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The Five Hundred

Celebrating Celine

Poetry From Hasib Hourani

Nottingham Pagan Book Club: Ashes and Stones by Allyson Shaw

Jonathan Taylor and James Scudamore On Bullying

Rachel Cooke On Women’s Friendship, Through Fiction, Diaries and Letters

Poetry From Martin Figura and Helen Ivory

Khaled Alesmael- Selamlik

Peggy’s House Band Ft Alan Barnes Plays Charlie Parker [jazz]

Non-fiction Book Group: Empire Of Normality: Neurodiversity and Capitalism by Robert Chapman

Resisting Mediocrity, Remaking the University With David Harvie

All About Oaks, With Jules Acton, Author Of Oaklore, an Illustrated Talk

The Miners’ Strike 1984-5: When Government Made War Upon the People, With Hilary Cave

Fiction Book Group: Hangover Square by Patrick Hamilton

Chucking Putty at the Queen, With Simon Smalley

The Return to Hinterlands -more Travels Around England’s Non-league Football Grounds, With Chris Towers

Sheila Rowbotham – Reasons to Rebel, the 1980s Revisited

The Moon Looks On Them All: Of Friends and Friendship With John Lucas, and Endless Present With Rory Waterman

Stuffed, With Pen Vogler

Punks and weirdos: Celebrating 15 Years of studio and performance venue JT Soar

From the headquarters of a fruit and vegetable wholesaler near Sneinton Market to one of Nottingham’s best loved recording studios and truly intimate, DIY music venues - it’s been quite a journey for JT Soar. 

When Phil Booth and his business partner Nick first took over the space at number 2 Aberdeen Street, they saw beyond an empty concrete room with metal grilles and a scooter garage next door. Their vision was to create something truly special: a recording studio, rehearsal and gig space, with a truly barrier-free ethos in all senses of the word.

Now fifteen years later, JT Soar celebrates its decade-and-a-half anniversary since it first opened its doors, marking the occasion with a “two-day, one stage, all killer-no filler line-up” of some of Phil Booth’s favourite bands. Ahead of what is being billed as ‘JT Soar Fest’, we asked staff, promoters, bands and community members to share their favourite memories of JT Soar, and outline what makes it so special.

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An Evening With Alan Hollinghurst

Helen Charman: a Political History Of Motherhood

Julie Burke & Julie Gardner – Five Leaves New Poetry Launch

Fiction Book Group: the Lost Daughter by Elena Ferrante, Translated by Ann Goldstein