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The Purple Hearts

The Boxer Rebellion

Sheila Rowbotham – Reasons to Rebel, the 1980s Revisited

Scarlet Rebels

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts

Book Review: Heartsound by Clare Stevens

A coming-of-age drama in drainpipe jeans.

Byron: Poet, Rebel... Politician?

The Wandering Hearts

Conscientious Protectors: a Story Of Rebellion Against Extinction + In-person Q&a With Director

Rebels Of the Neon God + Introduction

Book Launch for Heartsound With Clare Stevens and Others

The Nottingham Rebels "i've Never Told Anyone This Before"

Kamikaze Hearts - 2k (18)

Ricky Warwick and the Fighting Hearts

Broken Witt Rebels

Out of Time: How King Henry VIII’s Reformation Triggered a Rebellion That Put Nottingham at the Heart of a National Power Struggle

In keeping with our Seven Deadly Sins issue, we look back at a definitive turning point in the history of religion in England, exploring how King Henry VIII’s Reformation fuelled the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Northern rebellion that placed Nottingham at the centre of a power struggle for the soul of a nation…

Tracy Neale of Extinction Rebellion Nottingham on the Fight for the Future

A self-proclaimed rebel, Tracy Neale is on the front line in the fight for our future in her role with Extinction Rebellion. I spoke to Tracy about her active role in the XR Nottingham faction and beyond in order to understand a movement which is so much bigger than any individual...

8 Rebels From Around the World Who Channelled Their Inner Robin Hood

Whether he was a real man or not, the figure of Robin Hood inspired countless acts of rebellion against injustice all over the world. So much so, in fact, that the name Robin Hood became a moniker for those who mirrored many of the legend’s tropes: robbing from the rich to give to the poor, standing up against tyranny or being a talismanic hero in the face of adversity. While the list of latter day Hoods is endless, we’ve rounded eight of the best stories of Robin Hoods from around the world…

Follow the Rebel Writers Trail on World Book Day

Can you find all thirteen plaques?

Rebel Rebel in the Brewery Yard

Notts Rebels: Eric Irons

In celebration of the Nottingham Castle Trust’s #VoicesofToday campaign, our Notts Rebels series continues with the story of Britain's first black magistrate: Eric Irons...

An XR Rebel in Notts

What it's really like to be a part of one of the most controversial groups in the UK... 

Notts Rebels: John Deane

Despite a long and illustrious naval career that saw him interact with the likes of Robert Walpole and Peter the Great, as well as being a key figure in the capture of Gibraltar, Wilford-born John Deane would always be associated with the events on Boon Island. For all the heroics and accolades he received afterward, it would be those 24 days of deception, shipwreck, murder and cannibalism that would haunt Captain Deane until the day he died…

Notts Rebels: William Brewster

Our Notts Rebels series continues with William Brewster and his Separatists, a group from North Nottinghamshire who fled England in search of religious freedom, sailing aboard the Mayflower to found the Plymouth Colony in America…

Notts Rebels: Usha Sood

In celebration of the Nottingham Castle Trust’s #VoicesofToday campaign, our Notts Rebels series continues with a look at the life and career of Usha Sood, one of Europe's trailblazing Human Rights lawyers…