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Rob Francis
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Get a Free eBook of R.M. Francis’ New Novel, Bella

The University of Wolverhampton have teamed up with Wild Pressed Books to offer readers free copies of R. M. Francis’ recent novel, Bella. R. M. Francis is a Lecturer in Creative and Professional Writing at the University, and his book is based on his recently completed PhD in the School of Read more…

By Jenny Gilbert, 7 months ago
Chain Coral
Lockdown Learning

Lockdown Learning: Poetry of the Black Country Landscape

Every week during the Covid-19 lockdown, the Black Country Studies Centre will be bringing you videos and blogposts about life in the Black Country, past, present and future. Expert speakers will give you insights to their subject and research, as well as sharing their recommendations and links for finding out Read more…

By Jenny Gilbert, 9 months9 months ago
Tom Hicks Multi Storey Wolverhampton

Black Country Studies Research Network II: Black Country Landscapes

Image: Multistorey, Wolverhampton by Tom Hicks – Black Country Type The Black Country landscape has always been, and remains, diverse. From the bucolic idyll of the Leasowes to the once-smoking chimneys’ of Chances; the fossil-rich limestone of the Wren’s Nest to the tainted earth where the Blue Billies once smouldered; Read more…

By Jenny Gilbert, 11 months1 year ago
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