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Book Reviews: April 2015

Mon 27 Apr 2015

With Eve Makis, Ben Cheetham, Kelly Vero, Ian Shipley, James Walker, Carol Swain, Aly Stoneman, Amanda Eleanor Tribble and more

Book Reviews: April 2015

Mon 27 Apr 2015

With Eve Makis, Ben Cheetham, Kelly Vero, Ian Shipley, James Walker, Carol Swain, Aly Stoneman, Amanda Eleanor Tribble and more

Music Reviews: April 2015

Thu 09 Apr 2015

With Juga-Naut, Antronhy, Babe Punch, Bowman Hull & The Instant Band, Duke01, Hot Box, Josh Kemp, Mixed Reactions, UJahm

Music Reviews: April 2015

Thu 09 Apr 2015

With Juga-Naut, Antronhy, Babe Punch, Bowman Hull & The Instant Band, Duke01, Hot Box, Josh Kemp, Mixed Reactions, UJahm

Art Works: Kirsty Black

Wed 08 Apr 2015

"I'll be stood in ASDA and see someone who looks like a Quentin Blake character from a Roald Dahl book, and I'll go home and draw them"

Art Works: Kirsty Black

Wed 08 Apr 2015

"I'll be stood in ASDA and see someone who looks like a Quentin Blake character from a Roald Dahl book, and I'll go home and draw them"

Street Tales: Exchange Walk

Mon 06 Apr 2015

Back in the day, there were big plans to make the route from Market Square to St Peter's Square a major thoroughfare for vehicles...

Music Reviews: March 2015

Tue 24 Mar 2015

With Cantaloupe, Antronhy, The Barnum Meserve, Baybo Squaybo, Huskies, Incinery, The Mithered, One Bomb, and OneGirlOneBoy

Street Tales: Narrow Marsh

Tue 10 Mar 2015

We delve a little deeper into the history of our city’s streets to give you the tales they’d never have taught you at school...

The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Wed 25 Feb 2015

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

The Complete History of Comedy (Abridged)

Wed 25 Feb 2015

Two Thousand Years of Comedy? Ha Ha!

Music Reviews: February 2015

Tue 10 Feb 2015

We write some words about Nottingham's finest noisemakers for your reading pleasure

Book Reviews: February 2015

Tue 10 Feb 2015

With Linda Hardy, Ian Douglas, Alan Gibbons, Steve Larder, Ed Nicholas Griffin and more

Street Tales: Long Row

Mon 02 Feb 2015

Years ago, the buildings on Long Row extended halfway over the marketplace and a young lad got a bit curious about the roof tiles

Music Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Tue 20 Jan 2015

With Lviv, Apalusa, Beth Frisby, Blue Vulture, Cecil Chamberlain, Ear Vings, Ivory Serfs, Jamie Moon, Karhide, Lois and Reckless

Book Reviews: December 2014 - January 2015

Fri 16 Jan 2015

With Kim Slater, Andrew Graves, Matt Haig, Al Needham, Rikki Marr, Jai Verna, and Andy Croft

Cycling in Nottingham: History of Raleigh Bikes

Thu 15 Jan 2015

You can hardly move in Nottingham, or anywhere else for that matter, for Raleigh bikes. Not the new ones, which aren’t sold by as many bike dealers as they once were, but second-hand and restored classic machines – from rare pre-war models to the ‘all steel’ bikes of the fifties and sixties, to fold-up twenties, to Choppers, Grifters, Activators and Team Banana racers of the eighties.

Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

Wed 10 Dec 2014

Stephen Godfroy, director and co-owner of Rough Trade, is credited with revitalising the company after joining a decade ago. Firstly he introduced the subscription-based ‘Album Club’ and then helped develop Rough Trade East, the company’s flagship store on trendier-than-thou Brick Lane. After setting up Rough Trade New York last October, the independent record store has opened its first UK store outside of London on Broad Street. He came to Nottingham for the store’s opening, so we nipped in for a chat…

Music Reviews: November 2014

Thu 20 Nov 2014

With Amber Run, Origin One, Separation Anxiety, Trekkah, The Madeline Rust, Rattle, Merrick's Trust, and The Wild Man of Europe

Untangling the Politics of Black Hair: Bea Udeh on Black Hair

Wed 19 Nov 2014

Nottingham’s art galleries are obsessed with hair at the moment, and why on earth not? From straight to frizzy, soft curls to tight spirals, black to blonde, short to long, our hair is shaped and styled as a way to express ourselves. With the upcoming discussion at New Art Exchange, Untangling the Politics of Black Hair, Nottingham Playhouse curator and Mouthy Poet Bea Udeh talks Afro hair...

Book Reviews: November 2014

Sat 15 Nov 2014

With The Esplanade, Celeste, Duke and Disorderly, Nottingham: From Old Photographs, and more

Interview: INJ Culbard

Thu 13 Nov 2014

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...

The History of the Malt Cross Nottingham

Thu 06 Nov 2014

After scooping a £1.38m grant from Heritage Lottery Funding this year, the Malt Cross closed its doors for four months to undergo a massive restoration. Now re-opened, it’s the largest Victorian music hall outside of London and one of only a fistful left in the country. As one of Nottingham’s most beautiful buildings, it’d be remiss not to have a dig in to its colourful history…