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Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018 is Coming

Thu 14 Dec 2017

Clear out your lungs and get your pathos out, the third Nottingham Poetry Festival is gearing up to be a corker...

Ten Things I’ve Missed About Nottingham

Thu 14 Dec 2017

Fresh from a six-year stint in China, our James has missed a fair few home comforts...

Literature Review: Henry Normal's Love, Relationships and Other Realistic Expectations at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Wed 13 Dec 2017

We got down to Djanogly Theatre to check out the latest from our Henners...

5 World Food Restaurants to Sample in Nottingham

Wed 13 Dec 2017

One of Nottingham’s greatest assets is its multiculturalism. And how best to celebrate our diversity, than to taste it?

26 Nottingham Independents to Buy Creative Christmas Gifts From This Year

Mon 11 Dec 2017

It’s easy to get bogged down in the conveyor belt of tax-dodging chain shops in the UK. You know the story: it’s a few days before Crimbo and you’re wading through the Market Square gaggles, with oodles of ornamental cats and willy-shaped salt shakers spilling out of your arms. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there duck.

This year, you can pack in the panic buys and consult our handy guide to the best independent makers, doers and sellers in Nottingham. That’s right, we’ve rounded up some of the top creative establishments in the city, and have highlighted a few of their top buys to stuff in yer nan’s stocking. Argos? Do one.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 10 Dec 2017

Here's five ways to cure those after-work, winter blues....

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Peter Wigmore on the Hippocampus

Fri 08 Dec 2017

For the final SciBar of the year, Peter Wigmore joins to talk about "The Hippocampus - A Memorable Part of the Brain"

Nottingham's Homeless Community Create Photography Exhibition

Fri 08 Dec 2017

Student-led community interest company, People of the Streets, handed out disposable cameras to Nottingham's homeless community. The end result? An incredible photography exhibition, Stories of the Streets, that provides us with an insight to what life is really like when you don't have a house to call your home. We sent our own photographer, Tom Morley, down to the exhibition in Broadmarsh, to provide us with a very meta photo gallery of a photo gallery.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Thu 07 Dec 2017

We've got some right toe-tappers this weekend...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: An Asymmetrical Blade Runner looks for temp work in Nottingham

Tue 05 Dec 2017

Finding work is tough, ain't it? Signing on at the job centre is a pain and there just aren't enough coffee shops in town to support all of us. Thankfully our wandering prodigal son James Kramer is here to give you some sure-fire tips to get yourself into the weird world of employment in Beijing.

5 Ways to Tackle Depression in Nottingham

Tue 05 Dec 2017

Winter can be a proper tough time of year, so here are a few ways to battle the blues in our little city...

Street Tales: The Nottingham Canal

Tue 05 Dec 2017

A look back at Nottingham's watery roads...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 03 Dec 2017

We've searched high and low to find you lot summat to do on this fine week. Don't say we never treat you...

8 Places to Grab a Proper Roast Dinner in Nottingham

Sun 03 Dec 2017

It’s a Sunday evening, you’re hanging. Spent all day sleeping and feeling self pitiful and dreading that Monday morning feeling. What can you do to pick yourself up and out of a dark, dark place? Stuff your face with roast potatoes, that’s what. Here are the top places to get a roast dinner in Nottingham…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Thu 30 Nov 2017

Got many plans this weekend? You do now...

9 Things to Do for Free in Nottingham

Thu 30 Nov 2017

If the old poss strings have been feeling a little light as of late, never fear. Turns out there's plenty of stuff and bits you can be gerrin on with for absolutely nowt...

10 Places to Get Your Zen on in Nottingham

Tue 28 Nov 2017

Nottingham is truly a city of diversity, there are places you can go to make your blood pump and places to calm your hot head down. From Shiatsu to acupuncture, the city offers a range of spots to get your Zen on.

The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum

Mon 27 Nov 2017

For the last seventeen years, the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum has been providing support, practical advice and friendship to the local refugee and asylum seeker population. The centre on Hungerhill Road supports those who are seeking refuge, and those who have been granted refugee status, as they try to rebuild their lives here in Nottingham.