Join the Box Office Bears team and 1623 actors for an exploration of Shakespearean (and others’!) bears as we enter their playworlds, performed by, or as, a bear, returning to a time when bears fundamentally shaped popular entertainment during this period. eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespeares…

Well that was fun! First ever live TV appearance! 🎥 📺 Dr Anna Walas 🇵🇱 and I were talking on Notts TV about the ArtsEngaged UoN Being Human Festival programme. From poetry to performance, bears to cheese, there is a lot on! Events started today! More info at nott.ac/beinghuman

Were the Vikings also poets?⚔️✍️ Find out @ Toton Library: Saturday, 10-12.30 This is a drop in event with activities and prizes! Perfect for families. Everyone welcome. Visit Nottinghamshire ChalleNGe Georgina Wilding Nottingham City Libraries Waterstones Notts Inspire Nottinghamshire Libraries @IgniteFutures

Prepare for an event Being Human Festival Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN from the #BoxOfficeBears project (Photo credit: Rob Brazier) - hear about research Prof Hannah O'Regan into bear baiting and bears on stage in #Shakespeare's day in this podcast @arhcpress BBC Radio 3 🎧➡️bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0g…

Tickets still bookable for tonight's event exploring bears on stage! Come join us as we enter the playworld of bears with 1623 theatre company and Bear history ! Nottingham Contemporary, 7pm tonight. Tickets - eventbrite.co.uk/e/shakespeares…..

Thank you to 1623 theatre company and Resurgence for a brilliant & thought-provoking night of performance. Thank you also to @andykesson and Sam West for running the show and Dr Colette Davies and Liam Lewis for logistics. Plus of course Being Human Festival for funding! #BoxOfficeBears

Happening on Tuesday 14th Nov at 2pm! @74msrc Creativity, Making Meaning and Mental Health Notts Uni Philosophy School of Humanities | University of Nottingham beinghumanfestival.org/events/creativ…

'Cathartic' is my take-away word from a participant at this evening's Being Human Festival Nottingham English workshop about doing your own creative writing, and exploring feelings, actions, memories through writing poetry ✍️ Thank you to Lila and Vicky for leading a wonderful workshop!

Lace industry reached its peak in 1800s, making Nottingham a key trading centre - with UoN History and Dr Helen Foster we are running Being Human Festival hands on drop in activity at the Nottingham Industrial Museum, who have kindly waived the ticket fee to participants. beinghumanfestival.org/events/laced-m…

Flexed my hours for ArtsEngaged UoN today and enjoyed my later start time at work. Spent the morning cycling and stumbled/pedalled unexpectedly through Cropwell Bishop, home of #Stilton and one of the cheeses we'll be sampling later at Being Human Festival 'Cheesed Off!'

'Women have been omitted from the history of cheese making until fairly recently'. Dr Denise Amos sets the record straight at 'Cheesed Off! ✊️ Being Human Festival UoN History School of Humanities | University of Nottingham

These guys have been fantastic! 🙌 invaluable help and enthusiasm for research communication and public engagement 👏

Want to know what we were up to during the Being Human Festival ? find out from one of our BA Placement Students, Jessica Webber: blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/artsplacements… Thank you & we are glad you enjoyed the experience. Nottingham English School of Humanities | University of Nottingham CLAS UoN Dr Colette Davies Dr Anna Walas 🇵🇱

Tonight I'll be on BBC Radio 3 discussing C.S. Lewis with three much more interesting guests. Freud! Narnia! The place of religion in public culture! The disembodied voice of Anthony Hopkins! Tonight at 10pm, and then on the BBC's "Arts and Ideas" podcast feed.

Inside a 250 year old French Violin. Photographed with a Medical Laparoscope adapted to a Lumix G9ii Camera. A 1770 violin by Augustin Chappuy. #music #art #photography

Going for a walk wasn't really a thing 300 years ago – the Victorians turned it into a popular pastime. Read the full article by Lauren Nichola Colley Nottingham English in The Conversation 🔽 ow.ly/Kxo650Qn2IL

Play about computing pioneer Ada Lovelace wins Women’s prize for playwriting 🎭 theguardian.com/stage/2024/jan…

A couple of weekends ago, @captainhealy and I indulged in a trip to Peterborough Cathedral⛪️ We spotted pomegranates on Katherine of Aragon's tomb and wondered what they represented. Who knew the The Conversation and the wonderful Gaby Never CLAS UoN would provide an answer so soon!

This morning me and Dr Colette Davies are at City As Lab Nottingham Research community of practice event on the brand new Castle Meadow Campus. Looking forward to thinking about research, lived experience, pl as based research and the arts disciplines

Many, many congratulations Consider Eating Disorders in Men and to Prof. Heike Bartel for winning the Faculty of Arts award yesterday! It was a pleasure to be there and celebrate your success! ArtsEngaged UoN CLAS UoN UoN Modern Languages and Cultures