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First Ever Framework Film Festival to Play at Nottingham Contemporary

Mon 06 Sep 2021

The one-night festival will be held on Monday 11 October, and will highlight the vital work of the Nottingham-based charity, Framework...

Film Review: The Night House

Fri 03 Sep 2021

This horror is an exercise in silent cinema and physical language...

A Retrospective of Notts House Music: The 25-year reunion of Quadrant Sound System

Fri 03 Sep 2021

As they get set to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a long-overdue reunion, Elizabeth O'Riordan looks back on the impact of Quadrant Sound System...

Tom Gordon Savage, the Nottingham Man Responsible for Juventus' Iconic Stripes

Fri 03 Sep 2021

The links between Nottingham and Italian football are well known, from Mansfield Road-born Herbert Kilpin being a founding father of AC Milan to Juventus’ famous black and white stripes having connections with Notts County. But while details of the former are relatively solid, recent research into the latter, conducted by Roger Stirland and Luca Formara, has provided far more detail about the Notts links to la Vecchia Signora - in particular, the role of English businessman Tom Gordon Savage. With this month marking the ten-year anniversary of Notts County playing Juventus in their brand new stadium, we explore exactly just how one of the biggest teams in world football has Nottingham to thank for their iconic stripes…

Film Review: Pig

Wed 01 Sep 2021

Nicolas Cage quietly shines in Michael Sarnoski’s lonely anti-revenge drama…

Scalarama X: The Month-Long Celebration of Cinema Ready to Take Over Notts this Month

Wed 01 Sep 2021

After a hiatus owing to that-which-shall-not-be-named, Scalarama Nottingham is back with a bang. The nationwide, volunteer-led month-long celebration of cinema encourages communities to come together to share their love of films in usual and unusual settings. With 2021 marking the tenth anniversary of the festival, we run down what Notts cinephiles can expect from Scalarama Nottingham 2021…

Meet the Owners of Biscuit and Brew, an Elegant New Tea Room in the Heart of Nottingham

Tue 31 Aug 2021

Nottingham’s Biscuit and Brew is a little tea shop with some big ideas. We pop down to meet the owners, Darren Brookes and his fiancée Dee, to find out why so many locals are raving about this hidden gem...

Nottingham Rapper Diana Drill Chats EPs, Favourite Artists and Why She Wears the Mask

Sun 29 Aug 2021

Notts rapper Diana Drill has been building up a reputation as one of the most exciting up-and-coming musical talents in the city. As she gets ready to drop her EP, we catch up with the masked artist to find out what she’s all about...

Preview: Alicia by Beyond Theatre

Tue 24 Aug 2021

Colwick Hall will host a one-of-a-kind rock opera in its stunning surroundings next month...

Theatre Review: The House on the Edge of Innocence

Mon 23 Aug 2021

A coming-of-age tale set in a haunted house? The Television Workshop's latest play has us sold...

Out of Time: Nottingham's Food History - Cheese Riots, Celery and HP Sauce

Sun 22 Aug 2021

With this being the food and drink issue, our regular history feature explores Nottingham’s history of eccentricity, rebellion and invention through three food-related stories: Marshal Tallard’s introduction of celery to the country in the early eighteenth century, the 1766 Cheese Riots and Frederick Gibson Garton’s invention of HP Sauce in 1884…

Film Review: The Truffle Hunters

Wed 18 Aug 2021

This offbeat documentary is as flavoursome as the truffles being hunted in it...

The Thompson Brothers on Their Favourite Restaurants and Nottingham Craft Beer Week

Wed 18 Aug 2021

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Review: Lush Life Festival

Tue 17 Aug 2021

Last Thursday evening, Hockley Hustle and Mimm collaborated to bring listeners at Nottingham Castle bandstand a collection of jazz, funk and soul music…

Film Review: Beckett

Tue 17 Aug 2021

John David Washington stars as an American tourist caught up in a Greek political conspiracy in this flimsy but watchable Netflix thriller…

Theatre Review: Macbeth at Metronome

Fri 13 Aug 2021

Reminiscent of Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film Romeo and Juliet, this production by The Television Workshop retells Macbeth in a modern mafia setting...

Film Review: Censor

Wed 11 Aug 2021

This uniquely British horror is a vivid and impactful tale of memory and trauma...

Film Review: Vivo

Mon 09 Aug 2021

Lin-Manuel Miranda graces our ears with his musical genius once again in Netflix’s latest animated feature...

7 Art Exhibitions to Check Out in August

Mon 09 Aug 2021

Art co-Editor Rachel Willcocks previews seven art exhibitions that you can check out this month...

Film Review: The Suicide Squad

Sun 08 Aug 2021

James Gunn’s Suicide Squad sequel is a cut above its predecessor and then some...

Film Review: Jungle Cruise

Sun 08 Aug 2021

A film based on a theme park ride – we’ve seen it done before with Pirates of the Caribbean, but how did Disney fare with Jungle Cruise?

Nottingham Trent University Launches New Sustainability Project Supporting Notts SMEs

Wed 04 Aug 2021

With the launch of an ambitious new programme of support for SMEs in Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) are hoping to do their bit towards a clean transition to a net zero economy. We talk to Programme Lead Kate Ling about what they’re doing to help businesses, and hear about their recent volunteering day at Summerwood Community Garden…