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A staple of every Brie-tish Christmas is, undoubtedly, the cheese board. However you choose to spend your holidays, nothing could be feta at warding off the winter bleus than treating yourself to some cheese by the fire. But with so many types to choose from, what could be gouda enough to be yours on the big day? We spoke to Webb Freckingham, one of the owners of The Cheese Shop on Flying Horse Walk, to cheddar light on the grate-st cheese this festive cheese-on…

Manchester Wins Slamovision 2023

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Manchester’s Esther Koch is the winner of Slamovision 2023, against the finest spoken word artists across the UNESCO Cities of Literature network...

Selectors: John Holmes

Mon 11 Dec 2023

In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's John Holmes. John Holmes is a music-loving ex-BBC Radio Nottingham DJ with a record collection full of gems, rarities and all manner of stories.

Left Magpie: December 2023

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Ever since Notts returned to the Football League, there has been the determination to make an impact. Of “putting on a show” as the terrace favourite goes. And, as anyone reflecting on the previous month at Meadow Lane will testify, it’s certainly lived up to that billing…

Gig Review: The Silver Lines at The Chameleon

Mon 11 Dec 2023

On a wet and windy Thursday evening there was no better place to retreat to than The Chameleon, to see exactly what a line-up of new and local artists had to offer...

Gig Review: James Yorkston & Nina Persson at The Bodega

Mon 11 Dec 2023

A Swedish pop star and a Scottish folk singer were an unlikely pair to find in The Bodega. Differing from the usual punk and rock music, Nina Persson and James Yorkston created a beautiful atmosphere with their folk performance...

Gig Review: Gogol Bordello at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Formed in New York in 1999 from an eclectic collection of musicians from all over the world, this was Gogol Bordello's first show in Nottingham in five years, yet they have lost none of their anarchic fervour, dynamism and sweaty energy in the intervening period...

Gig Review: The Amity Affliction at Rock City

Mon 11 Dec 2023

This Australian Metalcore outfit showed that their twenty years of experience was not to be messed with. Rock City and its crowd moshed and crowd-surfed their hearts out...

In Photos: Apollo Junction at The Bodega

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Born in the eighties, inspired by the nineties, moulded by the noughties. Hailing from Leeds, Apollo Junction are a five-piece that have been described as a modern day Britpop band. They were joined by Bee-Sides and Shadows of A Silhouette at The Bodega last week...

Gig Review: Cucamaras at The Carousel

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Nottingham’s very own Cucamaras return home for two intimate, back-to-back shows at The Carousel…

We Chat to Divorce About Their New EP 'Heady Metal’ and Sold Out Rescue Rooms Show

Sun 10 Dec 2023

Whether you’ve heard them at one of Nottingham’s music festivals such as Dot to Dot or Hockley Hustle, or more recently on Radio 1, Divorce are poised for huge success in 2024, following the release of their Heady Metal EP last month and a sold-out headline tour that they are in the midst of. While they were in Brighton supporting Willie J Healey, we caught up with vocalist and bassist Tiger Cohen-Towell, vocalist and guitarist Felix Mackenzie-Barrow, and guitarist Adam Peter Smith…

Festive Musicals, Big Stars, Film Quizzes and Enchanting Children's Animation: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 11 - 17 December

Sun 10 Dec 2023

December is the month for going out to see a fabulous show, or cosying down with a pub quiz or a library day. This week in Notts you can do either, plus lots more...