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Sneinton Street Food Club on the 30th July

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10 Years Later: Captain America: The First Avenger

It's been a decade since the Star Spangled Man first came up with his plan. But how does Captain America: The First Avenger hold up ten years later?

BEARS IN TREES

Film Review: Night of the Kings

Could this visceral prison drama be the start of an African cinema revolution?

The Hood, The Bad and the Ugly: A Century of Robin Hood on Film

It’s been well over a century since Robin Hood first graced the silver screen. Since then, the revered revolutionary has been portrayed by Hollywood legends, Soviet stars and a cartoon fox. We take a look at the most memorable movies from the leader of the Merry Men, as well as some of his more disappointing depictions...

IYA presents BBC Introducing/ eNGine Room launch

A Robin Hood in Notts

Donning the famous feathered hat and snug green tights of the city’s most famous legend is a unique experience. One Robin Hood discusses their time as the leader of the Merry Men…

Michael Krawec on Nottsflix, the YouTube Channel Dedicated to All Things Notts

Michael Krawec set up his YouTube channel, Nottsflix, a few years ago to practice his video editing and scratch a creative itch. Little did he know, he was about to become the face of the county’s obscure history…

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

A Brief History of Nottingham's Robin Hood Statue

Today, Saturday 24 July 2021, marks 69 years since the unveiling of the famous Robin Hood Statue outside Nottingham Castle. Bob White, the co-founder of the World Wide Robin Hood Society, explains some of the history of this iconic city landmark...

Jake & Elwood Blues and The Black Rhino Band

PRETTY BABS + BRAD DEAR

Robin Hood Town Tour

The Style Councillors

The Notts Olympians Representing Team GB at Tokyo 2020

With the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo now in full flow, and the Paralympic Games soon to follow, we take a look at some of the Notts athletes aiming to add to Team GB’s medal count this summer...

A Look Inside That Weird Shop

Weird and wonderful: the best way to describe the recent addition to Sneinton’s shopping scene, That Weird Shop. We spoke with shop owner Zero about opening a business during a pandemic, his ambitious expansion of stores and why we should all embrace a bit of weirdness in our lives...

Hockley Hustle and LeftLion Present: Witch of the East Live at Metronome

The third and final instalment of a series of live sets featuring some of our favourite Nottingham artists with interviews conducted by our very own Bridie Squires...

John Holmes MBE on His Autobiography, BBC Legacy and Career Highlights

John Holmes MBE – the voice of Nottingham Radio - has put pen to paper for a cracking autobiography that documents fifty years of shenanigans. He spoke to Hollie Anderson about his BBC legacy, career highlights and the process of writing his own life story…

9 of the Best Finds at the Nottingham Castle Museum

Nottingham Castle’s museum has been given a good sprucing as part of their extensive renovation and, after getting a sneak preview, we can attest that they’re looking bang on. Capturing elements of Nottingham’s artistic, industrial, military, social and rebellious history, the new exhibitions do a great job of providing an insight into the city’s eclectic, eventful past. To celebrate their reopening, we took a nosey around to find nine items that caught our eye...

DJ Yoda

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 23rd July

Film Review: Deerskin

A bearded Jean Dujardin stars as a strange loner fixated on the perfect jacket in this surreal black comedy…

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30: Ilene Starger on Her Experience as Casting Director

A $50 million budget, Hollywood’s biggest star, England’s most famous legend, an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA win, a song that became one of the best-selling singles of all time, that performance from Alan Rickman and a box office take of almost $400 million. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves left a huge impact on the legacy of Nottingham’s folk hero and, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its release, we caught up with some of the people responsible for bringing it to life, finishing with Ilene Starger...

8 Rebels From Around the World Who Channelled Their Inner Robin Hood

Whether he was a real man or not, the figure of Robin Hood inspired countless acts of rebellion against injustice all over the world. So much so, in fact, that the name Robin Hood became a moniker for those who mirrored many of the legend’s tropes: robbing from the rich to give to the poor, standing up against tyranny or being a talismanic hero in the face of adversity. While the list of latter day Hoods is endless, we’ve rounded eight of the best stories of Robin Hoods from around the world…