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Meet a professional Jazz Quintet from Nottingham, a group of young talented musicians that’ll have you dazzled with their impressive tunes and funky beats…

Noshingham: Craft Beer Week Spesh

This week is Craft Beer Week in Notts, where we celebrate our love of the good stuff. We popped down to some participating venues to see whether the scran was as good as the slosh...

Make Your Cake and Eat It with Sherwood Textile Workshop

Do you know your ganache from your mirror glaze, your Battenburg from your Victoria sponge, your macarons from your macaroons?

Live Music Review: Gate to Southwell Festival 2018

I approached this – I have to admit – with a little caution, but decided to attend without any preconception (and little previous exposure to the expected musical genre), and (dis)cover the Gate to Southwell 2018 Festival for LeftLion.

Eleven Greatest Football Films

As the 2018 World Cup kicks off in Russia, we've picked out a starting eleven of cracking football films to get you in the mood for England's inevitable early exit...

Places to Watch the World Cup in Notts

For when the sofa just isn't good enough...

Nusic Future Session: David Ochrombel

The latest Nusic Future Session, for your lugholes and your eye pipes...

Film Review: My Friend Dahmer

A well-crafted, uncomfortable look into the high school years of future serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer

Film Review: Zama

Lucrecia Martel's big-screen adaptation of Antonio di Benedetto's 1956 novel is currently screening at Broadway Cinema...

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain

Britain's best-loved detective returns to the stage at The Theatre Royal Nottingham...

5 Places to Grab an Iced Drink on a Roastin' Ott Day in Notts

On a roastin’ ott day when you’re abaht town, you need summat to cool you down. Otherwise you’ll get into a sweateh, tizzeh mess, and none of us want that. Whether you like it sweet or bitter, we’ve got all your tastes covered. Wotyavin?

Valentine Nkoyo is Working To End FGM

Meet Valentine Nkoyo; the woman who’s been fighting tirelessly against FGM (Female Genital Mutilation), changing the lives of women locally and around the world through her activism. Her organisation, the Mojatu Foundation, has lead the way in declaring Nottingham as the first city in the UK to have a zero tolerance to FGM, and has joined with Farmeco Community Care Farm in Screveton to host an area where people can pay their respects to victims of the practice. We met Valentine at the farm to find out more about what she does...

Poetry Profile: Talking Psst. with Christopher Lanyon

In the immortal words of Björk, it's been oh so quiet in Nottingham this month with the launch of Psst., the latest in a long line of poetry events based in the city centre. The brainchild of Christopher Lanyon, Psst. is (in addition to being a grammatical nightmare), a prime example of the newest breed of Nottingham poetry: inclusive, soft, powerful and punchy. I popped down to Jam Cafe for their debut, and while I was there I managed to collar Chris for a chat over a pint of posh ale.

Art Review: Nottingham Trent University Fine Art Degree Show 2018