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One of Notts’ best loved servants and county cricket’s most respected performers, Chris Read arrived at Trent Bridge seventeen years ago and has been club captain for the last seven of those. We caught up with the Outlaws’ talisman to reflect on his time here…

Hockley Hustle T-shirts

Still buzzing from last weekend's mass musical mash-up? You've been to the festival, now buy the t-shirt...

Lyric Lounge: Open Mic

We gathered round to listen to a few stories in an evening of music, poems and Jewish folk tales

Lyric Lounge: Storytelling Workshop

An evening of talented rattle from the travelling spoken word festival with a close look at Sophie Snell's tale-telling workshop

Flesh Season at Nottingham Playhouse

Mon 20 Oct 2014

Flesh Season is coming to Nottingham Playhouse this month, but don’t be fooled by the title: the flesh is more symbolic than salacious. We talked to its curator, Bea Udeh, about diversity on the stage.

Writing Workshops at the Festival of Words

Mon 20 Oct 2014

Lara Elena Donnelly and Judith Allnatt examine the power of words

Pick of the Week: 20 - 26 October

Sun 19 Oct 2014

The party never stops in Nottingham, whether you like your soirees thought provoking or boot shaking, we've got it all

Music Reviews: October 2014

With Indiana, The Hip Priests, Can B, Electric Baths, Neil Ward, Cappo, Gold Codes and White Finger

Writing Hungary

After WWI Hungary lost 71% of its territory, 58% of its population, and 32% of ethnic Hungarians. What impact has this had on literary expression?

Hockley Hustle: Bella Diva

We had a quick natter with the operatic ladies in the lead up to their Hockley Hustle performance

Will

Short film about agrophobia - That's a fear of situations where escape is difficult. It's got nothing to do with spiders. NO spiders...

Sound of the Lion #31,Sound of The Lion

With Origin One, The Madeline Rust, Trekkah, Merrick's Tusk, Rattle, The Wild Man of Europe, Separation Anxiety and Amber Run.

Street Tales: Market Street

Once upon a time, the proles of Nottingham got one over on the gentry through the medium of road-signage...

American Night Photography

Lonely roads fading into the dark, alienation in suburban bedrooms, the broken dreams of the big city - this is America as photographed at night

MuHa

"The energy of folklore has a great power to find a straight path to your heart and a great inspiration for many"

Faultlines

An Afghanistan female rapper, books written on cigarette papers in prison and a Belfast writer's death threats

Hockley Hustle: One Bomb

We had a quick natter with the electronic groovemakers in the lead up to their Hockley Hustle performance

Interview: Jade Paterson of Ferox Clothing

Ferox is a one-woman cottage industry run from founder and maker Jade Paterson’s gaff in West Bridgford. We chatted about her love of cute animal-inspired prints, furs and hoods...

Mike Bithell

We spoke to Mike Bithell, whose second game, Volume is based on the Robin Hood legend

Antigone

Mixing the new with the old in Antigone at the Lakeside Arts Theatre

Writing China

The Festival of Words kicks off with an international programme of writers from across the globe. First stop, China.

Promoter Focus: Assault