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Folky Finesse and Lyrical Larks at Oyster Launch

With the launch of his new book and a nation-wide tour underway, it's clear that for Michael Pedersen, the world is his oyster. Last week we sent Chloe Campbell out to Rough Trade to check out his folk-infused Nottingham launch party. 

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Richard Bowtell on New Ways of Imaging the Brain

LL Stereo: With Twin Kidd, Zaim, Jorday and more...

Tune in and tune out...

Live Music Review: Sean Noonan Memorable Sticks Trio at Bonington Theatre Nottingham

Sean Noonan has never been one to hold back his thoughts. From his innovative musical suite exploring his life in a basement apartment where he communicated to his mysterious and anonymous neighbour, to other types of unconventional and experimental experiences...

Tarantino's Ten Best Supporting Characters

Not a Vincent Vega or Mr. Orange in sight... 

Film Review: Wind River

A tense and violent thriller set in the silence of a vast Native American reservation. This film shows the isolating existence of grief in the isolating surroundings of nature…

Film Review: The Limehouse Golem

Miriam Blakemore-Hoy braved the Victorian-era horror-mystery, and was left feeling pretty impressed...

Sara Pascoe Thinks Your Vegan Jokes Aren't Funny

Jane Austen comes over all funny this September in Sara Pascoe’s humorous and feminist take on Pride and Prejudice. We chatted with the comedian when she landed at Notts Playhouse for a preview...

Thurland Street Has Got It's Mojo Back

Nottingham's latest hedonistic, musical offering, Mojo, is a bleddy good place for some scran, a mashup, and skanking on the tables...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

The weekend may be over, but that's not a problem rahnd 'ere...

Nottingham in Photos

We asked your lot to send us photos. And boy oh boy are we glad we did...

Preview: The Screen at Contemporary: American Rebel Season

The Screen at Contemporary, the cinema programme bringing curated seasons of classic, cult and art house films to the art centre is back with the American Rebel season, celebrating "the other, the outsider, the misfit and the loner of American cinema."

In Focus: Sci-Tronic

Malcolm Skyylab, aka Malcolm Bliss-Brown, is a laser display, VJ and underground trance-tune specialist who’s been on the Notts scene since 1996. Whacking on epic lighting shows at club nights under Skyylab Laser Lighting UK, he also runs Sci-Tronic: the night dedicated to hard trance, psygressive, and everything in between. Having appeared everywhere from Cookie Club to The Angel, this month Sci-Tronic celebrates its fourth birthday at its new home: The Irish Centre. Ahead of the event, we got our Malcolm to answer a few questions in photographic form…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Get stuck in to the fruits of Nottingham...

Film Review: My Pure Land

We checked out Nottingham director Sam Masud's debut feature ahead of its release at Broadway Cinema...

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

The Panthers have made a bleddy brilliant start to the season. Our Sally takes us through all of the on-ice excitement

Could This Nottingham Filmmaker Win An Oscar?

Sam Masud is in with a shot to be Nottingham's first ever Oscar nominated director for his brilliant debut film My Pure Land

The Artist Who Makes Famous Faces Out Of Cans

Kelly Ann Holmes is a self-taught mixed media artist specialising in the use of recycled drinks cans. She’s a homegrown Nottingham gal, and draws inspiration from the vibrant scenes our city has to offer. She won the first Open Exhibition at THiNK in Cobden Chambers, and is gearing up for her first solo show, Wasted Talents and Glorious Tragedies: an exhibition in portraiture based on fame and glamour, touching on the topics of mental health and substance abuse...

The School of Artisan Food is Hogwarts for Bakers

Long-forgotten baking techniques are seeing a new lease of life thanks to The School of Artisan Food, based up in North Nottinghamshire. The School is a not-for-profit organisation that teaches anyone, from the enthusiastic foodie to the professional baker, the art of artisan food production. After it was shortlisted for awards by the Great Food Club and the Great British Food Magazine, we popped over to the Welbeck Estate, eager to learn more about the movement that’s taking the culinary world by storm...

Top Ten Alternative Westerns

To celebrate the release of Sam Masud's My Pure Land at Broadway this week, we take a look at some more quality alternative Westerns... 

Ian Livingstone Talks Fighting Fantasy

To celebrate 35 years of the Fighting Fantasy books, Ian Livingstone came to Central Library to talk about their history and run a workshop on how to write your own adventure.

Could You Be A Future Leader of Nottingham?

Should the next leaders of our fine city be more representative of minorities? The Renewal Trust certainly thinks so. Whether you’ve directly experienced homelessness, or you’re from an ethnic minority, this charity’s new training programme aims to get you into the driving seats...

Nusic Podcast #162 with The Chase, Gallery 47, As December Falls, and More

Film Review: Oxide Ghosts - The Brass Eye Tapes

Michael Cummings' documentary about the cult TV series screened at Broadway this week...

Film Open at Broadway Cinema

We went down to Broadway Cinema to check out the selection of films from Female, Black and Minority Ethnic directors