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A grassroots campaign to support and celebrate all things independent, Small Business Saturday takes place on the first Saturday of December each year. For one day, why not boycott the big brands and bring genuine joy to someone by supporting their enterprises while picking up some great gifts or a treat for yourself in the process. 

Channel the rebellious spirit of Robin Hood through interactive galleries, explore the picturesque grounds, go beneath the castle rock on a tour of the cave system, and see the lace and alabaster collections that put Nottingham on the map.

Lockdown is slowly lifting, but it might still be a while before we can return to our much-loved pubs, cultural venues and attractions, leaving us all with a bit more time to fill. Luckily, there are plenty of ways you can enjoy a bit of Notts culture from home! Here's our guide to weekly virtual events from Nottingham and Nottinghamshire's venues and cultural institutions to keep you entertained each day of the week. 

Having been crowned ‘Regional Theatre of the Year’ in 2019, Nottingham Playhouse have set the standard pretty high in the past couple of years. We’re delighted that their latest production Moonlight and Magnolias falls nothing short of the brilliance we’ve come to expect – a laugh-out-loud riot which doesn’t shy away from a sensitive and intelligent discourse on representation within popular culture. 
 

In the digital age, the era of screen time, when being a You Tuber is an actual career aspiration, for me there is absolutely nothing quite like being outdoors, moving, so on a chilly, damp and frankly gloomy January Saturday, we jumped in the car and headed to Conkers to blow away the week and do something for our minds and bodies.

On a brisk autumnal morning, a Visit Nottinghamshire blogger headed out to a quaint north Nottinghamshire town to discover Southwell Minster, a 900-year old stone cathedral and one of the county's major heritage landmarks.