by Administrator | Oct 25, 2020 | Quick Reads
Highfield House was built in 1797 for Joseph Lowe (thrice Mayor of Nottingham). Over the following decade Lowe and his son, Alfred, carried out the landscaping that’s formed much of the existing Highfields Park. The Highfield House estate remained with the Lowes for...
by Administrator | Apr 25, 2019 | Quick Reads
This week marks the 300th birthday of perhaps the first English novel, a book second only to the Bible in terms of its number of translations. By the end of 1719 Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe had already notched up four editions. The first of these named Robinson...
by Administrator | Sep 8, 2017 | News & Press
It seems hard to believe it’s been twelve months since I wrote my first blog as Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature. Once I arrived in Nottingham, I made it my business to get intimate with the city, meeting the writers, poets, artists, booksellers and...
