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We have a look at the Panthers before the 2017/2018 season begins...

Author Mark Latham on Creating the Perfect Sherlock-Dracula Hybrid

The former Editor of Games Workshop’s White Dwarf magazine, self-confessed Victoriana and history nerd Mark Latham took the leap to become a full-time author and games designer. The Lazarus Gate, his debut novel, was the first in his Victorian sci-fi Apollonian Case Files series, with the second, The Iscariot Sanction, released the following year.

This year, he’s had his first Sherlock Holmes novel published with the world’s greatest detective investigating Dracula, and the third Apollonian novel, The Legion Prophecy, is set to hit the shelves in September. He’s not been slacking, so we thought it was high time we popped the kettle on and invited him over for a natter…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

This weekend's looking proper tasty. Get involved lads and lasses...

6 Creative Writing Pieces You Need To Read Today

Over the past few months, Nottingham Trent University have been working in association with Broadway Cinema, Writing East Midlands and Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature to host talks and critical-creative writing workshops that explore contemporary issues: from race and sexuality, to discovering life on Mars. The event series was called Re:Vision, and attendees have been crafting loads of work over the duration, so here’s a selection of the goods for you to sample…

Crich Almighty!

Our James got down to Crich Tramway Museum and wrote us a little summat summat

Dance Theatre Piece Layer Three Grapples with Humanity at Nottingham Contemporary

Kim Bormann recently wowed audiences with her choreography and performance in Layer Three at the Nottingham Contemporary. Staged by Naplew Productions, Layer Three used movement and music to explore how it is we become truly human. We had a chat with Kim about how her choreography evolves, her dabble in the world of acting, and what, for her, it really means to be human...

Overheard in Notts

We worry about your lot sometimes...

A Tattoo Artist in Notts

Tattoo artist Gray Silva, of Netherfield-based parlour Rampant Ink, tells us how he got into inking, his inimitable style, and why you shouldn’t come to him if you’re after a cliched tattoo of a cloud in the shape of Bart Simpson’s bum…

Film Review: England Is Mine

“If you have five seconds to spare, then I’ll tell you the story of my life. Sixteen, clumsy and shy, that’s the story of my life..."

Theatre Review: Present Location Uncertain

Tue 08 Aug 2017

It’s been 99 years since a peace treaty was signed and the world saw the end of one of the largest and deadliest conflicts in history, World War One. Over 70million military personnel were mobilised from 32 different countries, one of those was Mr Harold Priestly from Nottingham...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Tue 08 Aug 2017

Last month's news. You lot are daft.

Should Alex Hales be Selected by England?

Tue 08 Aug 2017

Is it time to unleash a Hales storm?

Riverside Festival 2017 in Photos

Mon 07 Aug 2017

We got down for the festivities this weekend...

Review: Summer Nights Outdoor Cinema does Dirty Dancing

Mon 07 Aug 2017

"I carried a watermelon"

The Thompsons on the Female Dr Who

Mon 07 Aug 2017

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers...

4 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 06 Aug 2017

Shoes and coats on, kids. It's go time...

Sound of the Lion #61

Sat 05 Aug 2017

With Juga-Naut & Michall Parknsun, David J Newton, Jimi Mack, Yazmin Lacey, Huw Costin, Charlie Ulyatt, Wolfclub, Verbal Warning and Little Barrie...

The History of Laurel & Hardy in Nottingham

These days it's impressive when a double act like Reeves & Mortimer appear in Nottingham but did you know that Laurel & Hardy actually performed in Nottingham? AJ Marriot joins us at the Lace Market Theatre to tell us all about it.

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Chuan'r, Beijing Street Food and Drunken Accents

Our Notts man in Beijing gives us the lowdown on food stuffs...

New Nottingham Forest Signing Kieran Dowell

An Everton fan's view on Nottingham Forest's new loan signing

Art Works: Anna Wheelhouse's The Fair at Stanley Road

A local artist lets us in on her creative process...

The Man Who Makes Canal Boats