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The Raincoats 33 1/3 Book Launch at Rough Trade

Rough Trade hosts the launch of the 33 1/3 book on the eponymous debut album by The Raincoats. Author Jenn Pelly was joined by band members Ana da Silva and Gina Birch and friend of the band Shirley O'Loughlin who was at Rough Trade when they released the album...

6 Halloween Events Bringing the Spooks to Notts

Halloween is fast approaching and the ghosts and ghouls have already planned their trip to Hoodtown. Time to start planning your outfits for the spookiest day of the year...

Live Music Review: Hockley Hustle 2017 - Part 1

It was that time of year again. The bars in Hockley were buzzing, the streets were alive with dancing, music and fire everywhere you turn, and the food vans were out in force. It was Hockley Hustle, of course - the festival that takes one of the liveliest parts of Nottingham and turns it into one hell of a day out (and night out, if you can last that long)...

10 Best Hidden Bars in Nottingham

What's better than a good owd bar? A hidden bar, apparently. Notts can't seem to get enough of 'em...

17 Horror, Sci-Fi and Cult Flicks We Caught at This Year's Mayhem Film Festival

Mayhem was finally back, ensuring a glorious four days of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema goodness. We donned our lanyards, filled our bags full of Relentless (other energy drinks are available) and headed down to Broadway...

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

As the Panthers continue to break records in Europe, our Sally gives us the low-down on the goings on at the NIC

Herbert Kilpin Special: Andy Black on Notts County

First and foremost, Andy Black is a Notts County supporter, but he’s also one of those people with an uncanny knack of making good things happen. Alongside his wife, Lisa, he was pivotal in raising over £100k for the Jimmy and Jack statue in Meadow Lane, which is the iceberg tip of their community endeavours. Most recently, they’ve helped to uncover a 120-year-old secret about the man who started a friendship between Notts County and Juventus…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Listen up, folks. We've gorra corker of a week coming up...

Jon McGregor on His Latest Novel, Reservoir 13

Jon McGregor is a novelist who describes himself as “Britain’s second-best short story writer.” He’s lived in Nottingham for over ten years, and in that time, he’s written four novels, one short-story collection, fifteen radio plays, and lived on a narrowboat. This month, we caught up with Jon for a chat over some falafel in a Moroccan restaurant...

Lucy Johnson Illustrates Overheard in Notts

A local artist clocked our Overheard in Notts series and decided to bang out a few quote-based illustrations. Enjoy!

Overheard in Notts

Good god, you don't half come out with some corkers...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

A weekend chock-a-block of live music and raising a pretty penny for charity. What more could we wish for?

The Impractical Jokers Bring Their Stand Up to Notts

As the opening warning says, Impractical Jokers is a show that contains scenes of graphic stupidity among four lifelong friends who compete to embarrass each other. Having just wrapped their seventh series, Joe Gatto, Sal Vulcano, Brian “Q” Quinn and James “Murr” Murray, a.k.a The Tenderloins, are heading to the UK for their biggest British tour to date. We caught up with Murr to find out what the Jokers have got in store for their British fans…

Man Alive! Readings from Man Booker Prize Shortlist at Lakeside Arts

This October, the best and brightest of the literary world will be celebrated in this year's Man Booker Prize 2017. We decided to head on down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre for a reading from some of this year's shortlisted authors. 

LeftLion Film Podcast #1 - Mayhem Co-Curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke

Here's the first episode of the brand new LeftLion Film Podcast hosted by Derry Shillitto and Ashley Carter.  The monthly show will interview different people in the Nottingham film community, starting with Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil - the co-curators of Mayhem Film Festival.  

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty of comedy, beers and frights this week...

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

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...

A Mental Health Nurse in Notts

"There’s a lot of stigma surrounding perinatal mental health, and that can be one of the toughest things the women on our ward face"

Left Magpie: Notts County News & Updates

The 'pies flew to the top of League Two as Jorge Grant continued his excellent form. Here's what our Colin made of it all

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Some daft, some daring, and some down right cheeky...

Advertising Sectioned: Apple Lets You Spend More Time Going Places! Keen Computers (c.1980)

Local adverts, ripped from the pages of history...

Anti-Austerity Movement We Shall Overcome Brings Music and Poetry to Notts

Musicians and poets are joining forces this week for a long weekend of charity gigs in and around Nottingham. Under the national banner of the anti-austerity movement, We Shall Overcome, they’re bringing you a stellar weekend of local talent. In return, they’re asking you to dig deep and donate to help vital support services stay afloat…

10 Reasons to Visit the Nottingham Spiegeltent This Year

In October, Old Market Square once again plays host to the magnificent Spiegeltent for a festival full of merriment. These glitzy pavilions were a popular haunt during the twenties to help people forget all the doom and gloom brought by the war, and now it’s returning to Nottingham to brighten up our dull and dreary October days. Here are ten reasons you should get yersen down to the tent as soon as possible.

Nusic Podcast #163 with Babe Punch, Shelter Point, Maz, Yazmin Lacey and more

Tommy Farmyard Gives Us The Hockley Hustle Lowdown

October in Nottingham pops off on a regular. What miserable glimmers we had of summer may be well and truly over, but the city shakes off the rain and comes out in such force that we’re crowned the UK’s Festival City for the entire 31 days. Adding to the mass of joy and wonder is the formidable Hockley Hustle; the charity music festival that transforms the cobbles of Hockley into a hedonistic paradise, all in the name of dobbing some worthwhile causes some cash.

This year, they’ve gone all out to bring the party to Hoodtown’s pint-sized partiers, and they’re proud to present, for the first time in the festival’s ten-year history, Young Hustlers. We had a word with festival kingpin, Tommy Farmyard, to find out more...