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A Fond Farewell to Framework's Record Store - The Music Exchange

Fri 18 Mar 2016

The time has come to get the hankies out as the little record shop with a massive heart closes its door. It's been great

The Music Exchange Is Closing Down

Fri 05 Feb 2016

The pioneering record shop that supported homeless and vulnerable people to turn their lives around is to close...

The Extraordinary Life of William Gunn

Tue 02 Feb 2016

"Billy Gunn put together an impressive CV for a man forced to practice his batting in the middle of the night because that was his only spare time from his job working in a shop"

New Art Exchange Exhibition: Sound Systems Back In Da Day

Mon 14 Dec 2015

Woofers, tweeters and cones are rife in the latest offering from the New Art Exchange

New Single Video Exclusive: Lowrie - Another Trip Around The Sun

Fri 27 Nov 2015

Frazer Lowrie has dropped his first name and has got a new single out in a week's time. You heard it here first Nottinghamite

Scenes From an Execution

Thu 29 Oct 2015

Painting a picture of the horrors of war, and art

Seas of Mirth - Esmerelda Exclusive

Fri 09 Oct 2015

Everyone's favourite anti-shanty squad have got a new EP incoming on I'm Not From London Records. You heard it here first. Hold tight, here we go

Street Tales: Exchange Walk

Mon 06 Apr 2015

Back in the day, there were big plans to make the route from Market Square to St Peter's Square a major thoroughfare for vehicles...

Exclusive: National Videogame Arcade

Thu 26 Mar 2015

First photos from Nottingham's new centre of videogame excellence with live action Micro Machines, a Minecraft room and a load of bananas

Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit

Mon 08 Sep 2014

Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion

Mon 12 May 2014

"We’ve remained true to who we are as a band. We’ve not caved in to fashion – or senility"

Since 1843: NTU 170 Years Exhibition

Tue 07 Jan 2014

NTU's School of Art and Design celebrates its 170th birthday and to mark the occasion they have invited back some of their most famous alumni to showcase their work in the Since 1843 exhibition…

Interview: Hetain Patel

Sun 01 Jul 2012

Since graduating from Nottingham Trent at the turn of the century, Hetain Patel – currently exhibiting at the New Art Exchange - has become one of the strongest voices in British art by drawing upon his Indian heritage, not to mention his own skin...

The Maze 15th Birthday Extravaganza in photos

Wed 09 May 2012

LeftLion and I'm Not from London last Saturday with Just James, Seas of Mirth, The Austin Francis Connection and 25 Past The Skank

The Music Exchange

Sat 21 Apr 2012

Our music editor has a word with Andrew Thompson, manager of The Music Exchange in West End Arcade...

LeftLion Music Exchange Takeover in photos

Sun 01 Apr 2012

LeftLion took over a record shop in town for a day and put on some of the best bands and acts from our local scene

Ben Judd - Songs of Innocence and Experience at Bonington Gallery

Wed 21 Mar 2012

A unique collection of documentary and short film pieces from the video artist and academic Ben Judd

Interview: Mark Kermode

Sun 07 Nov 2010

Mark Kermode is a legend to most movie lovers, a film reviewer that has never learned to bite his tongue or hold back on anything he thinks. A regular on British TV and radio for nearly two decades now, he’s just released his book, It's Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive and is now touring the country doing what he does best – talking to people about films…