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Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades Of Lgbtq+ Struggle and Liberation
Thu 25 Jul 2024Ebenezer Cobham Brewer: The Victorian writer from Notts who created his own dictionary
Mon 27 May 2024For more than 150 years, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has been a prized possession for imaginative authors. In a house near Sherwood Forest, we remember the man who first wrote it…
How local football team Fanzines United FC was created from a conversation in Selectadisc record shop
Fri 24 May 2024In 1990 a conversation in Selectadisc record shop led to a group of Notts County and Nottingham Forest fanzine creators putting their rivalries aside to form a football team together. Fanzines United FC was formed and is still going strong to this day. Andy Lowe, founder of the Tricky Tree fanzine explains how it happened…
The creators of Queer Notts and Moan Zine tell us why the medium lends itself perfectly to queer creativity and community
Sat 18 May 2024The creators of Queer Notts and Moan Zine tell us why the medium lends itself perfectly to queer creativity and community.
Glastonbudget 2024: the Original Tribute Festival returns from Thursday 23 - Sunday 26 May
Wed 15 May 2024Glastonbudget - which lays claim to being "the original tribute festival, keeping the music alive since 2005". Acts acting as other acts gracing the stage this year include The Bon Jovi Experience, Flash: A Tribute to Queen, ABBA Revival, Absolute Bowie, The Police Academy and many more. But there's plenty of local talent on offer too.
Martin Kemp to Headline Notts' Boho Festival in July, with Tickets Starting at £35 for Adults
Wed 15 May 2024You don't have to travel halfway across the country, or blow half your savings, to get that festival feeling - Notts' own Boho Festival is one offer closer to home that hopes to tick all your boxes...
We Speak to Jim Cooke, Co-founder of 1980s-2000s Notts County Football Fanzine The Pie
Tue 14 May 2024Merging football, music and real ale, Notts County fanzine The Pie took football back to the community when it ran over 87 issues from the late 80s to the late 00s. We speak to one of the original founders Jim Cooke about the history of the publication...
A History of Notts County fanzines
Tue 14 May 2024For a relatively small league club Notts County more than punched its weight in fanzines. The Pie was the dominating one in the scene, but there were quite a few others over the years…
Comic festivals, choirs, funky soul and jazz, and gigs: here's what's on in Notts 13 - 19 May
Sun 12 May 2024Sing, dance, create and learn in Notts this week, with a lovely hodgepodge of events across the city...
Sneinton’s Backlit Gallery to receive almost £500k in funding from Arts Council England
Wed 08 May 2024Fantastic news for Nottingham’s creative community as Sneinton’s Backlit Gallery is set to receive Arts Council funding to secure and develop their building.
A History of Nottingham Forest FC Fanzines
Tue 07 May 2024We take a deep dive into the history of Nottingham Forest FC fanzines and fan publications, from the 1980s to the present day...
We Speak to Julie Pritchard, Creator of 1980s-90s Nottingham Forest Football Fanzine Brian
Tue 07 May 2024It’s the late ‘80s, the internet doesn’t exist yet, and neither does the Premier League. However, the community around local football clubs is strong and one avid supporter, Julie Pritchard, decides it’s time for a Nottingham Forest fanzine. Thus Brian is born lasting eight years and 47 issues…