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What Notts: News and Stories

All the interesting stuff what's been goo-ing off in the city for the past month or so

Nottingham in Photos: September 2016

Some proper snaps from around and about the city, by a few of Nottingham's best photographers

Church of the Cosmic Skull Answer Questions in Photos

"These harmonious folk not only want to help mankind to free themselves of material trappings and bring everyone together into a singular cosmic whole"

PubhD #30: Anti-Bacterial Resistance, Wetlands and Sustainable Chemistry

At each PubhD event, three researchers from any subject area explain their work to an audience in a pub in exchange for a drink or two. The talks are at a "pub level"

The Man Behind The Sneinton Dragon: Robert Stubley

I saw a dragon gate by Gaudi, in Barcelona, and I thought, "I'll have a go at making a dragon in my spare time."

Boomtown Fair 2016: The LeftLion Story

Festival, you say? Nay. Boomtown is no festival. It is the home to many a warped reality, to disparate wealth, and the revolution of original ravers

Music Video: Mannequin - Shark Eyes

Giving us a taster of the band's forthcoming Nobody's Listening EP

Russell Howard to Headline Nottingham Spiegeltent This October

Yep, you heard us right. The TV funnyman is coming to our humble Nottingham and he's headlining the Spiegeltent

Sound of the Lion #50

With Alice Short, Three Body Trio, Bud, Dirty Scroungin' Bastards, Rattle, Moscow Circus, Neil Ward, Ski, and Blaklava

Left Panther: 2016 - 17 Season Preview

We keep you up to date with the leavers, returners and new boys arriving at the National Ice Centre this coming season

Stacey Goes To The Waterfront Festival

Swathes of Nottingham bands gathered together to rock out on the canal, all in the name of charity. We got one of our vloggers down to document the event

Save The Last Dance For Me

A sweet, simple love story with an element of conflict, all surrounded by music and dance

Notts Singer To Feature On New Gorillaz Album

Alongside the likes of Damon Albarn, Snoop Dogg, De La Soul and Jean Michel-Jarre, a Notts singer songwriter is joining the cartoon troupe

Art Duo Instar Talk Interactive Sci-Art Exhibitions

"We create art for all ages that's an alternative to the tired and stuffy museum affairs we all grew up with"

Live Music Review: Rattle Album Launch at Nottingham Writers' Studio

A beat happening to mark the release of the drumming duo's debut LP

Motormouf Smashes Crowdfunder Target For Italy Beatbox Battle

The local emcee and beatboxer was left wondering how he was going to get himself to the Vocaloops beatbox battle, but Nottingham city came through in lending a hand

Nottingham: A Day in the Life - A Poem by Carol Savage

The Waterfront Festival Snapchat Review

Nottingham's charity festival reviewed in the medium of a well known phone app

Future Session 115 - Kxng Foreman

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

April Towers on their FIFA 16 Soundtrack Appearance

We'd literally just recorded it in a wardrobe – not an exaggeration – and we were left with all these people saying 'Can you play this gig?'

Music Video: Rattle - Stringer Bell

Watch their collaboration with Simon Parfrement, taken from the band's debut album

SciBar #26: Biotechnology in Solar Power

With the sun finally making an appearance over Nottingham, Dr Lars Jeuken comes to SciBar from the University of Leeds to talk about Biotechnology in Solar Power

Sheep Soup: The Invention of Acting Review

The latest offering from one of Nottingham's best loved theatre companies

Film Review: Star Trek Beyond

The third film in the rebooted franchise is in cinemas now

7 Arty Activities on Backlit Gallery's New Summer Programme

Get stuck in to loads of free activities at the Sneinton Market gallery. All the events are run by Backlit studio artists and you can drop in without having to book