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Left Magpie: Jimmy Sirrel, Don Masson and the Anglo Scottish Cup

With Burns Night on the horizon on Sunday 25 January, we invited 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. 

Below, Julian McDougall - our Notts County specialist - gives his take... 

Ncf Comedy Presents Ian Peskett: W.i.p - Winging It Painfully

Inspired by a True Story: D. H. Lawrence, Sir Donald Wolfit and Me

Three days of darkness and light: the Nottingham attacks as they happened

Two years on, Benedict Cooper remembers how the city came together in the wake of the Nottingham attacks, in which students Grace O’Malley-Kumar and Barnaby Webber and caretaker Ian Coates were tragically killed.

Ben Ottewell & Ian Ball

Come and Sing with Sir John Rutter at The Royal Concert Hall

Led for a fifth great year by the celebrated composer and conductor John Rutter, Come and Sing is an afternoon of choral singing to lift the spirits. All proceeds from the concert go to the Nottingham Refugee Forum too. The four concert organisers (Margaret, Hilary, Jane and Dave) shared their combined thoughts on the event with us…

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Peskett - Winging It Painfully (one Man's Path to Redemption) - Nottingham Comedy Festival

We chat with Ian Broudie about goals, inspirations and Nottingham memories

The Lightning Seeds were formed in 1989 and named after a misheard Prince lyric, with frontman Ian Broudie going on to become one of the best tunesmiths of his generation, a writer of wonderfully melodic and uplifting indie-pop songs tinged with the band's custom vulnerability. Ahead of the band's return to Nottingham on 14th November, as part of their tour celebrating 35 years of the band and aptly timed to follow up on the release of their Greatest Hits album, Tomorrow’s Here Today, we had the chance to speak to frontman, producer and songwriter Ian Broudie...

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Caves, campervans and comedy: the life of a Notts comedy promoter

Ian Whitcombe started off running comedy shows in his local pub and now has big names calling up for a gig. He talks to Left Lion about his role in the Nottingham Comedy Festival, the acts he has nurtured, and his own journey into the land of laughs... 

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Ian Kirkpatrick - Iconoclash

Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse

The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...