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Henry Normal Talks Nottingham Poetry Festival and His Castle Rock Brewery Beer

Tue 04 Apr 2017

After the success of the first Nottingham Poetry Festival in Autumn 2015, there are over fifty events going on from Friday 21 - Sunday 30 April. We had a natter with curator and Baby Cow Productions funnyman Henry Normal to talk all things poetry, being a Nottingham lad and his new beer, obviously...

Nottingham Trent Win Notts Varsity Ice Hockey Match Two Years on the Trot

Tue 04 Apr 2017

Once again, Trent trumps UoN on the ice with a score of 5-4. At Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham holds one of the biggest university events of the year...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 02 Apr 2017

Be off with you, there's things to be done...

3 New Nottingham Products You Have To Try This Summer

Sat 01 Apr 2017

Are you sick of global corporations and their cheap, quality goods? Do you think local, and act local? Then step this way, as we discover the finest products this side of the Midlands has to offer...

Nottingham Independent Fashion Parade in Photos

Mon 27 Mar 2017

On Saturday 25 March, Nottingham city was transformed into a catwalk to celebrate all the independent shops and fashion brands that exist among us. We got down to check out all of the strutters of the stuff on Saturday...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 26 Mar 2017

C'mon, Spring has sprung, and you should too...

Poet Leanne Moden on Spoken Word in Nottingham

Fri 24 Mar 2017

Who’d have thought there was such a wealth of spoken word events and culture going on in our fair city? Founder of the spoken word night Crosswords and former-East Anglian, Leanne Moden couldn’t believe it either. She explains why poetry’s proper poppin’ off in Notts…

Poetry and Chat with Nottingham Trent University's Rory Waterman

Mon 20 Mar 2017

Not only is Rory Waterman Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, his debut poetry collection, Tonight the Summer’s Over, was shortlisted for the Seamus Heaney Prize in 2014. We had a chat with him about what politics and poetry mean to him…

The Nottingham Bucket List

Mon 20 Mar 2017

Once you've worked through this list, you can call yourself a real Nottinghamian. Click the image below to enlarge and print, so you stick it in your wall and can tick off the boxes as you go along. You're. Welcome.

10 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Sun 19 Mar 2017

Hold onto your hats, boys and girls. It's a biggun...

9 Theatres To See Plays and Comedy and Stuff

Fri 17 Mar 2017

We've got a massive music scene, but there's so much more going off on Nottingham's stages...

Nottingham Politics For Beginners

Thu 16 Mar 2017

Be you old or be you young, the world of politics is a murky one. We've compiled the basics of local politics to get you in the swing of things...

5 Cinemas to Visit in Nottingham

Wed 15 Mar 2017

Whether you’re a lone cinema wolf, leader of the pack, or top dog when it comes to romancing the better half, here’s our rundown of Notts picture houses…

8 Alternative Days Out in Nottingham

Mon 13 Mar 2017

If another Netflix binge just isn’t gonna cut it, and the thought of one more pub crawl is enough to turn your stomach, step this way...

7 Obscure Sports Teams in Nottingham

Mon 13 Mar 2017

Nottingham is a proper sporting city. Nottingham Forest Football Club have won the European Cup twice and Notts County are the oldest football league club in the world – although, not for much longer if they keep flirting with relegation. Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club have won the County Championship six times and their home, Trent Bridge, is a world famous international cricket venue. Meanwhile, the Nottingham Panthers are one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the country, recently becoming the first British team to win a European trophy. But there are also some lesser-known sports teams in the city that deserve celebrating...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 12 Mar 2017

Pull up them socks, there's a lot to be getting on with...

Nottingham in Photos: March

Sun 12 Mar 2017

Some of the city's best snappers have been out and about...

Cara does The Place Is Here Exhibition at Nottingham Contemporary

Fri 10 Mar 2017

As well as Thatcher, MC Hammer and boomboxes, the eighties also saw the launch of the National Black Art Convention. Nottingham Contemporary is exhibiting work from thirty different artists and collectives from the movement, so we sent our vlogger Cara to see what it's all about...

The Place is Here at Nottingham Contemporary

Thu 09 Mar 2017

There are some things from the eighties that we’ve – thankfully – waved goodbye to: Grolsch bottle tops on your shoes, poodle perms and the painfully long loading time of the Spectrum ZX. Some things, however, have stuck around like proverbial bad smells. Things like a lack of diverse representation on our television screens, oppressive and suppressive politics and political leaders, racism and xenophobia. Nottingham Contemporary’s latest exhibition, The Place Is Here, holds both colonial and modern Britain to account, unashamedly points the finger, and demands a response.

Help Crowdfund a Wildlife Photography Documentary with Nottingham's Jack Perks

Thu 09 Mar 2017

You might remember a lovely photograph of a wild herring we proudly displayed in our print magazine. Mr Jack Perks was the man behind it, and he’s been photographing British wildlife for yonks. He's putting together a TV pilot for a documentary, and he needs your help...

7 Organisations Combatting Misogyny in Nottingham

Wed 08 Mar 2017

Nottinghamshire Police are the first police force in the country to rule misogyny as a hate crime. That includes physical or verbal harassment directed at women, because they are a woman, via any means. So, if you’re walking home and a group of guys decide to shout inappropriate, sexual comments at you, or someone grabs your arse on a night out, you’re well within your rights to report the behaviour to the authorities.

All you have to do is ring 101, and if the assault is particularly severe, call 999. This doesn’t necessarily mean that the perpetrator will be punished, but it does mean the police can collect information regarding these types of incidents – where, when and how often they happen – and work on making the streets of Notts safer for all. It also means that they can direct you to any support and guidance you may need following the event. There are some incredible local organisations who’ll go out of their way to help you...

Supporting The Sex Worker Community with POW Nottingham

Wed 08 Mar 2017

Prostitution. What connotations does that word throw up for you? The media have helped develop various collective viewpoints about sex workers, and it ain’t all pretty. Real as they come, POW Nottingham is just one organisation aiming to maintain dignity and safety for people working in the industry, through both creative projects and practical schemes. With International Women’s Day coming up on Wednesday 8 March, we got down to POW’s premises to talk to CEO Daniela Scotece…