy Fantasy? Well reading fantasy transports you into a world that’s entirely our own as our imagination skills are entirely personal, individual and different to the next person. We both may pick up …
Interview with Maggie Gee
November 18, 2015
On 11th November 2015 the School of English was lucky enough to host the novelist Maggie Gee, author of such books as Where Are the Snows (1991), The Ice People (1998), The White Family (2002), and, most recently, Virginia Woolf in Manhattan (2014). As part of her visit, Maggie was interviewed by Dr Nathan Waddell, following an introduction by Professor …
Audrey Hepburn at the National Portrait Gallery – “Portraits of an Icon”
November 17, 2015
This blog post was written by second year English student, Victoria Lorriman from the School of English. From the beginning of July until mid-October, the National Portrait Gallery promised to lead us through the life of Audrey Hepburn; one of the world’s most recognised fashion icons and celebrated stars. Entitled “Portraits of an Icon”, the exhibition …
The Power of First Love
November 9, 2015
This blog post was written by PhD English student, Nicole Jones from the School of English. Exploring new and wonderful texts is one of the best things about being an English student. But sometimes (especially if you’ve caught one of the recent bugs going around) it’s tempting just to climb into a bed with a cup …
Dementia Day-to-Day
This blog post was written by Dr Kevin Harvey who tells us about the launch of his new initiative, Dementia Day-to-Day, which is a new blogging platform run jointly with the Institute of Mental Health. For a while now, I’ve been working on helping to put together a new blogging platform called Dementia Day-to-Day, which will …
Radhika’s Top 5 Autumnal Writers 2015
November 6, 2015
This blog post was written by final year American Studies and English student, Radhika Chond from the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies. To get you in the spirit for university and the world of academia… Reading lists are out and you may be faced with a waterfall of new material to sink into. I’ve got …
A Fish Out of Water!
November 2, 2015
This blog post was written by third year English and Philosophy student, Rishi Davda from the School of English. Wells Fargo Bank!… Never heard of it? Neither had I, until I was lucky enough to carry out a work placement at, what I later found out was the world’s largest bank. It seemed strange to …
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