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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…
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…
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
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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…
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…
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…
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...
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...
Live Music Review: Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes at Rough Trade
Mon 06 May 2019We got down to Rough Trade to experience the frenzy that has made in-store sets by punk powerhouse Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes infamous...
Film Review: Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Mon 22 Apr 2019Oh blimey, the Frank Sidebottom story is totally bobbins
Film Review: If Beale Street Could Talk
Mon 11 Feb 2019Barry Jenkins' story of racial injustice in 1970s New York is in cinemas now...
Late of the Pier talk Ecstatic Data Sets
Tue 05 Feb 2019They were one of the hottest bands of the noughties, releasing their debut album Fantasy Black Channel to mass critical acclaim. Then they completely vanished, leaving a trail of #BringBackLateOfThePier tweets and campaigns in their wake. A decade on, those rogues from Castle Donnington have come back with a book on Rough Trade's new imprint exploring music of the future....
Broken Witt Rebels Talk Recording Albums and Gigging in Nottingham
Thu 10 Jan 2019We spoke to Brummie band Broken Witt Rebels about making music and gigging in Nottingham...
Cannibalism, Poison, and Lost Ships: The True, Gruesome Tale of the Failed Franklin Expedition
Fri 14 Dec 2018In May 1845, Robert Hopcroft, a 38-year-old Royal Marine from Nottingham, bid a final farewell to his loved ones before boarding the HMS Erebus at Greenhithe, Kent. Alongside the HMS Terror, his ship was part of the Franklin Expedition, tasked with circumnavigating one of the final blank spaces on the world map: the Northwest Arctic Passage...
Otis Williams of The Temptations Talks New Music, Touring the UK and Listening to Beyoncé
Wed 28 Nov 2018Formed in 1961 and named by Billboard as the most successful r'n'b act of all time, The Temptations have produced a hit in nearly every decade since their inception with ubiquitous singles like My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone. We grabbed Otis Williams for a word on the blower...
Kagoule Talk New Album Strange Entertainment
Thu 15 Nov 2018Kagoule released a new album, so we asked what’s up…
Netflix Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Talks Upcoming Nottingham Glee Club Gig
Tue 06 Nov 2018Iliza Shlesinger delivered her unique mix of feminist wit and smart advice to packed shows in the UK earlier this year. This month, the outspoken Texan and self-made Netflix star is back and she’ll be swinging by Nottingham’s Glee Club for one night only. She tells Alison Kirkman what to expect…
Absurd Theatre Makers Maison Foo Talk Refugees, Puppetry, and A Thing Mislaid
Fri 12 Oct 2018In one of Derby Theatre’s rehearsal spaces,we find two female Artistic Directors creating A Thing Mislaid, a play that will tour to Nottingham this October.
The Maison Foo performance duo are back at it again; all grown up in the director’s chair, with young toddlers under their belt, and still wanting to produce theatre that shouts “play, play, really play”. And this time, their production has got the backing of the local refugee community...