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Some daft, some daring, and some down right cheeky...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

This weekend sees a spot of murder and the return of Hockley Hustle... 

Rory Coleman is the OG Marathon Man

We can all be guilty of overindulging and being less active than we should be. After all, a post-work pub trip on a sunny Friday afternoon sounds infinitely better than hammering away on a treadmill with the lycra-clad gang, or traipsing down a canal towpath while a robotic voice on an app barks sarcastic-sounding encouragement at you, doesn’t it? Well, not for our Rory Coleman...

Advertising Sectioned: Apple Lets You Spend More Time Going Places! Keen Computers (c.1980)

Local adverts, ripped from the pages of history...

David Hone Talks Feathered Dinosaurs at Lakeside Arts

As part of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition, David Hone joins us at Lakeside Arts to talk about whether T-Rex had feathers and to bust some myths started by Jurassic Park. Since our Gav is a mathematician, he put on his best Jeff Goldblum outfit to hear all about it

Theatre Review: Lit

A coming of age story like no other from Nottingham born writer Sophie Ellerby.

Robin Hood Marathon 2017 in Photos

We got down to Victoria Embankment to check out the marathon madness...

Anti-Austerity Movement We Shall Overcome Brings Music and Poetry to Notts

Musicians and poets are joining forces this week for a long weekend of charity gigs in and around Nottingham. Under the national banner of the anti-austerity movement, We Shall Overcome, they’re bringing you a stellar weekend of local talent. In return, they’re asking you to dig deep and donate to help vital support services stay afloat…

Film Review: Victoria and Abdul

Stephen Frears' half-hearted look into a very unlikely friendship…

10 Reasons to Visit the Nottingham Spiegeltent This Year

In October, Old Market Square once again plays host to the magnificent Spiegeltent for a festival full of merriment. These glitzy pavilions were a popular haunt during the twenties to help people forget all the doom and gloom brought by the war, and now it’s returning to Nottingham to brighten up our dull and dreary October days. Here are ten reasons you should get yersen down to the tent as soon as possible.

John Dabrowski Makes Mood Boards A Reality

A former professional basketballer, Nottingham’s John Dabrowski knows all about living the dream. Overcoming everything that life has thrown at him, John is now embarking on another successful career as a mental resilience coach...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Graham Law on The Science and Myths of Sleep

To sleep, perchance to dream - Professor Graham Law from the University of Lincoln comes to SciBar with his talk Sleep Better: The Science of Sleep Myths.

Street Tales: Kitty Hudson

It's a gory one from our Joe Earp this month...

Nusic Podcast #163 with Babe Punch, Shelter Point, Maz, Yazmin Lacey and more

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News & Updates

September was a big month for Notts as they went into finals day for the T20 and went for promotion in the County Championship. We have a look back at how they got on.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

The goose is back in town...

LeftLion Magazine #94

Why Nottingham is the Birthplace of Italian Football, Mental Health Special, Nottingham European Capital of Culture 2023, Impractical Jokers, Jon McGregor and more...

And Now, the Weather: Talking Art, Mystery and Oddity with Welcome to Night Vale’s Meg Bashwiner

A podcasting staple for fans of weird fiction, Welcome to Night Vale has made an international name for itself since its debut in 2012. With its fourth live tour All Hail underway, we popped in to have a chat with performer and sentient patch of haze Meg Bashwiner to get her thoughts on the show, the state of the world, and her first time in Nottingham.

Sound of the Lion #63

With Grey Hairs, Giant Head, The Idolins, Less Than Nothing, New Apostles, Foule, Eyre Llew, Cathode Ray Eyes and Amber Run...

Theatre Interview: Zoo Indigo

The Playhouse presents a week of local, home grown Nottingham theatre this October during their Playground festival. Here's a peek into the minds behind one of the new shows, Celluloid Souls.

The Thompson Brothers on the Eclipse and Bruce Forsyth

Notts most opinionated grocers...

Tommy Farmyard Gives Us The Hockley Hustle Lowdown

October in Nottingham pops off on a regular. What miserable glimmers we had of summer may be well and truly over, but the city shakes off the rain and comes out in such force that we’re crowned the UK’s Festival City for the entire 31 days. Adding to the mass of joy and wonder is the formidable Hockley Hustle; the charity music festival that transforms the cobbles of Hockley into a hedonistic paradise, all in the name of dobbing some worthwhile causes some cash.

This year, they’ve gone all out to bring the party to Hoodtown’s pint-sized partiers, and they’re proud to present, for the first time in the festival’s ten-year history, Young Hustlers. We had a word with festival kingpin, Tommy Farmyard, to find out more...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel Microbrewery

Something a little unusual for this month's Fuzzbox as two bands en route to Liverpool Psych Fest join two local bands as I'm Not From London took over both the upstairs and downstairs at The Angel Microbrewery...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Five things you can do with yersen on this glorious weekend... 

Georgina Wilding Annouced as Nottingham's First Young Poet Laureate

Today is National Poetry Day, and there’s no better way to celebrate than to announce Nottingham’s first Young Poet Laureate...