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Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Hashtagobi

Meet Hashtagobi, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

History of the Esperanto Language in Nottingham

Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world. And it's got some pretty interesting roots in Nottingham...

John Cooper Clarke Performed at The Glee Club and it was Awesome

Enigmatic punk poet, John Cooper Clarke visited Nottingham and swapped limericks with Claire Louise from The Dilettante Society...

Music, Madness and Poetry Party-Animals at Mudfest

Notts-based publishers Mud Press launched their latest poetry anthology Woman last week. We rolled up our sleeves and dived into Cobden Chambers for the launch party. 

Duffy’s Wit Meets Sampson’s Musical Mischief at Theatre Royal

Household name Carol Ann Duffy and court musician John Sampson come together in this blend of lyrical wit and musical madness. 

The 8 Judges for Nusic Future Sound of Nottingham 2017

Music industry experts and the public have decided the six finalists for the Future Sound of Nottingham, taking place on Sunday 7 May. Hashtagobi, Roe Green, Brotherhood, The DandyLions, One Giant Causeway and Kelsey Shaw will perform in a showcase of new, Notts music, hoping to be crowned the winner. The experts will form a score, alongside the points collected from the audience vote, and will send one of the acts to open the Splendour main stage...

Girl Power T-Shirt Launch and Networking Event

When you’re a small business, networking is everything. The Girl Power T-Shirt launch and networking event, hosted at Minor Oak Co-Working, celebrated this message while discussing one very important subject: the power of female business.

LeftLion Magazine #89

Featuring Matt Forde, Keith Piper, Castle Rock Brewery, Sabrina Sandhu, Detonate founder James Busby, Bud, Gigantic, the National Videogame Arcade and Calm Water Flotation...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

Lucy at Ten Fifty's First Birthday

TENFIFTY, an 18+ monthly club night event for people with a learning disability is celebrating it's first birthday. It gives people the chance to let their hair down and have a boogie in an environment that is safe, supportive and also super, super fun... 

DJ Format and Abdominal Interview

Fourteen years ago, the rapper and DJ were guilty of Ill Culinary Behaviour on Format's debut album, Music For The Mature B-Boy. After years of featuring on each other's solo albums, they're now back with a full album made together called Still Hungry. Before their gig at Rescue Rooms on 11 May we sat down with Abdominal and Format to chew the fat...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Socks up, shoes on. Plenty to be getting on with...

Live Music Review: Michael Rother and Kogumaza at the Rescue Rooms

The legendary former member of Neu! and Harmonia performs selected highlights from his influential back catalogue...

Live Music Review: Rag'n'Bone Man at Rock City

Human singer wows the Nottingham massive...

Every Notts Act Playing This Year's Dot To Dot Festival

The definitive rundown of every local artist performing. Clue: It's long...

The Man Who Makes Artificial Eyes

Ever wondered how artificial eyes are made? Nope? We didn't either until we met John Pacey-Lowrie and he showed us all this cool stuff...

Kold Chillin' Talk Hip Hop Events at Rough Trade Nottingham

The legendary hip hop promoters fill us in on their events...

Totally Tapped Microbrewery

We went a'guzzlin' down Beeston...

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

In this nostalgic journey back to Egypt, prepare for talking camels, inflatable sheep and bags of cheesy fun!

Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie Talks Making Artificial Eyes in Nottingham

John Pacey-Lowrie is the only ocularist in the whole of the Midlands. He’s spent forty years perfecting his craft, and people travel from all over the world to be fitted with one of his handmade, acrylic prosthetic eyes. He is constantly striving to make his prosthetics as realistic as possible and is currently at the forefront of the development of an artificial dilating pupil which reacts to light...

High Stakes and Sportswear at Poetercize! the Poetry Game Show

Scores were settled and mischief was made at Rough Trade this Saint George's Day, but which of our contestants won the championship title in this zany gameshow? We sent LP Mills to the hottest sporting event in Nottingham to find out. 

Nusic Podcast 152

Miner David Amos and Linguist Natalie Braber on Poetry in Pit Talk

If you don’t know your ‘elephant’s tab’ from your ‘Monday hammer’, fear not. Seventh generation miner David Amos and linguist Natalie Braber have all the gobbings you need to understand Pit Talk...