Site of the week: DH Lawrence

The University of Nottingham has laid claim to the city's most famous literary son with a new website dedicated to DH Lawrence. Part promotional tool for the university's own collections and scholarly archives and part general introduction to the author's work, the site tries to be all things to all people - and somehow succeeds in this delicate balancing act. The design of the site deserves much of the credit, with a warm and welcoming homepage that draws in the casual browser and the Lawrence fan alike. The interactive biographical timeline provides a nifty brief guide to the writer's life, while the virtual tour of Lawrence's haunts around the east Midlands will appeal to heritage tour types. The events listings, meanwhile, and the details of the university's manuscript collections will be a useful resource for the Lawrence buff.