Antoinette Fawcett, Editor of Comet, the Norman Nicholson Society's magazine, will be teaching a course on Poetry and Translation at the wonderful Higham Hall from December 7th to December 9th: highamhall.com/course/poetr...

There's an exciting exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere, inspired by the Wordsworths trips to South Cumbria, and it also references the work of Norman Nicholson. 'Sparkling Waters of Morecambe Bay' by Kate Tame is a beautiful example of this. See our website for full details: www.normannicholson.org

There's an exciting exhibition at Wordsworth Grasmere, inspired by the Wordsworths trips to South Cumbria, and it also references the work of Norman Nicholson. 'Sparkling Waters of Morecambe Bay' by Kate Tame is a beautiful example of this. See our website for full details: www.normannicholson.org

@bsky.app Poet and Nicholson Society member Mary Robinson will be reading her poems with fellow poet Malcolm Carson on Thursday 23 October at 7pm at Cakes and Ale Cafe, Bookends Bookshop, 17-19 Castle Street, Carlisle CA3 8SY. Tickets £5 (including wine) from www.bookscumbria.com/product/cumb...

Happy National Poetry Day! www.normannicholson.org

A thoroughly informative and entertaining day yesterday at our Nicholson Symposium at Cumbria Uni's Ambleside campus. Big thanks to speakers and attendees and special congrats on avoiding the temptation of the other show in town, Ambleside Beer & Music Festival - at least until our event concluded!

Booking is now open for our Symposium in Ambleside on Saturday September 27th. Registration deadline is Friday September 12th and the event is open to everyone (more details on our website www.normannicholson.org)

The third Norman Nicholson symposium is on Sat Sept 27 at Uni of Cumbria’s Ambleside Campus. The topic this year is Place, Space and Time in Nicholson's Oeuvre. The day will include a light lunch. Registration opens on August 16th. Full details are on our website www.normannicholson.org

Looking forward to welcoming guests at our summer event in Millom tomorrow! Poets, Artists and Inspiration is the theme, starting by Christine Boyce's wonderful memorial window in St George's Chuch at 11am.

Abi Palmer’s place on the NNS committee was ratified at our recent AGM. Dr Laura Day, Janice Brockbank and Simone Faulkner have resigned from the committee due to the pressure of other commitments. Welcome Abi, and many thanks to Laura, Janice and Simone.

​We are pleased to announce that Jonathan Powell has been elected as our new Chair. Jonathan is a barrister at Gray’s Inn and divides his time between London and The Hill, just outside Millom. He has been a member of the NNS since 2018 and joined the NNS committee last year.

Coming up soon: 2-day course exploring the work of Norman Nicholson at Higham Hall, near Cockermouth, led by our committee member Antoinette Fawcett. From Wed March 26 at 6.30pm to Fri March 28 at 1.30pm. Costs are Residential: £310, Non-residential: £225. More info 01768 776276 or highamhall.com

Join us on Zoom on Wed Feb 5, 7.30pm, when Jessica Smith, archivist at John Rylands Library, Manchester, will talk about the papers of Norman Nicholson, and the work of the archive in general. To register, email [email protected] by 5pm on Mon Feb 3rd. All welcome, no charge.

We'll mark Nicholson's 111th birthday with an evening of poetry readings via Zoom this Wednesday, Jan 8th 2025, 7.30pm. To join us, register by 5pm Mon Jan 6th by email to [email protected]. All welcome, no charge. Info at www.normannicholson.org

We're going to celebrate Norman Nicholson's 111th birthday with a series of prose and poetry readings via Zoom on Wednesday January 8th at 7.30pm. Full details are on our website www.normannicholson.org

Welcome to our new home! We're delighted to be here. It's a busy time - we enjoyed an online discussion of Nicholson's earliest poetry 2 days ago; we're looking forward to our annual Christmas lunch next Saturday; and we're at the Christmas Tree festival at St George's Church in Millom.