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Film Review: The Greatest Showman

Tue 16 Jan 2018

Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Michelle Williams team up for the all signing, all dancing biopic of circus pioneer P.T. Barnum

Let's Talk About Loss

Mon 15 Jan 2018

When Beth Rowland lost her Mum a couple of years ago, she felt there was nowhere she could go to make sense of her grief. Now she’s on a mission to ensure that doesn't happen to others...

Scott Cooper's dark Western odyssey, starring Christian Bale, Rosamund Pike and Wes Studi has been one of the best received films of its genre in recent years. We went to see if it was worth all the hype...

Looking Back to When the Darts Came to Nottingham

Sun 14 Jan 2018

As the British Darts Organisation World Darts Championship takes place at the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey, we look back to the first ever World Championship, which was held right here in Nottingham. Get yer arrers ready

John Harvey's Not Tommy Johnson: An Extract Taken from Going Down Slow and Other Stories

Sun 14 Jan 2018

"A wall-eyed mongrel barked as he entered, hackles raised, then backed away, growling, from the kick that failed to follow"

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 14 Jan 2018

Plenty to be gerrin on with...

10 Nottingham Women in Literature

Fri 12 Jan 2018

Mention Nottingham’s literary heritage and people often cite Byron, Lawrence or Sillitoe. But our female writers are equally as rebellious and ground-breaking. Margaret Cavendish was one of the earliest science fiction writers; Lucy Hutchinson was the first female writer of an epic English poem; Ada Lovelace is credited as the first computer programmer; suffragist, Alice Zimmerman, worked as a writer and translator; and Alma Reville was an influential screenwriter. In more recent times, Nottingham has been home to one of Britain’s funniest authors, Mhairi McFarlane; Pippa Hennessy played a key role in our successful bid to become UNESCO City of Literature; and Sandeep Mahal took up her position as its first director last year. Up the women. Here’s ten more who’ve contributed to Nottingham’s incredible literary landscape...

Rock Duo Haggard Cat Sign Deal with Earache Records

Fri 12 Jan 2018

Big news for metal heads...

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

Thu 11 Jan 2018

The Panthers didn't have a particularly happy Christmas, was it too many mince pies? Our Sally gives us the low down

Sam Craven Talks Vertex Soccer and Helping Young Footballers

Thu 11 Jan 2018

What happens when a youngster gets released from a football club? There was a time when all those years of hard work could have gone to waste but now thanks to Vertex Soccer, founded by former Notts County youth player Sam Craven, these players can now get a second chance.

Short Story Competition: City Arts at 40

Thu 11 Jan 2018

They celebrated their fortieth birthday in September, and have been ringing in the celebrations ever since. We were promised a year-long schedule of exciting opportunities and events, and they haven’t disappointed…

From USA to Notts: Studying Creative Writing in the City

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Ashley Silvey, from the USA, is a postgraduate student at NTU, and here tells us all about the hows and whys of studying in humble Nottingham...

Stanley Middleton Was My Form Tutor

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Basia Zamorska is a fashion stylist in New York, who has worked with Mohammad Ali, Grandmaster Flash, Mariah Carey and Natalie Portman. She was born and bred in Nottingham and had the honour of being one of Stanley’s pupils...

David Belbin on the Life and Works of Stanley Middleton

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Novelist and chair of UNESCO City of Literature David Belbin on the late, great Stanley Middleton...

Theatre Review: Thriller Live

Wed 10 Jan 2018

Do You Remember A Time when Michael Jackson seemed Invincible? A Dangerous Smooth Criminal who was so Off The Wall that he changed the use of the word "Bad" in History? Can You Feel It? If that’s The Way You Make Me Feel and you’re looking for a Thriller, This Is It. You can’t Beat It.