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We Visit Experience Raleigh, the New City Hub Showcasing the Past and Future of Notts Cycling

Thu 01 Dec 2022

Raleigh have opened a new city centre cycling hub on Maid Marian Way, celebrating their star-studded history and wide range of high-tech electric options. We paid them a visit…

How the Author of Spy Thriller Martin Martin & the Death Express Was Inspired by Intercity Trains

Sat 26 Nov 2022

Inspired by his time working as an intercity train manager, Sebastian Sullivan set about writing a railway novel exploring class injustices, with the result being Martin Martin & The Death Express, the satire-meets-spy-novel that was published earlier this year. Our writer, Lewis Keech, catches up with the author to learn more…

Exploring Why Astrology Has Become So Popular: TikTok, Mindfulness and More

Sat 12 Nov 2022

Whether in the form of tarot card readings or online horoscope predictions, astrology is experiencing a major cultural comeback - hence us dedicating an entire magazine to it this month. But why is interest in the celestial so high? We catch up with two Nottingham Trent University lecturers to find out about the psychology behind this trend, alongside making a few speculations of our own…

CPRE’s Lewis Townsend Explains Why Hedgerows Might Be More Important Than You Think

Tue 08 Nov 2022

The humble hedgerow is often overlooked, not only for their cultural and historic significance, but increasingly as a natural guard against the effects of climate change and biodiversity loss. Lewis Townsend from CPRE explores these rich seams, and explains why the charity is teaming up with Green Hustle and Nottingham City Council’s Parks and Open spaces team to bring hedgerows back…

Ahead of His Exhibition at Brickworks, We Chat to Kid30 About His Twenty Years Producing Eye-Catching Street Art

Tue 08 Nov 2022

If you’ve taken a walk around the city centre at any point recently, you’ve likely seen the eye-catching work of Kid30, the graffiti artist known for taking famous cartoon characters and dropping them into a creative blender. Now, twenty years after first getting into the street art scene, he’s celebrating the landmark anniversary with an exhibition at Brickworks…

Exhibition Review: Social Resource Project for Tennis Clubs at Bonington Gallery

Tue 18 Oct 2022

Renowned conceptual artist, Stephen Willats, returns to Nottingham to finish what he started in the 1970s and ignites a rallying cry for wider engagement in the arts...

We Check Out Nottingham Contemporary's New Exhibition, Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and The Subterranean Imaginary,

Fri 14 Oct 2022

Have you ever thought long and hard about caves (steady…)? If so, you’ll love Hollow Earth: Art, Caves and The Subterranean Imaginary, Nottingham Contemporary’s latest exhibition exploring what goes on beneath the ground - and if not, you might be surprised at just how fascinating they are…

Nottingham Castle Host Haunted Cave Experience This Halloween

Tue 04 Oct 2022

Led by Dr Abraham van Helsing, would you dare to enter the haunted caves?

Exhibition Review: Blk this & Blk that … a state of urgency at Djanogly Gallery

Mon 03 Oct 2022

Michael Forbes’ work is a bubbling cauldron of ideas, sculptural forms, festival images, and photographs. Both playful as well as critically engaged with serious themes, his art now forms Blk this & Blk that … a state of urgency at Djanogly Gallery, Lakeside Arts…

A Mental Health Expert in Notts Explains How Students Can Look After Their Wellbeing This Academic Year

Tue 13 Sep 2022

Starting university can always prove challenging - whether you’re full of confidence or nervous about change. But you should always take comfort in the fact that there is support out there, whether it’s in the form of a friendly word of advice or more structured, tailored therapy programmes. No one knows that better than Rob Manners, a former student counsellor at the University of Nottingham who now works as a psychotherapist in the city - so we thought we’d use his expertise to uncover the best advice and guidance on how to look after your mental health over the next few years…

Women in Tandem’s Lily Beaven Explains How They’re Helping to Tackle the Gender Imbalance in Cycling

Thu 08 Sep 2022

We chat to Women in Tandem’s founder and managing director, Lily Beaven, about the activities that the Nottingham based community bike collective organise and how they are helping women overcome the barriers they face within the cycling world…

Exhibition Review: SHAPE-SHIFT at Beam Gallery

Sat 03 Sep 2022

Creating large textured structures, Katharina Fitz’s work walks the line between the sleek and the experimental. We head down to Beam Gallery to explore her latest exhibition, SHAPE-SHIFT, to see how she uses industrial materials to create her final pieces, alongside learning more about her new book, When Seams Become Audible - Sculpture and Photography 2013–2022…

When Pigs Escape Director Jusep Moreno Explains Why He Took on This One-Of-A-Kind Documentary

Sun 28 Aug 2022

We chat to filmmaker Jusep Moreno about his documentary When Pigs Escape, which tells the true story of Matilda the pig and her babies, who were rescued from the woods after escaping from a Nottinghamshire farm…

NTU Graduate Chester Carr Shares His Experiences with Creating Spider-Man Concept Art and Directing His Own Movies

Fri 26 Aug 2022

Since graduating from Nottingham Trent University back in 2014, concept artist Chester Carr has gone on to work on the likes of Spider-Man: Far From Home and Overlord, as well as directing his own short films - including Death of the Primate, a winner at this year’s Nottingham International Film Festival. Kieran Burt hears all about his artistic process, plans for the future and much more…

New Artistic Director and CEO of the New Art Exchange Saad Eddine Said Outlines His Plans for the Iconic Cultural Centre

Mon 08 Aug 2022

Formerly the Director of HOME Slough, Saad Eddine Said has built a career in the arts sector, having worked with many high-profile organisations and artists. He spoke to us about his aims within his new role as Artistic Director and CEO of the New Art Exchange in Nottingham…

We Sit Down With the Organisers of Nottinghamshire Pride 2022 to Discuss What People Can Expect

Fri 22 Jul 2022

Craig Martin, co-chair of Nottinghamshire Pride, chats to us about the exciting plans for this year's celebrations...

Big City Book Review: Joya Goffney’s ‘Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry’

Wed 13 Jul 2022

Interested in getting your hands on four free books? Well you’re in luck, because Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature are giving just that away for their Big City Reads campaign. With stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every reader. Four young writers give us their run down of the books, beginning with Shakira Hamilton's take on Joya Goffney’s Excuse Me While I Ugly Cry...

Exhibition Review: Catching Matter at Beam Gallery

Mon 04 Jul 2022

A series of lime plaster boards with interwoven patterns and inky shapes have the appearance of stone tablets with galaxies and constellations on them. They are the product of experiments from the past several years with traditional craft techniques and natural materials in a meditation on the meaning of material and form. This is artist Geoff Diego Litherland’s latest series of work Catching Matter, which is now presented at Beam Gallery

What Is the Uncanny Valley? We Talk to an Expert to Find Out About This Weird Sensation

Thu 23 Jun 2022

Scared of clowns? China dolls send shivers down your spine? You might be experiencing the uncanny valley - that eerie feeling that comes from seeing not-quite-human figures. Confounding researchers, no one quite knows why the phenomenon exists, but Nottingham Trent University professor Andrew Dunn thinks it might be something to do with our categorical operating system. If you fancy knowing what exactly that means, then keep on reading as we dive into the uncanny, the pleasure in being unsettled, and the oddness of The Polar Express…

We Hear All About How the Middle Street Resource Centre Is Celebrating Its Fiftieth Anniversary With an Exciting New Project

Mon 20 Jun 2022

For the past fifty years, Middle Street Resource Centre has been a source of help and advice for Nottingham residents, providing a variety of support groups and volunteering opportunities to promote mental health wellbeing. To celebrate this golden landmark, researchers from Nottingham Trent University will work with past and present service users, staff, volunteers, peer support groups and local residents to record and document stories and experiences. Leading the project is Dr Verusca Calabria who tells us more…

Out of Time: Exploring the History of the Victorian Freak Show With Author Dr John Jacob Woolf

Tue 07 Jun 2022

How is it that, in the space of less than a century, society’s attitudes towards people born with disabilities changed from them being exploited as the most popular form of entertainment in Victorian society to being seen with sympathy, dignity and respect? Partly based on our intrinsic fear and fascination with ‘the other’, and partly down to a myriad of other reasons - including the intervention of Queen Victoria herself - the freak show played an enormous role in shaping modern attitudes, and remains one of the most macabre, unusual and complex periods of British cultural history. Ahead of his talk at Nottingham Theatre Royal this month, Dr John Jacob Woolf, historian, author and expert on the Victorian freak show, explains more…

Out of Time: How Nottingham Estate Owner Lord Carnarvon Supported the Excavation of Tutankhamun’s Tomb

Wed 25 May 2022

There wasn’t anything particularly special about the reign of Tutankhamun. He held the throne for barely a decade, dying before the age of twenty after he succumbed to what has been speculated to be a leg fracture sustained during a chariot accident. So why, more than three millennia after his death, does his name remain arguably the most well-known (rivalled only by Cleopatra) from Ancient Egyptian history? The answer lies in an expedition, funded by Nottingham estate owner Lord Carnarvon, to excavate his tomb in the twenties - an expedition that led to the mysterious deaths of many involved, including Carnarvon himself…

Exhibition Review: Ancient Iraq, New Discoveries

Sat 14 May 2022

The British Museum touring exhibition, Ancient Iraq: New Discoveries, arrives in Nottingham at Djanogly Gallery. Unseen collections of Ancient Iraqi artefacts and treasures are finally on display. But, as the British Museum finds itself embroiled in accusations of appropriation and stolen collections, a huge question hangs over the exhibition: is this enough to repair the museum’s image?

Exhibition Review: 'The Magical Four' at Fletcher Gate Art Gallery

Fri 29 Apr 2022

'The Magical Four', a group show currently on display at Fletcher Gate Art Gallery, offers a look at the works of four painters, each with their own unique style.

Exhibition Review: A Female Gaze at Nottingham Castle

Thu 28 Apr 2022

A Female Gaze crosses the generational divide, as Caroline Walker and Dame Laura Knight question the power of the gaze. As their portraits of women look back at us, we must ask who is really looking at who

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