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Celebrating Catterntide is Showcasing Our City's Rich Lace History

Tue 19 Nov 2019

Nottingham has a huge history, and lace weaves into a big part of that...

Meet Black Friends, Our City's New Creative Platform

Tue 22 Oct 2019

A cosy nook at Malt Cross on a wet Friday morning was the perfect setting to catch up with James Denham for insights into his up and coming project, Black Friends...

Object Walk: Martin Sommerville from By Our Hands We Make Our Way

Sun 21 Jul 2019

In a new regular feature, we’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present.

We're Making Our Regular Feature Blather Into a Short Film Series

Sat 22 Jun 2019

If you’re a fan of Blather – our regular feature from writer Adrian Reynolds and illustrator Corrina Rothwell, found in its usual home in page 8 – we’ve got some good news for you...

All Spent For Lent: Why our Fashion Editor Is Giving Up Shopping

Tue 05 Mar 2019

A Fashion Editor giving up shopping? Yer what?

Tentacles is a Creative Collective for Disabled and D/deaf Writers in Nottingham

Sun 20 Jan 2019

Tentacles takes place at Nottingham Playhouse on Wednesday 30 January, 5pm.

Live Music Review: Broken Witt Rebels at Rescue Rooms

Thu 10 Jan 2019

We went to Rescue Rooms to check out Broken Witt Rebels and Reef at Rescue Rooms...

Broken Witt Rebels Talk Recording Albums and Gigging in Nottingham

Thu 10 Jan 2019

We spoke to Brummie band Broken Witt Rebels about making music and gigging in Nottingham...

Art Works: Woodworker Martin Sommerville at By Our Hands We Make Our Way

Sun 25 Nov 2018

Martin Sommerville talks to us abaht his wooden puppet, Hobo...

Hoodwinked Trail: Farewell to the Flock and The Grand Auction

Fri 12 Oct 2018

As you might have noticed, the city was recently taken over by a load of robin statues that made up the interactive trail, Hoodwinked. The project was born to raise money for Nottinghamshire Hospice, and there’s going to be an auction for the 33 robins at St. Mary’s Church on Thursday 18 October, at 6.45pm. We got down to the Farewell to the Flock event at the Hospice and took a few snaps...

Our Nottingham Things

Thu 04 Oct 2018

To celebrate National Poetry Day 2018 we are delighted to launch this poem, written by Bridie Squires and Georgina Wilding following a series of workshops with the people of Nottingham...

2B or not 2B? Super Hamlet 64 Comes to Nottingham Writers' Studio

Mon 01 Oct 2018

Video may have killed the radio star, but so far theatre seems to be faring pretty well. Ed Day's debut touring show Super Hamlet 64 blends the best and brightest of video game culture with the great bard's most melodramatic tragedy — is this a level-up in the world of immersive theatre, or is the piece one blue shell short of a race? We sent Chris McLoughlin down to the National Writers' Studio to find out.

Trailer Park Boys are Coming to Nottingham

Sat 08 Sep 2018

The reprobates of Canadian mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys are always up to summat dodgy. You’ll often catch ‘em trying to make some cash through get-rich schemes, and their latest foolproof plan is to go on a European tour and swindle money off ticket sales. They’ll be crashing Notts later this month, so we thought we better rahnd ‘em up for a chat...

Black Writers Network's Ioney Smallhorne Talks New Anthology When We Speak

Sat 07 Jul 2018

When We Speak: An Anthology of Black Writing in Nottingham is a new collection showcasing the work of nine poets from the city’s Black Writers Network. The pamphlet, edited by Panya Banjoko and published by New Art Exchange in association with Nottingham Black Archive, “challenges how blackness is seen or is expected to be seen” and aims to raise awareness of the continuing rich literary tradition of the African Caribbean community in Nottingham. We caught up with one of the poets included in the book: writer, filmmaker, and educator Ioney Smallhorne…

Penguin in Nottingham: Under-represented Writers Needed WriteNow

Wed 06 Jun 2018

World-famous publishers Penguin Random House are launching a new campaign – WriteNow – that seeks to engage writers you wouldn’t normally see on the bookshelves. They’re spreading the programme over three different cities in the UK, and thanks to UNESCO City of Literature, Writing East Midlands and NTU, Nottingham has been chosen as one part of the trinity. Last week saw a launch event on Broad Street with plenty of local talent kicking things off in style, all expertly hosted by Ben Welch…

Exploring Technology, Spoken Word and Writing our Roots at WEM’s The Writers’ Conference

Thu 08 Mar 2018

Last week, Nottingham’s literati gathered on a snowy Saturday to do some listening, learning and creating at The Writers’ Conference, all hosted by Writing East Midlands. We got down to check out some of the talks and workshops…

Nottingham Writers' Studio to Host Joint Networking Event with Society of Authors

Mon 26 Feb 2018

Alright you literary lovelies, it’s time to sharpen those pencils and get them typing fingers at the ready — The Nottingham Writers’ Studio and the Society of Authors will be hosting their big networking event for 2018 on Saturday 3 March, following the Writing East Midlands Writer’s Conference. In preparation, we asked journalist, copywriter, and Writers’ Studio alumni Natalie Mills to have a chat with Society of Authors Head of Staff Anna Ganley about what can be expected on the night.

The Hempolics Answer our Questions in Photos

Wed 21 Feb 2018

London’s finest underground lo-fi reggae band – The Hempolics – are on their way to Nottingham this month as part of a Reggae Take Over at the Contemporary. With a sound that has a rollaround in the organic, and conscious lyrics to boot, they’ve been featured on BBC 6 Music, and hit number one in the UK reggae charts with their single Serious. Before we get stuck in to their electro-hip hop-dubby mashups at the end of the month, let’s check out what they had to say in photographic form…

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: In This Our Year of Dog

Mon 19 Feb 2018

The dog days have just begun, and James Kramer, our main man in Beijing, has dropped in to wish us a happy new year. 恭喜發財, Notts!

Frank McMahon from DIY Poets Answers our Questions in Photos

Wed 08 Nov 2017

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…

Time to Change Notts' Roxie Hickling Answers Our Questions in Photos

Sun 08 Oct 2017

It’s World Mental Health Day on Tuesday 10 October, and Time to Change Notts are doing their very best to put Nottingham on the map in the fight against the stigma. Roxie Hickling has been organising an event for the campaign group at The Maze this month, where there’ll be music, spoken word and entertainment focused on personal experiences and working towards healthy bonces. And it just so happens that Time to Change Notts are looking for new members to join their team. If you’re interested in what they do or want a bit more information, drop ‘em an email at ttcnotts@gmail.com. Anyway, this month, Roxie gave us a little insight into her world by answering our questions in snaps...

Preview: The Screen at Contemporary: American Rebel Season

Sat 16 Sep 2017

The Screen at Contemporary, the cinema programme bringing curated seasons of classic, cult and art house films to the art centre is back with the American Rebel season, celebrating "the other, the outsider, the misfit and the loner of American cinema."

Gay in the 80s: From Fighting for Our Rights to Fighting for Our Lives

Wed 26 Jul 2017

The eighties was a period of mixed fortunes for Britain’s LGBT+ communities, or lesbian and gay communities as we were known then. Sustained campaigning throughout the seventies had, by the turn of that decade, seen LGBT+ rights moving into the mainstream political agenda, but the emergence of AIDS in 1981 hit us on both a personal and political level...

Save Our Heritage with Notts Mining Museum

Tue 18 Jul 2017

Ann Donlan and Eric Eaton have got together in an attempt to launch the Notts Mining Museum, in commemoration of our history dahn pit. But they need your help...

Hoodwinked: A Robin Hood Treasure Hunt Around Nottingham

Thu 29 Jun 2017

Get geared up for 2018, when we'll be seeing all kinds of mysterious, hooded creatures knocking about...

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