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Season's Greenings: How to Have a Sustainable Christmas This Year
Wed 02 Dec 2020This December, Carbon Neutral Nottingham are sharing green-fingered tips with the help of local businesses...
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Shop Local This Christmas: 24 Gifts You Can Buy From Nottingham Independents
Wed 25 Nov 2020Christmas is going to be an odd one this year – you may not be able to see friends or family, and going around the shops won't be quite like normal. Our local sellers have had an odd time this year too, and need us to help them now more than ever...
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Deck the Hall: Wollaton gets set to host Christmas Lights Spectacular
Mon 23 Nov 2020This year has been full of compromises, tough decisions and – unfortunately – disappointment for many. As we lean into colder, gloomy nights, there are still question marks over Christmas 2020, and how we will be allowed to celebrate. While we already know we won’t be warmed by a bonfire at Forest Rec or filled with mulled wine in the Market Square, there is a light in the dark – Christmas at Wollaton, a light-up outdoor experience set to fill us all with wonder…
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Theatre Royal Is Staging a Socially-Distanced Sleeping Beauty This Christmas
Tue 17 Nov 2020To them, to you...
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Film Review: Operation Christmas Drop
Wed 11 Nov 2020Is it too early to start watching Christmas movies? Netflix reckons not. Here's what Joanna Hoyes thinks of this one...
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Wollaton Hall Are Having a Light Extravaganza This Crimbo
Wed 07 Oct 2020They’re also looking for a special superstar to switch on the magic…
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Out of Time: Frank Stratton and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Mon 21 Sept 2020It was an event that sent shockwaves ringing through the country, and remains the most devastating military defeat the United States had ever suffered against the Native Americans. Not only was the Battle of Little Bighorn one of the most significant moments in the story of America, but the massacre of General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry at the hands of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse remains amongst the most controversial and definitive military actions in U.S. history. And witness to it all was Frank Stratton, a 28-year-old former printer from Nottingham…
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The Thompson Brothers on Amazon, Princess Beatrice and August Christmas Parties
Tue 04 Aug 2020Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
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Christmas at the Foodbank
Sun 26 Apr 2020The ongoing health crisis has put unprecedented strain on the staff and resources at St Ann's and Sneinton Food Store. Filmed over Christmas 2019, this short documentary from Nottingham filmmakers Luke Radford and Toby Curson explores the importance of the food bank to its community...
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Film Review: Little Joe
Mon 24 Feb 2020When flowers attack - Ian C Douglas reviews offbeat Cannes drama Little Joe...
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Film Review: Little Women
Mon 30 Dec 2019One half of our new Screen editor team, George White, headed down to Broadway Cinema to check out a very late potential entry for best film of 2019...
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3 Books to Check Out this Christmas
Fri 20 Dec 2019We took a look at three books that would make perfect stocking-stuffers for the readers in your life...
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My First Time... Ruining Christmas
Mon 16 Dec 2019The family is all together, the mince pies are coming thick and fast and Home Alone is on the box. What could possibly go wrong?
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Food Review: Carluccio's Christmas Menu
Sun 08 Dec 2019When you think about Christmas food, it’s hard not to imagine gluttonous platters that will leave you in a food coma for days. Italian gaff Carluccios has turned that on its head with its festive menu, which indulges you in rich, beautiful flavours rather than over-stuffing you like nana’s turkey...
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Notts’ Panto Legends Kenneth Alan Taylor and John Elkington on Bringing Sleeping Beauty to the Playhouse This Christmas
Thu 05 Dec 2019This year marks 35 years since Kenneth Alan Taylor first brought pantomime to the Nottingham Playhouse when he arrived as Artistic Director. For a generation, his gentle northern tones were the voice of the quintessential panto dame, a role he reprised over and over before hanging up the costume changes for writing instead. It’s also been 21 years since John Elkington first appeared in a Playhouse panto and solidified himself as the current dame of choice. Our Stage Editor – and massive panto fan – sat down with them both during rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty to find out about this year’s production…
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5 Cracking Christmas Market Foods at Nottingham's Winter Wonderland
Thu 28 Nov 2019We found the best Christmas Market stalls so you don’t have to.
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Jay Rayner on Last Suppers, Nottingham's Food Scene, and Being the Christmas Chef
Fri 27 Sept 2019On Sunday 29 September Jay Rayner brings his new book to life on stage at Glee Club. It explores our fascination with last suppers and tells the stories of the killer dishes that would end up on his table. We spoke to him ahead of the show…
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"America just doesn’t want to acknowledge it’s dirty little history." Interview with Neither Wolf Nor Dog director Steven Lewis Simpson
Thu 22 Aug 2019We talked to Scottish-born filmmaker Steven Lewis Simpson about his latest film, Neither Wolf Nor Dog, ahead of its upcoming screening at Broadway Cinema…
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Preview: Magic of Thailand Festival at the Forest Recreation Ground
Fri 09 Aug 2019After taking their festival to nine other cities, this weekend sees the Magic of Thailand festival comes to Nottingham…
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A Magician in Notts
Thu 04 Apr 2019"If you’ve got a wannabe alpha-male in the group who thinks he’s going to be a clever dick, he won’t like someone else coming in and performing magic."
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Chaos Magic: Beginning to Understand Emptiness
Sun 10 Feb 2019‘Chaos Magic’ art gallery recently ran a workshop called ‘Beginning to Understand Emptiness’ which focused on the practice of Zen Buddhism. Our Caitlin got down to experience it for herself...
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Create Your Own Happy: Children’s Author Becky Goddard on Her Mission to Make the Little’uns Smile
Sat 19 Jan 2019According to studies by The Children’s Society and Pisa, young people in England are among the unhappiest in the world. With internet bullying, endless school tests and cuts to services, it can be bleddy hard being a kid. However, help is at hand. Together with Penny Alexander, West Bridgford’s Becky Goddard-Hill has devised Create Your Own Happy, a workbook that aims to empower children.
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5 Community Christmas Dinners in Nottingham
Fri 21 Dec 2018Christmas is a funny ol’ season. Although its celebrations can often provide lots of laughs, the C word can also be stressful for many who feel lonely at this time of year. Whether you’re looking to get into the giving spirit and help out, or just want to enjoy Christmas with others, here are some community dinners happening in Notts...
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