Free poetry night in Nottingham to offer ‘safe space’ for sober women during Dry January

A free poetry night is coming to Nottingham, hosted by Girls Gone Sober – an online community for sober or sober-curious women and LGBTQ+ individuals.

The event will take place on Sunday 12 January from 6pm to 8pm at the Malt Cross pub, with performances by Midlands-based poets Sophie Stephens and Louise Theokritoff among others.

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First wave of acts announced for Nottingham’s Beat The Streets festival 2025

The first set of artists playing Nottingham’s Beat The Streets charity fundraiser festival in 2025 has been announced.

The annual event will see more than 30 artists play across venues in the city centre on Sunday, January 26 to raise money for rough sleepers.

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The Cure to Amyl and The Sniffers – Platform’s top albums of 2024

From The Cure’s long-awaited comeback to Fontaines D.C. cementing themselves as one of the best artists of the 21st century, 2024 has been anything but a boring year for music.

As we look ahead to the new year, we asked our writers to choose their favourite record of 2024.

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