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Forget Disney, this is much darker and full of despair and longing. It was fabulous.

A Second Home in Nottingham: Stories of Immigration to Hoodtown

What’s life like for immigrants Nottingham? Caroline Barry asked a load of Notts residents to tell of their relocation tales...

Art Review: Sounds Like Her at New Art Exchange

Seven women, from a variety of different backgrounds, have brought their work together to create Sounds Like Her the New Art Exchange. They’re using their voices, language, noise, textures, music, sonic structures and non-sonic materialisations of sound all to grab your attention and make you think about things from new perspectives...

Frank McMahon from DIY Poets Answers our Questions in Photos

DIY Poets have been running things on the Nottingham poetry scene for yonks. They meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 8pm, upstairs in Broadway Cinema, to share work and plan for future events. We got leader of the poetry pack, Frank McMahon, to answer a few questions in photographic form…

Boilermaker's Manager Makes Final of Gabriel Boudier Liqueur Competition

Turns out Nottingham has a secret cocktail wizard who has created the next best thing in flavoured booze...

Music Video: Re Teu - Darling

The artist formerly known as Sawyer gives us a taster of his forthcoming EP A Thawing Wind with this haunting autumnal track...

Live Music Review: Kagoule, Catholic Action and Do Nothing at The Bodega

On a night when it seemed every band in Nottingham was hitting the town to play, we headed to The Bodega to see the return of the mighty Kagoule with touring buddies Catholic Action and mates Do Nothing...

Adam Peter Smith Talks Being a Musician in Nottingham

Active on the local music scene for a while now, we put some questions to the rootsy singer-songwriter as he releases his latest EP...

Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Yorgos Lanthimos and Colin Farrell have teamed up again for the follow-up to 2015's The Lobster...

Film Review: Call Me By Your Name

Luca Guadagnino’s film stands as a reminder of human vulnerability and the sensual, beautiful, heartbreaking journey of falling in love for the first time…

The Botanist

This has nowt to do with plant science, but they do mek a banging scotch egg...

Gone Feral: Punk and Poetry at Low-Light Magazine launch

Who doesn't love a bit of punk? Hi-Vis are back with their DIY dazzlers, and we went down to the Chameleon to see what they had to say for themselves.

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Chameleon

Mon 06 Nov 2017

The Chameleon holds its second event after re-opening following a major refurbishment as it hosts I'm Not From London's Fuzzbox night, with live music from Nervous Twitch, Diablo Furs, Bus Stop Madonnas and Those Howlin Sounds...

Happy 40th Birthday to City Arts Nottingham

Mon 06 Nov 2017

City Arts is a community arts organisation based at the bottom of Hockley that’s done nowt but good for local people. The creative boggers turned forty in September, and are celebrating their anniversary with a year-long series of events for everyone to get stuck into. We delved into a bit of their history, had a chat with a few of the organisers, stuck our party hats on, and did a little dance...

Former Captain Beefheart Drummer John “Drumbo” French Talks The Magic Band Reunion Tour

Sun 05 Nov 2017

Having survived Captain Beefheart, John “Drumbo” French is ready to rev up The Magic Band for a farewell tour at Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms, and here spills the stolen soya beans to John Martin…

Advertising Sectioned: The Store in Which We Both Enjoy Shopping: Pearson Bros

Sun 05 Nov 2017

Local adverts, ripped from the pages of history...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 05 Nov 2017

Plenty of gigs and giggles for you lot this week...

Where-Wax Bring the Vinyl Goods

Sat 04 Nov 2017

The pop up record shop pulling out all the stops...

Nusic Future Session: Kwoli Black

Sat 04 Nov 2017

The latest up and coming Nottingham musician to tickle the microphone and titillate the cameras at Nusic...

Sound of the Lion #64

Sat 04 Nov 2017

With Schnez, VVV, Georgina Wood, When The Sun Hits, Gallery 47, John Maslen, Pre-Birds, Alice Short and Carcass...

Street Tales: Lenton Priory

Fri 03 Nov 2017

What's that coming over the hill... is it a Monastery?

5 Places to See Fireworks This Year

Whether you're a firework fanatic or you just want summat fun to do on a code winter evening, here's the lowdown on this year's Bonfire Night in Notts...

A Toilet Attendant in Notts

We got some words from the bloke they call Rock City Sam...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

It's gonna be a good'un, kids...

Bag of Secrets at The Angel Microbrewery: A Prophecy Fulfilled