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Max Cooper On Studying a PhD in Nottingham and Performing at the Acropolis of Athens
Fri 17 Sep 2021Originally hailing from Belfast, electronica DJ and producer Max Cooper came to the University of Nottingham in the late nineties. He left the city eight years later with his debut EP and a PhD in Computational Biology, two assets that would coalesce to influence his career for years to come...
12 of Nottingham's Most Famous Graduates
Thu 16 Sep 2021Both of the universities in Nottingham have seen household names step foot through their doors over the years...
Welcome to Nottingham Guide 2021
Wed 15 Sep 2021The free guide for all new students joining Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham, brought to you by the team at LeftLion...
The Resources, Groups and Organisations Committed to Nurturing Black Dignity, Joy and Achievement in Nottingham
Wed 15 Sep 2021We run through some of the most important support networks, arts organisations and community groups dedicated to ensuring social justice and equality in Nottingham and beyond...
TikTok Star GK Barry Chats Pryzm, Forbes and Studying at Nottingham Trent University
Wed 15 Sep 2021TikTok sensation Grace Keeling - better known by her nom de guerre, GK Barry - has come a long way since starting out as a fresh-faced film student at NTU three years ago. We catch up with TikTok’s queen of comedy to talk about her career as a content creator, cancel culture, and how her appearance in a different magazine tops this one… *cries*
The Mental Health Services Available to New Students in Nottingham
Tue 14 Sep 2021Your time at university is exciting and rewarding, but it doesn’t come without its challenges. Life as a student can be tough at the best of times, not least without the complications of a global pandemic thrown into the mix. It’s very likely there will be bumps along the road, but thankfully both universities offer a vast array of services to support you during your studies...
University of Nottingham's Mental Health Expert Paul Crawford Gives Advice to New Students
Tue 14 Sep 2021Paul Crawford is a mental health campaigner and professor of Health Humanities at the University of Nottingham, a discipline which explores how the arts and humanities can inform public health. He talks us through the challenges we’re likely to encounter at university and gives some tips on how to handle them...
The Disability Support Services Available to New Students in Nottingham
Mon 13 Sep 2021Academia can sometimes be tricky to navigate with a disability, whether it’s hidden or otherwise. Each of the roughly 10,000 disabled students in Nottingham deserves to live their university experience to the fullest, whatever your access needs. Below you’ll find some tips and info to get you started...
Film Journalist Hanna Ines Flint Discusses Interviewing Stellan Skarsgård, The First Film Club and Her Time in Nottingham
Mon 13 Sep 2021Screen journalist Hanna Ines Flint has had an enviable career since graduating from the University of Nottingham with a degree in English and American Studies in 2009. This time, she experiences some role reversal as she answers our questions about the film industry and her career path…
20 Years On: Artist Iryna Muha on Losing Her Father in 9/11 and New Project My America
Sat 11 Sep 2021On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we talk to Nottingham musician and artist Iryna Muha - who lost her father on that day - about her new project My America, being a 9/11 family, and American nationalism.
Preview: Nottingham Mela at New Art Exchange
Wed 08 Sep 2021Nottingham Mela Network is taking over New Art Exchange from Friday 10 - 12 September with a programme featuring live music, art workshops and much more….
Paul Smith Talks Hello, My Name is Paul Smith Exhibition at Nottingham Castle
Wed 08 Sep 2021We get a one time only look around as Sir Paul Smith makes a homecoming to Nottingham Castle to visit the Hello, My Name is Paul Smith exhibition on its last stop of a fourteen-country world tour – the Design Museum’s most successful touring exhibition in its history.
Win a Pair of Tickets to See Nick Cave and Warren Ellis this Wednesday
Mon 06 Sep 2021Legendary collaborators Nick Cave and Warren Ellis are headed back to Nottingham with their new album, Carnage, and you could win one of five pairs of tickets...
First Ever Framework Film Festival to Play at Nottingham Contemporary
Mon 06 Sep 2021The one-night festival will be held on Monday 11 October, and will highlight the vital work of the Nottingham-based charity, Framework...
A Retrospective of Notts House Music: The 25-year reunion of Quadrant Sound System
Fri 03 Sep 2021As they get set to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a long-overdue reunion, Elizabeth O'Riordan looks back on the impact of Quadrant Sound System...
Tom Gordon Savage, the Nottingham Man Responsible for Juventus' Iconic Stripes
Fri 03 Sep 2021The links between Nottingham and Italian football are well known, from Mansfield Road-born Herbert Kilpin being a founding father of AC Milan to Juventus’ famous black and white stripes having connections with Notts County. But while details of the former are relatively solid, recent research into the latter, conducted by Roger Stirland and Luca Formara, has provided far more detail about the Notts links to la Vecchia Signora - in particular, the role of English businessman Tom Gordon Savage. With this month marking the ten-year anniversary of Notts County playing Juventus in their brand new stadium, we explore exactly just how one of the biggest teams in world football has Nottingham to thank for their iconic stripes…
Scalarama X: The Month-Long Celebration of Cinema Ready to Take Over Notts this Month
Wed 01 Sep 2021After a hiatus owing to that-which-shall-not-be-named, Scalarama Nottingham is back with a bang. The nationwide, volunteer-led month-long celebration of cinema encourages communities to come together to share their love of films in usual and unusual settings. With 2021 marking the tenth anniversary of the festival, we run down what Notts cinephiles can expect from Scalarama Nottingham 2021…
Meet the Owners of Biscuit and Brew, an Elegant New Tea Room in the Heart of Nottingham
Tue 31 Aug 2021Nottingham’s Biscuit and Brew is a little tea shop with some big ideas. We pop down to meet the owners, Darren Brookes and his fiancée Dee, to find out why so many locals are raving about this hidden gem...
Nottingham Rapper Diana Drill Chats EPs, Favourite Artists and Why She Wears the Mask
Sun 29 Aug 2021Notts rapper Diana Drill has been building up a reputation as one of the most exciting up-and-coming musical talents in the city. As she gets ready to drop her EP, we catch up with the masked artist to find out what she’s all about...
Out of Time: Nottingham's Food History - Cheese Riots, Celery and HP Sauce
Sun 22 Aug 2021With this being the food and drink issue, our regular history feature explores Nottingham’s history of eccentricity, rebellion and invention through three food-related stories: Marshal Tallard’s introduction of celery to the country in the early eighteenth century, the 1766 Cheese Riots and Frederick Gibson Garton’s invention of HP Sauce in 1884…
The Thompson Brothers on Their Favourite Restaurants and Nottingham Craft Beer Week
Wed 18 Aug 2021Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
7 Art Exhibitions to Check Out in August
Mon 09 Aug 2021Art co-Editor Rachel Willcocks previews seven art exhibitions that you can check out this month...
Nottingham Trent University Launches New Sustainability Project Supporting Notts SMEs
Wed 04 Aug 2021With the launch of an ambitious new programme of support for SMEs in Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University (NTU) are hoping to do their bit towards a clean transition to a net zero economy. We talk to Programme Lead Kate Ling about what they’re doing to help businesses, and hear about their recent volunteering day at Summerwood Community Garden…
A Brief History of Nottingham's Robin Hood Statue
Sat 24 Jul 2021Today, Saturday 24 July 2021, marks 69 years since the unveiling of the famous Robin Hood Statue outside Nottingham Castle. Bob White, the co-founder of the World Wide Robin Hood Society, explains some of the history of this iconic city landmark...
9 of the Best Finds at the Nottingham Castle Museum
Fri 23 Jul 2021Nottingham Castle’s museum has been given a good sprucing as part of their extensive renovation and, after getting a sneak preview, we can attest that they’re looking bang on. Capturing elements of Nottingham’s artistic, industrial, military, social and rebellious history, the new exhibitions do a great job of providing an insight into the city’s eclectic, eventful past. To celebrate their reopening, we took a nosey around to find nine items that caught our eye...
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