The Norman Nicholson Society AGM will take place online on Sat. April 18th, 2026, 11.00-12noon. Members only, but non-members may attend our Annual Lecture: 'Reading Between the Lines: Archival Encounters with Norman Nicholson' (12noon - 1.00pm). See our website for details: www.normannicholson.org
Details about how to register will be posted soon!
Our AGM will take place online from 11.00am to 12.00 noon on Saturday April 18th, 2026. Members only, but non-members are warmly invited to register for our Annual Lecture: 'Reading Between the Lines: Archival Encounters with Norman Nicholson' at noon. Full details here: www.normannicholson.org
A wild day weather-wise but nonetheless a wonderful fieldtrip to Millom today as part of our ‘Poetry and Place’ module - exploring the industrial and natural landscapes which inspired Norman Nicholson’s poetry 📚🍃
Very clever!
It's a fantastic course and it attracts wonderful students. The Norman Nicholson Society is looking forward to welcoming some of the current MA students in Millom tomorrow. They will be investigating Nicholson's life, poetry and prose in the environment which inspired him.
Interested in postgraduate study? Join me online at 6pm on Tue 31 March to find out more about our unique Ambleside-based MA in Literature, Romanticism & the Lake District (with full time & part time study options available) www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...
What an amazing poem!
That is such a true and touching poem. Thank you for posting it.
Signed!
That's an interesting version of cheesecake! I do remember curd cakes from when I was a child and remember making lemon cheese. Very best wishes too!
Very best wishes too! That's an intriguing thought, cheesecakes without cheese! Did they use lemon cheese, by any chance?
A great read! I was enthralled by the stories of all the houses and characters, not least those of your own family.
I first read this beautiful sonnet in an anthology called 'Balletis of Luve', probably in 1976.
I hope you are successful, Fiona ☺️
Baby Norman Nicholson, smiling at the camera, in his white lace gown. Some time in 1914. Photographer unknown.
There's still time to register for the FREE ONLINE Norman Nicholson Birthday Celebration which will take place 8th January from 7.30-9.00pm. 12 brilliant poems, two songs, a toast (virtual whisky), and a Birthday Song! Registration deadline: 5.00pm today! Email: normannicholsonsociety@gmail.com
All are welcome to register for the FREE online Norman Nicholson Birthday Celebration on January 8th 2026 from 7.30-9.00pm - but the deadline for registering is Wednesday 7th January at 5.00pm. Drop an email to normannicholsonsociety@gmail.com if you'd like to attend. See: www.normannicholson.org
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Thanks for reposting, Sue!
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Clever!
Hi - yes, I am a Stanza member, but nevertheless do feel that more could be done by the Poetry Society to support the outlying parts of the country (not the Central Lakes, but places which are less wealthy and remote from any centre at all).
A careful and luminous representation of the everyday, of the world as it is, which is also the world of the spirit.
Come to Cumbria! London is a far-distant country and there are many gifted poets in the North and North-west who would appreciate some Poetry Society events here. Do a Cumbrian Poetry Cafe tour: Barrow, Millom, Whitehaven, Workington, Carlisle, Penrith, Kendal, Grange-over-Sands...
I will be teaching a course on Poetry and Translation at the wonderful Higham Hall from December 7th to December 9th: highamhall.com/course/poetr...
Thank you! I enjoyed your essay. The fool's gold in the fragment of slate from Orwell's roof is very evocative (and would have appealed to the Cumbrian poet Norman Nicholson, whose poetry is so rooted in rock and stone).
Thank you for posting this!
This Museum is well worth a visit.
