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Becky Cullen is Newstead Abbey's Poet-in-Residence

"When I started the residency I knew a bit about Lord Byron's poems, but I understood very little about him. I've discovered that he was a complex man"

9 Nottingham Music Albums For Your Lugholes - June 2016

With The Invisible Orchestra, 8mm Orchestra, Fonsze, Jake Bugg, Georgina Wood, Keto, Kumarachi and Sam White

Forever Records: A New Record Store is Opening in Nottingham

It was a big loss to the city when The Music Exchange closed, but luckily for us the store's former manager has decided to go it alone and open his own shop

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Super Furniture

"Our dad's are quite inspiring (happy fathers day!) Our mums are of course amazing too"

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Lisa Hendricks & The Project-Us Band

"We've been given the opportunity of a lifetime to play Rock City thanks to FSN"

Green Day's American Idiot

It’s a bit like watching Grease on Speed. At times some of it might seem a little saccharine, but frankly you’d have to be churlish to not enjoy the spectacle

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Babe Punch

"It's a really great opportunity so we're just grateful that people voted for us"

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Homesick

"We are basically a group of nerds so feelings aren't really what we do"

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Oscar Speed

"I am so obsessed with music that 99% of anyone I'm interested in is a musician"

Refugee Week 2016

This year, it's all about extending the hand of welcome to our neighbours

Quiz: Notts County Players of the 2000s

How many former magpies players do you recognise from the days gone by?

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Ski

"It's a good way of showcasing new music, it's good that the city has something like this"

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: The Judges

We let you in on the gossip about the judges for this year's Future Sound of Nottingham final

Live Music Review: Dot To Dot Festival 2016 - Part 2

More musings from the day-long music festival that covered Nottinghamingham like an aural blanket

Indiegogo Campaign: Lost Dog

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson stars alongside disabled actor Jamie Beddard in this film about disability cuts and hate crime

Art Review: I'm Tired Photography Exhibition at GuerillaArtLab

A photography project that is using backs to highlight the lasting impact of everyday micro-aggressions, assumptions and stereotypes in society

Quiz: Notts What I Call Music

How well do you know your Notts music history?

Indiegogo Campaign: Time, and Again

Starring Doctor Who’s Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, this present day science fiction short about free will and determinism needs help with funding

In Pictures: Dot to Dot 2016

Some of the action from Dot to Dot in glorious technicolour

Live Music Review: The Invisible Orchestra at the Masonic Lodge

Celebrating the launch of their new album, Champagne Taste Lemonade Money

Live Music Review: Dot To Dot Festival 2016 - Part 1

Running all over the city centre in pursuit of alternative musical enjoyment is something we definitely subscribe to

The Intake Club in Mansfield is Closing Down

The venue is set to close its doors for the last time on 4 June. We look back and say goodbye

The Bar Table: Nottingham's Bar and Restaurant Industry Discussion

"At the moment, you can look around the city, see the bars and restaurants looking full and think everything is fine. Come summer, it might be a very different story"

Interview: 8mm Orchestra Ahead of Their Vinyl EP Launch at NVA

"...we wanted to get away from the post-rock eight minuters and come up with riffs and lots of movement and parts"

9 Bands That Share Members with The Invisible Orchestra