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You Can Get Your Hands on Four Free Books in Nottingham This Month, All Thanks to City of Literature
Sun 03 Jul 2022Interested in four free books? Well then you’re in luck, because Nottingham’s City of Literature are giving away just that as part of their Big City Reads campaign. And with stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every kind of reader. Set to take place this summer, our Literature Editor catches up with Matt Turpin and Eleanor Flowerday from City of Literature to find out more…
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Take a Look Inside the Haunted Museum, Nottingham's Spookiest Spot
Mon 27 Jun 2022The fear of ghosts and other supernatural creatures, known as phasmophobia, can conjure up a mixture of feelings. For some, hearing ghost stories brings with it the giddy thrill of anxiety, or that feeling of enjoyment mixed with excitement that comes with the fear-fuelled rush of adrenaline. Having moved from its original home in Mapperley to Hopkinson on Station Street, The Haunted Museum has become Nottingham’s one-stop-destination for those of us brave enough to face the fear head on. We spoke with Marie Wesson, a supernatural investigator and owner of the museum, to find out more…
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5 of the Most Fun Things to Do in Nottingham This Week: Warhammer, Nottingham Craft Beer Festival and More
Mon 13 Jun 2022Mountain tours, mini-figure battles and magazine-making are all on the agenda this week...
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7 of the Most Stressful Moments in Film History
Sat 11 Jun 2022From Goodfellas to Funny Games, there have been some proper tense moments on the big screen...
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We Hear All About Nottingham's Growing Dungeons & Dragons Community
Thu 14 Apr 2022Daniel Knox-Hewson, Community Organiser for the Nottingham Dungeons & Dragons Adventurers League, tells us all about the city's increasingly diverse D&D scene...
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The University of Nottingham's Professor Martyn Poliakoff Chats Knighthoods, YouTube and Trams
Mon 21 Feb 2022A knighthood, a CBE, a Nyholm Prize for Education - it’s safe to say the University of Nottingham’s Professor Martyn Poliakoff, a global leader in the field of green chemistry, is one of the brightest minds to ever settle in our fair land. We chat to the local legend about his favourite Notts spots, his aversion to science-fiction movies, and his YouTube channel Periodic Videos, which now boasts over 1m subscribers…
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Theatre Review: Private Peaceful at Nottingham Playhouse
Thu 17 Feb 2022Ian Douglas headed to Nottingham Playhouse to check out the latest stage adaptation of Michael Morpurgo's World War One drama Private Peaceful
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We Went to Nottingham's First Commercial Indoor Farm to Talk Mushrooms and Microgreens
Tue 08 Feb 2022Set up in August 2020 in a burst of furlough-fuelled “why not?” entrepreneurialism, Nottingham Vertical Farm, based in Carlton, is the city’s first commercial indoor farm. We talk to Will Glass, one half of the duo behind the business, to ask about their journey so far and how their approach can benefit both the environment and food security…
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The Oral History Report Captures the Living Memories Behind the Promenade, Home to Nottingham’s Most Colourful Houses
Wed 17 Nov 2021First classed as listed buildings in the eighties, the Promenade is home to some of Nottingham’s oldest and most colourful houses. We chat to Dan Lucas and Laura Summers about The Oral History Report - the book capturing the living memories behind this historic neighbourhood...
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Hopewood Hospital: Nottingham's Hub for Maternal Mental Healthcare
Sat 25 Sept 2021Nottingham is a hub for maternal mental healthcare. Writer and former patient Rachel Imms visits Hopewood Hospital in Woodthorpe to talk to specialists caring for new mothers as they overcome severe (and often scary) symptoms of complex psychiatric conditions.
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12 of Nottingham's Most Famous Graduates
Thu 16 Sept 2021Both of the universities in Nottingham have seen household names step foot through their doors over the years...
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University of Nottingham's Mental Health Expert Paul Crawford Gives Advice to New Students
Tue 14 Sept 2021Paul Crawford is a mental health campaigner and professor of Health Humanities at the University of Nottingham, a discipline which explores how the arts and humanities can inform public health. He talks us through the challenges we’re likely to encounter at university and gives some tips on how to handle them...
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Out of Time: Nottingham's Food History - Cheese Riots, Celery and HP Sauce
Sun 22 Aug 2021With this being the food and drink issue, our regular history feature explores Nottingham’s history of eccentricity, rebellion and invention through three food-related stories: Marshal Tallard’s introduction of celery to the country in the early eighteenth century, the 1766 Cheese Riots and Frederick Gibson Garton’s invention of HP Sauce in 1884…
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A Brief History of Nottingham's Robin Hood Statue
Sat 24 Jul 2021Today, Saturday 24 July 2021, marks 69 years since the unveiling of the famous Robin Hood Statue outside Nottingham Castle. Bob White, the co-founder of the World Wide Robin Hood Society, explains some of the history of this iconic city landmark...
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Out of Time: Nottingham's John Shaw and the Battle of Waterloo
Wed 16 Jun 2021It was the most famous battle in human history, helping to shape Europe as we know it today and finally ending Napoleon’s dreams of a French Empire. While the Battle of Waterloo ensured that names like Bonaparte and Wellington would be forever etched into history, it was the exploits of one man from Nottingham that caught the public’s attention more than any other on that day in 1815. With 18 June marking the battle’s 206th anniversary, we take a look at the extraordinary life and death of Cossall-born John Shaw…
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Green Hustle Gears Up For Nottingham's First Post-Lockdown Festival
Mon 31 May 2021After a successful virtual event last year, Green Hustle returns for an in-person festival in June...
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Antenna Are Relaunching Nottingham’s Most Cutting-Edge Co-working Space
Wed 12 May 2021After many months of working from home, you might breathe a sigh of relief when you hear that Antenna are reopening their doors to welcome members (and newbies) back to their state-of-the-art co-working spaces.
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We Asked Nottingham's Toddlers For Their Thoughts on COVID-19...
Thu 15 Apr 2021If you think the last year has been confusing for us grown-ups, just imagine how baffling it must have been for the youngsters. One minute life is all Octonauts and adventure, the next you’re stuck indoors watching your parents try and figure out how to set up a printer. But don’t take our word for it, here’s what some of Nottingham’s littlest residents have to say on the pandemic...
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One in Four: Nottingham's Experiences with Baby Loss
Thu 08 Apr 2021Despite occurring in a quarter of pregnancies, the subject of baby loss remains one of society’s great taboos. Friends and family can feel awkward and uncomfortable around grieving parents, who in turn are forced to bottle up their grief in order to avoid being ostracised, and antenatal classes and books all too often avoid the subject altogether. We speak to Nottingham residents Charlotte Kingsbury, who experienced eleven losses in eight pregnancies, and Carly Williams and Martin Sommerville, whose son Zephyr was stillborn in 2013, to ask why Britain is so poorly prepared to deal with baby loss...
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Nottingham's Kill the Bill Protest in Photos
Sun 28 Mar 2021Hundreds of people gathered at the demonstration, organised by Next Gen Movement, on Saturday 27 March...
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Creative Incubators: Nottingham's Music Studio Scene
Fri 05 Mar 2021A rite of passage for musicians with a hunger to progress their ideas. A collaborative creative melting pot. A place to make memories with your mates and, for some, a lifeline. From Rockfield to the Brownswood Basement and the recent rise of Digital Holdings, the UK hosts a number of iconic music studios that have moved on from simply being a place to lay down some tracks. Adding to this is a steadily growing number of studios in Nottingham. Eileen Pegg takes a look at the role these spaces play for the creative community, speaking with established hubs in the city and those launched over the past ten turbulent months...
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BOHNS Are Flipping Nottingham's Burger Scene On Its Head
Sat 16 Jan 2021Picture this: a juicy burger, brimming with cheese, sauce and spice. Wrapping your smackers around it. Sinking your teeth into all that bun and meat. Licking your lips in relish. Mmmm. That’s the BOHNS Burgers experience for you. They know how to pack in the flavour and the textures in their mouth-watering burgers. Our Food Editor Eve Smallman chats to owner Tom Bohn about how they make them so damn good, and why you should get your chops around one ASAP…
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Games Workshop Sees Record Profits During Covid-19
Tue 12 Jan 2021Nottingham-based Games Workshop has posted record profits and sales for the second year running and is now valued at at around £3.8 billion. The company has told investors that fans of its table-top games spent more on its products as they remained stuck at home for large parts of the period.
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Doreen Simmons: Nottingham's Sumo Wrestling Queen
Tue 12 Jan 2021Sumo wrestling commentator, teacher, author, singer, philanthropist, Mastermind contestant, recipient of Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun… Nottingham-born Doreen Simmons lived a life filled with adventure. Having recently, with friend Jane Russell, co-written a play about her life, history enthusiast Jayne Muir explains why Doreen’s is a story well-worth telling…
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