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Nottingham Arts Mela Returns to the New Art Exchange for Its 32nd Year

Tue 04 Aug 2020

As Nottingham Mela Network, in partnership with New Art Exchange, gets ready to celebrate the 32nd year of Nottingham Arts Mela in the UK, Alex Stubbs previews the exciting, eclectic online programme of cooking, films featuring South Asian diaspora worldwide, music, dance, debates, poetry and spoken word, family art workshops, murals, archives activated, morning raags and yoga…

Exhibition Review: Dot Dot Dash

Mon 27 Jul 2020

Ewan Cameron checked out Dot Dot Dash, Surface Gallery's eclectic online exhibition which is still available to view...

Exploring the LGBTQ+ Community and Nottingham’s Night-time Culture

Fri 24 Jul 2020

As part of his studies in Notts, promoter and DJ Rory Evans spent time exploring the link between the gay community and disco music. For Leftlion he turns this interest local, speaking with Nottingham’s key LGBTQ+ figures to understand this side of our city’s clubland further, and in light of recent club closures, show why these empty dancefloors are just so significant…

Out of Time: The Chilwell Catastrophe

Fri 24 Jul 2020

It was one of the worst wartime disasters in British history, as well as the country’s biggest involving an explosion. The month marks the 102nd anniversary of the Chilwell Catastrophe, in which a World War One ammunition factory exploded, killing 134 Nottingham workers and injuring dozens more.

Exhibition Review: Aftermath at Nottingham Contemporary

Thu 09 Jul 2020

With its usual venue of The Space out-of-bounds due to COVID-19, Alex Stubbs checked out Aftermath - the annual Nottingham Contemporary-hosted exhibition held in collaboration with Trent students - as it moved exclusively online for the first time...

Exhibition Review: Sets and Scenarios at Nottingham Contemporary

Thu 09 Jul 2020

Alex Stubbs reviews Sets and Scenarios, Nottingham Contemporary's latest online installment curated by the students of the Royal College of Art’s MA Curating Contemporary Art programme

Death in Exile: Why the WWII Polish Prime Minister in Exile Was Laid to Rest in Newark on Trent

Sat 04 Jul 2020

77 years ago this month, at the height of World War Two, Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Nottingham to deliver a eulogy at the funeral of Władysław Sikorski who was being laid to rest in Newark-on-Trent. The Polish Prime Minister in exile had died in mysterious circumstances twelve days previously, with his airplane crashing just sixteen seconds after take off in Gibraltar, killing all on board but the pilot. But what were the circumstances that led up to one of the key figures in WWII being buried in Nottingham? We look at the events and conspiracies that continue to surround the death of Władysław Sikorski…

Letters of Constraint: How the National Justice Museum are Documenting Life in the Coronavirus Era

Tue 09 Jun 2020

With the aim of encouraging people to reflect on their lockdown experiences to create a written legacy of the COVID crisis, the National Justice Museum’s new Letters of Constraint virtual exhibition is looking for your participation. We talked to Dr Martin Glynn, the museum’s writer in residence, about how you can put pen to paper and be part of Nottingham’s lockdown story...

Documentary Filmmaker Jay Martin on Redt'Blue: The Film that Examines Why Mansfield Turned Tory

Wed 03 Jun 2020

After decades as a Labour stronghold, Mansfield decided to elect a Conservative MP in the 2017 General Election. The result, which came as a shock to many, led local filmmaker Jay Martin to make Red’tBlue, his upcoming documentary which explores why the ex-mining town turned Tory…

Interview: Local Musician Sasha Assad Shares Her Ambitions and Lockdown Experience

Mon 25 May 2020

We caught up with emerging singer songwriter Sasha Assad (virtually of course) to chat about her ambitions, and to find out how she's coping with lockdown...

Film Review: Extraction

Fri 24 Apr 2020

Chris Hemsworth stars in a surprisingly heart-felt, technically astounding action film that will leave you mostly satisfied...

The Write Ideas: 7 Ways to Put Pen to Paper

Tue 21 Apr 2020

Ever yearned to be one of those people who could just put pen to paper? Maybe you struggled to know where to start? We’ve rounded up our best ideas for creative writing at home...

4 Virtual Reality Exhibitions to Check Out in Nottingham

Mon 13 Apr 2020

Just because Nottingham's cultural institutions have closed their doors, it doesn't mean you can't check out what they've got to offer...

Object Walk: Charlotte Bryant's Final Letter Before Execution

Mon 16 Mar 2020

We’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present. This month, in a special extended edition to celebrate our history issue, we visited Usha Sood at Trent Chambers with the final letter written by Charlotte Bryant before her execution for murder in 1936…

The Diaries of Nottingham WWI Soldier Are Being Made into an Exhibition and Play

Sun 15 Mar 2020

For years they lay hidden away in the attic of a house in New Zealand. But now, the missing World War One diaries of Nottingham soldier Billy Richards have been discovered, and are being used as the basis for a new exhibition and play...

Live Music Review: Exodus x Death Angel at Rescue Rooms

Fri 13 Mar 2020

As darkness falls upon the streets of Nottingham, the rain soon follows. Many seek refuge in the comfort of their homes following yet another gruelling Monday, but us metalheads have different plans...

The New Art Exchange Open is Back and Wants Your Arty Pieces

Mon 03 Feb 2020

Paints, pencils and pens at the ready folks...

Art Review: 2020 MU

Thu 16 Jan 2020

Our Adrian pottered down to Surface Gallery to check out another marvellous exhibition...

Review: Expert Death 005 With Trim, Pinch and More

Sun 05 Jan 2020

Just five events in and Expert Death has certainly earned respect from the Notts nightlife community with its fresh take on the clubbing experience. We hear the brand will be laying low (for now), but as Charlie Alexander recalls, it didn’t bow out quietly...

Wigflex Lifts the Lid on Explosive 2020 City Festival Lineup

Wed 04 Dec 2019

...and there are even more new venues for us to explore. Read on for the low down on dates, DJs and more as Wigflex City Festival returns for its second year

Art Review: Exaggerate Everything at Backlit Gallery

Mon 25 Nov 2019

Thinking about good mental health can often be a struggle for artists.

Film Review: Extreme Job

Mon 25 Nov 2019

Shown at Broadway as part of the London Korean Film Festival tour, Extreme Job proves why it deserves its newfound spot as South Korea’s highest-grossing blockbuster…

Norma Gregory on the Hidden History of Black Miners and Her New Exhibiton

Sun 10 Nov 2019

Nottingham has plenty of things to be proud of. Our roots being one of them; history is so deeply embedded in many of the things that we all love about this city. But the narrative isn’t fully complete. Historian Norma Gregory has spent the past few years unearthing the untold stories of several black coal miners who lived and worked in the UK. We spoke to her about her new exhibition, Digging Deep: Coal Miners of African Carribean Heritage which features photos, audio recordings and oral histories that have previously been left unheard…

Thrash Titans Exodus and Death Angel to Bring 2020 Carnage to Rescue Rooms

Wed 06 Nov 2019

Bay Area thrash titans Exodus and Death Angel are set to bring carnage and mayhem aplenty to Rescue Rooms next March, and one of our resident metalheads Alex has a word or two to say about this line-up of dreams, or perhaps more accurately, of nightmares...

Art Review: Mimesis: African Soldier and When the Snow Melts at the New Art Exchange

Fri 01 Nov 2019

The New Art Exchange is the host to two remarkable exhibitions this Autumn, which highlight the role played by the British Empire and Commonwealth in the Great World War (1918-18), and the Second (1939-45), which our Adrian can only recommend as essential viewing, now we are entering a critical period in the Brexit negotiations. ...

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