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6 of the Best Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 27 Mar 2022

Musa Okwonga, Yuriko Kotani and Stuart Pearce (not that one) are all coming to the city...

6 Nottingham Musicians Discuss Their Trademark Fashion Styles

Sun 27 Mar 2022

We hear from some of the city's leading musicians to discover how they choose their outfits for the stage...

Food Review: Homemade Cafe

Fri 25 Mar 2022

We take a trip to Forest Rec for a slice of cake - the finest sweet treat of them all...

Film Review: Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

Thu 24 Mar 2022

Hot on the heels of his Oscar-nominated hit Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi is back with another naturalistic drama…

Meet West Bridgford’s ALT BLK ERA, the Sisters Delivering Powerful Messages Through Their Music

Thu 24 Mar 2022

We hear from Nyrobi Beckett-Messam, one half of the Notts duo "defying traditional expectations for young black artists"...

Nottingham International Film Festival Announces April Line-Up

Thu 24 Mar 2022

The event will take place at both Savoy Cinema and Nottingham Contemporary...

Theatre Review: Looking Good Dead

Tue 22 Mar 2022

Ian C Douglas went to see Looking Good Dead, starring former EastEnder Adam Woodyatt, at the Theatre Royal

Nottingham Fashion Designer Rebekah Peters Lifts the Lid on Her Iconic Clothing Made From Preloved Bedsheets and Curtains

Tue 22 Mar 2022

Notts' own Rebekah Peters is helping to lead the way in the preloved fashion game. We catch up with her to find out more…

Gig Review: Dream Wife at Rescue Rooms

Mon 21 Mar 2022

Two years after the release of their album So When You Gonna…, Dream Wife are finally taking it on tour. Is it worth the wait? Yes.

Review: The Hallé - The Music of James Bond

Mon 21 Mar 2022

The Hallé's treatment of Bond themes from the 1950s to 2020s will leave you shaken with emotion and stirred by passion...

6 of the Best Sustainable Fashion Stores in Nottingham

Sun 20 Mar 2022

With fast fashion brands now jumping on the environmental bandwagon, how can we really tell which clothes are actually sustainable? Emilie Mendham explores…

Confetti Industry Week 2022: Joe Hobbs, Tim Allen

Thu 17 Mar 2022

We stopped by the week-long event, which welcomed some of the biggest names in media...

Film Review: River

Wed 16 Mar 2022

This beautiful nature documentary is abundant in breadth and depth…

Artist Caroline Walker on A Female Gaze, the new Nottingham Castle Exhibition Showcasing Her Work Alongside Dame Laura Knight's

Wed 16 Mar 2022

With A Female Gaze, Nottingham Castle are celebrating the work of two generational talents from the art world. The first is Dame Laura Knight, who, as the first woman elected to the Royal Academy in 1936, was a critically acclaimed and much loved painter who created some of her most iconic work here in Nottingham. The second is Caroline Walker, a renowned British contemporary artist whose rich, atmospheric oil paintings reveal the diverse social, cultural and economic experiences of women living in contemporary society. Despite being born almost a century apart, A Female Gaze celebrates the work of both women, while exploring the developments of women artists over the past hundred years. We caught up with Walker ahead of the exhibition's opening to find out more...

100 Notts Writers Speak Out On Library Closures

Wed 16 Mar 2022

Over a hundred local or locally connected writers, together with some local publishers and bookshops, have signed a joint letter opposing Nottingham City Council's planned closure of Aspley, Basford and Radford/Lenton libraries.

Nottingham-Born Influencer Lauren Black Lifts the Lid on Social Media’s Impact on Body Image and Mental Health

Wed 16 Mar 2022

We chat to Lauren Black, an influencer from Nottingham with over 120,000 followers on Instagram, about the potential mental health challenges for models online, how she’s using her own platform for good, and her work on BBC documentary The Instagram Effect, which explores the darker side of an ever-expanding digital world…

Film Review: Red Rocket

Tue 15 Mar 2022

Simon Rex skilfully portrays a challenging yet fascinating protagonist in Sean Baker's latest satire...

We Hear About the Importance of One Thoresby Street as They Begin Their Search for a New Home

Tue 15 Mar 2022

As their time at the iconic location looks set to come to an end, Arts Editor Alex Stubbs explores the important creative hub that is One Thoresby Street…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 13 Mar 2022

From 007 to Thirty Five Gamble Street, there's plenty to check out in Notts over the next seven days...

Nadia on... the Arts

Sun 13 Mar 2022

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues affecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she talks about the importance of the arts...

Gig Review: White Lies at Rock City

Sat 12 Mar 2022

Is there anything better than the opening night of a massive tour? That’s what a packed house at Rock City enjoyed as British three-piece White Lies chose Nottingham as the starting point for a mammoth 49-night, three-month European adventure, with support from VLURE...