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A Deep Dive into William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson - Nottingham's 19th Century Bareknuckle Boxer
Sat 20 Apr 2024This month we take you on a trip back to the early 19th century, to paint a picture of a very different Nottingham, where prize-fighter turned evangelist Bendigo rose from the slums to become a national hero in the ring.
The Hood, The Bad and the Ugly: A Century of Robin Hood on Film
Wed 28 Jul 2021It’s been well over a century since Robin Hood first graced the silver screen. Since then, the revered revolutionary has been portrayed by Hollywood legends, Soviet stars and a cartoon fox. We take a look at the most memorable movies from the leader of the Merry Men, as well as some of his more disappointing depictions...
The Thompson Brothers on Euro 2021, Venus Williams and The Jab
Tue 08 Jun 2021Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Poet Lydia Towsey Brings The Venus Papers to Nottingham Writers' Studio
Wed 19 Oct 2016"Lydia Towsey explores what it means to be a female in the 21st century with her one-woman show, touring her thoughts in a load of different cities"
Christopher Richardson talks Nottingham in the 19th Century
Mon 14 Jul 2014City Of Light is a book that celebrates Nottingham’s gobbiness during the nineteenth century, when we got up to all sorts in the name of education. We chatted to the author, Christopher Richardson, about the role of libraries, literacy and Luddites in the city’s history...
Goose Fair in the 1890s
Mon 01 Oct 2012Babies in bottles, armless women, lion petting zoos… these were the sights of Goose Fair that Nottingham diarist Sydney Race recorded over a century ago. Ann Featherstone reviews his fascinating chronicles from a time when people used to pay to look at massively fat kids, instead of waiting in queues with them…
Arthur Century Later
Sun 25 Apr 2010ITV were supposed to remake Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 2008, but they chickened out. So what would a modern Arthur Seaton be like? We have a stab at it…