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We spoke to the protesters from both sides down at QMC. Please be aware that this article contains frank discussion about sexual assault and abortion...

Left Panther: March

Get the latest from the ice with our Sally...

The Herbert Kilpin's Hop Pop Up: A Marriage of Food and Beer

It seems a few folks - including myself - misunderstood the game here… It’s not about matching the right beer to your food, it's having the beer added to your food while it's being prepared. Bloody genius.

Cara does The Place Is Here Exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary

As well as Thatcher, MC Hammer and boomboxes, the eighties also saw the launch of the National Black Art Convention. Nottingham Contemporary is exhibiting work from thirty different artists and collectives from the movement, so we sent our vlogger Cara to see what it's all about...

DJ Yoda Lands at Confetti Industry Week 2017

The DJ fills us in on all the things that make his tables turn...

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...

The Place is Here at Nottingham Contemporary

There are some things from the eighties that we’ve – thankfully – waved goodbye to: Grolsch bottle tops on your shoes, poodle perms and the painfully long loading time of the Spectrum ZX. Some things, however, have stuck around like proverbial bad smells. Things like a lack of diverse representation on our television screens, oppressive and suppressive politics and political leaders, racism and xenophobia. Nottingham Contemporary’s latest exhibition, The Place Is Here, holds both colonial and modern Britain to account, unashamedly points the finger, and demands a response.

Help Crowdfund a Wildlife Photography Documentary with Nottingham's Jack Perks

You might remember a lovely photograph of a wild herring we proudly displayed in our print magazine. Mr Jack Perks was the man behind it, and he’s been photographing British wildlife for yonks. He's putting together a TV pilot for a documentary, and he needs your help...

Nottdance 2017 Has Kicked Off

It all kicked off on Wednesday with artistic performances across Nottingham’s venues. We were invited to attend the launch party (oo-er) – a sophisticated soiree held in Dance4’s brand spanking venue, the International Centre for Choreography, or i4CC, for short...

Theatre Review: Matthew Bourne's The Red Shoes

The classic film of an aspiring ballerina’s rise and fall gets the Matthew Bourne treatment…

International Women's Day 2017

The women of Nottingham were out in force last night to entertain and celebrate...

7 Organisations Combatting Misogyny in Nottingham

Nottinghamshire Police are the first police force in the country to rule misogyny as a hate crime. That includes physical or verbal harassment directed at women, because they are a woman, via any means. So, if you’re walking home and a group of guys decide to shout inappropriate, sexual comments at you, or someone grabs your arse on a night out, you’re well within your rights to report the behaviour to the authorities.

All you have to do is ring 101, and if the assault is particularly severe, call 999. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the perpetrator will be punished, but it does mean the police can collect information regarding these types of incidents – where, when and how often they happen – and work on making the streets of Notts safer for all. It also means that they can direct you to any support and guidance you may need following the event. There are some incredible local organisations who’ll go out of their way to help you...

Supporting The Sex Worker Community with POW Nottingham

Prostitution. What connotations does that word throw up for you? The media have helped develop various collective viewpoints about sex workers, and it ain’t all pretty. Real as they come, POW Nottingham is just one organisation aiming to maintain dignity and safety for people working in the industry, through both creative projects and practical schemes. With International Women’s Day coming up on Wednesday 8 March, we got down to POW’s premises to talk to CEO Daniela Scotece…

In Focus: Babe Punch

Like a smack in the teeth followed by a kiss on the cheek, alt-rocking Babe Punch are a bunch of young women (and a couple of young lads) one doesn’t want to mess with. With all the tenacity of a pack of wolves and oozing enough cool to bring Take That back into the realm of acceptable, we couldn’t think of a better bunch of bandmates to send us their snaps in honour of International Women’s Day…

The Monthly Gift Notts: Donate Sanitary Products for Homeless Women

Periods. They absolutely, categorically suck. So imagine not being able to afford the very things that spare you some dignity. In the age of austerity, this has become a problem for many women, so local lass Paige Bromley decided to start an organisation that makes it dead easy to donate products for those in need...

23 Influential Black and Minority Ethnic Women in Nottingham

Here is a handful of ladies who will give you a run for your money when it comes to creativity, innovation and activism

10 Kickass Musical Women in Nottingham

A quick breakdown of some of the baddest musical women in our city. The future is female, folks...

The Dilettante Society on Suffragette Helen Watts