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Beyond the Wall: the New Art Exchange team talk telling stories with street art in Hyson Green and Morocco
Tue 09 Sept 2025In recent years, the New Art Exchange gallery in Hyson Green has sought to firmly centre their ambitions in serving the local community – placing the cultural needs of the neighbourhood first. A big part of that has been their street art and murals project: Beyond the Wall, which via lots of ambition and creativity has spanned both Hyson Green and Marrakesh, Morocco. We spoke about the project with NAE CEO Saad Eddine Said and artist Laura Decorum – whose work has been vital to Beyond the Wall…
Actor, Writer and Director Ryan Symons on The Void: Thunder Road’s chilling new sci-fi horror
Mon 08 Sept 2025We caught up with writer, director and actor, Ryan Simons, about Thunder Road’s chilling new sci-fi horror, The Void. Catch it at Mansfield Palace Theatre on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September...
We chat to Day Fever co-founder Jonny Owen
Mon 08 Sept 2025Day Fever is less than two years old but has already become a cultural sensation. Launched in early 2024 with a debut event in Sheffield’s City Hall Ballroom and growing to a nationwide tour that’s sees thousands around the UK hit the dance floor each month, the message is clear: people everywhere are craving a space to let loose, laugh, and dance, all before 8pm. Ahead of Day Fever's return to Nottingham on 20th September, We sat down with co-founder Jonny Owen to discuss how the event came about, how it has become so popular and why Nottingham is the ideal venue...
Follow the stickers: Notts filmmaker Matt Watts on the stories behind sticker art on the streets
Mon 08 Sept 2025Hidden amongst the barrage of commercial advertisements and billboards that dominate our city landscape, the more curious among us may be drawn to some unusual markings; the plethora of quirky stickers plastered on lampposts, signs and electrical boxes. Follow the Stickers is a short film by Nottingham-based documentary filmmaker Matt Watts. Here he shares his journey of tangents, discovering artists, events and more obscure messages of the underground sticker world, and telling us why we should keep an eye out for them too…
Pick Six: Nathan Bainbridge AKA Kid30
Sun 07 Sept 2025For this month’s Pick Six we turned to renowned Nottingham street artist Nathan Bainbridge, AKA Kid30.
We chat to Death Of The High Street about life, music and taking things just seriously enough
Sun 07 Sept 2025Death Of The High Street are a force to be reckoned with: a hard grafting, guitar-based rock band with bags of energy, a distinct social conscience, and a desire to spread their message far and wide. We caught up with founding members Scott Baxter and Ash Simpson to talk about hard work, music with a message, and why they chose Nottingham for their album launch show…
Blood Brothers, Tom Grennan and RELIC: Here's what's on in Notts this week 8-14 September 2025
Sun 07 Sept 2025This week Nottingham is hosting loads of events for you to get out and be entertained. Whether you're a theatre enthusiast, a fan of live music or here for a bit of cultural celebration, there's something for you to get your teeth stuck into. Here are our top picks of the week...
Flying colours: a look inside legendary local paint shop Montana
Sat 06 Sept 2025A cornerstone of Nottingham’s creative scene, Montana has made a name for itself as not just a paints shop, but a hub for local artists of all kinds – thanks to partners Sylvia and Dilk behind the business. Whilst Dilk is a well-known local artist Sylvia’s recently been taking the lead on some exciting collaborative projects. We sat down with her to chat about the importance of the local creative community, and the shop’s international reach…
Life's a drag: we speak to Doxxie Phisher and Benthic Zone about their upcoming show Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!
Fri 05 Sept 2025Nottingham’s drag scene has exploded in recent years with many new characters. We meet Doxxie Phmorisher and Benthic Zone to talk about queer venues, developing drag characters and what to expect from their show, Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!
Theatre review: Momentos de la Vida at Squire Performing Arts Centre
Fri 05 Sept 2025The Robin Hood Improv Festival is in full swing in Notts. Our reviewer Sam Harvey went along to check out Momentos de la Vida, a deceptively simple concept inspired by black-and-white photography...
Greening the streets: street artist Anna Wheelhouse on community and big canvases
Fri 05 Sept 2025Anna Wheelhouse is one of Nottingham’s most well-known street artists, with her signature, verdant nature-themed murals enlivening buildings and walls around the city, from pubs to parks to back gardens. We talked to her about her lifelong passion for the arts, and the benefits of working on a larger canvas.
Left Magpie: August 2025 Waiting for Jatta
Thu 04 Sept 2025Our monthly Notts County column is back with Julian McDougall, formerly of the beloved Notts County fanzine The Pie and currently of the excellent When Saturday Comes magazine. Here's his reflections on a languished start to the season at Meadow Lane...
New Art Exchange's Community Kitchen is Offering Cuisine, Culture and Connection
Thu 04 Sept 2025Nottingham’s diverse communities are benefiting from an initiative that brings them together in an inclusive and welcoming space to enjoy healthy food, experience new cultures and forge new friendships in the city...
Stage Review: Matthew Bourne's The Midnight Bell at the Theatre Royal
Thu 04 Sept 2025An intoxicating cinematic escape to 1930s Soho...
Whose streets are they anyway? How street art crossed the pond from New York to the East Midlands
Thu 04 Sept 2025Graffiti, tags, murals, stenciling, paste-ups… street art is a diverse artform with many subcategories and styles. While some might deride the practice under the blanket term of vandalism, for proponents of the artform, taking art out of the gallery and into the streets is about civil disobedience, ownership of space, and creative expression outside of the mainstream. We dip into the origins of graffiti in NYC and speak to artist Richie ‘Pops’ Baker about how the medium came to Nottingham in the 1980s…
Left Brian: August - September 2025
Wed 03 Sept 2025Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, is back with her thoughts on the last month at Nottingham Forest FC...
How Hockley venue Movers is redefining nights out
Wed 03 Sept 2025Bringing chilled afternoons of coffee and music that blend into evenings of DJ sets and dancing, Movers is the latest edition to Hockley’s hive of cultural activity. Since opening at the start of July, the multi-use venue has been making waves in the area as the hottest new bar in town. We spoke to director and founder Felix Coulton, also one of the minds behind Notts’ own Swing Dash Radio, to see how it's going so far and what they have coming up...
Byronmania Returns to Italy
Tue 02 Sept 2025The Palazzo Guiccioli in Ravenna, which Lord Byron called home for two years, has had a major renovation – now housing a new immersive experience which centres on Nottinghamshire’s most renowned poet. Stuart Baird has been out there to tell us more...
Theatre and TV legend James Graham talks bringing Notts to the screen and writing about Gareth Southgate
Tue 02 Sept 2025James Graham is one of British theatre’s most popular and prolific writers and also the creator of BBC TV drama Sherwood. He was born and brought up in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in the 1980s -his first job was working the stage door at the Theatre Royal. Twenty years on, James returns to the city with the epic Dear England, a play about football manager Gareth Southgate, which headlines the theatre’s 160th birthday celebrations…