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Art Review: Performing Gender at Backlit Gallery

Mon 19 Jun 2017

We got down to the latest exhibition at Samuel Morley's old gaff...

Meet the Two Notts Students Breaking into the Brewing World

Mon 19 Jun 2017

Ashley Wadeson and Dan Boxall don’t do things by halves – more like by the gallon. As the two MSc Brewing Science students prepare to launch their new collaborative beer with Black Iris Brewery as part of their course, they tell us more about probably the coolest dissertation project in the world, why they’re a hit at house parties, and their plans for beery world domination…

The School of Hope

Mon 19 Jun 2017

Our Elizabeth was stuck in a rut after her degree, but a teaching trip to Guatemala soon sorted her out...

Theatre Review: Pies and Peas with DH Lawrence

Mon 19 Jun 2017

As part of The Little Bit Scruffy Festival, our former Literature Editor, James Walker, caught the celebration of DH Lawrence's work over in Matlock...

A Smoking New Exhibition Over At Nottingham Contemporary

Mon 19 Jun 2017

If you’ve been wondering what the bob is going off down Weekday Cross, don’t worry. There’s no fire. We repeat, no fire. There’s no Vape Nation kid chonging on his latest modified piece, and the clouds did not trip over a rogue sock on the stairs to land up in a heap at the bottom. Actually, there’s a new exhibition on at Nottingham Contemporary, and the plumes of water vapour are part of a new public commission that’s left us gritting our teeth with metaphor envy…

From Lithuania to Lenton: Stephan Collishaw talks fiction, education, and travel

Mon 19 Jun 2017

Author, publisher, teacher and family man Stephan Collishaw has made a name for himself with his Lithuanian lit publishing press Noir, and his own thriller writing. We had him in for a chat about books, Lithuania and Nottingham with the editor of the NottsLit blog.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 18 Jun 2017

Notts is mobilising, this week. Make sure you're involved...

Theatre Review: Between the Two

Sat 17 Jun 2017

Less play, more dodgy concept album. An admirable attempt to convey story about Indian history ends up muddled

NCN End of Year Fashion Show at St. Mary's Church in Photos

Fri 16 Jun 2017

We got down to take a few snaps of the upcoming talent in our city...

BBC Music Day in Nottingham with Constance

Fri 16 Jun 2017

As part of BBC Music Day 47 blue plaques were unveiled celebrating local music legends. One of those unveilings took place at the Theatre Royal, in honour of Constance Shacklock OBE but who was Constance? We take a look at her life and her musical legacy...

Son of Steak: A Pretty Rare Thing

Fri 16 Jun 2017

Did the cut make the cut?

Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle Screens at Broadway Cinema This Month

Thu 15 Jun 2017

The social housing crisis isn’t easy to get the bonce round, and unfortunately it’s not going away anytime soon, either. Director of Sleaford Mods: Invisible Britain, Paul Sng of Velvet Joy Productions, is set to launch a new, independent documentary following in the footsteps of his previous work; contextualising austerity measures in the UK. The latest film is called Dispossession: The Great Social Housing Swindle, and it’s set to screen at Broadway Cinema this month...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Thu 15 Jun 2017

Party pants on, kids. It's gonna be a biggun...

Theatre Review: Funny Girl

Wed 14 Jun 2017

The rise of a Vaudeville legend

Nusic Advice Guide: Getting Your First Media Coverage

Wed 14 Jun 2017

Our mates, the biggest champions of new Notts music, have got another serving of advice for all you up and comers...

Detonate Festival 2017 in Words and Photos

Wed 14 Jun 2017

Our Lucy and Tom got down to Colwick Park to skank out to some right good tunes, write a few words, and take a few snaps...

Want Two Free Tickets to Splendour? Read On...

Wed 14 Jun 2017

Catch Busted, Billy Ocean and the Kaiser Chiefs at Splendour this year. For free...

Notts Film Collective Them Pesky Kids Talk Crowdfunding for Crime Short Ariella

Tue 13 Jun 2017

Them Pesky Kids are a film collective from Notts. All Confetti students, the group are aiming to raise £10,000 through a Kickstarter campaign, to fund a new short, Ariella, and they're off to a decent start indeed. Our Screen Editor Ash Carter spoke to Them Pesky Kids' Michael Jobling about the project...

Why We Love Nottingham Cattle Market

Tue 13 Jun 2017

If you’re looking for something, you’ll definitely find it down the Cattle Market. Unless it's cows you're after...

A Week Inside Labour's "Unwinnable" Broxtowe Campaign

Tue 13 Jun 2017

A Labour campaigner gives us the inside scoop on Broxtowe's tense 2017 election battle...

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Mon 12 Jun 2017

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What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Daisy Godfrey, Birthrights, Little Barrie and more...

Mon 12 Jun 2017

Our Music Editor picks out some of the best tunes to have come out of our city recently...

The Woman Sending Bras to Refugees

Mon 12 Jun 2017

Persistent military conflicts in the Middle East have left millions of people lost and without. Imagine, just for a second, that Nottingham was plunged into war: hospitals bombed, schools and libraries gone, and your home destroyed. It's a situation you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy, yet mainstream media sources continue to vilify some of the most desperate people on the planet who find themselves in that very situation today. One woman, Caroline Kerr of Bras Not Bombs, is on a mission to make a difference for the better...