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Sue Dymoke Talks Making Poetry Happen

“...spoken word writing and performance in and after school can change lives”

Art Review: Trash To Treasure - The Art of Social Enterprise

Get down to Nottingham Central Library to check out just one part of the exhibition championing upcycling. There are exhibitions, workshops and fun times running all over the city

Book Reviews Roundup - February

A lost missionary, banana goblins, a paradise hotel an historical sprawl through China, a nod to Harry Potter and a therapist...

Nusic Podcast #122,Nusic

People, this is your podcast. Predictions for what this year is going to bring for Nottingham artists are right here, right now

Pick of the Week: 15 - 21 February

Right, no need to be romantic anymore. Back to the important business of sorting yourself out with fun stuff to do

Nottingham's Lonely Hearts

"ELDERLY FISH-LOVING MALE, active, seeks younger female to accompany him on long, late-night walks between pubs. Must enjoy a strong pint of ale, occasional cross dressing and know her way around a cockle"

Live Music Review: Public Service Broadcasting at Rock City

"The 90-minute set took the audience on a journey through time and space"

Future Session 103 - Mowbeck

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

The Embankment

Art Review: Sculptor Elisabeth Frink

We got down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Art Gallery to check out the work of one of Britain's leading twentieth-century sculptors

Theatre Review: Any Means Necessary

We went to see the play exploring the relationship between undercover police officers, their targets, wives and bosses, written by Kefi Chadwick and directed by Nottingham Playhouse Artistic Director Giles Croft

The Dilettante Society on The 5th Duke of Portland

"The scandal delighted Victorian audiences, while the duke's secretive habits and efforts to remain undetectable fuelled public speculation"

Music Reviews: February 2016

With Wigflex, Albosel, Cici Lara, DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show, Fonsze, Prime, Ropewalk, Ryan Farmer, and I Believe in Miracles

Music Reviews: February 2016

With Wigflex, Albosel, Cici Lara, DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show, Fonsze, Prime, Ropewalk, Ryan Farmer, and I Believe in Miracles

Interview: Ben Bloore of B Squared Productions

Live Music Review: NME Awards Tour 2016 at Rock City

With Bloc Party, Drenge, Rat Boy, and Bugzy Malone

Stags Do Cape Town

"It is always nice to bump into friendly faces abroad and a host of Notts CCC players were in South Africa representing the national team"

Film Review: Trumbo

A film about the Hollywood screenwriter blacklisted for his Communist leanings

Pick of the Week: 8 -14 February

Third wheels, it's your time to shine this week. Plus, Any Means Necessary debuts at Nottingham Playhouse

Zaimal Azad's Redevelopment of Nottingham Women's Centre Library

"When you think of a librarian, many, including me, conjure an image of a cardigan-clad older lady, peering at you over her spectacles while she stamps your book... librarians are so much more. They are powerful. They are the true custodians of knowledge"

Left Panther: February

"the nature of some of the recent performances has left fans walking out of the arena feeling like a win has been a loss"

Merrick Badger Talks Undercover Police Officer Betrayal and Any Means Necessary

"Kefi was asking me about the archetypes and patterns. [The play] is based on Mark Kennedy... He has stabbed every back he could, except for his mum, dad and brother"

The Music Exchange Is Closing Down

The pioneering record shop that supported homeless and vulnerable people to turn their lives around is to close...

Film Review: Youth

We review Paolo Sorrentino’s follow up to his Oscar winner The Great Beauty

What Notts: Mad, Bad Nottingham News

There is some absolutely batshit barmy stuff going on in Notts. And we've ripped 'em open for your reading pleasure