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Conscious, funky and unsigned, Mellonie Page aka Mellonie Williams, has gorra sound that moves between reggae-gospel and seventies soul, her Mother-Earthly voice in tow. You might have clocked her down Nottingham Contemporary launching her most recent album, Back to the Garden, or covering reggae classics alongside The Ites Band down Southbank. This month, she’s got a new single out – Women Women – and will be gigging all over the shop, so keep your tabs pricked for that nostalgic voice and them positive vibes.

Dan Hardy To Become Sky Sports Regular

With the billion dollar super fight between Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor breathing down our necks, MMA fans throughout the world have been hit with some knockout news...

YNOT Festival 2017 in Photos

We managed to wade through the mud and strife, to grab a few photos of musicians, dahn the Derbyshire chaos...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Rebecca Dewey on Watching Your Brain

Having previously appeared at PubhD and the University of Nottingham's Public Lecture Series, Dr Rebecca Dewey continues her quest to appear at all of Nottingham's scientific public outreach events by coming to SciBar to talk about Watching Your Brain.

Art Review: Kaleidoscope at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Gallery

We got down to Highfields Park to check out all the colours going on behind the doors of Djanogly Art Gallery...

Left Panther: Season Preview

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