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Left Stag: February - A Rollercoaster Ride
Thu 12 Feb 2026If a week is a long time in politics, then two months is an age in football. Because of the Burn’s Night Scottish special in January, that’s how long it’s been since we had a proper check in on Mansfield Town’s progress...
Riding high: the triumph and tragedy of Tom Simpson
Fri 23 Jan 2026Six thousand feet up a mountain in southern France, surrounded by a pitiless landscape of sun-bleached rocks, stands a stone memorial to a Nottinghamshire man. Professional cyclist Tom Simpson collapsed and died there in 1967, creating a sporting legend still being kept alive by his family back home. As an annual festival in his memory grows into a week of Simpson-mania, Chris Breese pedals off in search of how a skinny miner's son from Bassetlaw created a legacy still being lauded from Lowdham to Leuven.
Gig Review: Freya Ridings at Rock City
Mon 16 Oct 2023With top-ten single Lost Without You under her belt, singer-songwriter Freya Ridings is fast-becoming a household name. Following the release of her sophomore studio album Blood Orange, the Castles singer embarks on a string of autumn UK tour dates, making a stop at Nottingham's Rock City...
Poetry Festival, Rollerdiscoing, Bat Walks, LGBTQ+ Comedy and More: Here's What's On This Week in Nottingham 17-24 September
Sun 17 Sept 2023Get your skates on and get planning - there's a roller-disco, poetry, comedy, music and nature events all happening in Nottingham this week!
From a Duck on Bike Launch to Castle Rock’s Yard Party, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week
Mon 08 May 2023Great music, great poetry -- you know what? Just bloody great times are coming to Notts this week...
Roller Disco Coming to Sneinton Market Avenues This September
Tue 13 Sept 2022Happening on September 24, Shoot the Duck Roller Disco will be taking over Sneinton Market Avenues with their guerrilla roller rink...
Theatre Review: Red Riding Hood at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre
Mon 17 Dec 2018We took a little person to Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre to check out Red Riding Hood...
Notts to Host European Roller Derby Tournament
Fri 12 Oct 2018Nottingham Hellfire Harlots are gearing up to host what promises to be a spectacular weekend of WFTDA European roller derby action! The 2018 Track Attack tournament will see teams from Sweden, Belgium and the Netherlands face off against our very own Nottingham Hellfire Harlots A team.
Nottingham Roller Derby: What Went Down at 2018's Louisey Rider Cup?
Thu 03 May 2018Following the skater’s tragic death in the summer of 2014, Louise Wright’s family felt that contributions to her team Nottingham Roller Derby would be a more fitting tribute than flowers. Many months passed before members would find the strength to move forward and contemplate her legacy; still, one night in the room above The Organ Grinder pub, they gathered in full force and the vision that would eventually become the Louisey Rider Cup was born...
Roller Derby in Notts: The Louisey Rider Cup is Back
Mon 09 Apr 2018On Saturday 28 April, Nottingham Roller Derby host the annual Louisey Rider Cup tournament, an event that sees skaters from all levels throughout the UK compete in mixed teams, in honour of fallen teammate Louise Wright...
Riding on Solomon’s Carpet: Poetry from Nottingham’s Refugees
Mon 26 Mar 2018“Projects like this open doors for people like me,” says Victoria Mponda, of her experience with Riding on Solomon’s Carpet, an anthology of poetry from refugees and asylum seekers living in the East Midlands...
Debs Does Roller Derby
Thu 19 Oct 2017Well we've seen our Debs on eight wheels before, but this time she needs a mouth guard, a helmet, and a bucket load of nerve. Yep, she's doing Roller Derby...
Debs Does Roller Disco
Mon 30 Jan 2017Debs hasn't put on a pair of skates for seventeen years. We thought it would be a great idea for her to give it a go whilst operating a camera - we think she's done good...
Louisey Rider Cup Roller Derby Tournament
Sun 10 Apr 2016Following the untimely death of Louise Wright in 2014, Nottingham Roller Derby have set up a tournament in her honour that will celebrate one of her passions while raising cash for the road safety charity, Brake.
Roller Derby Teams in Nottingham
Fri 23 Nov 2012The Hellfire Harlots have just won team of the year at the Nottingham Sports Awards. We have a chat to them and the Nottingham Roller Girls about the sport
Hellfire Harlots vs Crime City Rollers
Sat 28 Apr 2012Nottingham's baddass roller derby ladies took on a team all the way from Malmo, Sweden
Riding the Roller Coaster
Thu 18 Nov 2004Veering from reckless flirtation to despondent reserve, they feel the same way about each other, but each is overcome by doubt and insecurity