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Black History Month: George Africanus

"Black slaves and servants were status symbols at the time, and so were often given roles of high visibility"

The History of Theatre Royal Nottingham

Celebrate with us as we take a look back at an iconic building that has been home to thespian, punter and memory a plenty...

Gunner Girl: Clare Harvey

Debut novel that won the Exeter Novel Prize

Gunner Girl: Clare Harvey

Debut novel that won the Exeter Novel Prize

Street Tales: Exchange Walk

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...

Street Tales: Narrow Marsh

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...

The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

Street Tales: Long Row

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

Cycling in Nottingham: History of Raleigh Bikes

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.

Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

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…

The History of the Malt Cross Nottingham

After scooping a £1.38m grant from Heritage Lottery Funding this year, the Malt Cross closed its doors for four months to undergo a massive restoration. Now re-opened, it’s the largest Victorian music hall outside of London and one of only a fistful left in the country. As one of Nottingham’s most beautiful buildings, it’d be remiss not to have a dig in to its colourful history…

Street Tales: Market Street

Once upon a time, the proles of Nottingham got one over on the gentry through the medium of road-signage...

Book Reviews: October 2014

This month's review featuring Hunted by Hawks, DH Lawrence: Zombie Hunter, Influence and A Brief History of Whistling

A History of St Ann's Allotments

With its community feel and green-fingered goodness, we look back at the history of Europe's biggest detached town gardens

A History of Coal Mining in 10 Objects

"As a miner's son who grew up in the area during the sixties and seventies, I wanted to reflect on the culture that shaped me"

A History of Nottingham on Television 1953-2014

A History of Women and Feminism in Nottingham 1903-2014

In Celebration of International Women's Day 2014, WoLAN take us through the history of women's rights in the 20th and 21st century and Nottingham's part in the movement...

Nottingham Cinema History

From his first experience of Saturday morning kids’ shows at the pictures, Rick Wilde became hooked on not only films but on how cinemas worked. Beginning his career in 1953 as a four teen-year-old, he worked as a projectionist until 2006. When he joined the business there was 52 picture houses around the city: from the crude conversions of the early 1900s, the gilded Victorian palaces of the 1910s, the art deco continentals of the 1930s, the sophisticated twin and triples of the 1960s and 1970s, to the multiplexes of today - he’s seen it all. A walking encyclopedia of Notts cinema shares his knowledge with us...

History of Nottingham's Savoy Cinema

On 7 November 1935, the Savoy Cinema opened its doors to screen its first film, Flirtation Walk, a musical romance starring Dick Powell. It was likely that only the Lenton locals took any notice of this event because, at that time, there were 52 other cinemas in and around Nottingham. So if it wasn’t that extraordinary then, what is its place in Nottingham today? And how in Cockleman’s name has it survived so long when the others have not?

Notts County: 150 Years of History

A potted history of the last century and a half in the life of world football's oldest league club...

Hellfire Harlots vs Crime City Rollers

Nottingham's baddass roller derby ladies took on a team all the way from Malmo, Sweden

A potted history of the Malt Cross

A local venue with a rich history: from the Elephant Man, to Monty Python's silly walks, to a roof held together entirely with glue

Gay Up Me Duck

With Pride taking place over the weekend, Troubled Diva (aka Mike Atkinson) takes us through Gay Nottingham past and present...

A Brief History of Nottingham Rugby

A Brief History of or local rugby team, plus interviews withe three current players Tom Barlow, Ben Thompson and Daniel Montegu...