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Man Alive! Readings from Man Booker Prize Shortlist at Lakeside Arts

Wed 11 Oct 2017

This October, the best and brightest of the literary world will be celebrated in this year's Man Booker Prize 2017. We decided to head on down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre for a reading from some of this year's shortlisted authors.

Artist Wolfgang Buttress Talks Nottingham's Capital of Culture Bid

Tue 10 Oct 2017

The brain behind The Hive installation at Kew Gardens explains how the 'cultural renaissance' in Nottingham will help us become European Capital of Culture 2023...

David Hone Talks Feathered Dinosaurs at Lakeside Arts

Tue 03 Oct 2017

As part of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition, David Hone joins us at Lakeside Arts to talk about whether T-Rex had feathers and to bust some myths started by Jurassic Park. Since our Gav is a mathematician, he put on his best Jeff Goldblum outfit to hear all about it

And Now, the Weather: Talking Art, Mystery and Oddity with Welcome to Night Vale’s Meg Bashwiner

Sun 01 Oct 2017

A podcasting staple for fans of weird fiction, Welcome to Night Vale has made an international name for itself since its debut in 2012. With its fourth live tour All Hail underway, we popped in to have a chat with performer and sentient patch of haze Meg Bashwiner to get her thoughts on the show, the state of the world, and her first time in Nottingham.

Art Works: Tracey Meek

Tue 26 Sep 2017

Artist Tracey Meek on her very cute Snow People...

Art Works: Chrissy Curtin

Sat 23 Sep 2017

The local artist on her creative process...

Michael Eaton Talks About Famous Nottingham Criminal Charlie Peace

Sat 23 Sep 2017

The notorious burglar and murderer Charlie Peace used to live right here in Nottingham. On the back of a successful play about Peace, Michael Eaton has written a book about him and comes to the Five Leaves bookshop to talk about how Peace was portrayed in various media.

The Artist Who Makes Famous Faces Out Of Cans

Wed 13 Sep 2017

Kelly Ann Holmes is a self-taught mixed media artist specialising in the use of recycled drinks cans. She’s a homegrown Nottingham gal, and draws inspiration from the vibrant scenes our city has to offer. She won the first Open Exhibition at THiNK in Cobden Chambers, and is gearing up for her first solo show, Wasted Talents and Glorious Tragedies: an exhibition in portraiture based on fame and glamour, touching on the topics of mental health and substance abuse...

The School of Artisan Food is Hogwarts for Bakers

Wed 13 Sep 2017

Long-forgotten baking techniques are seeing a new lease of life thanks to The School of Artisan Food, based up in North Nottinghamshire. The School is a not-for-profit organisation that teaches anyone, from the enthusiastic foodie to the professional baker, the art of artisan food production. After it was shortlisted for awards by the Great Food Club and the Great British Food Magazine, we popped over to the Welbeck Estate, eager to learn more about the movement that’s taking the culinary world by storm...

The Television Workshop Needs Your Help

Thu 07 Sep 2017

After being unceremoniously kicked out of their former Stoney Street home, in favour of luxury flats – gah – The Television Workshop are in desperate need of dollar to renovate their new space. After churning out talent like Vicky McClure, Bella Ramsey and Joe Dempsie, it’s now down to yow lot to keep the training ground for young actors alive. Well, at least without a flooded basement…

Art Works: Sarah Yates

Fri 25 Aug 2017

The artist on her illustration of the best burger joint in town...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Beautiful Baijiu

Mon 21 Aug 2017

Nottingham's own cultural attache to China James Kramer is back to preach the virtues of China's national drink baijiu. Bottoms up, youth!

Art Works: Shane Buckingham

Fri 18 Aug 2017

The local artist reveals how drawing is a welcome "side effect" of his brain injury...

Sarah Maple's Not My Cup of Tea at New Art Exchange

Fri 18 Aug 2017

We got down to Hyson Green to check out the latest art exhibition on offer...

Art Works: Sophie Johnson-Hill

Tue 15 Aug 2017

The illustrator and animator on the beauty of a child's imagination. N'aww...

Art Review: Kaleidoscope at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Gallery

Fri 11 Aug 2017

We got down to Highfields Park to check out all the colours going on behind the doors of Djanogly Art Gallery...

A Tattoo Artist in Notts

Wed 09 Aug 2017

Tattoo artist Gray Silva, of Netherfield-based parlour Rampant Ink, tells us how he got into inking, his inimitable style, and why you shouldn’t come to him if you’re after a cliched tattoo of a cloud in the shape of Bart Simpson’s bum…

Art Works: Anna Wheelhouse's The Fair at Stanley Road

Fri 04 Aug 2017

A local artist lets us in on her creative process...

Art Works: Tim Mayfield

Thu 27 Jul 2017

A few words from the artist behind this bleddy beautiful Koi...

Art Works: Alanna Chamberlain

Sat 22 Jul 2017

The feminist artist on her pin badge piece, Goddess of Growth...

The Jungle Book is Coming to Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 11 Jul 2017

In a collaboration between Nottingham Lakeside Arts and New Street Theatre, The Jungle Book is coming to town. True to the Kipling score, and definitely not Disney, the production has an awesome new musical makeup. We speak to director of the show Martin Berry about what to expect from the bogger...