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Interview with American Punk Band Priests Ahead of their Show at The Maze

Touring in support of their latest album, Nothing Feels Natural, the Washington, DC-based band return to Nottingham for the first time since 2015 and have plenty of love for Babe Punch and Sleaford Mods...

Infinite Bisous on His New Album Ahead of Nottingham Show

The brainchild of Loughborough-born, Paris-based artist Rory McCarthy who for many years has been playing guitar/bass/synth/percussion on record and live for kindred spirits including Connan Mockasin, Mac DeMarco, Beck, Charlotte Gainsbourg and Metronomy.

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

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. 

Left Magpie: Notts County News & Updates

The 'pies flew to the top of League Two as Jorge Grant continued his excellent form. Here's what our Colin made of it all

Rory Coleman is the OG Marathon Man

We can all be guilty of overindulging and being less active than we should be. After all, a post-work pub trip on a sunny Friday afternoon sounds infinitely better than hammering away on a treadmill with the lycra-clad gang, or traipsing down a canal towpath while a robotic voice on an app barks sarcastic-sounding encouragement at you, doesn’t it? Well, not for our Rory Coleman...

Theatre Interview: Zoo Indigo

The Playhouse presents a week of local, home grown Nottingham theatre this October during their Playground festival. Here's a peek into the minds behind one of the new shows, Celluloid Souls.

The Madeline Rust Talk Serial Killers And Their New Album

The band discuss the gruesome influence behind 21 Girls...

Interview: Lace Market Media

Lace Market Media have followed up their documentary about The Cockle Man with another well-known Nottingham legend, Annie from Annie's Burger Shack.  We caught up with them to see what's what...

Interview: My Pure Land director Sam Masud

We caught up with Sarmad Masud (Sam to his friends) ahead of the release of his debut feature, My Pure Land at Broadway Cinema

Catching up with former Future Sound of Nottingham winners Super Furniture

Young indie rockers on being in a band and plans for the future...

Interview: Patti Cake$ director Geremy Jasper

We caught up with director Geremy Jasper to talk about his new project, Patti Cake$

The Nottingham Creatives Bringing the NHS to the Stage

Fifty years ago, John Berger and Jean Mohr brought the world of a rural medical professional into the spotlight with the book A Fortunate Man: The Story of a Country Doctor. Now, theatre-maker Michael Pinchbeck and photographer Julian Hughes have been developing a creative project based on the book. Working with New Perspectives theatre company, alongside a team of writers and visual artists, the pair have been taking another look at doctors, exploring just how much the NHS has changed over the years through their new theatre production A Fortunate Man...

The Gorgons Talk Making Music

Dance Theatre Piece Layer Three Grapples with Humanity at Nottingham Contemporary

Kim Bormann recently wowed audiences with her choreography and performance in Layer Three at the Nottingham Contemporary. Staged by Naplew Productions, Layer Three used movement and music to explore how it is we become truly human. We had a chat with Kim about how her choreography evolves, her dabble in the world of acting, and what, for her, it really means to be human...

The Man Who Makes Canal Boats

When I picture myself retiring, I imagine an armchair, a cuppa, and Countdown on the telly box. Maybe I’ll have a hobby: card making or gardening; nothing too strenuous. What I definitely don’t expect to do is start a business making narrow boats. But that’s exactly what James Blackburn has decided to do in his twilight years. Yep, he’s decided to make two of ‘em a year. Just because...

The Man Who Makes Boats

When you picture yourself retiring, you probably imagine an armchair, a cuppa, and Countdown on the telly box. Maybe you'll have a hobby: card making or gardening; nothing too strenuous. James Blackburn however, started a business making canal boats. Yep, he’s decided to make two of ‘em a year. Just because...

Film Review: Spider-Man Homecoming

Hannah Parker reviews the newest addition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe...

Interview: Next Door Dance

There's bleddy loads to love about making a home in Notts, and dance troupe Next Door Dance agree: their new piece Home asks peeps what a Notts home means to them...

Blues Singer Louis Antoniou Discusses His Latest Single And Playing In Nottingham

Watch the music video for the song I Don't Want No More Woes...

Neil Fulwood talks about the making of his debut poetry collection, No Avoiding It

“The poems are entirely personal expressions. There’s nothing owed, no debt to anybody else’s artistic legacy”

From Lithuania to Lenton: Stephan Collishaw talks fiction, education, and travel

Author, publisher, teacher and family man Stephan Collishaw has made a name for himself with his Lithuanian lit publishing press Noir, and his own thriller writing. We had him in for a chat about books, Lithuania and Nottingham with the editor of the NottsLit blog.

Die-hard Forest Fans on Evangelos Marinakis

What do some of Nottingham Forest's most dedicated fans think of the new management?

Interview with Twin Kidd ahead of their appearance at Dot To Dot Festival

We put some questions to the electro-pop three-piece who will be playing two sets on Sunday...

Interview: Thibault Delferiere

How one artist makes his unique body into art.