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The Television Workshop – once home to the likes of Vicky McClure and Jack O'Connell – shone a spotlight on their next generation with a short film festival centred around the seven deadly sins. We stopped by Broadway Cinema to check it out...

Big City Book Review: Joya Goffney’s ‘Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry’

Interested in getting your hands on four free books? Well you’re in luck, because Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature are giving just that away for their Big City Reads campaign. With stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every reader. Four young writers give us their run down of the books, beginning with Shakira Hamilton's take on Joya Goffney’s Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry...

Nottingham Legend Richard Whitehead MBE Chats Titles, Targets, and Giving Back to the Community

Nottingham-based athlete and motivational speaker Richard Whitehead MBE has won an array of medals at the Paralympics, but his influential work goes beyond the track. We caught up with him about his greatest achievements and the importance of giving back to the community…

Film Review: The Sea Beast

Netflix has got its Dreamworks on with new animated feature The Sea Beast. Starring Karl Urban and Jared Harris, as well as newcomer Zaris-Angel Hator, this is a well-worn tale of man versus beast, hate versus love, prejudice versus compassion and forgiveness...

We Chat to Rising Star Harleighblu About Her New Album, Hideout, and What the Future Has in Store for the Notts Artist

Tue 12 Jul 2022

For quite some time now, neo soul queen Harleighblu has been making a name for herself across Nottingham, the UK, Europe and the US, with her iconic dreads, signature style and soulful vocals. Last month saw the launch of her new album Hideout, made in collaboration with American rapper, singer, producer and songwriter, Illa J. Fresh off the back of the album launch, her new video for one of the record’s tracks, Soulsearching, and the launch of her new Nottingham DJ night, Milkshake, we caught up with Harleighblu to find out more about her whirlwind year so far…

AR App Brings Pieces of Nottingham’s History to Life

Tue 12 Jul 2022

Experience what life would have been like back in the day with a new app from Nottingham Trent University...

Author Rosie Wilby on Queer the Shelves, Her New Book and Being Known as The Queen of Breakups

Last month saw Queer the Shelves, a two-day celebration of LGBTQ+ books and writers, take place at Waterstones in the city centre. Organised by local editing and publishing company, Global Wordsmiths, and funded by Arts Council England, the event saw over twenty international LGBTQ+ writers taking part in Q&A panels, readings and mingling with readers at an after party held at Nottingham’s oldest – and only – LGBTQ+ pub, the New Foresters. Some writers were well known, others on their first published work, with every genre covered. The keynote speaker was comedian and author Rosie Wilby, known for her stand up, podcast, and now two books on the theme of relationships. We caught up with her just as the busy weekend drew to a close...

Nottingham Artist Victoria Hayward Discusses Pysanky, the Traditional Egg-Decorating Technique She's Using to Raise Money for Ukraine

Victoria Hayward explains how she is using her artist residency at City Arts to decorate 100 eggs using a traditional Ukrainian batik dye technique, raising money for the Ukraine DEC appeal in the process

5 of the Best Things to Check Out in Nottingham This Week: Sheafs, Edinburgh Fringe Preview and More

Shakespeare, Sheafs and Paul Sinha - need we say more?

We Learn All About Korfball, the Mixed-Gender Sport Rivalling Netball and Basketball

We chat to Ruth, Publicity Secretary at Nottingham Korfball Club, about one of Nottingham's most unique sports...

Nottingham Wrestler Joseph Conners Chats WWE, House of Pain Wrestling Academy, and Crafting a Career in Sport

Having come up through the House of Pain Wrestling Academy, Nottingham lad Joseph Conners has achieved what very few in the world of wrestling have. From performing for audiences around the world, wrestling for Next Generation Wrestling and, most impressively, WWE at their 2017 and 2018 UK Championship Tournaments, he’s come a long way since first stepping into the ring. We caught up with the wrestling legend to find out what’s next…

How Nottingham’s Stone Soup Academy Are Using Comedy to Crack Down on Knife Crime

Fri 08 Jul 2022

Though it may have fallen out of popular conversation, knife crime is still a major issue in Nottingham, according to Oliver Sillito from the city’s Stone Soup Academy. That’s why the free school is throwing a creative showcase on Tuesday 19 July to open up conversation and challenge standing perceptions about young people and crime…

The Thompsons Chat Forest, the Panthers and Their Greatest Sporting Achievements

Tue 05 Jul 2022

The Thompsons flex their punditry muscles for this month's sports issue...

40 Years Later: Blade Runner

You might have heard of this one... After bombing at the box office, Blade Runner has become one of the most famous films of all time - but is it worthy of its iconic status?

Meet Circus Hub, the Notts Specialists in Aerial Hoop, Silks and Trapeze

Teaching everything under the banner of aerial fitness, Circus Hub have made a name for themselves giving lessons in aerial hoop, silks, trapeze and sling and rope. But what first attracted them to this unusual hobby? And how can you have a try? We chat to Circus Hub’s Ria Ashcroft and Kay Monrose about cirque du soleil, the adrenaline of being high in the air and increasing your flexibility…

Exhibition Review: Catching Matter at Beam Gallery

A series of lime plaster boards with interwoven patterns and inky shapes have the appearance of stone tablets with galaxies and constellations on them. They are the product of experiments from the past several years with traditional craft techniques and natural materials in a meditation on the meaning of material and form. This is artist Geoff Diego Litherland’s latest series of work Catching Matter, which is now presented at Beam Gallery

5 Fun Things to Check Out This Week: From Newark Book Festival to Repton Filmfest