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Theatre Review: My Fair Lady

By George, she’s got it!

Art Works: Gray Silva

A local tattoo artist lets us in on his creative process...

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Hollywood Talk About Their Debut EP

To celebrate the release of their first EP, No More Will I Adore You, we sat down with the band Hollywood before their recent gig at the Jam Café to talk supergroups, band names and electric keyboard DIY.

Sandy Mahal Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

The Director of UNESCO Nottingham City of Literature talks us through all things reading, writing and words in Hoodtown... 

Live Music Reviews: Priests Live at The Maze

With support from Nottingham's Slumb Party and Thick Syrup who made the journey from Leeds...

Film Review: The Death of Stalin

Armando Iannucci moves from the contemporary Western political sphere and into the bloody world of the post-war Stalinist Soviet Union... 

Comedy Interview: Eleanor Conway

She's clean and sober and nothing scares her any more - now raucous comedian Eleanor Conway is ready to walk the walk and talk the talk.

Paul Russ on Nottingham's Bid to be European Capital of Culture 2023

Nottinghamians don’t need telling that our fair city is the most cultured in Europe, but apparently some folk aren’t aware. We asked Dance4’s Paul Russ, chair of Nottingham’s bid to become European Capital of Culture 2023, to tell us about the campaign to make us European champions once again…

Film Review: The Snowman

It's received a good old-fashioned shellacking from audiences and critics alike, but what did we think of the latest Jo Nesbo adaptation? 

Nottingham in Photos

Check out what our city's photographers have been up to over the past month...

Live Music Review: Diet Cig at Rough Trade

Fanclub present another of their excellent nights at Rough Trade as they stage a gig featuring Diet Cig and Spook School...

Luther Blissett Talks About his Experiences of Football in Milan

After the recent Lord of Milan premiere at Broadway cinema, we sat down with one of the film's talking heads, Luther Blissett, to talk about playing for Milan, career highlights and cold nights at Meadow Lane.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

It's a pretty quiet week here in Notts, but we've still managed to find stuff for you lot to get stuck into...

6 Halloween Events Bringing the Spooks to Notts

Halloween is fast approaching and the ghosts and ghouls have already planned their trip to Hoodtown. Time to start planning your outfits for the spookiest day of the year...

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 2

From JamCafe to the Spiegltent, Nottingham's all-day charity jamboree brought the city together a shone a light on its local music scene...

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 1

It was that time of year again. The bars in Hockley were buzzing, the streets were alive with dancing, music and fire everywhere you turn, and the food vans were out in force. It was Hockley Hustle, of course - the festival that takes one of the liveliest parts of Nottingham and turns it into one hell of a day out (and night out, if you can last that long)...

Herbert Kilpin Spesh: Robert Nieri

Robert Nieri is a charity lawyer by day, but he’s spent the best part of a decade researching and writing a book about a man called Herbert Kilpin. That and hanging out with the Milan glitterati. And us…

Top 5 Most Successful Marvel Films

In the run up to the third Thor film, we look the most successful Marvel movies yet…

Nottingham Comic Convention 2017

The 5th Nottingham Comic Con was an absolute corker, and here's the photo evidence...

Theatre Review: Beautiful

Can a musical naturally stack up to it's historical beauty?

10 Best Hidden Bars in Nottingham

What's better than a good owd bar? A hidden bar, apparently. Notts can't seem to get enough of 'em...

Nottingham Indie Pop All Dayer Headliner Luke Haines Talks Music

Art Works: Lauren Gill

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SHEAfriq: The New Creative Collective in Nottingham Town

SHEAfriq is a brand new collective of creative women of black heritage. We sat down with members Aïcha – DJ, artist and business owner – and Saziso – freelance creative producer and founder of The Anti Gallery – to talk about the collective’s aims, challenging stereotypes, and bringing the goods to the Nottingham populace...