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This weekend sees the closure of the wonderful book shop The Bookcase Lowdham.

Almost three decades to the day that Jane Streeter first opened up the shop she is closing the shop's doors this Saturday (5 September) to enjoy a well-earned retirement.

As well as running the book shop Jane also set up Lowdham Book Festival (alongside Ross Bradshaw of Five Leaves Bookshop) an annual event that began in 2000 and has attracted big-name authors including Michael Morpurgo, Alan Sillitoe (who she is pictured with in photo 2), Ben Fogle, Kate Adie, Robert Lindsay and Stuart Maconie.

Jane also runs the website www.nottinghambooks.co.uk and is looking for people interested in exploring the opportunity to take over the website or to purchase specific genres within the local books range.

Wishing Jane a very happy retirement from us all at LeftLion. X

Guess who's back?

Goosey the Goose Fair goose has taken up its perch on the Mansfield Road roundabout once again, announcing the return of one of the largest travelling funfairs in Europe later this month.

With more than 400 rides and attractions and thrills aplenty for all ages, Goose Fair has been staged annually in Nottingham since at least 1284.

This year's Goose Fair takes place once again over 8 days from Fri 25 Sept to Sun 4 October.

What rides and stalls are you particularly looking forward to at this year's Goose Fair?

As Nottingham Forest Women prepare for a new Women’s Super League 2 (WSL2) campaign, Head of Women's and Girls’ Football Amber Wildgust tells us about their new manager Tom Mallinson, recruitment strategy, a landmark pre-season tour to Canada, and why they want to become the destination club for emerging talent.

Breaking Ground: how Nottingham Forest Women are scaling up their ambitions As Nottingham Forest Women prepare for a new Women’s Super League 2 (WSL2) campaign, Head of Women's and Girls’ Football Amber Wildgust tells us about their new manager Tom Mallinson, recruitment strategy, a landmark pre-season tour to Canada, and why they want to become the destination club for...

'Streets of Wonder'

📸 by Nadine Barker

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"There are many creative ways to add green and blue spaces to local areas. We can convert neglected carparks into pocket parks and community gardens, or create urban ponds and wetlands to boost local wildlife..."

There's various plans by Notts authorities, and the Labour government at large, to solve the country's issues of nature depletion. In the latest instalment of her monthly column, Nadia Whittome describes the green space policies she thinks are most important, and should be advocated for 🌳

Nadia on... Access to green spaces Labour Mp for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome discusses the need to access green spaces.

We speak to Nottingham's most opinionated grocers about singing, St Ann's Allotments, and summer 2026...

The Thompsons on St Ann's Allotments, singing and summer 2026 Our latest chat with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers. 

Starting up again this Saturday, The Garage Chilwell is a long established pillar of its local community, welcoming all kinds of different traders through its doors every week.

Check out our interview with the family who run the business in our September mag, or at the link in comments 💥

Photos courtesy of The Garage 📸

This week in Notts features some excellent theatre and gigs of all kinds; at the Playhouse there's an acclaimed play set in Mansfield, that played in London in 2024, while at various venues there's country, punk rock, funk, and more music to see. Have a gander and set up something fun for this week…

This week in Nottingham... - Notts.com - Nottingham Events This week in Notts features some excellent theatre and gigs of all kinds; at the Playhouse there's an acclaimed play set in Mansfield, that played in London in 2024, while at various venues there's country, punk rock, funk, and more music to see. Have a gander and set up something fun for this week....

'Marilyn Sane'

📸by Harvey Tomlinson

Remember if you've taken a picture of something stunning or silly around Nottingham, you can send a high res version with your name and social media attached to [email protected] or tag it with to be in with a chance of seeing it both in our mag and here on our socials📸