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Flood Plains Modelling with Ian Bartlett

As the days get darker and the nights get colder, the rain is sure to fall, which in some parts of the country may mean the misery of flooding. One local man, Ian Bartlett, has been creating models to help communities understand how to prevent flooding in the first place...

Nusic Podcast #169 with Katie Cooper, Amulet, Joey Costello, Truhvas and more...

Noshingham: Murat International Food Centre

We’ve seen bread served in flat caps and we’ve heard of bowls of American cereal sold for £5 on Brick Lane, but Murat dwarfs them all for hipster pomp: no menu, no waiters. Hell, there aren’t even any tables. But you can definitely get a good bit of scran for your buck.

Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018 is Coming

Clear out your lungs and get your pathos out, the third Nottingham Poetry Festival is gearing up to be a corker...

Ten Things I’ve Missed About Nottingham

Fresh from a six-year stint in China, our James has missed a fair few home comforts...

Being Human Festival 2017: Switchboard III

This Short Sweet Life: Interview With Huw Costin

The Torn Sail frontman discusses the band's debut album...

26 Nottingham Independents to Buy Creative Christmas Gifts From This Year

It’s easy to get bogged down in the conveyor belt of tax-dodging chain shops in the UK. You know the story: it’s a few days before Crimbo and you’re wading through the Market Square gaggles, with oodles of ornamental cats and willy-shaped salt shakers spilling out of your arms. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there duck.

This year, you can pack in the panic buys and consult our handy guide to the best independent makers, doers and sellers in Nottingham. That’s right, we’ve rounded up some of the top creative establishments in the city, and have highlighted a few of their top buys to stuff in yer nan’s stocking. Argos? Do one.

Interview: Helier Bissell-Thomas

We caught up with filmmaker Bissell-Thomas, whose debut feature Kaufman's Game, shot when he was just 20 years old, screens at The Savoy on December 4th

Rumours of a Rave: Interview with Fleetmac Wood

Since 2012 Roxanne Roll and Smooth Sailing have been celebrating the music of Fleetwood Mac by hosting parties using a curated and created assortment of remixes and edits. To celebrate 40 years of the legendary album Rumours, the husband and wife DJing duo bring their Rumours Rave to Rescue Rooms on Friday 24 November. We put some questions to Roxanne Roll to find out more...

John Maslen: Interview with the Nottingham Guitarist

The veteran musician discusses growing up in 1960s Nottingham, playing Peel Sessions with Gaffa, and making his first ever solo album...

Georgina Wilding is Nottingham's First Young Poet Laureate

Georgina Wilding was announced as Nottingham’s first Young Poet Laureate on National Poetry Day. A rising star on the literature scene, Georgina is the founder of independent publishing house, Mud Press, and has written for radio and TV, most recently performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. A staunch believer in the power of poetry to change lives, between now and February 2019 she’s going to be promoting Nottingham worldwide through words, and getting as many people involved as she can...

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...

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Three at The Irish Centre

Day three of the Blast Off Festival unleashed the big guns - The Courettes, Hangee V, Muck & The Mires and The Pretty Things.

Peter Daltrey Talks Making Music

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Two at The Irish Centre

The second day of the Blast Off Festival saw it move across town to The Irish Centre. Gav followed them to check out Thee Eviltones, The Fuzillis and Kaleidoscope...

Interview: Jack Delaney - Simply Thrilled

Nottingham-based production team Simply Thrilled are offering any company with charitable status a free stand-out live-action promo film of up to 90 seconds...

A Second Home in Nottingham: Stories of Immigration to Hoodtown

What’s life like for immigrants Nottingham? Caroline Barry asked a load of Notts residents to tell of their relocation tales...

Frank McMahon from DIY Poets Answers our Questions in Photos

DIY Poets have been running things on the Nottingham poetry scene for yonks. They meet on the first Wednesday of every month at 8pm, upstairs in Broadway Cinema, to share work and plan for future events. We got leader of the poetry pack, Frank McMahon, to answer a few questions in photographic form…

Adam Peter Smith Talks Being a Musician in Nottingham

Active on the local music scene for a while now, we put some questions to the rootsy singer-songwriter as he releases his latest EP...

Gone Feral: Punk and Poetry at Low-Light Magazine launch

Who doesn't love a bit of punk? Hi-Vis are back with their DIY dazzlers, and we went down to the Chameleon to see what they had to say for themselves. 

LeftLion Stereo with I Am Lono, Jah Digga, Indiana, Young T & Bugsey and more

Here's what our Music Editor reckons to the latest singles to come out of Hoodtown...

Tragedy, Trauma and Transition: Lina Mookerjee on India’s 70th Anniversary of Independence

Local author Lina Mookerjee offers her own personal and professional perspectives on the seventieth anniversary of India’s independence…

Instar: Nottingham's Sci-Art Collective

Instar’s Trish and Nic are two properly dedicated and focused creative clever clogs with a passion for uncovering the art in science and the science in art. We sat down to find out the hows and whys of what they get up to...

Hollywood Talk About Their Debut EP

To celebrate the release of their first EP, No More Will I Adore You, we sat down with the band Hollywood before their recent gig at the Jam Café to talk supergroups, band names and electric keyboard DIY.