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Top 10 Boxing Movies

Thu 29 Mar 2018

Ahead of the release of Paddy Considine's Journeyman, we count down ten of the best boxing flicks ever made...

Steve Underwood: Bus Driver Turned Sleaford Mods Manager

Wed 28 Mar 2018

Steve Underwood is the now former Nottingham City Transport bus driver who runs Harbinger Sound, a record label at the forefront of UK’s underground and DIY scene, putting out a diverse and sometimes challenging selection of artists that have span punk, noise, experimental and avant-garde. It was a chance meeting with Jason Williamson that would see the label have a top twenty album with Sleaford Mods and Steve becoming the band’s manager...

Nusic Podcast #175 with The Memoirs, Cameron Sinclair Harris, Josh Weatley, Distant Blue and more...

Wed 28 Mar 2018

This week’s New Music Podcast features two Nottingham artists getting Radio X plays post the Workshop, one artist getting 6Music play, plus the band with their own customised Tesco trolley. This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Theatre Review: David Baddiel - My Family, Not the Sitcom

Mon 26 Mar 2018

Baddiel's new show tackles tragedy with comedic wit

Theatre Review: Grandfather's House

Mon 26 Mar 2018

Shadows and puppets bring Grandfather’s House to life

Theatre Review: Sleeping Beauty

Mon 26 Mar 2018

Grimm turns grim in this gritty adaptation of the classic

As She Pleases: Interview with Madison Beer

Mon 26 Mar 2018

The rising American pop singer answers some of our questions ahead of an intimate performance at The Bodega...

Riding on Solomon’s Carpet: Poetry from Nottingham’s Refugees

Mon 26 Mar 2018

“Projects like this open doors for people like me,” says Victoria Mponda, of her experience with Riding on Solomon’s Carpet, an anthology of poetry from refugees and asylum seekers living in the East Midlands...

A Tribute to Pete the Feet

Mon 26 Mar 2018

A tribute to my brother Peter Baylis - "Pete the Feet" - also known as Boogie in the West Midlands.

Film Review: Ready Player One

Mon 26 Mar 2018

Legendary director Steven Spielberg's 33rd film takes us into a futuristic world of video games and virtual reality...

Art Works: Siddharth Varma

Sun 25 Mar 2018

Local artist, Siddharth Varma, on his beautiful ink masterpiece...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 25 Mar 2018

There's always plenty of stuff and bits going on in our citeh...

Film Review: Ravenous

Sun 25 Mar 2018

Robin Aubert's new zombie film might be decent for viewers of The Walking Dead, but real horror fans may be slightly less impressed...

Left Magpie: March 2018

Sat 24 Mar 2018

We may never, ever have planned for promotion - but there’s no greater time than now for this Notts County squad

Film Review: The Square

Sat 24 Mar 2018

Hang on to your champagne and get ready to squirm – this is going to be the worst week of Christian the art curator's life.

LeftLion Film Podcast #5: Fabrizio Federico

Fri 23 Mar 2018

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by local filmmaker Fabrizio Federico to discuss his career, his Pink8 Manifesto, the time a witch put a curse on him, working with pimps, the time he burnt his house down and plenty more. Things got really weird, really fast...

9 Notts Albums To Add To Your Playlist

Fri 23 Mar 2018

Fill your tabs with some proper Notts glory...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Trotters of Love and Respect

Fri 23 Mar 2018

Spring is here, and with it comes celebrations of all things feminine. Our man in Beijing, the one and only James Kramer, has sent us correspondence about the importance of womanhood, equality, and International Women's Day in China.

How to Choose a Charity You Can Trust

Thu 22 Mar 2018

It's important to know yer not being fobbed off...

Crop Up Gallery: The Student Run Curatorial Group Giving Art Students Their Big Break

Thu 22 Mar 2018

As any depressed graduate will tell you, a lot of jobs will ask you for experience in your field. But you’ve been too busy studying… well, sort of. Actually you’ve been playing prosecco pong and skinny dipping in the Market Square fountain. When were you meant to get this experience anyway? Well, that’s where Crop Up Gallery is lending a hand...

Jake Haseldine Takes Wicked Photos of Musicians

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Young Nottingham Music Photographer Jake Haseldine captures an epic moment in every photograph…

Anton Lockwood: The Man Who Made Rescue Rooms A Success

Thu 22 Mar 2018

As Rescue Rooms basks in the glory of its fifteenth birthday, we sat down with the man who transformed the place from a run down sports bar to a renowned music venue...

Life After Spanky Van Dykes

Thu 22 Mar 2018

The sun rises and sets, empires rise and fall, and Spanky Van Dykes has closed. Even though it’s been a few months since the alternative bar – the big, dark place that projected He-Man episodes in silence – closed its doors unto wooden boards, its regulars still find themselves in a lost state. Those dejected lot who once found their homes - and their lives - in Spanky’s now wander the street in utter confusion. We wrangled as many of them as we could to ask how they’re getting on.

Strike Site: Exhibition Curator Sacha Craddock Talks Unreality and Insistent Physicality

Thu 22 Mar 2018

Strike Site is an exhibition which attempts to create the contradictory yet palpable sense of the temporary that comes with an exhibition of arts. Now in it's second manifestation, after being previously exhibited at Pi Artworks London, curator Sacha Craddock worked closely with the Nottingham Refugee Forum to explore notions of displacement, movement, freedom and barriers...