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Interview: Hetain Patel

Sun 01 Jul 2012

Since graduating from Nottingham Trent at the turn of the century, Hetain Patel – currently exhibiting at the New Art Exchange - has become one of the strongest voices in British art by drawing upon his Indian heritage, not to mention his own skin...

A Canadian at Goose Fair

Wed 05 Oct 2011

We dispatched our resident CanAlien Rob Cutforth off to Goose Fair, and told him not to come back without a slab of coconut ice, some brandy snap and an Elvis mirror...

A Canadian On British Tabloids

Tue 13 Sep 2011

"I don’t like to judge, but if you were a regular News of the World reader, you are a moron"

Interview: Headstock Festival's Mick Leivers

Wed 07 Sep 2011

Headstock is a three-day music festival that takes place at the Newstead & Annesley Country Park, but if you think it’s another opportunity to listen to landfill indie whilst being bombarded with mobile phone adverts, think again; this event is geared towards getting an ex-mining community back on its feet and turning it back into a self-sustainable community. Headstock MD Mick Leivers tells us about this prime example of Notts folk mekkin’ their own entertainment…

A Canadian At Your Barbeque

Thu 23 Jun 2011

"Leonard Cohen wouldn’t tolerate frigging squeaky cheese on his grill, I can tell you that"

Interview: The Nusic Team

Thu 16 Jun 2011

Mark Del used to fly the flag for the Nottingham music scene with Trent FM, but now him and his team - including Arielle Bosworth and Liz Riordan - have linked up with LeftLion to drop Nusic, help take the local scene to the next level and - maybe, just maybe - get your band on the main stage at Splendour...

Interview: Mick Newell

Thu 09 Jun 2011

Summer’s here, and Notts County Cricket Club is defending their County Champions title. A lot of the credit for that goes to Mick Newell, the Outlaws’ highly-regarded director of cricket, and a man who could well be doing the same job for England in time…

Preview: Americana International

Mon 06 Jun 2011

"I’ve been driving for fifty years – all sorts of cars, American and British – but the American cars are not like anything else you’ll see"

A Canadian on the Royal Wedding

Tue 26 Apr 2011

Rob Cutforth can’t wait for the royal event of the decade...

A Canadian on the Coalition

Thu 03 Feb 2011

Our resident CanAlien is not happy about the Cameron and Clegg coalition government...

A Canadian on New Year's Eve

Mon 27 Dec 2010

Rob braces himself for everyone’s favourite alcoholiday...

A Canadian on British craftsmanship

Fri 01 Oct 2010

Our Canadian in New Basford prepares for the winter months by returning to his favourite subject: appallingly cack-handed British craftsmanship

A Canadian on English Summertime

Mon 09 Aug 2010

Against all odds, we’ve actually had a proper summer this year. Our resident CanAlien pulls on his Bryan Adams t-shirt and a bum-bag and dares to venture outside, the batchy bogger…

The Gig Issue: Nottingham Music Scene

Tue 10 Nov 2009

The Notts music scene has never had it this good. Ever. But what do the city's promoters and label-owners think?

Interview: Alex Farquharson

Sat 07 Nov 2009

"Nottingham Contemporary will generate £1 million from day visits in our first season. So it’s an investment rather than a cost"

Independent theatre in Nottingham

Thu 01 Oct 2009

There’s far more to theatre in Notts than just the Playhouse, Theatre Royal, and AmDram productions involving middle-aged men running around with their trousers round their ankles...