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Film Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

Sun 25 Nov 2018

The Coen Brothers' stunning anthology of short stories from the Old West is on Netflix now...

Film Review: The Grinch

Sun 25 Nov 2018

That grumpy old green sod is back again, this time for a feature-length animated version starring Benedict Cumberbatch...

Live Music Review: Reckless Yes present Chorusgirl, Mammoth Penguins and Fightmilk at Rough Trade

Fri 23 Nov 2018

If you haven’t heard of Reckless Yes before, listen up: they’re a Derbyshire-based record label and promoter, with a habit of unearthing and supporting top-notch bands. So when we got wind of their triple bill takeover at Rough Trade, we couldn’t resist heading down.

Art Review: The Luminous at Surface Gallery

Thu 22 Nov 2018

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which can be difficult to determine in a day and age where we have social media ramming it’s notion of a ‘perfect’ woman down our throats left right and center. What if we knocked down those barriers and took a look at the extraordinary ordinary and gave them a platform to shine, to be luminous. That is what photographer Laura Dicken and The Renewal Trust have worked to complete alongside several of our very own women from Sneinton…

Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald

Wed 21 Nov 2018

The second prequel in JK Rowling’s wizarding world fails to capture the magic...

Film Review: Outlaw King

Tue 20 Nov 2018

David Mackenzie's historical epic tells the story of Robert the Bruce and his campaign to rid Scotland of English rule...

Live Music Review: The Decemberists at Rock City

Mon 19 Nov 2018

Bearded men, giant inflatable whales and accordion solos are just some of the highlights from US Indie-rockers The Decemberists gig at Rock City. As it's been over a decade since they last performed in Notts, we thought we'd pop over to see how they fared...

Film Review: Wildlife

Mon 19 Nov 2018

Paul Dano's directorial debut is an adaptation of Richard Ford's novel about a family living in 1960s Montana...

Theatre Review: King Charles III at Lace Market Theatre

Thu 15 Nov 2018

We went to check out Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III at Lace Market Theatre…

Live Music Review: Anchorsong at Metronome

Wed 14 Nov 2018

We just can’t stay away from Metronome at the moment. The expansive stage, killer lighting and smell of fresh paint have got us hooked, so we headed down for another eclectic evening of tunes. This time, from ordinarily-solo MPC monster, Anchorsong…

Live Music Review: I Am Lono at Rough Trade Nottingham

Mon 12 Nov 2018

We got down to Rough Trade Nottingham to check out the audible wares of local favourite I Am Lono...

Live Review: Bill Ryder-Jones at Rough Trade

Sat 10 Nov 2018

Bill Ryder-Jones pops up at Rough Trade to celebrate the release of his new album Yawn with an intimate set.

Live Music Review: Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork at Metronome

Fri 09 Nov 2018

Our Mike and Becky got down to Metronome to check out Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork...

Theatre Review: The Madness of George III

Wed 07 Nov 2018

One of the most talked-about plays in UK theatre right now; Mark Gatiss stars for audiences at Nottingham Playhouse and, later this month, across the world as part of National Theatre Live...

5 Albums to Listen to This November

Wed 07 Nov 2018

All the good stuff for your tabs from some cracking Notts musicians...

Film Review: Bohemian Rhapsody

Tue 06 Nov 2018

After a nightmare production that saw the originally cast actor drop out and the director fired, we went to see if Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was worth all the trouble...

Left Brian: Passing the Tough Tests

Tue 06 Nov 2018

Being a Nottingham Forest fan without much to complain about is a strange sensation. It's not quite akin to suffering from Stockholm Syndrome - the condition of forming a dependency on your captors - but it's not far off...

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

Sat 03 Nov 2018

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

Left Panther: Stuttering Start for New Look Panthers

Fri 02 Nov 2018

After a summer of rebuilding, and an unbeaten pre-season campaign, the Nottingham Panthers are now two months into the league season, and it has been a period of inconsistency.

BACKLIT: Same as it Never Was / 10 year anniversary review

Fri 02 Nov 2018

Backlit have just celebrated their 10^thanniversary, which coincided with the new ‘Same as it Never Was’ exhibition. The exhibition reflects upon the journey of the organisation over the last decade. We got down to check it out...

Live Music Review: Nactus Kunan at The Bodega

Thu 01 Nov 2018

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...