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Preview: The Silent Child Screening - Part of Deaf Awareness Week at Broadway Cinema

Mon 14 May 2018

Oscar winners Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton to present award-winning film The Silent Child at Broadway Cinema as part of Deaf Awareness Week 2018 short film showcase

F for Film: The Nottingham Film Community

Sat 12 May 2018

Our Screen Editor on what the Nottingham film community means to him...

A Community Gardener in Notts

Sat 12 May 2018

The next installment in our series takes a green-fingered turn...

Art Review: Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness at New Art Exchange

Fri 11 May 2018

We got down to New Art Exchange's latest exhibition Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness

Nina Nesbitt Plays Rescue Rooms Nottingham

Fri 11 May 2018

Scottish storytelling pop sensation Nina Nesbitt will be on her UK tour shortly. Ahead of her gig at Rescue Rooms on Monday, she reveals more about her evolution as an artist, her personal favourite song and what she’d be doing if it weren’t for music...

The People in Nottingham Campaigning for the Right to Abortion in Ireland

Fri 11 May 2018

On Friday 25 May, Ireland will hold a historic referendum to relax their strict anti-abortion laws. The eighth amendment in the constitution currently means women are forced to travel to other countries to access safe and legal abortion, or to take abortion pills bought online. The repeal movement has spread to the UK and has now reached Nottingham, where East Midlands Together for Yes are trying to encourage Irish citizens to get registered and travel home to vote. Here, Caroline Barry explains why she’ll be making the journey herself…

Theatre Review: Jersey Boys at Theatre Royal

Fri 11 May 2018

Sixties superstardom comes via revenge, betrayal and crime...

A Catch-up with Nottingham Caesars

Fri 11 May 2018

After a tentative start to 2018, last Sunday’s fixture at Coventry Jets saw the Nottingham Caesars American Football team step onto the field with a renewed focus and determination, securing a 28 - 0 victory. It’s still early days though, and with a re-match on home turf later in the month, they’re buckling down and making every training hour count.

Win Two Tickets to Splendour Festival 2018 featuring Paloma Faith, The Stranglers and More...

Fri 11 May 2018

With plenty of local acts taking to the stage, you don't wanna miss out...

Lucy Does Stonebridge City Farm

Thu 10 May 2018

Sometimes, despite its best efforts to the contrary, life smiles at you. It recognises your best efforts to make the little bogger worthwhile, and sends a hiccup of happy your way. This month, I was gifted with an involuntary spasm of joy when I was sent to spend the day at Stonebridge City Farm to muck in, and muck out, with the barnyard beings that reside there. Buzz-ing.

Nusic Podcast #178 with Nina Smith, Ashfields, Sophie Castillo, One Giant Causeway and more...

Thu 10 May 2018

This week’s New Music Podcast features the five Industry Professionals listening to your FSN Round One entries, entry details RE how you could be playing the Splendour and Rock City main stages, plus the band so passionate they bleed when they play. This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Film Review: Avengers: Infinity War

Wed 09 May 2018

More Marvel! Finally! And this one has everyone in it! Huzzah!

Theatre Review: Flashdance the Musical

Tue 08 May 2018

There’s a rift in space and time leading back to the 1980s...

Overheard in Notts

Tue 08 May 2018

The funny, and slightly worrying, things our Big Baby has heard your lot say this month...

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News and Updates

Mon 07 May 2018

April means the kick-off of the cricket season and Nottinghamshire's first three matches featured the full range of English "spring" weather. We have a look back at how they got on out on the pitch.

Live Music Review: British Sea Power at Rock City

Mon 07 May 2018

British Sea Power proved popular enough for their gig to be upgraded from Rescue Rooms to Rock City. We headed down to the new venue to check ‘em out.

Blather #1

Mon 07 May 2018

We've let our Adrian Reynolds loose, to bring you some proper off-the-wall brain splodges of brilliance...

Left Magpie: Nolan Breeds Wingless Magpies

Mon 07 May 2018

Much has already been said about the transformation of Notts County under Kevin Nolan, as Saturday’s game vs Luton Town testified. For fans the familiar anxiety is still there, but its source is a possible promotion rather than the perennial relegation scrap...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Sun 06 May 2018

Ay Up Duck has lept from the pages of our magazine, and found himsen a seat behind a news desk...

Don't Be So Soft! Sit-Down Chat with Psychedelic Dream-Pop Band Soft Girls and Boys Club

Sun 06 May 2018

Known for their groovy licks and mellow atmosphere, those cheeky chaps at Soft Girls and Boys Club are some of Nottingham’s most entertaining up-and-comers. We had a sit-down with them over a cup of tea at their shared flat in Sneinton ahead of their new release Treadmill, set for May 10^th, 2018.

Film Review: Tully

Sun 06 May 2018

Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody and Charlize Theron, the director/writer/actor team behind 2011's Young Adult have reunited for a no-holds-barred look at the less glamorous side of motherhood...

Left Hand Lane: Noise From The Next Generation 'Audience Winners'

Sat 05 May 2018

Noise From The Next Generation is an annual music competition organised by Nottingham Music Service to offer young musicians the opportunity to perform in front of a live audience. The joint winners of the Audience Award at this year's competition answer some of our questions...

Theatre Review: Queen - A Rock and Symphonic Spectacular at Theatre Royal

Sat 05 May 2018

We weren't massively impressed, to be honest...

Poetry Profile: Translating Activism Workshop with Kalyani Thakur, Sipra Mukherjee, and Jo Dixon

Sat 05 May 2018

If you thought that we'd be sick of poetry after last week's festival, you'd be dead wrong. Today we're highlighting the incredible work of Kalyani Thakur, a Dalit poet and political activist from West Bengal, following her appearance at the Translating Activism workshop hosted by the Postcolonial Studies Centre at Nottingham Trent University.