by Administrator | Feb 7, 2021 | Quick Reads
The Forest Recreation Ground, about a mile north of the city centre, was once the southernmost part of Sherwood Forest. Best known for being Goose Fair’s annual home and a site for park-and-riders, for over 300 years the Forest has hosted amateur sport. The son of a...
by Administrator | Oct 4, 2020 | Quick Reads
An attractive Trentside aspect with idyllic woodland, Wilford Grove, and its neighbour, Clifton Grove, attracted many a visitor from Nottingham and beyond. The area was a magnet for poets seeking inspiration and a place to write. It was in the churchyard of St....
by Administrator | Jul 27, 2020 | Quick Reads
One of the 20th Century’s greatest novelists, Graham Greene, whose works include ‘Brighton Rock’ (1938), ‘The Power and the Glory’ (1940), ‘The Heart of the Matter’ (1948), ‘The Third Man (1949), ‘The End of the Affair’ (1951), ‘The Quiet American’ (1955), ‘Our Man in...
by Administrator | May 24, 2019 | Quick Reads
When Ken Dodd first came to Nottingham he took a taxi from Midland Station to the Empire Theatre for what was to be his first professional show. As the taxi passed our grand Council House with its big dome, Dodd asked the driver what it was. “That’s the council...
by Administrator | Aug 23, 2018 | Quick Reads
1964 Anarchy 38, Freedom Press (1964) Anarchy was a monthly journal that ran for more than ten years. In 1964 there was a Nottingham issue which included amongst its contributors Alan Sillitoe (with a piece entitled Poor People), Philip Callow (on Nottingham United),...
