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Street Tales: Thurland Street

The Victorians popularly referred to a mortgage as a 'stone monkey' and to have a stone monkey on one's back was considered to be an even greater burden.

Left Brian: 2016-17 Season Preview

Our columnist looks forward to the new season for Nottingham Forest with a little trepidation

9 Things to Do In Nottingham This Week

August is upon us, and by the looks of things, it's about to go off

Win Season Tickets for Contemporary's The Screen

Two pairs of season tickets up for grabs for the Europa, Mon Amour season of films showing throughout August

New Vegan Coffee Shop Folks and Fables Opens in Bingham

"Most of the products have been chosen for the work that they do for communities, whether it's locally or globally"

The Reprobate

We’re doing music, movies, books, arts etc., as well as disgraceful misbehaviour, deviant sexuality, general decadence...

Quiz: The Nottingham Art Scene

Do you know your Nottingham Contemporary from your Backlit? Your Smallkid from your Dilk? Your letterpress from your Risograph?

Film Review: Ghostbusters

This remake has certainly had a tough ride, even before its release - has it been treated unfairly?

Art Works: Pauline Woolley's Sunshine Photography

This combined photographic image of the sun moving across the sky, in both Spain and the Maldives, was created using a homemade pinhole camera and a 35mm camera

Live Music Review: Splendour Festival 2016

Nottingham Houses of Parliament Takeover

Nottingham in Photos: August 2016

The best snappers in the city have treated us to a selection of pictures delicious enough to make your belly rumble

Nottingham To Become UK Green Bus Capital

The government have done a 180 on our arses and given us some money to pump into a load of environmentally-friendly buses

Cyclists Move Car Off Main Road in Nottingham

Notts Critical Mass have been doing good deeds on BBC roundabout

Who Is Playing At Y Not Festival 2016?

It may be across the border, but there's plenty of Notts folk on the line-up this year

Theatre Company Sheep Soup Have a New Sketch Show

"Musical theatre is traditionally quite tits and teeth, so everyone has that preconception. What's so exciting about what we're doing is that it proves musical theatre can be natural"

The Hip Priests

"I put a comment saying 'I went to school with Sleaford Mods and they were wankers', because they were"

13 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

Building sandcastles, singing cats and chats about aliens. It's about to be an interesting week in Notts

Some Kind of Nature: Nottingham Clothing Label Takes Off

"I grew up in the eighties and nineties, so I was watching things like Night Rider and Street Hawk, I find that whole nostalgic vibe really cool"

Left Magpie: 2016-17 Season Preview

We run through the new signings, new manager and (hopefully) new era that's coming to Meadow Lane

10 Reasons to Go to Boomtown Fair

"From the deifying political campaign posters of Mayor Comrade Jose, to the books hanging from the trees in the Wandering Word, there are so many things to find if you keep your eyes wide open"

10 Greatest Sports Documentaries

Broadway screened the documentary on the legendary Rumble in the Jungle fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, we get listy

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Get blasted to the past with our Wayne's lowdown on an advert from Player's in the grand old time of 1955

5 Must See Acts At Splendour 2016

It's here again, the increasingly popular all-day festival at the famous Wollaton Park, and with its most impressive line-up yet, this year is set to be bigger than ever

The Spoken Word Poetry Explosion in Nottingham

"I have listened to poetry in a chintzy tea house and in a cave deep beneath the streets of Nottingham, from a dear old lady sharing her favourite Pam Ayres poem, to a punk screaming hatred and vitriol"