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Out of Time: Lord Byron and the Greek War of Independence
Wed 22 Dec 2021To celebrate Nottingham City Council’s new partnership with Vyronas, a suburb of Athens named after Lord Byron, we look back at the legendary Nottingham poet’s involvement with the Greek War for Independence…
Nottingham City Council Announces Partnership With Greek Municipality Named After Lord Byron
Tue 12 Oct 2021Nottingham City Council recently announced a partnership agreement with Vyronas, a suburb of Athens named after the legendary Lord Byron, and celebrated by lighting up the Council House in the blue and white of Greece's famous flag. We chat to the man behind this exciting new friendship, Cllr Pavlos Kotsonis, about how it could benefit Nottingham, his personal connection to the project and why Byron means so much to so many...
Deep Fakes From Nottingham History
Wed 03 Mar 2021Ever wondered what it would be like to see video of historical figures who existed before video cameras? We've deep faked some figures from Nottingham history so you need wonder no more...
Historical Author Emily Brand: "I feel a sort of security in writing about real people who lived, loved and died, generations ago"
Mon 20 Apr 2020Emily Brand is a local historian who’s been researching the Byron family tree and all its drama-sprouting branches. With a close look at life in the eighteenth century, her fourth book The Fall of the House of Byron is released this month. We sat down for a digital chat with the author to find out more...
Bygone Byrons: The Weird and Wonderful Characters from Lord Byron's Family Tree
Sat 21 Mar 2020In the complex, meandering maze of English history, few people that aren’t members of the Royal family are able to trace their ancestry all the way back to the Battle of Hastings. But luckily for Notts’ own Lord Byron, his family tree has roots that go all the way back to 1066, and branches that were every bit as weird and wonderful as he was...
Film Review: Mary Shelley
Sat 21 Jul 2018There's much more to Mary Shelley than just Frankenstein...
Happeh 230th Bothdeh, Lord Byron
Wed 24 Jan 2018Monday the 22nd January 2018 marks the 230th anniversary of the birth of Nottingham’s most notorious literary legend, the mad, bad and dangerous to know poet, Lord Byron...
Happy 230th Birthday Lord Byron! Here, Have a Beer.
Mon 22 Jan 2018Monday 22 January 2018 marks the 230th anniversary of the birth of Nottingham’s most notorious literary legend, the mad, bad and dangerous to know poet, Lord Byron...
Miranda Seymour on Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace and Life at Newstead Abbey
Tue 09 Jan 2018The English literary critic and novelist talks us through the legacy of the historical figures...
Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review
Sat 28 Jan 2017We spoke to Ralph Lloyd-Jones about libraries, Lord Byron, and his new role editing together the Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review...
The Dilettante Society on William Byron
Fri 17 Jun 2016"He heaved the body into the carriage, onto the lap of his wife, and took the reins. Unsurprisingly, Elizabeth left him soon after this particular incident"
UNESCO City of Literature: Lord Byron
Wed 04 Feb 2015He fought in wars, stood up for the poor, and kept a bear in his room at Trinity College, Cambridge. But Lord Byron also banged out a few poems - another reason why Nottingham is worthy of being a UNESCO City of Literature...
Art Works: Rikki Marr
Wed 25 Sept 2013"It has a mix of sarcasm, silliness and seriousness. I think people recognise that as an element of the Nottingham identity"