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Black Balloon Book Launch

Join NTU's Creative Writing MA on Thursday for the launch of their latest anthology.

Street Tales: Ye Olde Salutation Inn

We delve a little deeper into the history of our city's streets to give you the tales they'd never have taught you at school

Advertising Sectioned

Nottingham adverts, ripped from the pages of history, brought to you by Wayne Burrows

George's Kitchen - in pictures

Check out the interior of George's Great British Kitchen

Black History Month: George Africanus

"Black slaves and servants were status symbols at the time, and so were often given roles of high visibility"

Overheard in Notts

We've been earwigging on your lot's conversations because we are nosey and you are hilarious

What Notts

Our city is full of stories to make you scratch your head, so we've dug out the best from the past month or so for your scalp's pleasure

Beer Dock

Oaks Nottingham

Louis Louis Pizza

Black Iris and Totally Brewed

Nottingham brewhouses join forces to create a proper beverage and you can find it at the Nottingham Beer Festival in a couple of days

China-on-Trent: Nottingham and Hangzou Link-up

Tony Simpson has gone China mad. First he went to Lakeside Arts Centre to see the New China/New Art exhibition, then he nipped to Hangzhou

Nicola Monaghan on Close - A British Feature Film Kickstarter

A local author reveals all on the gritty, upcoming micro budget feature film

The Walk

Robert Zemeckis directs the dramatisation of Philippe Petit's tightrope walk between the world trade center buildings

Gengahr

With their debut headline tour imminent, we spoke to the alt-pop quartet about all things live, art and musical

Pick of the Week: 5 - 11 October

The Hockley Hustle is back, but you'll need stuff to fill your time up until Sunday, of course

Crying Wolf

We take a look at this local short film, shot in and around Notts and Derby

Two

Rachel Ross' directorial debut - wor it a good craic?

Hockley Named Top UK High Street

Yep, you heard us right. According to the annual Great British High Street competition, we're owning things in Nottingham city

Pecha Kucha

Get down to Pecha Kucha at Igloo to experience a networking event with a twenty second twist

LeftLion Magazine #72

With Castle Rock, Navigation, Holomax, Mayhem Film Festival, Black History Archives, Collabor-8, Cllr Jon Collins and more...

The Rubenstein Kiss

The multi award-winning play by James Phillips, set amidst the McCarthyite hysteria of the Cold War era, where the shadow of suspicion falls on two Communist idealists

1984

Theatre Royal is currently showing an edgy ballet with a timeless message, taken from Mr Orwell. We got down to check it out

Left Panther: September

"Cam Janssen has established himself as a fan favourite, hitting anything that moves in the opposition's colours"

Nottingham Spiegeltent in Photos

Old Market Square has been taken over by a massive, old-school Gypsy tent so we went down to take some snaps