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A one way ticket to nostalgia: visiting Alfreton's 80s Video Shop

Right on the border between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire sits the 80s Video Shop – a one-way ticket to the age of neon, fuelled by original Big Box Rental VHS Tapes. Owners Chris Annable and Rob Lane talk to us about the story behind this tucked away portal to another time…

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Fri 20 Mar 26

Theatre Interview: Rosalie Minnit, star of Clementine, appearing at Nottingham Playhouse in April

Theatre Review: Punch at Nottingham Playhouse

The Thompsons on antiques, Beeston and VHS tapes.

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In photos: Pentire at Rescue Rooms, with Eighty Eight Miles and Kayla Grace

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Wednesday 18 Mar 2026

Theatre Review: RSC Hamlet at Theatre Royal

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Out of Time: how truth serum solved a theft case in Notts

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Film review: Palestine 36

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Art works: Kim Thompson's Broadway Cinema mural

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Northern Ballet presents Gentleman Jack; the extraordinary story of Anne Lister

Royal Centre Northern Ballet

Gig review: Artio at Rough Trade

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