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Interview: INJ Culbard

INJ Culbard has drawn Sherlock Holmes, the unknowable and unnameable horrors of HP Lovecraft, clockwork universes, medieval mercenaries battling horrors, animals fighting aliens, Japanese Oni demons on the rampage and a crime fighting Edwardian vampire. Intrigued, we sat down with him for a cuppa and a chat...

Interview: Origin One

After dominating this year’s summer line-ups, Origin One now possess a body of work with a bassweight to bust your tabs ten times over. With their reggae, dub and digi-dancehall vibes, they’ve become notorious in Nottingham for turning rooms wild. We caught up with Kevin Thompson, the bloke behind the beats…

Interview: Alan Davies

Some might know him from the telly as Stephen Fry’s sidekick on QI, some as the lovable magician-cum-detective Jonathan Creek, but Alan Davies is also a dab hand at stand-up and he’s rolling through town with his new show.....

Interview: Anthony Hopwood Nottingham's Bicycle Boom Box

Anthony Hopwood is a hard man to miss. Partly because he’s a tall, beefy bloke with long hair, a beard and baseball cap, but mostly because he rides around town on a bike with a massive sound system thumping out dub reggae at high decibel levels...

Interview: Trevor Bamford of Nightbreed

Trevor Bamford, the Darklord of Hoodtown lets us in on the subculture that was pushed to the sides but never evanesced...

Interview: Darts Commentator Dan Dawson

As well as having some up and coming darts players, one of the foremost voices of the sport is also from these here parts. We spoke to Dan Dawson, the man who does live commentary on the arrows for various media outlets including ITV...

Interview: Five and the Prophesy of Prana

Manga, hip-hop, and martial arts! We interview the men behind the crazy world of Five and the Prophecy of Prana

Interview: Darts Players Kyle Anderson and Aden Kirk

Football, cricket and ice hockey have all brought significant success to Nottingham over the years – but another sport that's increasingly putting our city on the map is darts. We met a couple of players based in the city who are starting to make a name for themselves in the world of arrows; Kyle Anderson, who has relocated here from his native Australia, and Aden Kirk, who is a 100% homegrown talent…

Interview: Chris Read

One of Notts’ best loved servants and county cricket’s most respected performers, Chris Read arrived at Trent Bridge seventeen years ago and has been club captain for the last seven of those. We caught up with the Outlaws’ talisman to reflect on his time here…

Interview: Jade Paterson of Ferox Clothing

Ferox is a one-woman cottage industry run from founder and maker Jade Paterson’s gaff in West Bridgford. We chatted about her love of cute animal-inspired prints, furs and hoods...

Interview: Will Self

He’s got a brain the size of a large planet and he’s in Nottingham for the Festival of Words. Get yer dictionaries out, people. It’s Mr Will Self.

Interview: Alex from Ideas on Paper

Despite the digital revolution, reading a magazine on a device is never quite as good as the real thing. It’s not all nostalgia - although yes, there is something wonderful about flicking through pages at leisure while getting a hit of the distinctive smell of ink and paper - physical print is actually easier to read. We spoke to Alex Smith, the man behind the independent magazine shop Ideas On Paper, about why print is here to stay...

Just The Tonic 20th Birthday Bash

We went to see a myriad of comedians for a celebration of a nurturing, grass roots laughter tank

Interview: Councillor Jon Collins

We put your questions to the leader of Nottingham City Council and here's what he had to say in response

Interview: Tom Godfrey

As one of the founders of Moot, Tom Godfrey waved goodbye to Nottingham four years ago to do his MA. He couldn’t stay away though and has come back and opened a new gallery, TG, in Primary. We spoke to him about his return and what the future holds...

Interview: Truth Clothing Co

Truth Clothing Co are your friendly local brand for the conscious thinker and dresser. We found out why they’re cut from a different cloth...

Darrell Martin Celebrates 20 Years of Just The Tonic

Just The Tonic founder Darrell Martin can boast giving the city a comedy scene worth shouting about and is due to celebrate twenty years in the comedy club game. But not before he gets back from running 120 shows a day for a whole month at the world’s biggest arts festival...

Just The Tonic Competition

Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit

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...

Interview: Gallery 47

Three years ago, a singer-songwriter called Jack Peachey – with the stage name of Gallery 47 – released his debut album, Fate is the Law, and looked set to be the city’s next breakthrough star. A health scare dented his momentum, but over the last eighteen months things have been going from strength to strength: label interest and a tour with Paul Weller have made 2014 a great year, and his second album, All Will Be Well, is released in September…

Interview: Shaun Derry

Born and bred in Nottingham, Shaun Derry cut his teeth at Notts County before setting off on a career that took in Sheffield United, QPR, Crystal Palace – a few times – and Leeds United. An aggressive, defensive midfielder in his day, he’s come home to sort out the Magpies as player-manager. We spent some time with him to see what his game plan is…

Interview: Stuart Pearce

Brought to the City Ground by Cloughie, Stuart Pearce played for Forest for twelve years, becoming their most capped international player and a stone cold cult favourite as he earned his ‘Psycho’ moniker. Ending his time here as a caretaker player-manager in 1997, he is now back as manager after proving his mettle with Manchester City, England under-21s and the 2012 Olympic Great Britain team. As the club prepares for an assault on promotion to the Premier League, we had a chat with the man himself…

Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli

Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...

Interview: Ross Noble

If you like your comedy a bit surreal and not at all structured, Ross Noble is your man. Not only is he currently on the box with a TV show controlled by Twitter, he’s about to tour the country with his new stand-up show, Tangentleman. With him gracing two Nottingham stages in the coming months, we thought it’d be rude not to have a chat...

Just The Tonic at Edinburgh Fringe

We followed round Nottingham's famous comedy club on their epic first week at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival