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Having been awarded £500,000 in National Lottery Funding, enough to financially support the organisation for the next three years, POW Nottingham has announced its reopening. Here's everything to know about what they do.
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We have taken over and relaunched nottinghambooks.co.uk an online bookstore dedicated to publications about and by people from Nottingham.
Check out our stock at nottinghambooks.co.uk
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Nottingham Books stocks hundreds of locally produced titles, spanning literature, history, fiction and non-fiction. The online store was originally launched in Dec 2008 by Jane Streeter as the online arm of The Bookcase, a bookstore in Lowdham, which opened in Sept 1996.
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Matt Wigley has been Music Programme Manager at the Royal Concert Hall since the end of 2024. He talks to us about upcoming acts, world-class acoustics, and why anyone can get into classical music…
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In her monthly column, Labour MP for Nottingham East @NadiaWhittomeMP discusses private children's homes
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As winter evenings roll in, ditching screens and playing a new board game with loved ones is never a bad idea. David Walden, from Sneinton Market's The Dice Box, gives his recommendations 🎲
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For this month’s Art Works we hear from Bea Giaquinto, the artist behind a forthcoming exhibition about homelessness at St Mary’s Church, which marks the 25th anniversary of local charity Framework.
Read at the link on our profile.
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When we first heard of a mysterious Secret Tart Club bringing women together across Nottingham, we didn’t know what to expect. Lucy Campion attended the club’s summer soirée and spoke to founder Sabrina.
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If you’re looking for hidden gems in Hockley, there is nowhere better than Cobden Chambers – home to The Drawing Room Gallery & Tattoo Studio. Read the interview with the owners on the site (link on profile) 🎨
Photo: @highway61photography (on Instagram)
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Charlie Dean co-runs The Watered Garden: Sneinton Market's haven for plants and other creative activities. She features in our monthly 'Pick Six' feature where we ask her about her favourite things in Notts and beyond.
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If you feel as though algorithms, emails and newsfeeds are dominating your life, perhaps it’s time to take a step away from the screen, hark back to our ancestors and consider slower traditions...
Have a look at our interview with the Nottingham Folklore Society on the site.
Sarah Cunningham: Midnight Sun is the @Nottm_Contemp's latest exhibition celebrating the work of the late artist. Click the link on our profile to read about it 🌃
Photos - Jules Lister & George Darrell
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For my most recent @LeftLion column, I wrote about the Pride in Place programme, which will invest £19.6 million in St Ann’s East over the next ten years, and how you can get involved as a local resident.
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Notts rockers Eyre Llew have toured their immersive and distinctly local sound across continents. Now, they’re back with their second album: Bloom, and a show 15 November at The Nest, which is set to be truly spectacular…
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Making friends as an adult is hard – despite loneliness being a common issue, it is rarely talked about openly. Enter Soft Launch Social...
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This week Notts welcomes back former students @MylesSmithUK and @decobanduk for gigs in the city and much more.
What other great local events have we missed? Let us know in comments…
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Arthur Smith is one of the headliners of the Nottingham Comedy Festival, which started on Friday. Our stage editor Ian C Douglas had a slightly surreal chat with him in advance...
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