by Administrator | Oct 18, 2020 | Quick Reads
In 1988, after a bi-centenary celebration of Byron’s birthday, the Newstead Abbey Byron Society was formed. The society’s first Chairman, David Herbert, was succeeded by Ken Purslow, who also served as Chairman of the annual Hucknall Byron Festival, first held in...
by Administrator | Sep 27, 2020 | Quick Reads
Many Nottingham writers have taken inspiration from their memories of Southwell, including D.H. Lawrence, Alan Sillitoe, and B.S. Johnson, whose experimental book-in-a-box, ‘The Unfortunates’ (1969), includes Brian’s recollections of visiting Southwell with June,...
by Administrator | Sep 19, 2020 | Quick Reads
In the rolling acres of Robin Hood country, along a mile and a quarter of tree-lined road, is Newstead Abbey, surrounded by woodland, lakes, waterfalls and walled gardens. The Augustinian priory was built by Henry II, between 1163 and 1173, to atone for the murder of...
by Administrator | Aug 30, 2020 | Quick Reads
There’s a plaque on the outside of G.H. Porters on the corner of Market Place and Ridge Street that marks the spot where S. and J. Ridge of Newark (Ridge’s) printed the first volumes of Lord Byron’s poetry. Successive generations of the Ridge family were stationers,...
by Administrator | May 29, 2020 | Quick Reads
This week’s literary location is Nottingham’s oldest gay bar, the New Foresters, off Glasshouse Street, a “community centre with a liquor licence”. New Foresters boasts a LGBTQIA-friendly environment that allows people from all walks of life to integrate. Formerly The...
