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On Friday 28 April the hunt for Nottingham’s next Young Poet Laureate began. After the success of Nottingham’s Poetry Festival, the UNESCO City of Literature is out to get the youths of the city involved. And it’s right easy to apply, just get yersen down to the Nottingham City of Literature website and show ‘em your skills.

I Got an A at the Nottingham Jewellery School

Or I would have, if they were giving out grades. I did make an awesome ring though...

Nusic Future Session: Issaka

One of Nottingham's finest up-and-comers did a music with the organisation championing the newbies. Here, Issaka performs Cruising and Easy...

Theatre Review: This Evil Thing

Conscientious objectors abound in the Neville Studio's latest offering...

Gigantic's Mark Gasson on His Ticketing Empire

Our Mark has been selling gig and festival tickets from his base in Nottingham for almost 25 years. We caught up with him to find out more about sneaking into Glastonbury and ticket touts...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Brotherhood

Meet Brotherhood, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Roe Green

Meet Roe Green, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

Gigantic's Mark Gasson on His Ticketing Empire

Mark Gasson has been selling gig and festival tickets from his base in Nottingham for almost 25 years. We caught up with him to find out more about sneaking into Glastonbury, ticket touts, and his Gigantic empire...

Three Years of Science in a Pub with SciBar

Nottingham SciBar celebrated its third birthday in April, so we’ve taken a look back at those three years of people talking about clever stuff in a pub...

An Ode to the Nottingham Poetry Festival

Bringing poetry to the masses, one week at a time...

Live Music Review: British Sea Power at Rough Trade

British Sea Power popped into Rough Trade for a quick in-store gig and signing session to celebrate the release of their new album, Let The Dancers Inherit The Party.

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Hashtagobi

Meet Hashtagobi, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

History of the Esperanto Language in Nottingham

Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world. And it's got some pretty interesting roots in Nottingham...

John Cooper Clarke Performed at The Glee Club and it was Awesome

Enigmatic punk poet, John Cooper Clarke visited Nottingham and swapped limericks with Claire Louise from The Dilettante Society...

Music, Madness and Poetry Party-Animals at Mudfest

Notts-based publishers Mud Press launched their latest poetry anthology Woman last week. We rolled up our sleeves and dived into Cobden Chambers for the launch party.

Duffy’s Wit Meets Sampson’s Musical Mischief at Theatre Royal

Household name Carol Ann Duffy and court musician John Sampson come together in this blend of lyrical wit and musical madness.

The 8 Judges for Nusic Future Sound of Nottingham 2017

Music industry experts and the public have decided the six finalists for the Future Sound of Nottingham, taking place on Sunday 7 May. Hashtagobi, Roe Green, Brotherhood, The DandyLions, One Giant Causeway and Kelsey Shaw will perform in a showcase of new, Notts music, hoping to be crowned the winner. The experts will form a score, alongside the points collected from the audience vote, and will send one of the acts to open the Splendour main stage...

Girl Power T-Shirt Launch and Networking Event

When you’re a small business, networking is everything. The Girl Power T-Shirt launch and networking event, hosted at Minor Oak Co-Working, celebrated this message while discussing one very important subject: the power of female business.

LeftLion Magazine #89

Featuring Matt Forde, Keith Piper, Castle Rock Brewery, Sabrina Sandhu, Detonate founder James Busby, Bud, Gigantic, the National Videogame Arcade and Calm Water Flotation...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

Lucy at Ten Fifty's First Birthday

TENFIFTY, an 18+ monthly club night event for people with a learning disability is celebrating it's first birthday. It gives people the chance to let their hair down and have a boogie in an environment that is safe, supportive and also super, super fun...

DJ Format and Abdominal Interview