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6 Things To Do For Bonfire Night This Year

Fancy torching an old English rebel? Want to see pretty explosions in the sky? Couldn't give a Fawkes about the formalities and just fancy a gig? Step this way...

9 Things To Do For Halloween in Nottingham This Year

There's loads of spooky stuff to be getting on with in the city over the next few days.

Wiglex Celebrate 10 Years of Partying Hard

"It's always been a safe space for all types of freaks and geeks to come and forget about any bother and dance"

Nottingham Independents Festival is Coming to Town

"A free fudge-eating session. An outdoor golf course. A Bare Minerals mini makeup session. And loads more"

The Nottingham Food War: Chains vs Independents

Most of us have had a dotteh Maccy's at midnight, but why should we choose Nottingham's independent food outlets rather than the chains?

Deerstock Festival is Back for its Fifth Year

We get the lowdown on this year's Deerstock Festival, coming to a field near you this July

4 Books Nominated for the East Midlands Book Award 2016

Includes a powerful poetry collection, a children's story that champions stories, the winning crime novel, and an emotional wallop from Tom Preston

Summer of Independents

These next few months see a celebration of all the businesses in Nottingham that keep diversity ticking around the clock

Easy Star All-Stars: 10 Years of Radiodread

Guitarist, arranger and producer Michael Goldwasser answers some of our questions ahead of the band's tour to celebrate their tribute to Radiohead's OK Computer album

Five Must See Acts at Dot To Dot Festival 2016

The multi-venue music-a-thon is just around the corner, and the army of up-and-coming bands and eager fans are ready to greet each other in over 30 venues across the city centre

What Nottingham Heads are Nominated for the 2016 South Bank Sky Arts Awards?

"This in't the first time figures of our humble city have been seen poking their nose around with the big boys"

Five Must See Acts at Handmade Festival 2016

We have picked over the line-up and highlighted the five performers we think you must go and see

ExLibris: Ten Years of Selling Books and Wearing Masks

"ExLibris follows in the tradition of maverick Victorian bibliophile Josiah Saithwaite, who rescued and distributed books very cheaply to poor workers in a mask"

Hong Kong Diaries 7: One Year Anniversary!

Kidnapped book publishers, crazy weather and a riot inspired by fishballs. Ben Zabulis reflects on his new life abroad.

Five Leaves Nominated for Independent Bookshop of the Year

“I’m quite prepared to be wrong, quite prepared to go bankrupt, quite prepared to have egg on my face, but I’d rather look silly and be wrong than not have a go”

Pick of New Year's Eve in Nottingham

If you've still not sorted how you're seeing in the New Year, don't worry - we've got you covered

Ten Years of Jumpers For Goalposts

Paying tribute to the night that Jake Bugg called his "worst gig ever"

Kickstarter: A Year On

You kindly parted with your hard-earned cash to see us go monthly. But where are we now, eh?

Scalarama 2015: Week Five

A rundown of the final days of Nottingham's contribution to the unofficial month of film

The History of Theatre Royal Nottingham

Celebrate with us as we take a look back at an iconic building that has been home to thespian, punter and memory a plenty...

Alan Kitching and Monotype: Celebrating Five Pioneers of the Poster

A legendary typographer is coming to town for an exhibition celebrating some of the world's most crucial scribblers

Precinct Seven Five

We review a documentary about a corrupt police precinct in eighties Brooklyn

Five Reasons You Should Go To Splendour 2015

The annual bash at Wayne Manor is now in its eighth year and shows no sign of slowing down

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