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Nusic Podcast #173 with Akomplis, Tash Bird, Ferocious, Ken Samson and more...

This week’s New Music Podcast features Gilles Peterson’s favourite Notts artist at the mo, the Nottingham band touring Kenya, plus the singer inspired by Maccy D’s.This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Chris Olley from Six By Seven on the Band's Legacy

Six by Seven formed here in Notts back in 1994, with the indie rock band’s only constant member being singer and composer Chris Olley. During their time on stage, they recorded three albums for Beggars Banquet Records, toured extensively and had two hit singles. Now, Chris gives us a look back over the past 20 years...

6 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

There's just so much going on this week, we struggled to pick only five. With birthday celebrations, fundraising activities and plenty of shows, there's enough to get yer going...

Workshop Opportunities for Designers, Inventors and Makers in Notts

If you’ve got a creative mind, fancy yourself a designer, inventor or maker and you’re currently living in Nottingham or Derby, we’ve got some cracking news for you...

9 Notts Albums You Need To Listen To

Our ravenous reviewers have devoured a whole heap of new music, and told us what they thought about it...

12 Karaoke Bangers To Practice Before Bamalamasingsong

Rescue Rooms are turning fifteen this month, and are throwing one hell of a birthday bash to celebrate. They’ve invited the I’m Not From London lads down to host an epic Bamalamasingsong; the only karaoke event complete with a live band that makes the whole room the lead singer. To get right in the spirit of things, we’ve rounded up what we reckon to be some of the greatest karaoke tunes of all time...

5 Places To Eat Fish and Chips in Notts

We’ve rounded up some of our favourite Notts restaurants serving up our unofficial national dish, so you can get right stuck in to indulging yoursens. It’d be rude not to...

Queer in Nottingham City

"There are pockets of support in Nottingham, you have just to know where to look for them"...

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

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! 

Have You Seen These Stickers Around Nottingham?

In the digital era, it’s easy to bury your head into the depths of a black mirror and miss your surroundings when getting from A to B. Look up with a pair of wide peepers, and you’ll be amazed at how much art is hidden in plain sight. You’ll start to notice the little characters dotted around the city: a worm on a phone box, a carrot on a lamppost, a political uprising in a disused doorway. Nottingham’s streets are covered in stickers and posters just waiting to be noticed. We hunted far and wide to catch five of the many street artists dotted around the city...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

We've hit the middle of the month and it's all kicking off... 

A Bouncer in Notts

"We get a bit of a bad rap; we’re either 'man-whores' or 'thugs' and most of us are neither."

STRATA:1 – A Painting Exhibition at Surface Gallery

This month sees five Loughborough Fine Art graduates take over Surface Gallery with the raw medium of paint, featuring Joshua Browitt, Philip Clarke, Martin Clarkson, Sarah Cunningham and Adam Waghorne. Here, we've been treated to a small selection of their landscape wares. Enjoy duckeh

Win The Perfect Day in Notts

You think you know somebody and then you find out they don’t hate Su Pollard. You, our readers, are our lifeblood, and we need to confirm your views on Su and her music. We’ve not delved into your brains since 2014, so now we’re asking you again to give us your thoughts. We want to know what we’ve done well, what we could do better and how much you spend on shoes each month...

David Rodigan MBE on His 40th Anniversary Tour Stop in Notts

When it comes to reggae and British radio, there isn’t a name as synonymous as David Rodigan MBE. For forty years he’s been the prime selector, with shows on Capital, Kiss, and Radio 1, as well as hosting epic solo shows, and tearing down the opposition in soundclashes. We grabbed a few words from the legend ahead of his fortieth anniversary tour, touching down in Nottingham on Friday 16 February...

7 Anti-Valentines Events in Notts

Be you one half of a rock-solid couple, or a strong AF lone wolf riding the waves solo, Valentine’s Day is enough to make anyone do a bit of sicking in their mouths. If the thought of spending the day bombarded by endless rom-com re-runs is enough to make your blood curdle, have a goose at these perfectly un-romantic events for you to sink your teeth into...

Nusic Podcast #172 with Yazmin Lacey, Ashfields, Haggard Cat, Snowy and more...

Our annual People’s New Music Podcast, where you make your predictions of which local artists will realise their musical dreams in the coming year. The result is one heck of a show, where every one of these artists could hold their own on national radio. The Podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

5 Places to Eat Pancakes in Notts This Pancake Day

It’s that time of year again, folks; the most important date in February by a long shot. Despite its status, it’s a day that can creep up on you outta nowhere, but fear not my friend, this time round you won’t be caught short. No, we’re not talking about Valentine’s D ay. We’re talking something bigger. A day full of real love and deep indulgence. A day when you can treat yersen without guilt or trepidation. You got it. It’s Pancake Day. Or Shrove Tuesday or Mardi Gras, if you’re so inclined. A celebration almost as old as time itself.

Here in Nottingham, we’re wound wonderfully close to our food. The city is the world’s greatest buffet, and today we’re heading to the dessert section…

Art Review: From Ear to Ear to Eye at Nottingham Contemporary

Featuring work from almost twenty artists and researchers, this exhibition tells stories from across the Arab world. Through photography, sculpture, music and video, the artists paint a picture of countries with a fierce, independent identity, both separate from and entwined with the violent depictions we see in the media...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Last month's headlines from your beloved city...

10 Places to Go on Light Night 2018

Overheard in Notts

New year, same daft old tosh coming from your lot...

Nusic Podcast #171 with Joey Costello, Pretty Babs, Dollie Demi, Ken Samson and more...

14 Literary Organisations in Notts

If words are your thing, our city is the place to be. Full to the brim with places to go and things to do, Nottingham is built for the bookish, laid out for the lyrical, and pruned for the poetic. Here, we’ve bashed out a little guide to get you started on the road to the literary community in all its scribbled glory...

3 Graphic Novelists in Notts

A brief glance at some of Nottingham's graphic novelists...