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In Photos: Ist Ist at The Bodega

Mon 17 Apr 2023

Ist Ist played their post-punk tunes to a sold-out Bodega...

Everything You Need to Know About Splendour Festival 2023

Wed 12 Apr 2023

Despite the current challenges facing pretty much everyone in the country bar the top 1%, DHP Family, and its stable in Nottingham, London and Bristol, continue to go from strength to strength - surviving the triple threat of the pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis, and pressures from major corporate organisations with extensive industry know-how. We catch up with head honcho George Akins to find out more and discuss the finer details of their annual blue ribboned event, Splendour Festival, fifteen years on from when it all began…

Beeston Film Festival Returns to The Arc Cinema With an Exciting International Line-up

Wed 12 Apr 2023

We hear from the event's organisers about everything from A Last Resort to Vicky McClure...

Barker Studios’ Dan Barker Chats Us Through New Short Film Beautiful Meadow

Tue 11 Apr 2023

Ahead of its proposed premiere at Broadway Cinema later this year, we hear all about psychological thriller Beautiful Meadows...

From Nottingham International Film Festival to Fan Favourites Amber Run, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week

Mon 10 Apr 2023

Film fans, music fans and fashion fans are all in for a treat...

Solarpunk Writer Alex Porter Imagines a Greener Future for Nottingham

Mon 10 Apr 2023

Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement which envisions a more sustainable, connected future. In this short story, Green Hood, Alex Porter takes us on a walk through Nottingham in the year 2123 where reforestation, urban farming, a circular economy and community energy production have helped humanity avoid climate collapse...

In Photos: The Ghost Inside and Senses Fail

Sat 08 Apr 2023

American metalcore band The Ghost Inside brought their UK tour to Rock City...

We Hear All About Global Wordsmiths, the Inclusive Community Project Empowering Their Writers

Sat 08 Apr 2023

Meet Victoria Villasenor and Nicci Robinson. In 2014, the couple first met at a literature event at Waterstones on Bridlesmith Gate. The two ended up connecting and went on to work on community projects together; they had a passion for mentoring authors in the beginning stages of their careers. They took these values and focused them on Global Wordsmiths - a community interest company Victoria established in 2012 that seeks to help writers realise their dreams. Our own writer (and creative behind Queer Notts) Jade Bramley sits down with Victoria and Nicci at the very same Waterstones where they met almost a decade prior, to discuss the work they do in the literature world and how they incorporate queer activism into it…

Selectors: James Fox

Fri 07 Apr 2023

In the next installment of this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's James Fox (aka Night Loving Music)...

Interview: Niki Harman

Fri 07 Apr 2023

We sat down with Nottingham Contemporary's film programmer Niki Harman to talk about their latest film noir season...

Everything You Need to Know About The Hundred Ahead of Its Return to Nottingham This Summer

Thu 06 Apr 2023

The exciting event is stopping by Trent Bridge this August. We run through all the details...

Exhibition Review: Journey of the Mind at New Art Exchange

Thu 06 Apr 2023

Journey of the Mind is the latest exhibition at New Art Exchange, in which artist Kanwar Singh presents a carefully curated collection of digital paintings and handmade drawings that explore the compassion of Sikh prophets in a world ruled by ego…

Gig Review: Inspiral Carpets at Rescue Rooms

Tue 04 Apr 2023

Nottingham was one of the first places outside of Manchester that Inspiral Carpets played, and they returned this month for a show at Rescue Rooms...

Interview: Lilac Grove

Sun 02 Apr 2023

Bassey caught up with Beeston-based, four-piece alt rock band, Lilac Grove…

The Thompsons on Nottingham Castle, Coffee and Emily Campbell

Fri 31 Mar 2023

The twins are back with some thoughts...

Bella Ramsey, Nottingham-Born Star of The Last of Us, Visits LeftLion to Chat Projects, Platforms and Perfecting Performances

Fri 31 Mar 2023

Cool. Calm. Composed. The LeftLion team were none of these things when Bella Ramsey, the Nottingham-born star of global HBO sensation The Last of Us, swung by the office recently. Yet all three of these words perfectly describe the nineteen-year-old, who chats openly about fame versus celebrity, taking on beloved characters, and choosing the right projects. Here’s what the super-talented Television Workshopper had to say during an hour-long interview in Sneinton Market…

Discover Remnants of the Ice Age at Lakeside Arts

Thu 30 Mar 2023

Creswell’s First Collectors is the latest display at the Museum of Archaeology at Lakeside Arts. Local archaeologist Ben Normington introduces this ‘collection’ of artefacts made by early humans who lived in the Creswell Crags gorge in Nottinghamshire during the Ice Age…