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The Licengoons: A Short Film Which Pokes Fun at the BBC's Decision to Scrap Free TV Licenses for Pensioners

Our Screen co-editor Jamie Morris speaks to the stars of The Licengoons, Miles Anthony and Alex Greensmith, about their hilariously punchy new short film…

Shaun Hoolan, New Owner of Hockley Vintage Store Wild Clothing, on Preserving the Shop's Legacy

Wild Clothing first opened its doors in 1983 and, when its original owners decided to retire recently, word spread that the legendary location would be shutting its doors for good. But this couldn’t be further from the truth: our fashion editor, Anna Murphy, chats to Wild’s new owner, Shaun Hoolan, about his passion for this iconic Nottingham store and his plans for the future.

Film Review: Trial of the Chicago 7

Miram Blakemore-Hoy reviews Netflix’s timely new legal drama...

Places to Visit in North Nottingham

For anyone who grew up in the city and its suburbs, north Nottinghamshire was either where you sometimes ventured to feed the ducks in Rufford, or to perhaps explore the patchy remains of Sherwood Forest, communing with Robin and his Merry Men. In fact, to many city-dwellers, it is defined by its coalfield status, an imaginary wasteland of former mining towns. But North Nottinghamshire, centred around Worksop and Retford, has always had more to offer and, lately, is undergoing a renaissance. The 2020 pandemic-induced rediscovery of the day trip or overnight stay close to home make this the perfect time to venture up the M1...

Just The Tonic Comedy Club

Heavens Gate

Robin Hood Town Tour

Local Promoters Now Offering To Sell Your Soul for £666

In a move that would make Rishi Sunak and the government's new careers advice service proud, Nottingham-based music promoters I’m Not From London have diversified into beer, book publishing and satanic rituals…

40 Years Later: The Elephant Man

Charlie and George Alexander look back on David Lynch's tragic true story of the "Elephant Man"...

Nottingham BID Secure New 5-Year Term

The Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID) has been successful in securing the votes required for a new five year term from 2021 to 2025, having received the overwhelming backing of businesses in Nottingham.

Lakeside Art's Djanogly Gallery Reopens with Mat Collishaw Exhibition

After closing doors in March due to the pandemic, Lakeside Arts will be reopening from Saturday 17 October with the first major solo exhibition of a Notts-born contemporary artist… 

Art Preview: The Near Room at Bonington Gallery

Muhammad Ali described “The Near Room” as a mental space he would enter during a boxing match – an otherworldly state where you are accutley aware of your own mortality. Sophie Cundale’s new moving-image work, The Near Room (2020), gives substance to this imagined space. Set in a vivid hallucination in the mind of a disorientated boxer, The Near Room muddles historic references with the fantastical and supernatural...

The Black Crowes

Nottingham Contemporary is Reopening with Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio

It’s hard to sum up someone like Grace Jones in a single word. Singer, model, actress, songwriter, record producer. Icon. With a life as eclectic as it was iconic, it’s only fitting that she’s the subject of the expansive, multimodal new exhibition, Grace Before Jones: Camera, Disco, Studio at Nottingham Contemporary. Caroline Barry headed there for a sneak preview to find out more... 

Banksy Visits Nottingham To Create Hula Hooping Girl

Excitement has built across the city over a piece of artwork on Ilkeston Road by Banksy. The piece is of a girl hula-hooping a bicycle tyre, next to a post with a broken one-wheeled bike attached to it.

10 Years Later: The Social Network

Is this just another blockbuster film that glorifies people who don’t deserve it? Hollie Anderson finds out...

15 Years Later: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit

15 years later, contributor Alex Mace is still crackers about the feature-length Wallace and Gromit film...

Free Barbie

Film Review: Days

Daniel Turner reviews the 11th feature film from Taiwanese director Tsai Ming-liang following its UK debut at the 2020 London Film Festival...

Back to School: Twelve-year-old Jagoda Talks Returning to Education During a Pandemic

With all the talk of politicians, parents and teachers, it’s easy to forget those most affected by the decision to reopen schools after lockdown: the students. Twelve-year-old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska lets us know what returning to school in the midst of a global pandemic is really like...

Tuned Tuesdays

Nottingham Arts and Culture Venues Given Government Funding Lifeline with Culture Recovery Fund

Seventeen organisations have received combined funding totalling over £4.5 million to help with post-COVID recovery...

Food Review: Bar Iberico

We got down to one of Notts' best loved tapas-spots to see how things have changed post-lockdown... 

City Stylin': Luke Ridsdill Smith

We took to the streets to find Notts' best dressed...

Film Review: The 40-Year-Old Version

Winner of the Sundance Directing award, Radha Blank directs, writes and stars in this semi-autobiographical piece based on a struggling playwright going through a midlife crisis.