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Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse

The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...

We met local Reggae and Dub royalty Quantro Tone Sound System

One of Notts first sound systems and originally called Iron City, Quantro Tone Sound System started as a hobby for nine bored young friends. They went on to support some iconic names in Reggae and Dub, from Don Sinclair to The Mighty Diamonds, and perform in cities across the country. On the day of their fifty year anniversary celebration at St Ann’s, we heard more from them about that golden era and how they’ve maintained their strong friendships over the decades. 

The original members were Lenny, Robert, Kenneth, Leslie, Colin, Winston, and Eric as Iron City. Later, they were Quantro with Keith and Johnny. The 'box men' and bouncers were Desmond, Brown, Austin, Fisherman and Devon with Mr Brown and Trevor Mitchell acting as the trusty van drivers.

Book Launch 'bunker: Stories and Poems From a Nuclear Age'

The Weekend Festival

Mascot Mondays: Celebrate Your Local Teams

We revisit The Dungeon Club, home for Nottingham mods during the 1960s

While many nightclubs have transformed over the decades, it’s rare to find one that has inspired long-standing reunion groups over the years. The Dungeon Club on Stanford Street is one such club that welcomed a generation of Nottingham mods. This year, ‘Nottingham’s own Cavern Club,’ will celebrate sixty years since it first opened on July 10 1964. We delve into its history and speak to some of the regulars…

Mascot Mondays: Celebrate Your Local Teams

Nottingham Carnival 2024

Mascot Mondays: Celebrate Your Local Teams

Mascot Mondays: Celebrate Your Local Teams

Grimm Tales & Golden Poems

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer: The Victorian writer from Notts who created his own dictionary

For more than 150 years, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has been a prized possession for imaginative authors. In a house near Sherwood Forest, we remember the man who first wrote it…

Kidical Mass Nottingham

Arieh Temkin

Candlestick Press launch: Ten Poems about Libraries

We Chat to Holly Williams About Her Highly Anticipated New Novel

A seasoned freelance journalist, Holly Williams has embarked upon another career as a novelist. As NTU WRAP's featured author for this spring she was in town at the new Central Library, so we thought we'd catch up with her... 

Wrap Live! In Conversation With Holly Williams

Victoria Villasenor Tells Us All About Her Latest Novel ‘Medea: Priestess, Princess, Witch'

Relocating from Los Angeles to the UK back in 2007, Victoria Villasenor started Global Wordsmiths in Nottingham over a decade ago, and has since published books under various pseudonyms including Brey Willows and Ally McGuire. She made the time to chat to us all about her thirteenth book Medea: Priestess, Princess, Witch, which has been released under the name JJ Taylor, writing LGBTQ+ fiction, and her advice to emerging queer authors…

Steve Hall & Steve Williams

Five Leaves Open Fiction Book Group Discusses Stoner, by John Williams

Biscuit & Brew Are Moving to Victoria Street - Support Their Crowdfunder

Biscuit & Brew are moving to Victoria Street, and they need a bit of help to finish their new tea house and lounge...

Lush Snow Fairy Experience

Crime Club - Victorian Murderers

Lucy Crisp