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Nottingham CAMRA's annual festival of beers, ales and ciders hit the castle once again and we sent our Debs there to drink all the ales she possibly could...

Sheila Rowbotham Talks Rebel Crossings for Nottingham Festival of Literature

In her latest book, Sheila Rowbotham outlines the interweaving lives of six figures who made Rebel Crossings across the Atlantic in search of new beginnings. This talk was part of Nottingham’s Festival of Literature...

Literature Review: Michael Summons Roberts and Alison Moore

Warming, passionate and inspiring. Michael Symmons Roberts and Alison Moore made the first night of the Festival of Literature go off with an explosion of everything that makes writers write and readers read.

Nottingham Music Hub Release Charity Single

Nottingham's school kids have been singing their little hearts out to raise money for charity...

Live Music Review: Whitney at The Bodega

When American indie/garage rock band Smith Westerns broke up in 2014, guitarist Max Kakacek and drummer Julien Ehrlich formed Whitney. Their debut album – a collection of beautiful west-coast, end-of-summer, washed-out colour seventies rock – was released earlier this year. Now, their UK tour brings them to a sold-out Bodega...

Comedy Review: Jerry Sadowitz - Warm-Up Man For The Apocalypse

Adrian Reynolds got down to the Nottingham Arts Theatre to catch controversial comedian, Jerry Sadowitz, do his thing...

The Diary of a Nottingham Man in Hong Kong

Nottingham’s best travelled writer, Ben Zabulis, discovers a culture so obsessed with reading they queue up overnight for the Hong Kong Book Festival…

Win the Chance to Meet Black Stone Cherry

We’re giving away a pair of tickets to meet and greet the American rockers, plus the opportunity to watch the show when they play in Nottingham later this month.

Line of Light Poetry Projections on Station Street

Thu 10 Nov 2016

We were drawn to the illuminated poetry at Station Street, celebrating our UNESCO City of Literature status...

Katie Half-Price Reviews George Monbiot's Latest Book

Thu 10 Nov 2016

Nottingham's orangest reviewer tells us what's up with How Did We Get into this Mess? Politics, Equality, Nature...

What's on the LeftLion Stereo? - November 2016

Thu 10 Nov 2016

With music videos from Scorzayzee, Brooders, Chroma Bay, Georgie, Shookz, The Mocking Jays, and The Hijinks...

German Board Game Designer Reiner Knizia Visited Ludorati Cafe

Wed 09 Nov 2016

He’s had over 600 games published, won several 'Game of the Year' awards, and has made some of the best-selling games of the last twenty years. Modern board games are all a bit different from playing Monopoly with your nan at Christmas, so when Reiner Knizia visited Ludorati, the board game café on Maid Marian Way, Gav Squires sat down with him to talk about all things board game...

A Bit of Magic with Stu and Friends Comes to Nottingham Comedy Festival

Mon 07 Nov 2016

Nottingham Arts Theatre is set to get taken over with a plethora of cabaret acts, all thanks to Stu Turner. As part of the Nottingham Comedy Festival, the magician and comedian from Surrey is sure to show the city a thing or two that’ll leave the gobs gaping, all alongside his mates. We chatted to the man himself ahead of the show...

SciBar at The Vat and Fiddle: A Naïve Person's View of Chemical (and Other) Measurement

Mon 07 Nov 2016

Dr Quentin Hanley from Nottingham Trent University joins us at October's SciBar…

How Comedian Josh Howie Spends A Day in Notts

Sat 05 Nov 2016

The international comedian tells us how he likes to kill time in our fair city before making with the funny in the evening…

Georgie Talks Columbia Records, Touring with Jake Bugg and Her Debut Single

Thu 03 Nov 2016

Mansfield-born singer-songwriter Georgie played a triumphant show at Rock City last Friday, supporting Jake Bugg on a night when fans celebrated two of the brightest talents to have emerged from Nottingham’s music industry in recent years. Alex Thorp spoke with her before the Leeds leg of the tour to talk about signing with Columbia Records, inspiring the next generation of musicians, and being able to give up her job at a Chinese takeaway…

Dystopian Future Movies at The Bodega in Photos

Thu 03 Nov 2016

We took some snaps of the gig...

Sleaford Mods' Rock City Gig in Photos

Thu 03 Nov 2016

A gobby chap and his beatmaking chum tore the roof off Rock City last night, and we were there to take a few snaps...

Theatre Review: Beauty and the Beast

Wed 02 Nov 2016

A rich gothic and deco themed take on the classic tale from Northern Ballet...

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson Talks New TCR EP and The UK Tour

Wed 02 Nov 2016

The frontman of the Nottingham duo got on the blower to tell us about what he's been up to lately...

Theatre Maker Paralysed by Guillain-Barré Syndrome Performs Getting Better Slowly

Adam Pownall thought he was done with dancing and playing football after he was paralysed through Guillain-Barré Syndrome in 2009, but after some intense recovery, he managed to literally get back on his feet. Now, he’s reliving the experience through his new performance piece Getting Better Slowly...

Street Tales: The Shepherd's Race

We delve a little deeper into the history of Nottingham's streets to tell you the tales they never would have taught you at school...

6 Nottingham Books to Curl Up with this November

If you don’t have time to read these books, visit Karlsruhe Friendship Bridge, Station Street, and read Jo Fairfax's selection of one-line poems for the Line of Light exhibition...

Holistic Community Therapies in Nottingham with Tiger Boe

Winter is coming. Aside from smouldering Jon Snows, we’ve got all the joys of shorter days and biting cold to look forward to. Honestly, the whole ordeal can get us a bit down in the dumps, and maybe it does you, too. But fear not. Holistic community therapy institute Tiger Boe has some alternative treatments at hand to help combat all kinds of health issues, both physical and mental. Get your SAD light out for a reading session as we unearth the story of the clinic...

Mobility Scooter Gangs Clash in Sam Maxfield's The Last Resort