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A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

History of the Esperanto Language in Nottingham

Esperanto is the most widely spoken constructed language in the world. And it's got some pretty interesting roots in Nottingham...

Music, Madness and Poetry Party-Animals at Mudfest

Notts-based publishers Mud Press launched their latest poetry anthology Woman last week. We rolled up our sleeves and dived into Cobden Chambers for the launch party. 

Duffy’s Wit Meets Sampson’s Musical Mischief at Theatre Royal

Household name Carol Ann Duffy and court musician John Sampson come together in this blend of lyrical wit and musical madness. 

The 8 Judges for Nusic Future Sound of Nottingham 2017

Music industry experts and the public have decided the six finalists for the Future Sound of Nottingham, taking place on Sunday 7 May. Hashtagobi, Roe Green, Brotherhood, The DandyLions, One Giant Causeway and Kelsey Shaw will perform in a showcase of new, Notts music, hoping to be crowned the winner. The experts will form a score, alongside the points collected from the audience vote, and will send one of the acts to open the Splendour main stage...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Socks up, shoes on. Plenty to be getting on with...

Live Music Review: Michael Rother and Kogumaza at the Rescue Rooms

The legendary former member of Neu! and Harmonia performs selected highlights from his influential back catalogue...

Live Music Review: Rag'n'Bone Man at Rock City

Human singer wows the Nottingham massive...

Kold Chillin' Talk Hip Hop Events at Rough Trade Nottingham

The legendary hip hop promoters fill us in on their events...

Ocularist John Pacey-Lowrie Talks Making Artificial Eyes in Nottingham

John Pacey-Lowrie is the only ocularist in the whole of the Midlands. He’s spent forty years perfecting his craft, and people travel from all over the world to be fitted with one of his handmade, acrylic prosthetic eyes. He is constantly striving to make his prosthetics as realistic as possible and is currently at the forefront of the development of an artificial dilating pupil which reacts to light...

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

The Nottingham Poetry Festival is well underway this week. Get stuck in...

Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show at Nottingham Poetry Festival

Stephen Thomas is a locally-based poet and rapper whose show Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show will be performed as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. We had a chat with him about his latest projects in preparation for this year’s festival...

Theatre Review: Tommy at Nottingham Playhouse

The Who’s rock opera benefits from extravagant production at Nottingham Playhouse…

Find Out What's Happening In Nottingham For Record Store Day 2017

Marking ten years of celebrating independent record stores, there's plenty going on this Saturday...

10 Events to get to for Nottingham Poetry Festival

After wiggling their toes in the water back in 2015, Nottingham Poetry Festival is back. Mixing it up with over fifty events, there are local poets of all genres, backgrounds and disciplines, as well as workshops to get wordy in, and plenty of chances for you to get on the mic and give it a go yersen. Plus they’ve got some national treasures popping down – in the form of Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the inimitable John Cooper Clarke, and the lyrical John Hegley. If you don’t think poetry is your thing, think again. If you’re already a fan... well, as you were.

Nottingham Poetry Festival: Wendy Cope

Known for her dry wit and keen eye for parody, Wendy Cope has been a staple of British poetry since her debut in the eighties. We caught up with Wendy ready for her appearance at this year’s poetry festival.

Rapper Scorzayzee on Gangsta Wraps, New EP Illa Scorz, and Nottingham Hip Hop

Rap’s Robin Hood is back with new EP Illa Scorz, and a ton of new merch designed by his eleven-year-old son to boot. We caught up with Scorzayzee for the lowdown on his latest release, plus the burning question of who’d win in a fight between the most famous fast food mascots…

A Brief History of World Snooker Championships in Nottingham

We take a dive into the geographical history of the World Snooker Championship, and dig up an old rivalry…

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

C'mon our kids, plenty to be gerrin on with...

Live Music Review: The Big Moon live at Rough Trade

The hotly tipped band made an in-store appearance at the Nottingham record store to promote the release of their debut album...

Live Music Review: Nathan Fake at Nottingham Contemporary

The electronic musician was touring in support of his latest album...

16 Bars to Slurp at for Nottingham Loves Cocktails Festival

Nottingham in Photos: April

The city's sickest snappers have been doing bits...

Wired Cafe Talk Coffee Culture in Nottingham

Set up by Très and Vanessa Gretton-Roche in 2014, Wired was right at the front of Nottingham’s coffee shop revolution. We got the lowdown on their success...

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...