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Splendour at Home: Dig Deep in Aid of Framework

Fri 17 Jul 2020

This Saturday, when we should have all been moseying down to Wollaton Park for a day of dancing and drinking, the tireless team behind Splendour will be hosting a one-off digital festival, aiming to bring the essence of the festival directly to our homes, while asking us to dig deep for local charity Framework….

The Winners of the Young Creative Awards 2020 Are...

Fri 17 Jul 2020

The Young Creative Awards are an annual celebration of all the amazing things the mega-talented youths in our city can produce. Previous winners have performed at Splendour, published books and even designed for Beyonce. Every year the standard gets higher and higher, and 2020 has been no exception. Get impressed and inspired by this year’s winning work, and get their names on your radar – we’ve got a feeling they’re all worth keeping an eye out for in the future…

The Art of Beer's Seth Smith Has Drawn 41 of Our City's Best Boozers

Thu 16 Jul 2020

Meet Seth Smith, aka the Art of Beer. He’s spent the last half-decade creating illustrations inspired by the nation’s favourite alcoholic beverage. This year he’s drawn 41 of the city's best boozers in conjunction with Nottingham Craft Beer Week and soon they’ll be available as free postcards at a pub near you…

FlyGirl Are Launching to Empower Wxman of Colour in Nottingham

Wed 15 Jul 2020

With the aim to empower womxn all across Nottingham – with particular focus on womxn of colour – FlyGirl is set to launch later this year. We caught up with Avarni Bilan, one half of the Wigflex team, to see what it’s all about…

25 Years Later: Batman Forever

Tue 14 Jul 2020

We take a trip to the neon-coated streets of Joel Schumacher's Gotham City...

Film Hub Midlands Invites Aspiring Filmmakers to Creative Producers School

Tue 14 Jul 2020

Film Hub Midlands, a partner of the BFI Network, is giving Nottingham filmmakers the chance to gain skills and experience in the production process...

TV Classics: Revisiting Mad Men

Tue 14 Jul 2020

Daniel Turner explores the themes of two key episodes of Mad Men’s final season...

Are Socially Distanced Raves the Future of Nottingham Nightlife?

Mon 13 Jul 2020

This month, despite Nottingham’s bars and pubs reopening, the city’s nightclubs as we know them remain shut. Fortunately for all of the dancefloor addicts out there, some folks are coming up with a solution. Eileen Pegg speaks with promoters to understand what clubbing might look like in the current climate...

Film Review: The Old Guard

Mon 13 Jul 2020

The gun-toting, sword-slinging, kick-ass Charlize Theron is firmly back in her comfort zone in this combat-packed superhero saga.

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Mon 13 Jul 2020

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

For King, Not Country: Why We Need a More Inclusive War Narrative in the UK

Mon 13 Jul 2020

As the world gets ready to remember the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, photographer Jagdish Patel explores the role of Commonwealth soldiers – many of whom were conscripted under the threat of violence – in Britain’s victory.

LeftLion Film Podcast #28 - The Lockdown Tapes: Part 1

Mon 13 Jul 2020

Separated due to lockdown, hosts Ash and Derry virtually reminisce over some of their favourite and most humiliating moments from three years of the LeftLion Film Podcast. Featuring getting pied off by Vicky McClure, stalking Emilio Estevez, grilling Nick Frost about Captain Pugwash and plenty more...

The Nottingham Project Launches to Rejuvenate the City’s Cultural Scene

Mon 13 Jul 2020

The major new project, which includes Vicky McClure, Shane Meadows and Director of the London 2012 Organising Committee Greg Nugent, will aim to breathe new life into the city post-COVID.

Happy Dough Lucky are Launching Vegan Doughnuts

Sun 12 Jul 2020

Doughnuts. Just that one word alone can make you salivate. But sometimes when you sink your teeth into one, it doesn’t taste as good as it looks. Dry. Chewy. Not good stuff. The boys at Happy Dough Lucky – Sach, Lewis and TK – are aiming to change all that. They’ve spent a load of time perfecting their recipes and flavours, so their brand new vegan doughnuts are as delicious as can be. We chat to Sach Nijran about their upcoming launch and why you should give their bad boys a shot…

Nottingham Community Engagement Worker Josh Osoro Pickering on the Deep-Rooted Problems of Systemic Racism

Sun 12 Jul 2020

English-Kenyan community engagement worker and writer Josh Osoro Pickering explores the deep-rooted problems of systemic racism, the impact of capitalism on black communities and why now is the time for change...

Art Works: Kai-Yan Lai

Sat 11 Jul 2020

After bagging success at the Young Creative Awards, Kai-Yan Lai has earned himself a successful career behind the camera...

Film Review: Mucho Mucho Amor - The Legend of Walter Mercado

Sat 11 Jul 2020

The stars align in Netflix's latest documentary feature...

30 Years Later: Back to the Future Part III

Sat 11 Jul 2020

On its 30th anniversary, we once again go “Back to the Future” for the iconic trilogy’s final instalment.

The When We Worked at Raleigh Project Celebrates the Lives of the Factory's Black British Caribbean Workers

Fri 10 Jul 2020

Whether it’s due to its legacy as one of Nottingham’s most quintessential institutions, or the place that Arthur Seaton so resented working, everyone knows that the Raleigh Factory is woven into the very fabric of Nottingham’s DNA. While much has been written about its iconic cultural status, often overlooked is the impact of its many Black British Caribbean workers. That’s where When We Worked at Raleigh, the archival project that has collated visual and audio histories of those workers and their relatives, comes in...

Mayhem Film Festival 2020 to go ahead in “slimmed-down” format at Broadway Cinema

Fri 10 Jul 2020

Mayhem Film Festival is returning to Broadway Cinema this October as a condensed “skeleton” edition in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

Exhibition Review: Aftermath at Nottingham Contemporary

Thu 09 Jul 2020

With its usual venue of The Space out-of-bounds due to COVID-19, Alex Stubbs checked out Aftermath - the annual Nottingham Contemporary-hosted exhibition held in collaboration with Trent students - as it moved exclusively online for the first time...

Exhibition Review: Sets and Scenarios at Nottingham Contemporary

Thu 09 Jul 2020

Alex Stubbs reviews Sets and Scenarios, Nottingham Contemporary's latest online installment curated by the students of the Royal College of Art’s MA Curating Contemporary Art programme

10 Years Later: The Twilight Saga - Eclipse

Thu 09 Jul 2020

Joanna Hoyes looks back on the third film in the Twilight franchise, a decade after its release...

Academic and Stand-Up Comedian Dr Claire Sedgwick on COVID-19's Impact on the Industry

Thu 09 Jul 2020

Unpaid sets. No trade unions. Class inequalities. Even by the already difficult standards of the creative industries, stand-up comedy is a particularly hard industry in which to carve a career path. Dr Claire Sedgwick, an academic and stand-up comedian, explores how COVID-19 has only exacerbated those difficulties, and what the comedy scene is doing to keep the industry alive ...