Lizzie Robinson

This instalment of Lizzie’s Lent expect the temptations of internet shopping and book obsessed English student conversations… This challenge is starting to get harder now! As part of the rules, I can browse as much as I like, but this has its own challenges. It feels like I’m facing the book equivalent...

This week Lizzie continues her Lent book ban, encountering the pressures of last minute course purchases and the allure of vintage book shops… So this hasn’t been the most successful week. I’m sad to report that I have cheated, although, in my defence, it was necessary! The week started...

What do you usually give up for Lent? Chocolate? Carbs? Social media? This February, literature lover Lizzie attempts to take on the arts student’s ultimate weakness – the penchant for buying books. For forty days and forty nights Lizzie will be going cold turkey: no late night Amazon purchases,...

It cannot be denied; there is something inherently romantic about the idea of sitting outside the Trent Building in the sunshine with a latte and a copy of Jane Eyre. While this is probably the stereotype most people have of English students, when the reality is usually pulling an...

There is nothing more romantic than the love and relationships found in fiction. After all, fantasy is sometimes better than reality. So this Valentine’s, why not take up a romantic book or two and experience the passion and timelessness created throughout the years. Arts writer, Lizzie Robinson, has compiled a...