Lost Words of Nottinghamshire: The Virtual Exhibition

Exhibition contents:

Professor Natalie Braber

Video introduction

Watch an introduction to the exhibition from Professor Natalie Braber who led the project, and find out more about her work.

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Woman viewing exhibition

Gallery tour

Watch a video tour of the Lost Words exhibition at Beeston Library,  plus - view the full tour schedule below.

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A poem and an illustration of the dialect word 'spadger': a sparrow

Exhibition gallery

See all the panels in the exhibition, featuring dialect poetry by children and young people from Nottinghamshire schools alongside beautiful artwork by acclaimed artist Hannah Sawtell. 

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A poem and an illustration of wasps. The word 'Jasper'.

More Lost Words of Nottinghamshire

Browse more poetry and stories by children and young people inspired by dialect words, in our specially produced digital book featuring more beautiful illustration by Hannah Sawtell. 

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Hannah Sawtell

About the artist

Discover more about our fantastic Lost Words artist Hannah Sawtell, find out about her experience of the project and view her website.


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Poet Andrew Graves

About the poet

Find out more about our Lost Words poet Andrew Graves, and read a specially commissioned dialect poem he wrote for the project. 


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Exhibition panels on a gallery wall

About Lost Words of Nottinghamshire

Read the press release and meet our supporters. 



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Exhibition panel

Resources for schools

Professor Braber has worked with Lost Words project partners First Story to develop resources that schools can use to inspire pupils to write poetry using local dialect.

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