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Theatre Review: The Full Monty

Thu 29 Sep 2016

We got down to the Theatre Royal to see a load of blokes take their kit off

Nottingham Pop All-Dayer 2016

Thu 29 Sep 2016

Returning to The Maze on 1 October for its tenth annual event, and it's a cornucopia of indie pop loveliness

The Underground Man

Thu 29 Sep 2016

Going underground at Welbeck Abbey

Documentary Journalism Film Screening

Wed 28 Sep 2016

Students from the Documentary Journalism NTU course screened their films at Broadway Cinema

Live Music Review: Church of the Cosmic Skull

Tue 27 Sep 2016

I was drawn to this gig by the mystery of the whole thing; who debuts at the Rescue Rooms on a Friday night?

England v Pakistan at Trent Bridge Cricket Ground

Wed 24 Aug 2016

"Will we see as thrilling an end to the game as when England hit a six off the final ball to claim a tie against Sri Lanka?"

Nottingham Voted England’s Official Home of Sport

Fri 23 Oct 2015

Callooh! Callay! VisitEngland have named Nottingham England's official Home of Sport thanks to all the fit folk in the city

This is England '90 Coming Soon

Fri 07 Aug 2015

Check the trailer for the critically acclaimed series with a heavy Nottingham presence. Yep, it's time to change your knickers

Daniel Hanson

Thu 11 Jun 2015

"It doesn't matter what you do in life, the most important thing is to make sure you're bloody good at it"

Interview with Daniel Hanson

Thu 11 Jun 2015

"It doesn't matter what you do in life, the most important thing is to make sure you're bloody good at it"

Future Session 86 - Dino Franchi

Sat 23 May 2015

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

Future Session 86 - Dino Franchi

Sat 23 May 2015

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

Lenton Flats from This Is England and Control Scheduled for Demolition

Wed 24 Sep 2014

Once a shining hope for the post-war housing crisis, and the backdrop for films such as This Is England, Control and Weekend, the Lenton Flats were slated for demolition three years ago. By late 2015 they will be but a memory. We look into why they outlasted similar housing projects and why the five tower blocks are the subject of Rubber Goat Films’ latest documentary.

Nusic #86,Nusic

Mon 01 Sep 2014

Pinch, punch, first of the month. Get your ears filled with some September tunes from Rebecca King, Gallery 47, Shelter Point and more

Interview: Derek Randall

Fri 30 Aug 2013

A whippet of a fielder and a fidgety, gifted batsman; Derek ‘Rags’ Randall was one of the best loved and most eccentric cricketers in the history of Nottinghamshire and England cricket.

Interview: Thomas Turgoose

Thu 28 Feb 2013

At the age of twelve Thomas Turgoose was living in Grimsby, smoking weed, drinking, stealing cars and getting in trouble with the law. Then he stumbled upon an audition for Shane Meadows’ This Is England in a youth centre and it changed his life forever. Now, about to turn 21, he has a clutch of international acting awards behind him, travels the world going to film festivals and is on first name terms with Johnny Depp and Michael Fassbender. What happened?

Interview: Kappa Gamma

Fri 07 Dec 2012

Picked up by Denizen Records, linked up with Dog Is Dead, championed by Dean Jackson and glommed onto the Radio One playlist, it’s been a very decent year for Kappa Gamma and their freewheeling dream-pop stylings. Time, then, to talk to Tom Towle and Max Starbuck of the band...

Interview: Alex Hales

Fri 04 May 2012

A new cricket season for Notts and a hugely important year for their twenty-three year-old batsman Alex Hales. He’s already made his mark in the first team, played Twenty20 for England and spent last winter in Bangladesh and Sri Lanka with the England Lions – essentially the national reserves team. Is he the future of the Outlaws and the national side?

Interview: Viv Anderson

Mon 18 Jul 2011

"People ask me to try and compare Brian with Fergie... it’s very, very close but I’d say that Cloughie just pips Sir Alex"

Interview: Vicky McClure on This Is England 86

Fri 22 Oct 2010

Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Vicky McClure (Lol) for a natter…