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The Interview

Tue 03 Feb 2015

Rogen and Franco plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in this 'comedy'

The Interview

Tue 03 Feb 2015

Rogen and Franco plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in this 'comedy'

Interview: The Dilettante Society

Wed 28 Jan 2015

Ever seen a pretty gazette knocking around the flier section in the pub? We exchange pleasantries with Lady M and F Dashwood, the two lovely ladies behind it...

One Man, Two Guv'nors

Wed 28 Jan 2015

The National Theatre serve up a slapstick gag fest of one minder caught between two dodgy guvnors

One Man, Two Guv'nors

Wed 28 Jan 2015

The National Theatre serve up a slapstick gag fest of one minder caught between two dodgy guvnors

Mannequin - 1708

Sat 24 Jan 2015

Watch the band performing at Sneinton's Stuck On A Name in December last year

Mannequin - 1708

Sat 24 Jan 2015

Watch the band performing at Sneinton's Stuck On A Name in December last year

Future Session 77 - Mannequin

Sat 17 Jan 2015

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

Future Session 77 - Mannequin

Sat 17 Jan 2015

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

City Arts Move From Radford Into City Centre

Mon 12 Jan 2015

The newest face in town is City Arts. Parked next door to the Writers’ Studio on the border of Sneinton, the new office and creative space is the most centrally located in the organisation’s nearly forty-year history…

Interview: Amber Run

Tue 06 Jan 2015

The University of Nottingham-formed band Amber Run have been one of the city’s rising stars in recent months, releasing two strong EPs this year as well as touring, writing, and recording their debut album. Joe Keogh and Will Jones took time out of their busy schedule to tell us about their new music, performing, and baking...

Interview: Laughing Matters

Fri 02 Jan 2015

Taking the old adage that laughter is the best medicine, Kirstie MacDonald and Mark Christian set up Laughing Matters, a social enterprise project that aims to help people who’re having a hard time by getting them to learn a few tricks from the people who make a crust from chuckles…

Interview: Machine-free Tattooist Boff Konkerz

Thu 01 Jan 2015

"I didn't get into it with the idea that it would be a good way to tattoo, I started tattooing like that and then I worked out why it was a good way"

Interview: Joe Buhdha

Tue 16 Dec 2014

Producer, promoter, label boss, rapper, DJ, lecturer, Joe Buhdha has held down just about every job in hip-hop, bar leather trackies inventor. As Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’s first release hits stereos, he told us about how it all started, and why he’s got no plans to let up anytime soon…

Interview: Ian Douglas

Mon 15 Dec 2014

"The children's book industry looks down its nose on the digital world and is stuck in the past"

Interview: Bob Robinson

Thu 11 Dec 2014

Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.

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…

Interview: Owl Man Frank Shelton

Tue 09 Dec 2014

You might have seen Frank Shelton walking around town with a majestic bird and cute little hound but, like us, probably refer to him as his more sophisticated alias – Owl Man. We grabbed a cuppa with him at the Malt Cross, along with his dog Lucy and barn owl Kim…

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

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...

Interview: Origin One

Tue 11 Nov 2014

After dominating this year’s summer line-ups, Origin One now possess a body of work with a bassweight to bust your tabs ten times over. With their reggae, dub and digi-dancehall vibes, they’ve become notorious in Nottingham for turning rooms wild. We caught up with Kevin Thompson, the bloke behind the beats…