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A local artist clocked our Overheard in Notts series and decided to bang out a few quote-based illustrations. Enjoy!

Photography Exhibition States of America at Nottingham Contemporary

The Nottingham Contemporary is currently playing host to a new photography exhibition – States of America – and it’s a real thinker. Covering thirty years of American history, the collection introduces the audience to the realities of post-war North American society and leaves us reflecting on the world we live in today...

Overheard in Notts

Good god, you don't half come out with some corkers...

Community Recording Studio's Trevor Rose Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Trevor Rose, head of the Community Recording Studio (CRS), talks about the project's success, what Prince Harry is really like and why he would like to see Nottingham become the European Capital of Culture 2023...

Film Review: The Lego Ninjago Movie

They may be a bastard to step on, but the movie franchise juggernaut is rumbling on...

What To Expect At Oxjam Beeston 2017

The lowdown on NG9's annual music extravaganza raising money for Oxfam, starting with the Oxjam Beeston Takeover this Saturday...

Theatre Review: Major Labia's Vulva La Revolution

The funniest women in Notts performed to a home crowd...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

A weekend chock-a-block of live music and raising a pretty penny for charity. What more could we wish for?

5 Vegan-Friendly Restaurants in Nottingham

Our wonderful city is famed for many things, from lace making and Nottingham Castle to Sherwood Forest and Robin Hood. But veganism? Not so much. Then again, perhaps it’s time for a re-think. Veganism is a movement that is rapidly growing in the UK, with those who follow a vegan diet omitting all animal products from their diet. But it doesn't mean not being able to enjoy eating out – this city is bursting with restaurants that tempt veggies and meat-eaters alike...

Hockley Hustle 2017 in Photos

We got down to the biggest party of the year on Broad Street, and took a few snaps...

The Impractical Jokers Bring Their Stand Up to Notts

As the opening warning says, Impractical Jokers is a show that contains scenes of graphic stupidity among four lifelong friends who compete to embarrass each other. Having just wrapped their seventh series, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian “Q” Quinn and James “Murr” Murray, a.k.a The Tenderloins, are heading to the UK for their biggest British tour to date. We caught up with Murr to find out what the Jokers have got in store for their British fans…

The Roxy Ball Room Is Bringing Thurland Street To Life

Ping pong, beer pong and red plastic cups? Yep. Please.

Film Review: The Work

Hannah Parker reviews the newest documentary tackling the difficulties of rehabilitation...

Man Alive! Readings from Man Booker Prize Shortlist at Lakeside Arts

This October, the best and brightest of the literary world will be celebrated in this year's Man Booker Prize 2017. We decided to head on down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre for a reading from some of this year's shortlisted authors.

Theatre Review: Five Years

A story of coming of age in the 90s raises the curtain on the Playground festival.

Theatre Review: The History Boys

Voted the nation's favourite play in a 2013 poll, Alan Bennett's 2004 stage classic set in a Sheffield grammar school in the 1980s remains both funny and thought-provoking.

Artist Wolfgang Buttress Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Tue 10 Oct 2017

The brain behind The Hive installation at Kew Gardens explains how the 'cultural renaissance' in Nottingham will help us become European Capital of Culture 2023...

Film Review: Blade Runner 2049

35 years after Blade Runner was released, Harrison Ford is back as Rick Deckard. We went to see if it was worth the wait...

Glee are Raising Money for Framework

Funny and fundraising. The most favourable partnership...

LeftLion Film Podcast #1 - Mayhem Co-Curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke

Here's the first episode of the brand new LeftLion Film Podcast hosted by Derry Shillitto and Ashley Carter. The monthly show will interview different people in the Nottingham film community, starting with Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil - the co-curators of Mayhem Film Festival.

Harmless: Nottingham's Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Organisation