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Rapper Alice Short on Hip Hop, Nottingham, and Doctor Who

Thu 15 Dec 2016

Rapper, poet, and Doctor Who fanatic Alice Short has been smashing Nottingham’s stages and scribbling like there’s no next year. With the blissfully bleak-yet-hopeful album These Small Towns Are Stranger Than Paradise barely under her belt, she’s got a sack of new tunes in the pipeline. We grabbed her for a chat…

Wolfgang Buttress Talks Making Music With Bees

Wed 14 Dec 2016

Originally designed to soundtrack Wolfgang Buttress’ beehive pavilion at the World Expo in Milan in 2015, One has since been released as a critically acclaimed album...

6 Places to Get Your Game on in Nottingham

Wed 14 Dec 2016

After hosting the annual GameCity festival for all these years, Nottingham has exploded with places to get your game on. Here, we offer up the list of places you can twiddle your thumbs...

Live Music Review: Primal Scream at Rock City

Tue 13 Dec 2016

The indie-rock stalwarts return to Nottingham in support of their most recent album, Chaosmosis...

The Woolly Tellers Talk Storytelling in Nottingham

Mon 12 Dec 2016

This December, Wollaton Hall is to be taken over by two men who’ve got sacks of tales, stashed. After making a name for themselves as a couple of the best storytellers about, The Woolly Tellers are bringing those magical Christmas bangers that leave gobs on floors and tears in peepers…

Live Music Review: Hollywood at The Lofthouse

Mon 12 Dec 2016

First ever show from new Notts band from members of Dick Venom, Practical Lovers and Captain Dangerous...

8 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Sun 11 Dec 2016

The weather might be fully freezing, but the Christmas party season is proper hotting up...

Nottingham in Photos: December 2016

Fri 09 Dec 2016

Some of the city's best photographers have been out there getting busy, making little photo babies...

Live Music Review: James at the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 08 Dec 2016

Rescheduled from May, the Manchester veterans make a triumphant return to the Nottingham stage...

Looking After Each Other in Nottingham

Wed 07 Dec 2016

2017 has given us a bit of a rough time. It feels like we’ve flopped off the cliff-edge of stability and are currently hurtling towards Earth at rapid speed, being pounded by flying debris as we go. It’s been pretty difficult to see the bright side at times, and well easy to wallow in puddles of doom and despair. But fear not; Nottingham City Council have a scheme – Looking After Each Other – that'll hopefully get us stepping in the right direction...

8 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Mon 05 Dec 2016

We're on the countdown to Christmas, and Notts is gearing up for a proper party...

What Does Nottingham Think to Christmas?

Thu 01 Dec 2016

We popped down to the Christmas Market to see how Christmas-y Nottingham is feeling. The answer? Well, have a watch...

Performance Poet Luke Wright is Coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 29 Nov 2016

Theatre maker and performance poet Luke Wright smashed the stage at Nottingham Poetry Festival last year. Now, he’s back to perform, at Djanogly Theatre at Nottingham Lakeside Arts, with What I Learned From Johnny Bevan. We put a few questions to the man himself ahead of the show…

Live Music Review: Sofar Sounds' Second Birthday at Mimm Store

Mon 28 Nov 2016

They set up initimate gigs all over the country, including in our humble city. We got down to see some fresh talent in one of our city's shopping centres...

Nottingham People's Assembly Discussion on The Mental Health Crisis

Mon 28 Nov 2016

Health in the 21st Century was the programmed topic of the evening at Rough Trade. Unfortunately Harry Leslie Smith, a speaker born before the introduction of the NHS, is unwell and can't make it and so the discussion moves from a general look at health in the 21st century to a more detailed look at the mental health crisis with two main speakers...

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Sun 27 Nov 2016

The countdown to Crimbo has begun, and Notts party season is gerrin' well under way...

Magician Todd Landman Brought Subversion To Nottingham

Thu 24 Nov 2016

A fusion of magic, social philosophy and jazz music that will make you think about more than just how he did the last trick...

Nottingham Christmas Market and New Ice Bar in Photos

Wed 23 Nov 2016

Get yersen down to Old Market Square to see the Winter Wonderland, with the ice rink, tree, delicious treats, and there's even an ice bar now. We took a few snaps just in case you can't be arsed with it.

The Paedophile-Hunting Vigilantes Who Came to Nottingham

Wed 23 Nov 2016

In 2016, 29-year-old Nottingham man Ricky Slade was confronted by a paedophile-hunting action group at Nottingham Train Station. He was later charged with three attempts to incite a child to engage in sexual activity and one attempt to meet a child for sexual activity, and died while in custody awaiting his sentence. The group who confronted him goes by the name The Hunted One. We spoke to one of their members about what they do.

Comedy Review: Reginald D Hunter Came to Nottingham

Mon 21 Nov 2016

Humour hits hardest when it's true, and Reginald D Hunter stands out even when he's not on top form

10 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Sun 20 Nov 2016

There's an absolute wealth of stuff cracking off over the city. Dig in...

Square One Talk Drum 'n' Bass in Nottingham

Thu 17 Nov 2016

After celebrating its second birthday last month at Rescue Rooms with The Upbeats, Tantrum Desire and GLXY; Square One has found its home in Nottingham and has been taking the city by storm. Month after month, the music promoters have been booking artists from labels likes Ram, Hospital, Viper, Spearhead, Critical Sound, Shogun Audio and plenty more in the drum 'n' bass world. It’s only getting bigger. We talked to the guys behind it all – Jake Springthorpe and Miles Waghorn – ahead of their next night this Friday.