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Street Tales: The Stone Man... A Nottingham Knight

Sat 06 May 2017

The history lessons you'd never have got at school...

I Keep My Antidepressants in a Batman-Shaped Pez Dispenser

Thu 04 May 2017

Abigail Fish reckons comedy and a sense of humour is a pretty good healer. We tend to agree. Here she is to tell us all exactly why laughing matters...

DJ Format and Abdominal Interview

Mon 01 May 2017

Fourteen years ago, the rapper and DJ were guilty of Ill Culinary Behaviour on Format's debut album, Music For The Mature B-Boy. After years of featuring on each other's solo albums, they're now back with a full album made together called Still Hungry. Before their gig at Rescue Rooms on 11 May we sat down with Abdominal and Format to chew the fat...

Live Music Review: Rag'n'Bone Man at Rock City

Sat 29 Apr 2017

Human singer wows the Nottingham massive...

The Man Who Makes Artificial Eyes

Fri 28 Apr 2017

Ever wondered how artificial eyes are made? Nope? We didn't either until we met John Pacey-Lowrie and he showed us all this cool stuff...

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Thu 13 Apr 2017

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...

Michael Rother Interview

Wed 12 Apr 2017

The legendary German musician on Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia, Bowie and Brexit…

Manchester Band The Slow Readers Club Play The Bodega and Dot To Dot Festival

Thu 30 Mar 2017

The Manchester band have just been announced for this year's Dot To Dot Festival and play The Bodega this Thursday...

Nusic Advice Guide: Getting a Manager

Thu 16 Mar 2017

The second video in a series of helpful advice guides from our pals over at Nusic, who want to see you do well in the music industry. In this vid, you can find out about whether or not it's appropriate to get a manager, and the steps you need to take to make it happen...

A Fortunate Man: Creative Callout from New Perspectives

Mon 06 Mar 2017

Calling all creatives. Be you a wizard with the visual – anything from photography, painting or film – or a pretty slick writer, deviser or performer, New Perspectives theatre company are calling you to join them.

Josefin Öhrn & The Liberation Interview and Exclusive Playlist

Tue 21 Feb 2017

Josefin and Fred from the band have answered a few questions for us and curated a selection of songs to get us in the mood for their show on Friday at Nottingham Contemporary...

Film Review: Manchester by the Sea

Wed 01 Feb 2017

Kenneth Lonergan directs his third feature film Manchester by the Sea, in which Casey Affleck stars as Lee Chandler, a melancholy handy man who makes a living by fixing taps, boilers, and doors

The Man Who Knows The Ropes

Thu 26 Jan 2017

Stewart Coates took over his family's rope and twine making business 55 years ago - the fourth generation to work at the firm. He shares his thoughts on its' impending closure after over 150 years.

Quiz: How many of Nottingham's famous faces can you recognise?

Wed 21 Dec 2016

Nottingham is full to the brim with recognisable faces. Put yourself to the test and see how many you know...

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man - David Baird's Photography Exhibition on Paralympian Richard Whitehead

Tue 06 Dec 2016

The Endless Rage of DH Lawrence: Mannequin Shenanigans

Mon 05 Dec 2016

The mardiest poet ever to exist is laying into social media trends, this month...

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man

Tue 29 Nov 2016

Photographer David Baird has launched an exhibition at Sneinton Market following the progress of Paralympian legend Richard Whitehead. We got them both together for a chat about it...

An Interview with Glaswegian Band Civic Pride

Mon 28 Nov 2016

A Glaswegian band forming more and more links to Nottingham

Manière des Bohémiens at Hockley Hustle 2016

Mon 21 Nov 2016

Nottingham gypsy jazz favourites Manière des Bohémiens play their song Latcho Drom on the LeftLion stage at Broadway Cinema, as part of the Hockley Hustle 2016 festival...

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

Mon 14 Nov 2016

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

Mon 14 Nov 2016

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