by Administrator | Apr 10, 2020 | Quick Reads
The idea of the Mechanics Institutes came in the late 18th century when two professors at the University of Glasgow started offering free lectures to the city’s workers. A book by Henry Brougham addressed to the working classes and their employers,...
by Administrator | Feb 7, 2020 | Quick Reads
Bertrand Russell’s links with Nottingham span three centuries, a story with a cast that includes Viscount Amberley, Lady Ottoline Morrell, D. H. Lawrence, Ken Coates and Tony Simpson, with Ray Gosling and even Alan Sillitoe playing a part. It’s a link that’s spawned...
by Administrator | Nov 7, 2019 | Quick Reads
There’s a large three storey red brick house near Lowdham. This private home and footbridge is Grade II listed and used to be the notorious Lowdham Mill, this week’s literary location. Journalist John Brown was investigating the effects of factory life on its workers’...
