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"Perhaps the best compliment I can pay Ben-Hur would be to say that it wasn't bad enough to be funny"

Festival of Literature Lineup Announced

"The festival is themed around conversations exploring inclusivity, displacement, alienation and 'otherness'. It aims to make a direct impact on lives rather than just shift books"

Left Brian: September 2016

It's been an eventful month; lots of goals, selling Burke, buying the Lord and Fawaz keeping up his streak of talking to the fans like they’re idiots

Do You Know About Any Secret Nottingham Caves?

Nottingham City Council are looking for more caves to add to their database and they need your help

Threshold Studios' Barry Hale on By Our Own Efforts

"We don't want to see the official government films about Cuba, we want to hear directly from the Cuban people and learn what’s important for them"

Dizzy Ink Brexit Artwork Exhibition: Three Months On

Nottingham's Risograph specialists are whacking on an exhibition in Derby QUAD and it's set to be a corker

8 Things to Do In Nottingham This Week

From comedians to anti-war poetry, bats to garage nights. Nottingham is the city that never stops giving

Happy Dough Lucky Pizza to Open in Nottingham

We love pizza more than life itself. Good job then that there's a new place opening where we can fill up. But they need a leg up, so dab in

Louise Orwin on A Girl and A Gun at Nottingham Playhouse

Louise Orwin is gunning for the cinema establishment

The Endless Rage of DH Lawrence

Once again, DH Lawrence tells us what angers him about the modern world...

Live Music Review: Macmillan Fest 2016

Sat 10 Sep 2016

Raising money for Macmillan Cancer Support, the annual rock and mosh fest returned for another all-dayer of riffs and revelry

SciBar #27: The Inside Story of the Brain

Sat 10 Sep 2016

The event that sees all the clever clogs put their heads together to talk science... in the pub...

JD Taylor's Epic UK Political Cyclo-Safari

Sat 10 Sep 2016

"The idea to just go and cycle the entirety of Britain isn't a particularly common or obvious one"

Meriel Does Sports

Fri 09 Sep 2016

We sent our vlogger Meriel to the Forest Rec to play some sports...

Art Works: Vicky Price

Fri 09 Sep 2016

"Initially the image went through many screen-printed and hand-coloured editions onto a variety of surfaces until it became the final printed piece in a CMYK colour format"

MulletProof at Edinburgh Book Festival 2016

Thu 08 Sep 2016

"It resembles a refugee camp that’s been sponsored by Waitrose"

Overheard in Notts

Thu 08 Sep 2016

"You put your big boy pants on and take responsibility for your own salads"

Advertising Sectioned: Butlins: For Your Holiday (c.1954)

Thu 08 Sep 2016

"Say what you like about there being no Butlins anywhere near Nottingham, we all know that Skegness is closer to the heart of this city than, say, West Bridgford"

Scalarama Nottingham 2016

Wed 07 Sep 2016

The annual September celebration of cinema is back for another year. Here's a rundown of what the good filmic people of Nottingham are offering

Massive Trampoline Park Coming To Nottingham

Better get your bounce at the ready, as there's gonna be a huge trampoline park development in Bulwell

Film Review: Sausage Party

More animated fun. But not one for the kiddies.

Wakey Wakey 1: Nottingham's Oldest Teenager

"It's 5:30am and there's thumping bass coming from my front room. No, it's not student accommodation – it's my 53 year old father, Nottingham's oldest teenager"

Malt Cross Midlands Print Open 2016