Nottingham Post published Nigel Kirk: Why Hugh Browne's letters are a hoot

The humorous papers of a larger-than-life character from Victorian Nottingham are about to be sold, as auctioneer Nigel Kirk explains.Elections are on everyone's mind, but those active in the civic and professional life of Victorian Nottingham were no less interested. Forget coalitions, for in WS Gilbert's immortal words, they were "either a little Liberal / Or a little Conservative!" The Nottingham solicitor and town councillor Hugh Browne (1834-1914) was a big Liberal; so big in fact