{"id":3389,"date":"2024-05-04T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-04T08:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3389"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:15:09","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:15:09","slug":"e-nesbit-centenary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/04\/e-nesbit-centenary\/","title":{"rendered":"E Nesbit &#8211; centenary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-707x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3390\" width=\"176\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-707x1024.jpg 707w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-768x1112.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-1061x1536.jpg 1061w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992-1414x2048.jpg 1414w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/9780099572992.jpg 1533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 176px) 85vw, 176px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May marks the centenary of the death of English writer and poet, E. Nesbit, and offers a chance to commemorate not only the woman herself but also the enduring impact of her literary contributions. Edith Nesbit, renowned for her children&#8217;s classics like &#8220;The Railway Children&#8221; and &#8220;Five Children and It,&#8221; revolutionized storytelling with her imaginative narratives and relatable characters. Her works continue to captivate generations, transcending time with themes of adventure, friendship, and the wonders of childhood. The centenary of her passing is a great opportunity to celebrate Nesbit&#8217;s legacy inspiring countless young readers&#8217; imaginations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3391\" width=\"151\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-1.jpeg 474w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/th-1-196x300.jpeg 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 85vw, 151px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She was also a political activist and co-founder of the Fabian Society, a socialist organisation later affiliated to the Labour Party.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador 4th\u00a0May marks the centenary of the death of English writer and poet, E. Nesbit, and offers a chance to commemorate not only the woman herself but also the enduring impact of her literary contributions. Edith Nesbit, renowned for her children&#8217;s classics like &#8220;The Railway Children&#8221; and &#8220;Five Children and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/04\/e-nesbit-centenary\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;E Nesbit &#8211; centenary&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-anniversaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3393,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3389\/revisions\/3393"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}