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Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Beautiful Baijiu

Nottingham's own cultural attache to China James Kramer is back to preach the virtues of China's national drink baijiu. Bottoms up, youth! 

The Lincolnshire Poacher's Brother From Another

27 years ago, a sweet pub friendship blossomed. To this day, The Lincolnshire Poacher up Mansfield Road, and In De Wildeman in ‘Dam are twinned like the brotherly boozers they are, so we hopped across the pond and through the seasons, to search for the answers behind the bond. And for a couple of swift ones...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Chuan'r, Beijing Street Food and Drunken Accents

Our Notts man in Beijing gives us the lowdown on food stuffs...

Nusic Future Session: Short Weekends

New kids on the block, Short Weekends, perform I Miss You and The Garden for your viewing pleasure...

Live Music Review: Next Door Records at JamCafe

Twin Kidd and Prime appear at a new live music night for your musical calendars on the last Friday of every month at Jamcafe...

Gay in the 80s: From Fighting for Our Rights to Fighting for Our Lives

The eighties was a period of mixed fortunes for Britain’s LGBT+ communities, or lesbian and gay communities as we were known then. Sustained campaigning throughout the seventies had, by the turn of that decade, seen LGBT+ rights moving into the mainstream political agenda, but the emergence of AIDS in 1981 hit us on both a personal and political level...

Dinosaur Stories From the Kiddos

In honour of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition, we asked some of our most worldly paleontologists – aka some kids we know – to imagine a world in which dinosaurs roamed the streets. And bleddy hell are we glad we did. These lot’ll be putting us out of a job soon...

Amulet, Sonder and Short Weekends at Rough Trade in Photos

We got down to check out Amulet at Rough Trade...

Interview: Next Door Dance

There's bleddy loads to love about making a home in Notts, and dance troupe Next Door Dance agree: their new piece Home asks peeps what a Notts home means to them...

Aurora Poetry and Short Fiction Open Competition 2017 Prize Awards

From Lithuania to Lenton: Stephan Collishaw talks fiction, education, and travel

Author, publisher, teacher and family man Stephan Collishaw has made a name for himself with his Lithuanian lit publishing press Noir, and his own thriller writing. We had him in for a chat about books, Lithuania and Nottingham with the editor of the NottsLit blog.

Notts Film Collective Them Pesky Kids Talk Crowdfunding for Crime Short Ariella

Them Pesky Kids are a film collective from Notts. All Confetti students, the group are aiming to raise £10,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, to fund a new short, Ariella, and they're off to a decent start indeed. Our Screen Editor Ash Carter spoke to Them Pesky Kids' Michael Jobling about the project...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Bellies and Beijing

We get bleddy everywhere these days! From the Middle Kingdom to the Midlands, long-time friend of the mag James Kramer fills us in on his thoughts surrounding China's hottest fashion trend...

What We Learned from Professor Brian Cox at Motorpoint Arena

The lovely Brian Cox brought his twinkly eyes and incredible hair to Motorpoint Arena. While this must have been a dream of his when he was in D:Ream, he was actually here to talk about science. He brought Robin Ince, the co-host of their Radio 4 show Infinite Monkey Cage with him and between them they have lots to teach us...

From Vilnius to Viccy Centre: Celebrating Lithuanian Literature At The Easiest Launch

It's not often we get the chance to celebrate literature from further afield. Thankfully, Noir Press have brought the best and brightest of continent to us. We went to One BC for the launch of their latest Lithuanian dark romance The Easiest. 

Thrift Generation Are Reclaiming the Playboy Bunny

Madi Wallner is the woman behind independent clothing company, Thrift Generation. Having recently launched their brand new t-shirt design, and with their upcoming Girl Power Networking event, we had a natter to find out more,

I'm Not From London On A Decade Of Distortion

It's been two years in the making, but INFL are finally ready to unleash the beast...

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...

Tommy Scott from Space Talks Playing Spanky Van Dyke's This Friday

Calling all Space cadets. We had a little chat with Tommy Scott, lead singer and lyrical master of the nineties-famous Liverpool legends Space, about the band’s new album, getting back together, their tip-top moments as a band and their upcoming gig in Spanky van Dykes...

Filmmaker Alex Withers on Kickstarter Campaign for Short Film Dead Quiet

Following on from the success of his short film Butterfly, which was selected for the London Short Film Festival, director Alex Withers has turned his attention to a new short film, Dead Quiet. We spoke to him about his ongoing Kickstarter campaign.

Nusic Advice Guide: Making a Living from Music

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...

A Fortunate Man: Creative Callout from New Perspectives

Calling all creatives. Be you a wizard with the visual – anything from photography, painting or film – or a pretty slick writer, deviser or performer, New Perspectives theatre company are calling you to join them.

Five Leaves Shortlisted for Independent Bookshop of the Year

Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham's radical and independent seller of paged goods, is on the shortlist for the regional round of the UK and Ireland Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, for the second year running. Gerrin.

10 Proper Bob Films from 2016

Our Screen Editor Harry Wilding, and proper film buff Ash Carter, have put their heads together to reveal the bobbest of the bob, the shonkiest of the shonk, the gashest of the gash...