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Summer of Independents

These next few months see a celebration of all the businesses in Nottingham that keep diversity ticking around the clock

Britain First Raid Sherwood Forest to Find Immigrant Outlaws

The far right buffoons didn't half get it wrong, and looked a bit daft compared to the Market Square protest for solidarity on Tuesday

Abigail Parry: The National Videogame Arcade's Poet-in Residence

"I'm amused by the perception of poetry as a vague, airy-fairy thing, all fine sentiment and swooning over the daffodils. Poems have always felt quite dangerous to me"

Becky Cullen is Newstead Abbey's Poet-in-Residence

"When I started the residency I knew a bit about Lord Byron's poems, but I understood very little about him. I've discovered that he was a complex man"

Live Music Review: Amulet, The Hijinks and Sonder at The Bodega

We report back from a night of new Notts music

Future Sound of Nottingham 2016: Lisa Hendricks & The Project-Us Band

"We've been given the opportunity of a lifetime to play Rock City thanks to FSN"

Green Day's American Idiot

It’s a bit like watching Grease on Speed. At times some of it might seem a little saccharine, but frankly you’d have to be churlish to not enjoy the spectacle

Indiegogo Campaign: Lost Dog

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson stars alongside disabled actor Jamie Beddard in this film about disability cuts and hate crime

Art Review: I'm Tired Photography Exhibition at GuerillaArtLab

A photography project that is using backs to highlight the lasting impact of everyday micro-aggressions, assumptions and stereotypes in society

Quiz: Notts What I Call Music

How well do you know your Notts music history?

Paa Joe and the Lion: The Documentary About Art, Love, and Coffins

"People in Ghana grieve in such an outward way that's so different to the way we inwardly grieve in the west. Having that comparison is really beautiful"

Indiegogo Campaign: Time, and Again

Starring Doctor Who’s Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, this present day science fiction short about free will and determinism needs help with funding

Mashing Up Grime and Poetry with Debris Stevenson

Repetition is so inherent with grime, it beats you around the head with it. And that is far more intrinsic to form

John Lucas on Publishing Poetry and Cricket Rebels

"I'm interested in political movements, how society shapes itself in various ways, and different voices. I'm not in love with the tradition of lyrical poetry"

Live Music Review: The Invisible Orchestra at the Masonic Lodge

Celebrating the launch of their new album, Champagne Taste Lemonade Money

The Intake Club in Mansfield is Closing Down

The venue is set to close its doors for the last time on 4 June. We look back and say goodbye

The Bar Table: Nottingham's Bar and Restaurant Industry Discussion

"At the moment, you can look around the city, see the bars and restaurants looking full and think everything is fine. Come summer, it might be a very different story"

Interview: 8mm Orchestra Ahead of Their Vinyl EP Launch at NVA

"...we wanted to get away from the post-rock eight minuters and come up with riffs and lots of movement and parts"

9 Bands That Share Members with The Invisible Orchestra

Billie Interview

"I loved singing Hannah Montana and would record myself over and over until I got the best take"

The Invisible Orchestra

I had to roll them into the recovery position and then say, "I'm not being harsh or anything, but shall we just play the next song?"

Come Back to the 5 & Dime Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean

The Night of the Jello Filled Boobies

Filmmaker Interview: Jonathan Hawes

We had a chat with the Notts bred filmmaker and his recent short film On the Wagon

Film Review: Captain America Civil War

The latest edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe is set to be a rather epic affair

First Look Inside The 'New' Old Angel

We bring you exclusive photos of the refurb in progress from inside of Nottingham's legendary rock pub