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The Thompson Brothers on Boris Johnson, Area 51 and Giraffes
Thu 01 Aug 2019Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Film Review: John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
Mon 03 Jun 2019Despite the six-foot-something guy who decided to sit in front of me, I did actually see John Wick 3. And it was the best one yet...
Nottingham Forest: The Miracle Men of 1979
Sat 18 May 2019One scored six goals on the route to the final, one had been at the club since the Second Division days, one was described by Brian Clough as the “Picasso of our game,” and the other was the captain that lifted the trophy on that famous night in Munich. Together, Garry Birtles, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson and John McGovern formed an integral part of that legendary Nottingham Forest side that beat Malmö to win the European Cup for the first time forty years ago…
A History of Factory Work in Nottingham
Fri 21 Dec 2018Converted factory buildings can be found on every corner of Nottingham. The machines may be silent and the buildings now repurposed, but the work undertaken inside those factory walls have left a lasting impression on the city. In more ways than one…
Live Music Review: John Wilson Orchestra - At The Movies
Fri 14 Dec 2018Classic Hollywood scores from a superstar orchestra
Nottingham's John Lewis Advert: Christmas Covers 2018 at The Bodega
Mon 12 Nov 2018What would the season be without a bit of Grey Hairs and Rod Stewart? This year we celebrate seventeen Christmasses filled with the covery wailings of our musical community, all in the cosy comfort of The Bodega. Last year, £1,800 was raised for Notts Hospice and Zephyr's, and so to stir some charitable happenings in Nottingham's belly once more, David Lilley has put together this wonderful advertisement to demonstrate what a Festive Miracle the evening is set to be...
Live Music Review: Johnny and the Raindrops at The Polish Eagle Club
Wed 03 Oct 2018After entertaining families for ten years, Johnny and the Raindrops celebrated by playing a packed-out show at The Polish Eagle Club in Sherwood. Our writer Adrian Shaw went along to join in on all the fun...
Notts Kids Band Johnny and the Raindrops Turn Ten
Tue 11 Sept 2018Johnny and the Raindrops have been on the Nottingham music scene for yonks. Ten years this September, to be precise. But rather than dropping drum 'n' bass to goggle-eyed twenty-somethings down Brickworks, or titillating silver tabs with jazz in dimly-lit bars, the band cater to the city's musical nippers. We sat down with founder, musical director and long-time little-fish-shape thrower Liam Maloy...
Scibar at The Vat & Fiddle: John Brookfield on Jumping Genes
Tue 07 Aug 2018John Brookfield from the University Of Nottingham is July’s speaker at SciBar, talking about Jumping Genes in the Genome. We headed down to the Vat & Fiddle to hear from the gene genie.
Preview: John Carpenter Season at the The National Justice Museum
Tue 06 Mar 2018The National Justice Museum is holding its first ever film season, and they've picked an absolute belter...
Little John the Bare-knuckle Boxer
Sat 03 Feb 2018When Pete Radford arrived backstage for the closing night of Romeo and Juliet, the first thing the director noticed was the state her actor was in. His lip was split in two from front to back; he had a shiner under his right eye, a graze under his left eye, his cheeks were still swollen and he bore the unmistakable pallor of a man who’s been in a scrap...
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"
John Maslen: Interview with the Nottingham Guitarist
Wed 15 Nov 2017The veteran musician discusses growing up in 1960s Nottingham, playing Peel Sessions with Gaffa, and making his first ever solo album...
Former Captain Beefheart Drummer John “Drumbo” French Talks The Magic Band Reunion Tour
Sun 05 Nov 2017Having survived Captain Beefheart, John “Drumbo” French is ready to rev up The Magic Band for a farewell tour at Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms, and here spills the stolen soya beans to John Martin…
Lucy Johnson Illustrates Overheard in Notts
Fri 13 Oct 2017A local artist clocked our Overheard in Notts series and decided to bang out a few quote-based illustrations. Enjoy!
John Dabrowski Makes Mood Boards A Reality
Mon 02 Oct 2017A former professional basketballer, Nottingham’s John Dabrowski knows all about living the dream. Overcoming everything that life has thrown at him, John is now embarking on another successful career as a mental resilience coach...
Art Works: Sophie Johnson-Hill
Tue 15 Aug 2017The illustrator and animator on the beauty of a child's imagination. N'aww...
John Cooper Clarke Performed at The Glee Club and it was Awesome
Tue 02 May 2017Enigmatic punk poet, John Cooper Clarke visited Nottingham and swapped limericks with Claire Louise from The Dilettante Society...
Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie Talks Making Artificial Eyes in Nottingham
Tue 25 Apr 2017John 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...
Live Music Review: Brad Dear EP Launch at The Bodega
Sat 18 Mar 2017The singer-songwriter celebrated the release of his The Only Road I Know EP...
John Agard Performed Roll Over Atlantic for Nottingham's Festival of Literature
Tue 15 Nov 2016Day two of the Festival of Literature saw the eccentric and charismatic John Agard perform his Roll Over Atlantic show...
John Lucas on Publishing Poetry and Cricket Rebels
Mon 06 Jun 2016"I'm interested in political movements, how society shapes itself in various ways, and different voices. I'm not in love with the tradition of lyrical poetry"
Artist John Newling is Exhibiting at Syson Gallery
Mon 09 May 2016"I think human beings need to be needed... we know our environment doesn't need us, but know that we need it"
UNESCO City of Literature: Bryan Stanley Johnson
Tue 17 Nov 2015Our bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature is almost drawing to a close. But not before we dive into the world of Mr. BSJ
Beer Sommelier John Westlake
Sun 11 Oct 2015October is getting taken over by the all things hops-related, so we've grabbed the pros to pick their brains