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Turning a new page: How Meadows Library escaped closure
Sun 26 Jan 2025Set up to support the library in the Meadows, Friends of Meadows Library has provided an essential hub for almost 100 years. Thanks to community togetherness and smart campaigning, the Meadows Library was recently saved from closure. We met Jackie and Di from the group, to find out what Friends of Meadows Library is there for, and why this special library was so worth saving.
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Truth or Legend? The Case of the White Lady of Wollaton
Tue 24 Dec 2024Fancy a ghost story this Christmas Eve? We thought that we'd revive this age-old Victorian tradition and discuss the mysterious legend of the White Lady of Wollaton...
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Chapters of history: author Simon Smalley turns the pages on Nottingham’s queer past
Sat 02 Nov 2024The history of St. Ann’s has always been a fascinating one. Today, the idea that the council could bulldoze entire areas of communities separating neighbours and friends is one that is difficult to imagine. However, for those who lived it, it’s still all too real. CJ De Barra speaks to St Ann’s born-and-bred author Simon Smalley about growing up in the area as a young gay man in the 60s and 70s.
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Den Of Fools: the Funny / Punny Panel Show Where Improv Meets Standup - Nottingham Comedy Festival
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Dim Bulbs 'Gift Over' Album launch at The Carousel - Fri 25th Oct with Ontag, The Royal Deficiency and White Skull Death Snakes Of Death
Fri 25 Oct 2024Writing while Muslim: writer and activist A.M. Dassu on her upcoming panel
Tue 15 Oct 2024Award-winning Midlands writer and activist A.M. Dassu is heading to Nottingham to present her panel, Writing while Muslim, at Nottingham Central Library. We got the scoop behind her inspiring journey…
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Hitchcock meets Lord of the Flies in this exciting comedy-thriller at the Nottingham Playhouse
Sun 06 Oct 2024Rotten is a comedy about the Instagram generation that is as dark as it is funny. Its creator, Josie White, speaks with Leftlion about terrible things and how she came to write them...
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Gig review: Average White Band at Rock City
Thu 16 May 2024We headed down to Rock City for a musicianship masterclass from Average White Band, as they visited Nottingham as part of their final tour...
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Gig review: Fat White Family at Rough Trade
Thu 02 May 2024It was out with the old and in with the new as Fat White Family came to Nottingham's Rough Trade to give a stripped-back performance of some of their latest tracks...
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