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Small Theatre Groups of Nottingham

Sat 14 Jul 2012

From A (for Actors Workshop) to Z (for Zoo Indigo)

The Best Caves in Nottingham

Fri 06 Jul 2012

The best holes in town, according to Dr David Strange-Walker of the Nottingham Cave Survey

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...

Interview: David Strange-Walker of Nottingham Cave Survey

Tue 26 Jun 2012

Whether it was for living space, work, shelter or punishment, our ancestors were obsessed with going underground, with over five hundred caves dotted across the city. They’re all being catalogued by the Nottingham Caves Survey - and according to Project Leader David Strange-Walker, putting a sledgehammer through a pub door has
never been more educational...

Future Sound of Nottingham 2012 in photos

Mon 18 Jun 2012

Photos from the contest featuring Joe Danks, Tom Wardle, In The Northwood, Crash Jacket, The Species and eventual winners The Afterdark Movement

2nd Nottingham Zine Fair

Fri 18 May 2012

It's time to celebrate the world of glue, paper, scissors and pens on the 26 May

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning: The Musical

Fri 11 May 2012

Everything you fear it might be, that’s what it’s not...

Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical

Wed 09 May 2012

This May at the Playhouse, Alan Sillitoe’s definitive Nottingham novel gets the musical theatre treatment courtesy of local charity Musicworks, lyricist Catherine Spoors, and composer Stephen Williams…

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...

Interview: Fists

Fri 20 Apr 2012

The on-their-own-terms, no-compromise, if-you-want-something-done-properly-do-it-yourself attitude of Fists has made them one of the most respected bands in town. We asked James Findlay and Angi Fletcher why it took ‘em so long to play a gig, and in which decade we could expect an LP...

May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2012

Fri 06 Apr 2012

That new loan shark place sets up a stall outside, and hands out tuffehs and balloons with their logo on it to kiddies. Amazingly, no-one punches them

Interview: Dilk of Montana Shop

Thu 05 Apr 2012

Stephen Dilks - Dilk, to his friends, the global graffiti community, and huge chunks of wall around the city - celebrates ten years of running specialist shops in town and basically running our local street art scene.

Homeless Film Festival 2012

Mon 02 Apr 2012

This April sees the inaugural Homeless Film Festival, a nationwide turning of the spotlight back on to a problem that’s getting bigger and runs deeper, than ever before - and it’s all down to Notts and Manchester collective, Donkey Stone. We spoke to Jamie Rhodes about its aims and ambitions...

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

Final Cut Pros: Music Video Director Round Table Discussion

Thu 08 Mar 2012

When the cream of Nottingham’s music scene need their work immortalised on video, they talk to Tom Walsh, Michael Holyk and Junglewire. But only when we’ve finished talking to them for this special round table interview...

May Contain Notts: Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

Sat 25 Feb 2012

The usual morbid carousel of mouth-breathery, wrongness and rubbishy football teams

Ecoworks: Nottingham’s first permaculture organisation

Fri 17 Feb 2012

If they were any greener, Robin Hood would be wearing them. Part community project, part landscape design consultants, part catering service, part suppliers to Notts cafés and restaurants, 100% local produce champions, they’re on a mission to turn the entire city onto home-grown produce, as Business Development Manager John MacDonald points out….