In Their Own Words: Interviews with remarkable modern writers

Great writers have always fascinated their readers. We want to know how they create the characters we love or hate, the evocative settings, and the plots that have us reading late into the night, desperate to know what happens next.

 

Throughout its history, the BBC has aimed to help audiences delve into the imagination of writers. This collection of interviews with some of the 20th century's most read authors reveals something of those imaginations and the personalities which lie behind some of the greatest modern novels. The collection includes interviews with such writers as Virginia Woolf, Christopher Isherwood, Aldous Huxley, P.G. Wodehouse, E.M. Forster, Robert Graves and many others. Please follow this link.

 

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fulbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) have received prestigious Fulbright awards for 2010-11. They will be teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively. See here for further details.

 

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

 

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

 

Please let us know about your academic successes.

This summer, romance is in the air in the Clore Gallery. A major new nine-room display presents Romantic art in Britain, its origins, inspirations and legacies. Drawn from Tate's collection, it showcases major works by Henry Fuseli, JMW Turner, John Constable and Samuel Palmer, as well as newly-acquired works by William Blake. From Turner's reinvention of landscape to Blake's visionary histories, the display reveals the imagination and innovations of a generation defined by belief in creative freedom, rather than tradition or style. In addition, two rooms look at the legacy of The Romantics, presenting work by Graham Sutherland and others.

9 August 2010 – 31 December 2012

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/romantics/default.shtm

Foreign Correspondents from The Independent newspaper give a range of views of Britain from around the world.

Various ceremonies have taken place over the last week to mark the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk in the Second World War. About 50 veterans attended the Allied Memorial on the seafront of the French port, with 50 of the original "little ships" off-shore. More than 300,000 Allied troops were rescued from the port in northern France in the mass evacuation in 1940 code-named 'Operation Dynamo'.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/10188650.stm

One of the most important collections of Anglo-Saxon manuscripts - for centuries kept at Corpus Christi College in Cambridge - has been entirely digitised, and is now available on the internet on subscription.

The college's Parker Library holds more than 550 documents - including the 6th Century St Augustine Gospels, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, the earliest history written in English.

Take a look at some of the most precious works, with librarian Suzanne Paul.

Weston Gallery, University of Nottingham



A local collection of manuscript volumes offers an extraordinarily rich perspective on the literary tastes and religious faith of our medieval ancestors. Illustrated French romances and fourteenth-century texts in English demonstrate the move of literature from Latin to native languages, while a single leaf records in English the life of St Zita, the Italian saint of housekeepers.

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fullbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) have received prestigious Fullbright awards for 2010-11. They will be teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively. See here for further details.

 

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

 

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

 

Please let us know about your academic successes.

We're very pleased to announce the academic successes of a number of former Harlaxton students.

Fullbright Awards

Eileen Ryan and Jennifer Dooper (both of Western Kentucky University) have received prestigious Fullbright awards for 2010-11. They will be teaching English in Argentina and South Korea respectively. See here for further details.

 

A number of our former students are undertaking graduate work, some returning to the UK

Morgan Stankey (University of Evansville) is currently studying for a M.A. in Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Nottingham

Ashley Nolan (Eastern Illinois University) is working towards a M.A. in Medieval Studies at Saint Louis University

 

The following Harlaxton alumni are about to begin Masters courses in the UK

Kelly Cyr (UE) at the University of East Anglia

Erin Stork (UE) at the University of Glasgow (Creative Writing)

Felicia Stinson (WKU) at Roehampton University

Natalie Cook (UE) at the University of Edinburgh (Outdoor Education)

 

Please let us know about your academic successes.

More than £750 000 has been given to churches in Lincolnshire, including ones dating back to the 13th century, as part of a program by English Heritage and the Heritage Lottery Fund to provide funding for the repair of historical churches.

Our very own Church of St Mary and St Peter in Harlaxton will be receiving £142,000 for repairs.

Dr. Anthony Streeten, Regional Director English Heritage said: “We are delighted to be able to help twenty places of worship in the East Midlands through this important grant scheme. Historic places of worship are at the heart of their communities. They give us beautiful spaces where people can find peace or companionship. Increasingly, these fine buildings are places in which to enjoy exhibitions and concerts or where local communities can even benefit from practical services such as post offices, shops, nurseries. These grants will reinforce the magnificent voluntary effort in helping to preserve and protect this wonderful part of our heritage for present and future generations to enjoy.”