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David Thomas Broughton Interview

The unique and beguiling musician talks living in Korea, awkwardness and what it's like to have a documentary made about you ahead of his forthcoming show at The Maze...

King of the Hill: Talking Strange Weather and Spooky Stories with Joe Hill

A descendant of horror fiction royalty, Joe Hill is a best-selling author of novels, short stories, comic books and graphic novels. His latest book, Strange Weather, brings together four stories of strangeness and surreality that are bound to chill to the bone. With an international book-tour underway, we caught up with him ahead of his appearance at Waterstones to chat about his influences, creative process, and the book itself.

David Hone Talks Feathered Dinosaurs at Lakeside Arts

As part of the Dinosaurs of China exhibition, David Hone joins us at Lakeside Arts to talk about whether T-Rex had feathers and to bust some myths started by Jurassic Park. Since our Gav is a mathematician, he put on his best Jeff Goldblum outfit to hear all about it

Filmmaker David Lilley Talks Crowdfunding for Socks & Robbers

David Lilley, the brains behind Broadway Cinema's bi-monthly Short Stack short film night, is looking to raise £5,000 through a Kickstarter campaign for his new film Socks & Robbers.  Our Screen Editor, Ash Carter, talked to him about the project...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: David Cook on The Research Behind Your Pint

Talk to some brewers and you may come away with the impression that making beer is a cross between art and alchemy. Fortunately, David Cook from the University of Nottingham is here to tell us all about The Research Behind Your Pint. 

Our Literature Editor James Walker Says Goodbye

So long, and thanks for all the fiction...

Miner David Amos and Linguist Natalie Braber on Poetry in Pit Talk

If you don’t know your ‘elephant’s tab’ from your ‘Monday hammer’, fear not. Seventh generation miner David Amos and linguist Natalie Braber have all the gobbings you need to understand Pit Talk...

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

Film Review: Doctor Strange

First they gave us a man in an iron suit, and then came a demi God, quickly followed by a soldier from World War 2.

Art Works: David Corbett

"The intention was to express the unpredictability, dynamism and spectacle of environmental protest, and to evoke the same moments of fluctuating harmony and chaos"

Sarah Walker-Smith on The Legend of Lady Rock

"I didn't want to create a straightforward, evil baddie who sticks his wife on a tidal rock - I wanted to make him human"

Kyary Pamyu Pamyu: The World's Strangest Pop Star

Japan's J-Pop sensation was in the UK recently as part of her ‘5ive Years A Monster’ tour

Interview: David Lilley talks Short Stack

We spoke to the man behind the regular short film screening event

What Notts: Strange News in Nottingham

We've been scouring the web to find out all the stuff going off in the ends

David Kershaw (5 Jan 1952 - 5 Aug 2015)

"He opened a flash mob by tap dancing down the steps of the Council House. This was a moment that many of his friends are choosing to remember him by."

UNESCO City of Literature: David Belbin

"I particularly want to see the bid used to boost literacy in the city"

UNESCO City of Literature: David Belbin

"I particularly want to see the bid used to boost literacy in the city"

In Focus: David Lilley

We got a local filmmaker to answer our questions in pictorial form

Interview: David Flint talks Sheer Filth

When it comes to low-budget eighties horror and ‘weirdiana’, writer David Flint is the man to go to. With a new book, Sheer Filth, just hitting the shelves, we spoke to him about his early fanzine days, getting arrested over possession of video nasties (twice), his campaign for Nottingham fetish clubs, and why they just don’t make porn like they used to...

Interview: Tindersticks

One of the three founding members lives in Prague, another in Antwerp, another in France, and they collectively left town over twenty years ago. Yet to many, Tindersticks are still seen as a Nottingham band. Ahead of the release of their tenth studio album, Across Six Leap Years, keyboardist Dave Boulter talks to us about the band’s roots, and about their recent re-invigoration of some old favourites...

Interview: David Almond

Master story-teller, Nottingham Trent lecturer and novelist David Almond has broadened the landscape of dreams with his latest book Mouse Bird Snake Wolf. And he’s not afraid to scare the kids…

The Best Caves in Nottingham

The best holes in town, according to Dr David Strange-Walker of the Nottingham Cave Survey

Interview: David Strange-Walker of Nottingham Cave Survey

Whether it was for living space, work, shelter or punishment, our ancestors were obsessed with going underground, with over five hundred caves dotted across the city. They’re all being catalogued by the Nottingham Caves Survey - and according to Project Leader David Strange-Walker, putting a sledgehammer through a pub door has
never been more educational...

A Canadian on the British Government

"Privatising the police force. How do you even do that? Adorn police stab vests with 888.com patches, like him off the snooker?"

ArtWorks: The Time Freeze Fan Club

"The fact that we somewhat resemble the original cast is only due to the impact this show had on our lives"