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Overheard in Notts

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Eels to Make a Triumphant Return to Notts

Prolific musician Mark Oliver Everett will make a triumphant return to Notts with his band Eels this August…

Young, Gifted and Focused: Meet Notts Mod Band SubCulture

At this month's sold out This Feeling gig night at The Chameleon, Simon Wooldridge caught up with SubCulture frontman Oli Orton, the Notts answer to The Jam...

Made in China: Notts Meets Ningbo

Nottingham is twinned with nine cities across the world including Karlsruhe (Germany), Ghent (Belgium) and Timişoara (Romania). We went to take a look at Ningbo, our twin city in China, a place you may only be aware of because of a bridge near the QMC, but one that definitely seems to know a lot about us…

Bad Gals From Notts: 8 Influential Women Who Helped Shape History

From writers and lawyers to suffragists and nurses, these eight women fought ruthlessly for social change and shaped history as we know it. Oh, and they all hail from our hometown, too...

Unwavering Post-Punks Spear of Destiny Head to Notts This Autumn

Now approaching his mid sixties, Kirk Brandon shows little sign of slowing down. An integral member of several bands – Theatre of Hate and Dead Men Walking amongst others – he brings the outfit he’s probably best known for, Spear of Destiny, to Rescue Rooms this September...

Notts to Host Festival of Skate Culture

Skateboarding will become an Olympic sport for the first time in Tokyo next summer.  Nottingham is one of the sport’s original homes in the UK, with a vibrant community and culture going back more than fifty years, including internationally known professionals such as Carl Shipman in the 1990s and now Alex Hallford, who is one of just five skaters nationwide to be supported to compete in global Olympic qualification events in the run-up to Tokyo.

School of Hard Notts: Gabriel Kidd – Butting Heads

Kidd is Nottingham’s very own GOAT (greatest of all time) a tough young grappler destined for the top. We caught “The Young Bull” fresh off the plane from a gruelling training camp at the legendary NJPW* dojo. Wearing his new battle scars proudly, Kidd pulled no punches in a forthright interview.

Notts Bloke Promotes Footie for Wellbeing

Mental health has been a topic which has gained considerable attention in the mainstream media over the past few years. Musicians to movie stars have raised awareness over the growing mental health problems that more and more people appear to be suffering from. Local Man Nathan Kenny is using his experience and the beautiful game to tackle the issue; Isaac Seelochan went along to a session to find out more.

LGBTQ+ Notts: Pride is Here

Caroline Barry has the lowdown on this year's pride...

NottsShop: July 2019

Ah sweet, sweet July. There's something about this month that still makes you think that you're breaking up for the summer even though summer holidays were quite a few years ago for most of us... But, however you're planning on spending the next thirty days or so, here are a few little rays of metaphorical sunshine that will hopefully match the actual sunshine that we'll get...right?

A Probation Officer in Notts

"I don’t want to lock everyone up when we can try and work with them, but equally we don’t want to create any more victims"

Overheard in Notts

We've been earwigging on your lot's conversations...

NottsShop: June 2019

June ain't exactly known for its fashion kudos and, given that the skies have recently been plotting our watery downfall, this month, we've gone rogue. There's a foodie-drinkie special comin' atcha... 

Community Group Friends of the Forest Have Been Protecting Notts' Green Spaces for Over Twenty Years

For the last twenty years, Friends of the Forest – a community group founded and led by June Perry – has been opposing the Forest Recreation Ground from being built on, defending our right to use the area to enjoy a picnic on a Saturday afternoon, or a kickaround on a Wednesday evening. In other words, for public recreation...

Left Lionesses: The Notts Players Repping England

England’s World Cup opener against Scotland kicks off at 5pm today and promises to be quite the showdown; but did you know that, not one, but two of the Lionesses hail from Notts? We find out more about Mary Earps and Jade Moore.

Louis Cypher on Notts Hip Hop, Mental Health, and His Second Solo EP

Nottingham hip hop staple Louis Cypher is set to launch his second solo EP, Cypher Sore Eyes, at The Maze this Friday. We sat down with the rapper in the Fox & Grapes to get a potted history of his music career, and to find out more on the new release…

LGBTQ+ Notts: Preparing for Pride

Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events, and also has the lowdown on this year's pride...

Snap Notts: Broadway Cinema

The latest Snap Notts sees our poet and photographer pairing catch a flick at Broadway...

Overheard in Notts

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month... 

Rebecca Adlington Prepares for Notts Triathlon

Following on from last year's success, the Accenture World Triathlon returns to Nottingham Saturday June 15th. On a choppy winters day a few months back, we caught up with participant and double Olympic swimming champion, Rebecca Adlington and Commonwealth Champion Triathlete, Jodie Stimpson, to get the low-down on this iconic event.  

The Thompson Brothers on Notts County, Game of Thrones and Craft Beer

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Notts Angel Continues Family Taekwon-Do Legacy

World Naked Bike Ride in Notts

Well, I don't know what you'd had planned for this weekend. But you know what they say: "sun's out, bun's out". If you want to that that to a whole new level (and anyone who knows me knows what a promoter of public nudity I indeed am) then why not grab your bike and shed your garms. It might sound mental, but I can assure you that there is more behind World Naked Bike Ride than meets the eye. I sat down with, David Lally, the man who brought the event to Nottingham to get the naked truth...

A baseball Fan in Notts: MLB Arrives in Blighty

With two of the biggest franchises in MLB history, the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, going head to head in the UK this summer, we've enlisted super fan Matt Pumfrey to keep you up to date on all things Notts Baseball.