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Theatre Review: Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Thu 24 Feb 2022A secondary school boy who yearns for a life of stardom and a pair of killer heels
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Film Review: My Best Friend Anne Frank
Sat 12 Feb 2022This Dutch drama explores a new angle on a well-known story…
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We Went to Nottingham's First Commercial Indoor Farm to Talk Mushrooms and Microgreens
Tue 08 Feb 2022Set up in August 2020 in a burst of furlough-fuelled “why not?” entrepreneurialism, Nottingham Vertical Farm, based in Carlton, is the city’s first commercial indoor farm. We talk to Will Glass, one half of the duo behind the business, to ask about their journey so far and how their approach can benefit both the environment and food security…
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Nomad Podcast’s Tim Nash Talks Leaving the Institutional Church and Feeling Liberated in His Deconstruction Journey
Wed 24 Nov 2021Deconstruction has become a hot button topic within the Christian community, causing outrage for some, while creating a place of sanctity for others. We talk with Tim Nash of Nomad podcast about leaving the institutional church, forming an online space, and feeling liberated in his deconstruction journey...
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Comedian Shazia Mirza Talks Her Upcoming Tour Coconut
Mon 18 Oct 2021After a year in lockdown, Shazia Mirza is back in Nottingham with her new show Coconut. We chat to her about Bear Grylls’ The Island, crying in Poundland, and what she’s most excited about for her tour.
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"At some point I realised that the truth sets you free." We talk to Simon Amstell Ahead of the Nottingham Date of his Spirit Hole Tour
Wed 13 Oct 2021It’s fair to say that Simon Amstell has come a long way since the days of broadsiding bemused musicians with snarky questions on Popworld. We caught up with the stand-up comedian, filmmaker and presenter as he heads back on tour with his new show, Spirit Hole, to talk lockdown, dodging threesomes in New York and drinking ayahuasca with a Peruvian shaman...
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Paul Smith Talks Hello, My Name is Paul Smith Exhibition at Nottingham Castle
Wed 08 Sept 2021We get a one time only look around as Sir Paul Smith makes a homecoming to Nottingham Castle to visit the Hello, My Name is Paul Smith exhibition on its last stop of a fourteen-country world tour – the Design Museum’s most successful touring exhibition in its history.
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Major Labia Talk Role-Playing as Pigeons, Mary Berry Raps and Comedy's Gender Imbalance
Sat 04 Sept 2021From role-playing as the market square pigeons to performing Mary Berry-inspired raps, Major Labia are spreading laughs across Nottingham. As they get ready to perform live at Nottingham Playhouse this month, we chat to the Television Workshop alumni Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie, Phoebe Frances Brown, Gemma Caseley-Kirk and Narisha Lawson about their new show, comedy’s gender imbalance and chasing Lou Sanders down the street…
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Tracking Down Kevin Costner Isn’t Easy…
Tue 13 Jul 2021What would a celebration of thirty years since the release of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves be without the inclusion of the main man himself: Kevin Costner? Well, still quite good, we hope. But you know… we tried…
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A Nottingham Mindfulness Teacher Talks About Her Mental Health Journey
Wed 26 May 2021Sometimes it can feel like our brains are working against us - thoughts whirl around and clamour for our attention uninvited, and can throw us off our path or distract us from what it is we want to focus on. Kerry Munro, a Nottingham-based registered Occupational Therapist and mindfulness practitioner from Minds First, writes about her mental health journey, and how mindfulness helped
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Deep Fakes From Nottingham History
Wed 03 Mar 2021Ever wondered what it would be like to see video of historical figures who existed before video cameras? We've deep faked some figures from Nottingham history so you need wonder no more...
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Nusic New Music Podcast #424 with Ex.In, As December Falls, Franky Bones, Saffron Gray and More...
Mon 01 Feb 2021This week’s New Music Podcast features Post Malone’s musical brother, a lot of non-tenuous tenuous links, plus a song about pasta.
The Podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.
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Dekker on Rue Royale, Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...
Sat 28 Nov 2020We catch up with Chicago-born, Nottingham-based musician Brookln Dekker to talk Rue Royale, solo work Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...
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The History of Sir Frank Bowden and the Raleigh Cycle Company
Sun 15 Nov 2020We take a look at the life of Sir Frank Bowden, the man responsible for creating The Raleigh Cycle Company and making Nottingham the largest producer of bicycles in the world...
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Back to School: Twelve-year-old Jagoda Talks Returning to Education During a Pandemic
Tue 13 Oct 2020With all the talk of politicians, parents and teachers, it’s easy to forget those most affected by the decision to reopen schools after lockdown: the students. Twelve-year-old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska lets us know what returning to school in the midst of a global pandemic is really like...
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Out of Time: Frank Stratton and the Battle of the Little Bighorn
Mon 21 Sept 2020It was an event that sent shockwaves ringing through the country, and remains the most devastating military defeat the United States had ever suffered against the Native Americans. Not only was the Battle of Little Bighorn one of the most significant moments in the story of America, but the massacre of General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry at the hands of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse remains amongst the most controversial and definitive military actions in U.S. history. And witness to it all was Frank Stratton, a 28-year-old former printer from Nottingham…
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Talking Cakes with Fran Jesson, owner of Sugarberry Cake Studio
Wed 16 Sept 2020Weaving through the avenues of Sneinton Market, you’ll find an eclectic range of shops that will stimulate your senses for one reason or another. There’s Art of Football, with its multicoloured loud and proud exterior, Blend’s toastie bread, which invites you in with delicious smells from across the street… and Sugarberry Cake Studio: adorned with flowers, glossed with minty pastel, and with tasty goods baked to perfection. Formerly Oozee Boozee Bakes, the studio has rebranded to showcase it can do more than tipply treats. Our Food Editor Eve Smallman chats to owner Fran Jesson to find out more…
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Illustrator Kate Sharp talks Children's Books, Lockdown and Drawing Animals
Sun 06 Sept 2020After catching our eye with a sweet illustration of our magazine stands you can find around town, we’ve had the pleasure of working with recent-graduate illustrator Kate Sharp for our spot-the-difference series and many other illustrations featured in our past few issues. After she bagged a Young Creative Award for her children’s book, Lion’s Hate Pigeons, we took a deep dive into Kate’s colourful world, discussing her past, present and future plans…
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Fleur East talks living in lockdown, reality TV and her new album, Fearless
Fri 15 May 2020After two stints on The X Factor, including finishing runner-up in 2014 where she became the first contestant in the show’s history to reach Number One on the iTunes chart during the competition, singer, songwriter and radio presenter Fleur East has walked an interesting path through the music industry. With her new album Fearless released last month, we caught up with her to talk about reality television, the unexpected truths of the music industry and how she’s handling lockdown...
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Interview: Talking tracks with Tristan da Cunha
Thu 28 Nov 2019We pick Tristan’s brain while he picks us some tracks ahead of his discotech x Pattern show in Notts...
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