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Do Nothing on Experimental Song Writing, Playing Moscow and Making a Proper Record

Wed 30 Oct 2019

It’s exciting to witness the rise of local quartet Do Nothing. They’ve played some massive shows this year — including a sold-out gig at The Bodega — and are soon to embark on a European headline tour, featuring a highly-anticipated hometown show at Rescue Rooms in November…

Circle of Light: More Than Just Making an Album

Sun 06 Oct 2019

An album created by young people in Nottingham this summer will be released on World Mental Health Day with a live show at Confetti’s Metronome. We chat to those involved and find out there’s much more to this project than just the music...

We're Making Our Regular Feature Blather Into a Short Film Series

Sat 22 Jun 2019

If you’re a fan of Blather – our regular feature from writer Adrian Reynolds and illustrator Corrina Rothwell, found in its usual home in page 8 – we’ve got some good news for you...

New Exhibition at Lakeside Arts Marks the Centenary Since the Death of British Artist Harold Gilman

Sat 15 Dec 2018

Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Gallery host the first extensive survey of his work in over 35 years with Beyond Camden Town...

Discotech are Making a Home in Notts

Thu 13 Dec 2018

Notts is a pretty good place to parteh. And we're not the only ones who think so. Originally Derby-based, house heads discotech are setting up shop here in the new year...

Jam & Chutney Session with Just Grow Project

Thu 04 Oct 2018

Last Tuesday, Windmill Community Gardens hosted a jam and chutney making workshop and gee whiz it was a real treat!

J. Littles on the Making of New Music Video for His Latest Single Truth

Mon 14 May 2018

Jordan Campbell, a.k.a. J Littles has dropped the music video for his latest single, Truth. Full of dystopian imagery and white-eyed walkers, the track takes a swipe at the modern world...

Finding Headspace - Review of Making Headway's latest book launch

Sat 18 Nov 2017

Living with a brain injury is a difficult and oftentimes raw experience. However, the writers and editors involved in the creation of the newest Global Words Press book Making Headway: Living with Brain Injury are willing to share their stories and inspire us all to live better and braver lives.

Peter Daltrey Talks Making Music

Sat 11 Nov 2017

Peter Daltrey, frontman of 1960s psychedelic band Kaleidoscope, was in town performing at the Blast Off Festival. After he came off stage, we caught up with him to talk about his 50 years in music and the forthcoming re-release of their debut album, Tangerine Dream.

The Gorgons Talk Making Music

Mon 21 Aug 2017

The Gorgons were in town to play the Fuzzbox night at The Angel Microbrewery. We sat down with them after their set for a little chat...

Neil Fulwood talks about the making of his debut poetry collection, No Avoiding It

Mon 26 Jun 2017

“The poems are entirely personal expressions. There’s nothing owed, no debt to anybody else’s artistic legacy”

Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie Talks Making Artificial Eyes in Nottingham

Tue 25 Apr 2017

John Pacey-Lowrie is the only ocularist in the whole of the Midlands. He’s spent forty years perfecting his craft, and people travel from all over the world to be fitted with one of his handmade, acrylic prosthetic eyes. He is constantly striving to make his prosthetics as realistic as possible and is currently at the forefront of the development of an artificial dilating pupil which reacts to light...

Nusic Advice Guide: Making a Living from Music

Thu 09 Mar 2017

The first in a series of advice videos from our mates over at Nusic. This week, find out the best ways to sell stuff, play live, and get free(ish) money...

200 Years of Making Rope in Nottingham with Stewart Coates

Thu 02 Feb 2017

Hidden on a residential street in Dunkirk, opposite Highfields Park, is 10 Montpelier Road. It’s easy to walk past W Coates and Sons without noticing the unassuming shop, but there is in fact around 200 years of Nottingham rope-making history squeezed into the outhouses and rooms within.