Almost exactly 60 years ago, the Duke of Gloucester launched a new world. There, amid the artificial lighting, and the multi-storey carpark, he unveiled Broad Marsh — a £10 million shopping and entertainment complex right in the middle of Nottingham. …
Why Robin Hood was outlawed
Every day brings another laboured press furore, over the latest bastion of British heritage to fall to the “woke” axe. This time it’s a famous outlaw: news that the Nottingham Building Society has updated its brand, to remove the Robin …
The tragic life of Brian Clough
The winter of 1962-63 was bitter. So many football matches were postponed that the FA Cup final had to be put back three weeks. In Sunderland, Boxing Day was raw and cold, “the kind of day when seagulls flew backwards …