Tales from Watnall Hall

Watnall Brickworks and its 4 iconic chimneys

Eastwood's hilltop "DH Lawrence Memorial Hall" and other lost local legacies...

Lady Maud, wedding planner - the butler, the maid and the gardener's daughters

Fontana Vecchia - spirit of DHL lingers at his old Sicilian villa (and a werewolf)

Brinsley Headstocks - the final cut, conservation by chainsaw

"DH Lawrence - The truth about a banned genius" - Picture Post magazine visits Eastwood in 1955

DH Lawrence - the Kiowa ranch cookbook...

DH Lawrence - what did he sound like?

The Rolleston's & the first subterranean ball at Welbeck Abbey

Versions of Lawrence - his Ripley Rattlers colour change and is life now imitating his art?

DH Lawrence - anyone for herbal beer?

Using my DH Lawrence interactive "Map of World Travels" to plan a bike/walk tour of local Lawrence hot spots