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The Gate to Southwell Folk Festival is one of the highlights of the musical year in Nottinghamshire. We caught up with festival director Mike Kirrage ahead of the four-day event which starts on 5t..

Having lived in Nottingham for all of my adult life, I like to think that there is not much I don’t know about the city. I have walked through its streets while out shopping, socialising or on my wa..

Today, The Nottingham Experience, owned by Nottingham historian and tour guide Chris Slade, celebrates its 25th anniversary. In this article, Chris writes about his long and fascinating career.   I..

Think of your typical farm and your mind will no doubt conjure up images of rolling hills, dry stone walls and country lanes. But you don’t have to venture far from Nottingham to get a taste of rura..

On a sunny crisp dry Sunday in January, I set off in search of the newborn baby pygmy marmoset twins at The Tropical Butterfly House in North Anston, on the edge of north Nottinghamshire and Sout..

Standing on a ladder, I peered into the ominous-looking dungeon below. As I made my way down, I began to imagine the unspeakable horrors these walls had seen. Inside this dungeon you are so fa..