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Pick Six: Savoy Cinema Manager Paul Scotton

For this month’s pick we turned to Paul Scotton, General Manager at the Savoy Cinema.

Paddy Sneath of Working Man's Kitchen talks about opening a new pizzeria in Sneinton Market

Home of the viral Pizza Dog, Working Man’s Kitchen built a national reputation from a humble food truck. Now it’s starting a new chapter as an independent pizzeria with an important cause at its heart. Co-food editor Lucy Campion sits down with Paddy Sneath, the working man behind the kitchen, to find out more about his pizzeria and journey from pylon painter to pizza maker. 

Mansfield Young Writers' Group

Salt of the Earth: Catching up with musician and Saltbox manager Sam Heaton

There are few people who live and breathe Nottingham’s vibrant music scene quite like Sam Heaton. From his own ambient rock band Eyre Llew being one of the city’s greatest exports, to a stint in charge of Rough Trade’s events, as well as independently booking and promoting local artists for the last two decades too, his fingerprints have been on a lot of the city’s musical successes. Earlier this year though, he took on a tough new challenge – transforming Saltbox from a little-known sports bar into a versatile 500-person capacity music venue and events space. 

To find out more, we sat down with Sam to chat about his first seven months running the venue, the hurdles he’s had to overcome in that time, and what he has planned for the venue and his band in 2025…

Jason Manford

Mansfield Young Writers' Group

Exhibition Review: Man Hours by Grayson Perry

Lakeside Arts presents Grayson Perry’s Man Hours: a satirical exploration of contemporary life featuring bold woodcut prints and a mixture of mediaeval and antique maps of imagined territories. Initially popularised by his decorative pottery and subsequent winning of the Turner Prize in 2003, this exhibition presents the diversification of Perry’s media with this tongue-in-cheek social commentary in print.

Gig review: Confidence Man at Rock City

Fresh off the back of releasing their new album 3AM (La La La), Confidence Man are on the road delivering delightful Australian eurotrash electro-pop to the masses. Izzy Morris headed down to Rock City for the band's triumphant return to Nottingham...

Confidence Man

Mansfield Young Writers' Group

Man Child plays Herbie Hancock

Gig review: Millie Manders and the Shutup at Rescue Rooms, with Ramona's Tea Party

Anarchic fun... All killer, no filler... Earworms aplenty. Exhausting all the superlatives, Millie Manders and the Shutup returned to Nottingham and proved that social awareness and a sense of justice need never be dull...

The Makings Of a Murderer 2 - the Real Manhunter

In photos: Spinn at The Bodega, with Cam Mannix and Black Cats & Magpies

Millie Manders and The Shutup

Ian Peskett - Winging It Painfully (one Man's Path to Redemption) - Nottingham Comedy Festival

Gig review: Deco at Rescue Rooms, with Cam Mannix

Their sold-out secrets are embedded within their empathy for pop music. Deco have become one of the most hotly anticipated live acts this year, and we were lucky enough to catch them at Rescue Rooms...

Classical Concert Review: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall

An all-English programme brings planets, battles and a cello to the Royal Concert Hall...