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Netflix Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Talks Upcoming Nottingham Glee Club Gig

Iliza Shlesinger delivered her unique mix of feminist wit and smart advice to packed shows in the UK earlier this year. This month, the outspoken Texan and self-made Netflix star is back and she’ll be swinging by Nottingham’s Glee Club for one night only. She tells Alison Kirkman what to expect…

Nottingham Grime Artist Omari Grant Has Taken On the Regional Boxing Scene

Omari Grant – a force from Nottingham grime’s early days, also known as Kriptik – has recently been smashing it on the regional boxing scene under the alias of “The Praying Mantis”. Currently at seven undefeated wins, we sat down to find out what powers his success...

Giuseppe Garibaldi: The Italian Freedom Fighter Who Inspired Nottingham Forest FC

For many, the word “Garibaldi” conjures up thoughts of a curranty biscuit, but it was once a household name for other reasons. In Victorian times, Giuseppe Garibaldi was the celebrated freedom fighter who, with his intrepid band of volunteers, united Italy. Garibaldimania spread across Britain and even influenced Nottingham life; especially in the football department...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Snap Notts: The Arboretum

Ottar at Contemporary: Award-Winning Chocolate with Healthy, Seasonal and Local Food

Ottar have finally found a home at Nottingham Contemporary and, of course, we had to sample the new grub...

Handmade Theatre Have Found a Home at Arnold Bizspace

The kid's entertainers have finally found a permanent home...

City Stylin' #7

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

Live Music Review: Nactus Kunan at The Bodega

Nactus Kunan have been making waves in the local scene, and on Friday night they launched their latest single, Grievous Bodily Calm with their biggest show yet. The gang were joined at The Bodega by fellow Notts bands Megatrain and Shiftwork, treating the audience to a melting pot of a gig by covering a broad range of styles and sounds...

Live Music Review: International Teachers of Pop at Metronome

Sheffield’s freshest musical project – International Teachers of Pop – took to Nottingham’s brand-new 350-capacity venue, Metronome, to educate their captivated students at their debut Nottingham gig...

8 Cocktail Happy Hours in Nottingham

A list of some cocktail bars that've got dead good happy hour deals for your lot tuck into...

F For Film: Metronome, The Venue Now in Full Swing

Our Screen Editor has summat to say about the city's new venue...

Cosmic American Are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Cosmic American are some of Nottingham’s finest promoters, bringing folk, rock, blues, country, and the rest, to humble Notts. Since their twentieth-anniversary celebrations have just gone, we thought it was only right to have a good natter with head honchos Glenn Sayward and James Windsor about the last twenty years of bringing quality local and international musicians to our city’s stages...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's been rufflin' Ayup Duck's feathers this month? 

Notts Lad Lewis Doherty on His Sell-Out Edinburgh Fringe Show Wolf

Notts lad, Lewis Doherty, brings his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show back to his homeland

Tommy K on the Side: Condiments on the Continent

Ketchup on Tommy's European adventures...

There's Astronomical Amounts of Food at COSMO World Buffet

Sampling food from around the world never felt so easy...

5 Notts Albums to Listen to This October

Listen to these lot to prepare yersen for a spot of trick-or-treatin' 

5 Sober Group Activities in Nottingham

Whether you’re trying to save money, or you’re sick of waking up to a cold pizza slice stuck to your cheek and you’re just looking for summat to do that doesn’t involve goin aht in tahn, this is the list for you...

Notts Poet and Austerity Opposer Lytisha Tunbridge Tells Her Story

Lytisha Tunbridge won the Expanding Horizons Award 2018 at Nottingham Writers’ Studio, for her work supporting World Jam, DIY Poets, Poetry Aloud, Poets Against Racism, Social Model Writers, Sisterhood and Solidarity, Support the NHS, Young Voices, Reading with Dementia, and We Shall Overcome. Somehow she managed to find the time to share some words with us, and tell us her story...

Nottingham Sees Absurdist Theatre in Maison Foo's A Thing Mislaid

Bea Udeh went to see A Thing Mislaid at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre...

The Secret Basement Party (with Zines) Lives on in Notts with Wild Brunch

Our Eileen got down to rave with the city's secret party-goers at Wild Brunch...

Live Music Review: Rafiki Jazz at New Art Exchange

We got down to New Art Exchange to check out the amazing Rafiki Jazz...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

We've got everything from theatre shows, to single launches, to Ruby Wax's philosophical musings. Goo on then.

Foretell Your Destiny with These Nottingham-Themed Tarot Cards

The ancient wisdoms of tarot have been utilised in the foretelling of soul destiny for bleddy yonks. We hath dug out some of Nottingham’s occult cards for yorn ducks to cut out and play with in the last remaining local boozers, or Temples of the Divine, if you like. Pay heed to the stories told, interpret the knowledge imparted in your own, true way. Just mek sure you charge a decent few quid for any readings given, and sling us 10%...