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Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature Football Squad

We've rounded up Nottingham's best writers and whacked them into a football team, seeing as we are now the dons of both disciplines

Nusic Podcast #120,Nusic

New year. New music. Yes please.

Pick of the Week: 18 - 24 January

Step away from the Netflix, get your bottom in gear and hop back on that horse that is life

Ray Gosling Archives

"You would find a draft script next to jottings made on a train trip to a sea-side town, with an allotment catalogue and a letter from an irate radio listener"

Future Session 101 - Kalli Ashton

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

Terms of Love: A Nottingham Filmmaker’s Powerful Depiction of Domestic Violence

An interview with writer/director Carol Savage about her short film - plus the film in question for you to view

Street Tales: Park Row

Joe Earp delves a little deeper into the history of our city's streets to give you the tales they'd never have taught you at school

No Man's Audience

"Anyone who hides books away because they might offend is only a step away from burning them"

Left Brian: The Nottingham Forest Column - January

"It would seem a ten-game unbeaten run is only good for a two-place climb"

Revolucion De Cuba

Nottingham Council Tax to Rise in the Face of Government Cuts

"Over half the money the council spends is on adult social care and these tax increases, set against massive budget slashes, will not generate an adequate amount to bridge the gap"

Jonny Owen Directs I Believe in Miracles: A Film About Nottingham Forest's Triumphs

We caught up with the former actor about his new film, I Believe In Miracles

Live Music Review: Maximo Park - A Certain Trigger 10th Anniversary at Rock City

"The sold-out venue is throbbing with a mosh pit like the crowd is in their mid-twenties again, all while Smith climbs speakers like a mountain goat"

Music Reviews: December/January 2016

With Ady Suleiman, Daudi Matsiko, Haiku Salut, Kount Masloff, Lost Pets, Louis Antoniou, Rolo Tomassi, Unknown Era and more

European Archery Championship Countdown Pops Off at Nottingham Council House

A ballsy balloon trick shot kicks off the search for the real life Robin Hood

Live Music Review: Can't Stop Won't Stop

Proving that the hip hop never stops, the first week in January saw a night filled to the brim with live music and DJs

Henry Normal: Patron of City of Literature

"Looking at the rich history of dissent and protest in Nottingham I feel very much at home in my small way."

Tom Clay Launches Debut Single

With his debut solo single out anytime now, we had a chat with the Alt-Rocker

Remembering Reformist, Philanthropist and Stocking Maker, Samuel Morley

Backlit have been involved in a year long project based around the prior owner of their building, Sam Morley. And what a guy he was

Theatre Review: The Circus of Horrors

Aerial hoopists, acrobats and contortionists, And a whole load of blood, guts and gore

Film Review: The Hateful Eight

Whether it be his eighth or ninth film, it is unmistakably Tarantino's - OTT violence, humour, and swearing afoot!

5 Reasons You Should Enter Nottingham Young Creative Awards

Have you got a creative itch under your skin? Then we've got summat that'll be right up your street ducky. Get locked in

Pick of the Week: 11 - 17 January

With debates about the latest film offerings, a Michael Jackson tribute and a proper UK garage night. Gwarn Notts, give it to us

Film Review: Joy

Based on the true story of ‘Queen of QVC’ Joy Mangano, David O. Russell's film is still out in cinemas

Theatre Review: The Beautiful Game

There are some brilliantly silly moments that should make football fans reflect on the stupidity of putting their emotional well-being into the feet of 11 blokes kicking a ball