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Ben Caunt: Hucknall's Bare-knuckle Boxing Champion
Tue 23 Dec 20142015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ben Caunt, an absolute man beast from Hucknall and former bare-knuckle boxing champion of England.
Street Tales: Body Snatchers of Barker Gate
Mon 03 Nov 2014During the Industrial Revolution, advancement in medical sciences came to Nottingham and with them, a gruesome new trade...
Art Works: Barney Melton
Wed 29 Oct 2014We're talked through the art of a one-of-a-kind portrait that puts the selfie fad to shame
Pendulums Bargain Emporium
Thu 09 Oct 2014Consumer culture is put into the spotlight in quirky hit Pendulums Bargain Emporium
Don't Flop Raise the Bar in Nottingham
Fri 21 Mar 2014Don’t Flop have gone from strength to strength in the last five years to emerge as the UK’s biggest battle rap league. A forthcoming year of madness is on the cards for them and they’re dragging Nottingham into it with their newest event, Raise the Bar. Be there or be square...
Major Oak Chorus
Wed 12 Feb 2014"There is an amazing raw power in hearing a song come together by sixty or so enthusiastic blokes all singing their hearts out"
Interview: Barry O'Dowd
Fri 03 May 2013Barry O’Dowd teaches kids to box. The former army champion founded Bulwell Hall Amateur Boxing Club in 2004 and has spent almost a decade suppor ting young people in his community. Last year he picked up the title of Coach of the Year at the Nottingham Sports Awards and rubbed shoulders with Torvill and Dean at the Olympics. We popped along to the club to see what he’s all a-bout...
Women in Nottingham Music
Sun 11 Dec 2011Lou Barnell from Royal Gala takes us through some of the female musical talent in Nottingham...
ArtWorks: The Time Freeze Fan Club
Thu 20 Oct 2011"The fact that we somewhat resemble the original cast is only due to the impact this show had on our lives"
A Canadian At Your Barbeque
Thu 23 Jun 2011"Leonard Cohen wouldn’t tolerate frigging squeaky cheese on his grill, I can tell you that"
Interview: Liam Bailey
Mon 06 Jun 2011He’s knocked about with Damian Marley and Aswad’s Brinsley Forde. His new album is produced by Salaam Remi, of Fugees and Nas fame. He’s been at No.5 with Chase and Status, he’s signed to Polydor, and Amy Winehouse has got his tea on. Yep, things have moved on a bit for Liam Bailey since he played LeftLion gigs back in the day, but he’s still proper Notts...
Interview: Royal Gala
Sun 17 Apr 2011Royal Gala is an eighteen-legged ska-reggae-funk music phenomenon from Notts. The band was put together by guitarist James Waring and is fronted by vocalist Lou Barnell, with seven other musos also along for the ride. But this is no ‘manufactured’ group. It’s more like a load of random mentalists thrown together in a
room full of instruments and dance drugs and told to play or die. As you may guess, we rather like the noise they make…
Interview: Andy Barrett
Fri 01 Apr 2011Andy Barrett has been creating community drama events and site-specific performances in Notts for years, as well as writing plays such as Garage Band and a musical about Dolly the sheep. We caught up with him as he prepared for the Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival (NEAT).
Fight Club: Nottingham Cagefighters
Mon 22 Feb 2010"For the last few minutes I’m just buzzing to get in there, but that’s the whole fun of it. If you didn’t have that feeling then it wouldn’t mean anything"
Notts County 2 - Barnet 0
Sun 31 Jan 2010In-form midfielder Ben Davies and striker Karl Hawley claimed the goals as Notts County beat Barnet 2-0 at Meadow Lane.
Interview: The Cockleman
Wed 31 Dec 2008"I'm not too keen on the whelks meself, but they’re very good for keeping your wife quiet for a bit"
Interview: Vent Media
Tue 30 Sept 2008"When it comes to VJing, I haven’t got a problem with cutting up films that people know because it is just like musical sampling"
Bar Wars: Revenge of the Staff
Mon 08 Sept 2008This is what happens when you piss off the bar staff on a Saturday night...
A Brief History of Nottingham Rugby
Wed 07 Nov 2007A Brief History of or local rugby team, plus interviews withe three current players Tom Barlow, Ben Thompson and Daniel Montegu...
Nottingham Bar Staff on the 2007 Smoking Ban
Fri 01 Jun 2007With the smoking ban coming into force, we asked a few of our favourite local barmen how it will affect their business
Interview: Noel Fielding
Fri 01 Dec 2006"I think I’m much more sarcastic in real life, it’s a London thing maybe. Down here people are quite yappy"