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The Thompsons on wrestling at Victoria Lesiure Centre, local restaurants, and poetry

Our latest chat with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers.... 

John Robb

The Longest Johns

The Thompsons on festivals and killer cows

Our latest catch up with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers...

Kalum Thompson: the teenage midfielder shining bright in Nottingham Forest's youth division

It’s been a turbulent year at Nottingham Forest FC. While prospects of Premier League survival have become brighter and the dream of European silverware more enchanting, in all the uncertainty there is one definite; the club has some serious talent waiting in the wings...

We paid a visit to the Nigel Doughty Academy to check in with the latest academy lads. The club has boasted some fine academy graduates over the last decade including Ryan Yates, Brennan Johnson and Matty Cash. So don’t be surprised if a certain Kalum Thompson is next to join that list! Now aged seventeen, Thompson crossed the Irish Sea last summer to join the Reds from Linfield. Like a duck to water the youngster has quickly marked himself as one of the most exciting prospects in youth football…

The Thompsons on vinyl, the Kardomah and King George parks

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on vinyl, a Notts coffee shop lost to time, and King George parks

Ghost Hunt with Barrie John at Nottingham Castle

A semester in Notts: US photographer John Dean's snapshot of Nottingham in the 70s

In the Spring of 1976, a then twenty-year-old photography student named John Dean arrived in Nottingham unaware that he would go on to capture some of the most beautiful, compelling and personal street photographs our city has ever seen. Five decades later, many of those images are being shown for the first time in a new exhibition at Bonington Gallery; A Semester in Nottingham, 1976. 

Ahead of his exhibition, held at the very university that he briefly studied at fifty years ago, Dani Bacon sat down for a transatlantic Teams call (with a questionable signal), to talk to John about his time in Nottingham, his career and why he’s chosen now as the perfect time to unveil his photographs.

The Thompsons on antiques, Beeston and VHS tapes.

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers tells us their thoughts on antiques, Beeston and VHS tapes.

Art works: Kim Thompson's Broadway Cinema mural

For this month’s Art Works we heard from Nottingham's own, Kim Thompson about her newest and largest-ever mural, featured at Broadway Cinema.

Big John’s BOSH BINGO Is Coming To Nottingham!

The Thompsons talk Victoria Centre Market, Light Night and Andy Warhol

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers give us their take on Victoria Centre Market, Light Night and Andy Warhol

Ghost Hunt with Barrie John at Nottingham Castle

Life Behind Bars: with John Slee, Manager at The Lincolnshire Poacher

We popped in to see John Slee, Manager at The Lincolnshire Poacher, to talk about whiskey, stables and famous guests...

Zach Thompson

The Thompsons talk parking restrictions, meditation and their hope for 2026

For our new year's convo with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers, we talked about wellness tips, new Sherwood parking restrictions, and their hopes for 2026... 

Left Brian: John Robertson, John McGovern and a Kenny Burns Night Supper

It's Burns Night today, and we've been inviting our regular Notts County, Mansfield Town and Nottingham Forest football columnists to muse on the influence of Scotland in the history of their own clubs. Julie Pritchard - our Nottingham Forest columnist - decides which Forest players she'd invite as guests for a Burns Night supper... 

John Otway - Birthday Bash 2025

Ay up me duck, best gigs, and The Park Estate: Talkin' with the Thompsons

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on their best gigs of the year, The Park Estate and the origins of 'ay up me duck'

Johnny and the Raindrops legendary Christmas gig!

The Thompsons on the Southwell Minster Lectern, the County Hotel, and the River Leen

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on the Southwell Minster Lectern, the County Hotel and the River Leen

Anna Harriott and Iona Johnson Stories In the Dust

John On The System - Stolen Goods

The Thompsons on the National Justice Museum, bucket lists and AI

This month Nottingham's most opinionated grocers gave us their opinions about The National Justice Museum (plus the ghost stories associated with it), bucket lists, and the impact of A.I.