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Gay in the 80s: From Fighting for Our Rights to Fighting for Our Lives
Wed 26 Jul 2017The eighties was a period of mixed fortunes for Britain’s LGBT+ communities, or lesbian and gay communities as we were known then. Sustained campaigning throughout the seventies had, by the turn of that decade, seen LGBT+ rights moving into the mainstream political agenda, but the emergence of AIDS in 1981 hit us on both a personal and political level...
Promoter Focus: Shady Cow
Wed 26 Jul 2017We caught up with one of the most inclusive promoters about town...
The Man Who Makes Boats
Tue 25 Jul 2017When you picture yourself retiring, you probably imagine an armchair, a cuppa, and Countdown on the telly box. Maybe you'll have a hobby: card making or gardening; nothing too strenuous. James Blackburn however, started a business making canal boats. Yep, he’s decided to make two of ‘em a year. Just because...
An Ode to Brown Betty's
Mon 24 Jul 2017Our favourite St James' street cafe is closing. And we are in mourning...
Nottingham's Queens of Drag
Mon 24 Jul 2017Nottingham is full of fun, and some of the boggers who do the damn thing best are the city’s drag queens. We’ve rounded up the ladies you’re most likely to find lathering the slap on, miming away, and chucking shade abaht like nobody’s business. People of Nottingham; we introduce to you, the queens of drag...
Theatre Review: Macbeth
Sun 23 Jul 2017A spot of darkness and brooding casts a shadow over a summer evening
Art Works: Alanna Chamberlain
Sat 22 Jul 2017The feminist artist on her pin badge piece, Goddess of Growth...
Earache Records Bring the Heavies to Glastonbury
Fri 21 Jul 2017When Earache Records founder, Digby Pearson, put out Anglican Scrape Attic – a compilation of hardcore and thrash metal – in 1985, even he would have failed to predict the impact the DIY flexi disc would have on the British metal scene over the next three decades. Pearson followed it up in 1986 with a split 7” between Heresy and Concrete Sox, and then shortly after, in 1987, an album by The Accused became the first release to officially carry the Earache name.
Welcome to Nottingham - Student Guide 2017
Fri 21 Jul 2017Our 2017 Student Guide is produced in partnership with both Nottingham University and Nottingham Trent University, with the support of Nottingham City Council and Nottingham BID. These key relationships mean the guide is distributed exclusively right into the heart of student life, across all campuses, in halls of residence and at freshers’ fair events.
Call After Midnight are the Audience Favourite
Fri 21 Jul 2017After they won the Audience Award at the Noise from the Next Generation competition, we thought it was high time we had a word with the newest kids on the block, Call After Midnight. Talking all things music is frontman and bassist, Gianluca Coranto...
Film Review: Spider-Man Homecoming
Thu 20 Jul 2017Hannah Parker reviews the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe...
Make Your Own Robot with MeArm Pi
Thu 20 Jul 2017Mime Industries are a local company that create build-it-yourself robotic kits, and people can use them to learn to code. To support the release of their newest product, the MeArm Pi, they ran a Kickstarter campaign that was quickly oversubscribed, with 852 backers pledging a whopping £56,376. We sat down with company founder, Ben Pirt; a man who’s very handy with robot arms...
5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend
Thu 20 Jul 2017If you're living for the weekend then you'll be living the dream come Friday...
In Focus: Sheep Soup
Wed 19 Jul 2017You might recognise this beauty of a theatre company from the comedy musical, Mrs Green. The musical tells the tale of former soul and Motown singer-turned-pillar of the Basford community, Mabel Green, who grows weed in her council flat to treat her arthritis.
This time round, Sheep Soup have a brand spankin’ musical, The Leftovers, set to storm stages nationwide this year. But to get there, they need your help. Having received Arts Council Funding, they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign to help ‘em over the last hurdle, and they’re asking you lot to drop ‘em a few bob to get the show on the road. Before you do, check out their answers to our questions, all crafted with a camera…
Save Our Heritage with Notts Mining Museum
Tue 18 Jul 2017Ann Donlan and Eric Eaton have got together in an attempt to launch the Notts Mining Museum, in commemoration of our history dahn pit. But they need your help...
Jackie Kay at Inspire Poetry Festival 2017
Tue 18 Jul 2017Scotland's Poet Laureate Jackie Kay celebrates family and friendship with a reading from the heart at Southwell Library...
Dinosaur Stories From the Kiddos
Mon 17 Jul 2017In honour of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition, we asked some of our most worldly paleontologists – aka some kids we know – to imagine a world in which dinosaurs roamed the streets. And bleddy hell are we glad we did. These lot’ll be putting us out of a job soon...