The people, family firms and independent businesses that make Nottingham tick: founder stories, local shops, homes, gardens and community.
Founded in 1816 and tucked above Angel Row, Bromley House Library has a walled garden, a working meridian line and around 50,000 books, and it is still welcoming members and visitors.
Since opening on Long Row in 2013, award-winning Five Leaves Bookshop has become a hub for readers, writers and community events, hosting thousands of visitors at talks every year.
Founded in 1994, Nottingham's Page 45 has won national recognition for its passion for comics and graphic novels, and its co-founder Stephen L. Holland served as UK Comics Laureate.
Nottingham's Goose Fair, staged since at least 1284, returned to the Forest Recreation Ground this autumn with more than 400 rides and the tallest attraction in its history.
More than two centuries after Mary Ann Brailsford planted pips in her Southwell garden, the original Bramley apple tree still bears fruit, and the town celebrates it with an annual autumn festival.
Founded in 2010 and run entirely by its members, Nottingham Hackspace offers 4,300 square feet of workshops, tools and friendly expertise for anyone who loves to make things.
Housed in a listed former fire station on the Welbeck Estate since 2009, the School of Artisan Food teaches baking, butchery, cheesemaking and more to beginners and future professionals.
Founded on Mansfield Road in 2010 and now on Trinity Walk, Knit Nottingham is in new hands and still bringing knitters and crocheters together with workshops and free craft afternoons.
Founded by former Boots buyers Stuart and Heather Isbister, The Worm that Turned has been inspiring outdoor living from its Nottingham showroom since opening its first shop in 2004.
Held every other month at the Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, the Newark International Antiques and Collectors Fair bills itself as the largest event of its kind in Europe.