As part of the third-year 'Single Author Study' module, I got the opportunity to look at the handwritten DH Lawrence manuscripts and letters which are stored at the King's Meadow Campus. It was an incredible experience to be able to get so close to the creative process of such an amazing writer and feel a connection with that writer as a living person, rather than just a historical figure. One of the most remarkable aspects of it was that you could follow how his writing had taken shape over time. Lawrence edited and revised extensively, and you can see that process recorded in the notes he made by hand on earlier drafts of his work. If you’re interested in DH Lawrence, there’s no better place to study him than at the University of Nottingham, where he was once a student himself.