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Nusic Future Session: Issaka

One of Nottingham's finest up-and-comers did a music with the organisation championing the newbies. Here, Issaka performs Cruising and Easy...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Brotherhood

Meet Brotherhood, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Roe Green

Meet Roe Green, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

Three Years of Science in a Pub with SciBar

Nottingham SciBar celebrated its third birthday in April, so we’ve taken a look back at those three years of people talking about clever stuff in a pub...

Live Music Review: British Sea Power at Rough Trade

British Sea Power popped into Rough Trade for a quick in-store gig and signing session to celebrate the release of their new album, Let The Dancers Inherit The Party. 

Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham 2017: Hashtagobi

Meet Hashtagobi, one of the semi-finalists of Nusic's FSN 2017...

A Nottingham Football Coach in Micronesia: First Impressions

Nottingham-based football coach, Chris Smith, has landed in Micronesia. But what does he make of the islands?

Duffy’s Wit Meets Sampson’s Musical Mischief at Theatre Royal

Household name Carol Ann Duffy and court musician John Sampson come together in this blend of lyrical wit and musical madness. 

The 8 Judges for Nusic Future Sound of Nottingham 2017

Music industry experts and the public have decided the six finalists for the Future Sound of Nottingham, taking place on Sunday 7 May. Hashtagobi, Roe Green, Brotherhood, The DandyLions, One Giant Causeway and Kelsey Shaw will perform in a showcase of new, Notts music, hoping to be crowned the winner. The experts will form a score, alongside the points collected from the audience vote, and will send one of the acts to open the Splendour main stage...

Girl Power T-Shirt Launch and Networking Event

When you’re a small business, networking is everything. The Girl Power T-Shirt launch and networking event, hosted at Minor Oak Co-Working, celebrated this message while discussing one very important subject: the power of female business.

Lucy at Ten Fifty's First Birthday

TENFIFTY, an 18+ monthly club night event for people with a learning disability is celebrating it's first birthday. It gives people the chance to let their hair down and have a boogie in an environment that is safe, supportive and also super, super fun... 

High Stakes and Sportswear at Poetercize! the Poetry Game Show

Scores were settled and mischief was made at Rough Trade this Saint George's Day, but which of our contestants won the championship title in this zany gameshow? We sent LP Mills to the hottest sporting event in Nottingham to find out. 

Miner David Amos and Linguist Natalie Braber on Poetry in Pit Talk

If you don’t know your ‘elephant’s tab’ from your ‘Monday hammer’, fear not. Seventh generation miner David Amos and linguist Natalie Braber have all the gobbings you need to understand Pit Talk...

Big White Shed's Poetry Publisher Anne Holloway Answers Questions in Photos

Founder of the Big White Shed, a meeting place for creatives to seek advice and trade expertise, Anne Holloway has shown us the inner workings of her mind through the art of photography. This month, she’s rounding up some of her favourite poetic pals to perform as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. The likes of Chris McLoughlin, Trevor Wright and Hayley Green will be spraying similes and internal rhymes like nobody’s business over at Debbie Bryan for your viewing pleasure. Word.

Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show at Nottingham Poetry Festival

Stephen Thomas is a locally-based poet and rapper whose show Poetercize: The Poetry Game Show will be performed as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival. We had a chat with him about his latest projects in preparation for this year’s festival...

Theatre Review: Showstoppers

Improvised musical delivers laughter, la-la-las and some moments of inspired lunacy.

Quiet Riot: The Poets Who Do Not Talk, But Have Plenty To Say

Nottingham’s Maresa MacKeith is a poet, educator, and member of the Quiet Riot collective – a group of wordsmiths who are unique in their literary plight, in that each member communicates nonverbally. We visited Maresa to find out more about creating poetry by tapping on a letter board, what it feels like to have it voiced by a personal assistant through facilitated communication, and the Notts launch of the Quiet Riot anthology at Sobar…

Gav at Science in The Park

Our vlogger, Mr. Gav Squires got himself down to Science in The Park to learn all about tardigrades, invisibility, and other crazy things on the Earth...

Coffee Shop Blend and Roastery Stewarts of Trent Bridge on Sneinton Market

You might have noticed over the last year that Sneinton Market has been picked up, given a dusting down and had a whole lotta love sprinkled over it. It’s no longer the place that time forgot and is quickly filling up with many a creative endeavour. One of its newest residents is Blend, a coffee shop whose light, airy environment begs you to pop in, and Stewarts of Trent Bridge, a coffee roastery right next door. We spoke to the main men behind the business about what they’re up to…

Thrift Generation Are Reclaiming the Playboy Bunny

Madi Wallner is the woman behind independent clothing company, Thrift Generation. Having recently launched their brand new t-shirt design, and with their upcoming Girl Power Networking event, we had a natter to find out more,

Find Out What's Happening In Nottingham For Record Store Day 2017

Marking ten years of celebrating independent record stores, there's plenty going on this Saturday...

Competition for coffee lovers - big, big prizes

Notts Coach Takes Over World’s Worst International Football Team

Chris Smith, a Nottingham-based football coach, who has worked previously with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City, is picking up his passport this month to head to Micronesia, a country spread over 600 islands off the Western Pacific Ocean, to embark on one spectacular footballing journey...

Nusic Future Session: Super Furniture

The winners of the 2016 Future Sound of Nottingham competition got in the studio to perform L.A.A and Coloured In Smiles, and to chat to the Nusic crew...

Rapper Scorzayzee on Gangsta Wraps, New EP Illa Scorz, and Nottingham Hip Hop

Rap’s Robin Hood is back with new EP Illa Scorz, and a ton of new merch designed by his eleven-year-old son to boot. We caught up with Scorzayzee for the lowdown on his latest release, plus the burning question of who’d win in a fight between the most famous fast food mascots…