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Peggy’s Spotlight Feat Gang Of Angels & Beyond the Blue

An Evening with They Might Be Giants: Flood, BOOK and Beyond

Concrete Jumble: how Nottingham could reinvent itself ready for an ever-evolving future

A pertinent question is being asked across the country: what to do about the once busy city centres now rife with empty buildings? Bereft of the bustle, and with a derelict shopping centre to boot, Sophie Gargett explores how Nottingham could reinvent itself ready for an ever-evolving future.

Future Makers: Robotics and Emerging Technology

Refreshing research: How Co(l)laboratory is putting communities at the front of the academic field

Nottingham boasts two top universities, but how often do most of us come across their work? Who is able to decide what gets researched, and what tangible results does it all deliver for local people? We find out more about Universities for Nottingham’s Co(l)laboratory project, which aims to close the gap between academia and communities.

Nottingham Film Festival - Green Future Programme

Heart and Coal: the history and future possibilities of Ratcliffe-on-Soar

The end of September saw the closure of the UK’s last remaining coal-fired power station: Ratcliffe-on-Soar. Environment Editor Adam Pickering reflects on the past and future of this instantly recognisable Nottinghamshire landmark, the conflicted feelings that surround it, and how it could be re-purposed in the years to come.

Ncf Comedy Presents: Harriet Dyer: the Driving Instructor (wip)

Science Public Lecture: Chemistry and Ai - a Greener Future

We speak to KAP aka Katie Anderson Price, winner of the Future Sound of Nottingham award

We caught up with Katie Anderson-Price, better known as KAP, winner of this year’s Future Sound of Nottingham competition and the opening act at Rock City for the 2024 Dot To Dot festival.

We speak to Craig Chettle, CEO of Nottingham’s Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies which turns thirty this year

Nottingham’s Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies turns thirty this year. Over that time it has grown from a college course with ten students to an institution with 3000 students and 400 staff, currently spreading its wings into London. We put some questions to their CEO and founder Craig Chettle about his journey over the last three decades…

Nottingham’s Universities are looking for local community organisations to drive new research projects

Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham are calling on local organisations to help develop PhD research projects aimed at benefiting communities across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire.

Free Green Hustle Festival Returns to Old Market Square this June

Green Hustle returns on Saturday 1 June with another all singing, soil-slinging festival of positive action, and it's all taking place smack bang in the middle of town...

Bbc Concert Orchestra - Beyond the Console

Teach the Future Banner Drop

Teach the Future Banner Making Session

TRAGEDY - All Metal Tribute to The Bee Gees & Beyond

We spoke to NTU Professor and Linguistics researcher Natalie Braber to find out more about Nottinghamshire and East Midlands Dialect

The Nottingham accent is an intrinsic part of our local identity, but what exactly makes it unique? Is it set to disappear with new generations? And what are the effects of sitting right in the middle of the North-South divide? We put these questions to Natalie Braber, a professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University to get to the bottom of it…

Lenton gallery Primary hosts Sonya Dyer’s speculative installation The Ready Room

Reclaiming the neglected stories of Black women in science and mythology, Lenton gallery Primary hosts Sonya Dyer’s speculative installation where hard science meets science fiction and the artist reimagines an alternative journey for immortal HeLa cells beyond the laboratory’s confines…

Beyond Caring, Trish Kerrison Reading at Word Wise In Derby

Bfi Future Film Festival Presents: Midlands Voices

The Wonderful Queer History of the Scala Cinema in Nottingham and Beyond

As Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s new documentary on the wonderful queer history of the Scala Cinema on King’s Cross in London is released, we look back at our own history of cinemas as queer hubs...

Gig Review: The Beat Institute at The Bodega

If you're a fan of the swinging sixties and the timeless tunes of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Who, and the Animals, then The Beat Institute are a band that need to be on your radar. Our Faye Stacey had the pleasure of catching their high-energy performance recently, and it was a journey back in time that she didn't want to end…