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Nusic Podcast #202 with Don't Forget Rupert, Amulet, Alfie Sharp, Self Love and More...

NottsShop: April 2019

Hello! Welcome to the first in a monthly series on the best fashiony bits Notts has to offer. We're putting Nottingham under a style microscope and this month: we're focusing on “The Gram” with, like any good primary school story, a side eye to the who, what, where and when.

Got someone or something that you think we should know about? Drop us a line at anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk...

Film Review: Pet Sematary

Stephen King's cult classic novel gets the big screen treatment for the second time...

The Pythian Club are Using Theatre to Engage Young People in the Fight Against Knife Crime

In a bid to fight back against an increase in knife crime, The Pythian Club set out with the aim of engaging a generation of young Nottingham residents in creative projects. The result? Double Edge, an interactive theatrical project, written and directed by Syed Ali. We caught up with Syed and Ben Rosser to find out what impact they want the project to have…

Review: Fortune & Glory Film Club Presents Empire Records

We headed down to the latest screening hosted by the brilliant Fortune & Glory Film Club: Empire Records...

Film Review: Wild Rose

Tom Harper's story of a young Glaswegian girl's county music dreams hits a bum note...

Film Review: Dumbo

Do you believe an elephant can fly?

Interview: James Waring, The Invisible Orchestra

Rachael Halaburda grabbed James Waring for a chat to learn more about his massive band...

Emily Leary on Her Cookbook Get Your Kids to Eat Anything and Her Five-phase Programme

Local woman Emily Leary has written Get Your Kids to Eat Anything to help parents do exactly what it says on the tin with her five-phase programme...

Comedian Reginald D Hunter on Bringing His Facing the Beast Tour to Nottingham

Astute, insightful and, above all else, hilarious, Reginald D Hunter has firmly established himself as Britain’s favourite comedian from across the pond. To celebrate his twentieth year as a working comedian in the UK, he’s heading back to Nottingham with his Facing the Beast tour…

4 Ways To Spend Record Store Day in Nottingham

Get your nimble fingers at the ready...

Food Review: Bottomless Brunch at Copper Cafe

Our Editor Ashley took one for the team...

History of the Weird Midlands Episode Six: Subterranean Secrets

Get your helmets on, listeners: We're going spelunking! In this week's episode, the gang take a deep-dive into the marvelous and mysterious world beneath our feet, looking at the history of Creswell Crags, the Derbyshire Catacombs, and the twisting network of caves that stretch across the whole county. Warning: Contains strong language and some serious spookiness. 

Pattern: One Big Party Family

We chat party packs and family feelings with Ryan Newell of Pattern, ahead of the night this Saturday...

Hastings Magpies Bag Charlie Palmer in NCT Showdown

Hastings Magpies have tonight announced that Notts County Legend Charlie Palmer will be coaching them for their Meadow Lane fixture against Nottingham City Transport on May 6th; Palmer joins actor David Easter who will be managing the team. Freddie Place tells us more about how this amazing event came about and what to expect on the day.

Tommy K Events Is Bringing DJ Yoda Back to Notts

 If you saw him last year you’ve probably got a ticket already and if yer didn’t, Caroline Barry explains why you’d be mad to miss out this April…

Art Review: Paint a Poppy Challenge and Open Day at The Society of All Artists in Newark

Newark holds the space used by the Society of All Artists, a cultural hub bringing creative people together to work, inspire and promote themselves both nationally and internationally. We headed down for their Open Day, to check out the society’s new group exhibition Paint a Poppy...

Film Review: Happy as Lazzaro

Alice Rohrwacher's beautiful story of the good-hearted peasant Lazzaro is back at Broadway Cinema...

Rock City braces itself for Death Grips

Rock City will open its doors to welcome controversial US experimental hip hop band Death Grips this summer. Our Tina shares her thoughts...

Theatre Review: Turn of the Screw

Depraved spectres of evil intent stalk orphans in a remote house

Film Review: The Sisters Brothers

Two gun-slinging siblings stomp through 1850s Oregon on the search for gold in Jacques Audiard's off-beat Western...

Four Four DJ Academy Are Teaching People How to Scratch at the National Justice Museum

Calling all soundboys and soundgirls. The Four Four DJ Academy ball is properly rolling inside the National Justice Museum, for all your mixing, scratching and clashing needs. We headed down to find out what’s been cracking off since they opened in September, and chatted to one of three head honchos Charlie Fletcher...

Out of Time: The 508th in Wollaton Park

For the first edition of our brand new regular feature - which explores lesser known stories from Nottingham’s history - we take a look at when, during World War II, Wollaton Hall was used as a base for the 508th Infantry Regiment of the 82nd Airborne Division as they prepared for D-Day... 

Interview: Rough Trade Nottingham Turns Five

It’s hard to remember Broad Street without Rough Trade as an occupant. The record store, bar and gig venue turns five later this year, and over the past half-decade has earned its stripes as an integral part of Nottingham’s music scene. We caught up with bar manager, Sam Allison, to talk Drag Bingo, Record Store Day, and footprints on the ceiling…

Nusic Future Session: Alfie Sharp