TRCH Nov 19

Out of Time: The History of Sneinton Market

Take a walk through Sneinton Market today, and you’ll find fancy coffee, football fan-art and luxury vegan chocolates. Not only...

Author Lise Gold on Her New Novel and Living as a LGBT Woman in Britain

19 November 19

When we hear the word innovation, we often think of scientific breakthroughs. But innovation isn’t always technological advancements – it can also be taking creative risks, making new forms of poetry, art or writing. Nottingham has seen an increase in LGBT+ writing and creative events in the past year, so we sat down with lesbian fiction writer Lise Gold to discuss her work...

Bold Strokes Book Festival Co-Founder on the Importance of LGBTQ+ Literary Representation

19 November 19

Author, development editor and one half of the writing-consultancy collective Global Wordsmiths, Victoria Villasenor, discusses her work...

Film Review: The Report

19 November 19

To what extent did the CIA use torture to gain information after September 11th? And did they aim to cover their tracks afterwards? Scott Z. Burns feature film tries to give us the answers...

Notts Author Darren Simpson is Inspiring Children to Love Reading

19 November 19

We had a natter with him about his new project with the National Literacy Trust...

Live Music Review: Metronomy at Rock City

19 November 19

The lead singer's parents met in Nottingham. They've penned an album called Love Letters. Metronomy ticket holders were always going to be in for a romantic night at the band's Rock City date this month...

Celebrating Catterntide is Showcasing Our City's Rich Lace History

19 November 19

Nottingham has a huge history, and lace weaves into a big part of that... 

Bird and Blend Tea Co. Are Smashing The Tea Game

18 November 19

Bird & Blend Tea Co. is an independent, award-winning tea company on a mission to reimagine tea. Started by Krisi Smith and her mate Mike, the business began in the bedroom of a house in Nuthall, and their range of over 200 teas now sit pretty in their eight physical UK stores...

Overheard in Notts

Lady in restaurant: That was the best sausage I've ever had.

Man in restaurant: Second best.

Celebrating Caterntide

A Teacher in Notts: "The institution won’t survive unless they make changes."

We find out what it's like to teach the next generation under impossible circumstances...

A Clown in Notts: "Who’s meant to cheer up the person whose job it is to cheer up other people?"

30 September 19

"I can still vividly remember the first time I made someone laugh; it was like I’d injected a shot of Lucozade straight into my veins."

A Sailor in Notts

21 September 19

"A strange and eerie atmosphere exists on board of a ship that has just lost one of its crew. Little is said, but much is felt."

A Hawk Handler in Notts

06 August 19

"We don’t encourage the birds to hunt because we work with so many children, and the two things don’t combine well..."

A Probation Officer in Notts

04 July 19

"I don’t want to lock everyone up when we can try and work with them, but equally we don’t want to create any more victims"
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