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UNESCO City of Literature: David Belbin

Fri 05 Jun 2015

"I particularly want to see the bid used to boost literacy in the city"

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UNESCO City of Literature: Graham Joyce

Tue 19 May 2015

"Writers don't have a life, they sit in a room making up other people's lives and it's bloody hard work"

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UNESCO City of Literature: Graham Joyce

Tue 19 May 2015

"Writers don't have a life, they sit in a room making up other people's lives and it's bloody hard work"

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Football Rocks

Sun 10 May 2015

Next week you'll find the likes of Jake Bugg and Saint Raymond at Meadow Lane, but they ain't singing

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Football Rocks

Sun 10 May 2015

Next week you'll find the likes of Jake Bugg and Saint Raymond at Meadow Lane, but they ain't singing

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Living for the City

Thu 23 Apr 2015

Politicians have had their go at explaining what's right and wrong with the city. Now it's the turn of the poets

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Living for the City

Thu 23 Apr 2015

Politicians have had their go at explaining what's right and wrong with the city. Now it's the turn of the poets

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UNESCO City of Literature: Slavomir Rawicz

Fri 10 Apr 2015

"After being unfairly imprisoned and tortured by an interrogator who makes Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs look like Walter the Softy, Rawicz planned his escape"

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UNESCO City of Literature: Slavomir Rawicz

Fri 10 Apr 2015

"After being unfairly imprisoned and tortured by an interrogator who makes Mr Blonde in Reservoir Dogs look like Walter the Softy, Rawicz planned his escape"

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Street Tales: Exchange Walk

Mon 06 Apr 2015

Back in the day, there were big plans to make the route from Market Square to St Peter's Square a major thoroughfare for vehicles...

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UNESCO City of Literature: Geoffrey Trease

Mon 23 Mar 2015

Trease was ahead of his time in recognising that the stories we tell children significantly impact on their view of the world as an adult

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Interview: Holly Lucas

Thu 12 Mar 2015

Having graced our screens in a scruffy apron and bonnet for the Channel 4 series The Mill over the course of last year, Holly Lucas has now ditched the dirty work in favour of the Buddhist faith. We caught up with her and had a good old natter about veganism, lamb chops, and those jobs you just want to forget...

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Street Tales: Narrow Marsh

Tue 10 Mar 2015

We delve a little deeper into the history of our city’s streets to give you the tales they’d never have taught you at school...

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Ten Reasons Why Nottingham is the City of Football

Fri 27 Feb 2015

Celebrating our title as England's City of Football, we've got ten Notts football firsts for you to dig your studs into...

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The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Wed 25 Feb 2015

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

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The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Wed 25 Feb 2015

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

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Moscow City Ballet: The Nutcracker

Sun 08 Feb 2015

It’s like that elusive last Christmas present that got lost in the post

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Moscow City Ballet: The Nutcracker

Sun 08 Feb 2015

It’s like that elusive last Christmas present that got lost in the post

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UNESCO City of Literature: Lord Byron

Wed 04 Feb 2015

He fought in wars, stood up for the poor, and kept a bear in his room at Trinity College, Cambridge. But Lord Byron also banged out a few poems - another reason why Nottingham is worthy of being a UNESCO City of Literature...

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Street Tales: Long Row

Mon 02 Feb 2015

Years ago, the buildings on Long Row extended halfway over the marketplace and a young lad got a bit curious about the roof tiles

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Cycling in Nottingham: History of Raleigh Bikes

Thu 15 Jan 2015

You can hardly move in Nottingham, or anywhere else for that matter, for Raleigh bikes. Not the new ones, which aren’t sold by as many bike dealers as they once were, but second-hand and restored classic machines – from rare pre-war models to the ‘all steel’ bikes of the fifties and sixties, to fold-up twenties, to Choppers, Grifters, Activators and Team Banana racers of the eighties.

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UNESCO City of Literature: Margaret Cavendish

Tue 13 Jan 2015

Here's your second essay in the series supporting Nottingham's bid to win the City of Literature title

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City Arts Move From Radford Into City Centre

Mon 12 Jan 2015

The newest face in town is City Arts. Parked next door to the Writers’ Studio on the border of Sneinton, the new office and creative space is the most centrally located in the organisation’s nearly forty-year history…

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Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

Wed 10 Dec 2014

Stephen Godfroy, director and co-owner of Rough Trade, is credited with revitalising the company after joining a decade ago. Firstly he introduced the subscription-based ‘Album Club’ and then helped develop Rough Trade East, the company’s flagship store on trendier-than-thou Brick Lane. After setting up Rough Trade New York last October, the independent record store has opened its first UK store outside of London on Broad Street. He came to Nottingham for the store’s opening, so we nipped in for a chat…

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UNESCO City of Literature: Edward Harley

Wed 12 Nov 2014

If it wasn’t for a book-loving toff who was bobbins with money, we wouldn’t have the British Library. In the first of a series of essays, we explain why Nottingham is truly worthy of being a UNESCO City of Literature, starting with the incredible bibliophile Edward Harley.

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