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The Monthly Gift Notts: Donate Sanitary Products for Homeless Women

Wed 08 Mar 2017

Periods. They absolutely, categorically suck. So imagine not being able to afford the very things that spare you some dignity. In the age of austerity, this has become a problem for many women, so local lass Paige Bromley decided to start an organisation that makes it dead easy to donate products for those in need...

The Dilettante Society on Suffragette Helen Watts

Wed 08 Mar 2017

"Votes for women will not be won by drawing-room chatter... it has got to be fought for in the market-places, and if we don't fight for it, no one else will"

Sound of the Lion #56

Sat 04 Mar 2017

With Underdark, Tom John Hall, Rosie Abbott, Mowbeck, Matt Blick, The Last Pedestrians, The Amber Herd, Kirk Spencer, and Sleaford Mods...

Street Tales: Castle Rock BC

Thu 02 Mar 2017

We delve a little deeper into the history of our city's streets to give you the tales they never would have taught you at school...

Five Leaves Shortlisted for Independent Bookshop of the Year

Wed 01 Mar 2017

Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham's radical and independent seller of paged goods, is on the shortlist for the regional round of the UK and Ireland Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, for the second year running. Gerrin.

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Wed 01 Mar 2017

Find out what's been going off around and about Nottingham city for the past month...

Film Review: Sing

Wed 01 Mar 2017

We give our thoughts on this talent show-themed animation.

Nottingham Secular Society Fracking Debate: INEOS Shale Vs Frackfree Nottinghamshire

Tue 28 Feb 2017

With the news that there might be fracking potentially starting in Sherwood Forest still fresh in the mind, Nottingham Secular Society hosted a debate on the subject. Garry Harwood, CEO of INEOS Shale, and Dennis May from Frackfree Nottinghamshire were invited to debate the motion, "This house believes that fracking is intrinsically safe and will be of great benefit to the country"

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle - Biomolecules in The Fossil Record: Sequencing Proteins in Amber

Tue 28 Feb 2017

The monthly science event stomps into the pub, causing ripples in all the pint glasses. This month, Dr Victoria McCoy from the University of Leicester comes to talk…

Nusic Future Session: Ashfields - Is it Alright Now?

Sat 25 Feb 2017

A new Nusic Future Session for your eyes and ears...

Nusic Future Session: Ashfields

Sat 25 Feb 2017

New Notts music from the purveyors of local sound...

Shakespeare's Rosalind Comes to Nottingham

Fri 24 Feb 2017

James Cousins has given Shakespeare's fearless heroine a makeover through contemporary dance...

Shakespeare's Rosalind Gets A Contemporary Makeover

Fri 24 Feb 2017

James Cousins is bringing Shakespeare's Rosalind to Hoodtown...

Theatre Review: The Machine Stops

Thu 23 Feb 2017

The tale of a dystopia where a single machine rules humanity - perhaps we'd better back off the iPods before it becomes a prophesy...

De La Soul Talk Crowdfunding Their Latest Release

Thu 23 Feb 2017

Since releasing their debut 3 Feet High And Rising in 1989, De La Soul have been hip hop pioneers. Eight albums and almost three decades later, they decided to forsake record labels and crowdfunded their latest release, and the Anonymous Nobody…, instead. We chatted to founder member Posdnuos about Kickstarter, guest vocalists and their upcoming Rock City gig…

Help Millie Lingerie Create Bras for Breast Cancer Survivors

Wed 22 Feb 2017

Specialising in creating bras for breast cancer survivors, the women behind Millie Lingerie are asking for your support with their upcoming Kickstarter campaign...

SciBar: Embryo Development and Animal Models

Mon 20 Feb 2017

The first SciBar of the year sees Dr Teri Evans speaking on embryo development and animal models...

Theatre Review: Second Hand Dance's Getting Dressed

Sat 18 Feb 2017

Half-term dressing-up with a splash of dance for a fine old time that makes you want to shake up your morning routine

Surface Gallery host NTU Photographers for Focus Exhibition

Sat 18 Feb 2017

Second-year photography students' exhibition at Sneinton gallery

Six By Seven Return to the Nottingham Stage

Fri 17 Feb 2017

In their early-noughties heyday, alt rockers Six By Seven toured Europe, played various festivals, chalked up five Peel Sessions, appeared on Later… with Jools Holland, and were invited by none other than David Bowie to perform at his curated Meltdown Festival. Following the 6 Music breakfast show playing Eat Junk Become Junk, and the resulting fan-led campaign to get it to Christmas number one in 2015, The Closer You Get lineup of the band are reforming for a couple of special shows in Nottingham and London. Chris Olley, Six By Seven’s leader since their inception in the mid-nineties, talks us through it all…