Lucy Trinder

One of the things we love to do is meeting fascinating people and hearing the stories behind the stories. On Monday night (yes a school night!), of few of us Book Clubbers headed into Nottingham to see author A.J. West speak at Five Leaves Bookshop about his forthcoming book, How Queer Bookshops Changed the World. The event explored the remarkable role LGBTQ+ bookshops have played in creating communities, championing writers and preserving stories that may otherwise have been lost to history....

A couple of years ago, millions of us found ourselves glued to our screens watching one of the most extraordinary interviews in television history. Not the interview itself (although that was certainly memorable), but the story behind it. Netflix's Scoop pulled back the curtain on how BBC Newsnight secured the interview with Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and, perhaps more importantly, introduced many people to the woman who made it happen: former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister. And what a...

Last weekend, what started as a fairly innocent trip into Nottingham turned into something of a revelation. Given that Katie turns 50 this year, you may have guessed, we grew up in the 90's. Give us a bit of Britpop, some dance classics and a questionable fashion choice, and we're instantly transported back to the days where the Now That's What I Call Music series was still in double figures. So when we spotted an afternoon 90s event at Binks Yard Nottingham, we thought we'd give it a go.......