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5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

This week it's time to try summat new...

9 Places to Take Your Main Squeeze on Valentine's Day

Treat 'em good this year at one of these fine establishments...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Chameleon

Following the release of his critically acclaimed album Pictures, Movies & Apartments late last year, Montreal's Paul Jacobs brings his tour to Nottingham as part of I'm Not From London's Fuzzbox night.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

It's a real mixed-bag this weekend. Enjoy...

Art Review: From Ear to Ear to Eye at Nottingham Contemporary

Featuring work from almost twenty artists and researchers, this exhibition tells stories from across the Arab world. Through photography, sculpture, music and video, the artists paint a picture of countries with a fierce, independent identity, both separate from and entwined with the violent depictions we see in the media...

The Write Stuff: Nottingham-Based Author Jon McGregor Set to Judge Leicester Writes Competition

Not content with being “Britain’s second-best short story writer”, Jon McGregor is set to judge the 2018 Leicester Writes short story competition. 

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty to be gerrin on with...

LeftLion Magazine #98

With David Rodigan MBE, Mark Thomas, Sharewear, The Hempolics, Nottingham Sticker Heads, A Bouncer in Notts, The Bestwood Partnership, Lloyd Byfield, Little John the Bare-knuckle Boxer and more...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Last month's headlines from your beloved city...

Sharewear Are On A Mission To Clothe Nottingham

A fifth of the UK population now lives in poverty: that's 14 million people, including working-age adults, children and pensioners. We've seen the stories about the increased usage of food banks – with Trussell Trust citing 41,000 three-day packages being handed out in 2010 compared to 1.2 million in 2017 – but another problem, sitting under the radar, is the need for clothing. We sat down with Louise Cooke, founder and CEO of Sharewear, to find out more about her story, and what the organisation is doing to help both local and international communities...

Overheard in Notts

New year, same daft old tosh coming from your lot...

Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity 2018 is Coming to Town

Thanks to STEMCity and Ignite, this month sees Nottingham being taken over by the cleverest clogs abaht. We had a word with the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity producer, Megan Shore, about what’s in store this year…

Music Video: Slumb Party - Questions

Check out the brand new song from our favourite skronky post-punkers...

Maltese Band Fuzzhoneys Talk Music and Their Love of Nottingham

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel

Holy Bouncer come all the way from sunny Spain to play the latest I'm Not From London Fuzzbox night. The least we could do was to pop down to The Angel and have a listen.

Nottingham Playhouse's New Artistic Director Adam Penford on His Upcoming Adaptation of Holes

Is it a book? Is it a play?...

Live Music Review: Fuzzhoneys at The Chameleon

Garage rock duo Fuzzhoneys from Malta bring their Glitter tour to the Chameleon Arts Café with support from local faves Babe Punch. Our Gav headed down to check things out

Lord Beestonia’s Nottingham Literature Facts

Matt Turpin aka Lord Beestonia on Nottingham’s literary didja-knows...

What's Life Like on the MA Creative Writing Course at NTU?

Tuesday Goacher talks boosting confidence with academic study...

Live Music Review: Hellcats Night at The Bodega

I’m Not From London’s all-ages night Hellcats kicks off the year with an impressive line-up at The Bodega

Live Music Review: Gallery 47 at The Bodega

To celebrate the launch of his new album, Young World, Jack Peachey returned to his Notts roots...

Live Music Review: Cute Owl Festival at The Maze

A brand new intimate festival of live electronic music with a variety unusual musical instruments...

Music Video: Haggard Cat - American Graffiti

After making their names in their previous act, the acclaimed UK hardcore band Heck, vocalist/guitarist Matt Reynolds and drummer Tom Marsh aim to carry that same attitude and fire over to Haggard Cat...

Young Carers Photograph Nottingham

Over the winter holidays, young carers took part in a photography workshop, thanks to Create’s national inspired:arts programme, and here are the results…

Getting Published with NTU's MA Creative Writing Course

Kim Slater talks about what she gained from her time at Nottingham Trent University...