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Gig Review: Freya Ridings at Rock City

With top-ten single Lost Without You under her belt, singer-songwriter Freya Ridings is fast-becoming a household name. Following the release of her sophomore studio album Blood Orange, the Castles singer embarks on a string of autumn UK tour dates, making a stop at Nottingham's Rock City...

Gig Review: ANNISOKAY at Rescue Rooms

The German death-core quartet took to Rescue Rooms with style, energy and charisma; Ben Blissett reviews...

Film Review: Raging Grace at Mayhem Film Festival

Nottingham’s beloved Mayhem Film Festival kicked off last night, with a packed out crowd of horror, sci-fi and cult cinema fanatics. Paris Zarcilla’s debut, Raging Grace opened the event, prefaced with a contextual video introduction from the director.

Gig Review: Dizzee Rascal at Motorpoint Arena

Signalling a return to some of his most gritty, raw, and abrasive sounds, Mercury Prize winner Dizzee Rascal goes back to basics on his twenty-year anniversary tour of Boy in Da Corner...

Festivals of Music, Art and Film, plus Halloween Season Kicks Off: Here's What's In Nottingham 16 - 22 October

Dance at Hockley Hustle, hear the stories of the Windrush generation, hobnob with artists or get a taste for the city's dark history this week in Nottingham.

Film + Q&A Review: The Great Escaper

Nottingham Trent University lecturer and Southwell's own William Ivory held a Q&A for his latest film, The Great Escaper, at Broadway Cinema - and we were asked to stop by and check it out...

We Spoke With Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s First Black Female High Sheriff

Everyone has heard of the High Sheriff of Nottingham, but what does the job entail in the modern age? We spoke with Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s first Black female High Sheriff, about her truly fascinating career journey, her international and local community work, the changing nature of the public sector, and what she likes to do in her free time…

Celebrating Nottingham’s History of DIY Football Fanzines thanks to funding from The National Lottery Heritage Fund

Two of Nottingham’s best loved football fanzines Brian and The Pie will be given a new lease of life thanks to a regeneration project by LeftLion, supported by The National Lottery Heritage Fund…

Theatre Review: Peter Pan Goes Wrong

Ian Kingsbury checks out Peter Pan Goes Wrong at the Theatre Royal...

Notts Wildlife Cameraman to Screen Film at Lakeside Arts

The documentary is narrated by none other than River Monsters' Jeremy Wade...

Literature Review: Imagine an Image by Nottingham writer Teo Eve

Experiments in language and image, meaning and visual form lie at the heart of a new collection of poetry, Imagine an Image, by Nottingham writer Teo Eve.

Nottingham Family Festival Young Hustlers Aims to Ignite The Flames of Creativity

Gig Review: Thomas Truax at The Old Bus Depot

Enigmatic eccentric Thomas Truax not only experiments with style and song structure, he invents and constructs increasingly bizarre instruments to create a truly unique sound allowing him to inhabit a sonic soundscape of his very own. Our Michael Prince went to see him live at The Old Bus Depot...

Gig Review: Gender Envy at The Chapel

Alongside Systems Fail, Late December, and Wasted Awakening, local University of Nottingham band Gender Envy headlined The Chapel on an evening coordinated by the university's Rock Society. Ben Blissett headed down to take some photos and share his thoughts...

Gig Review: Kopycat Killers v Scam Fender v Subarctic Monkeys at The Level

One night, one band, three tribute performances. Which one came out on top?

Gig Review: The Manatees at The Chameleon Arts Café

Acknowledged by the likes of BBC Radio One for their reserves of great potential, The Manatees are building their own empire amongst the indie-rock soundscape. The London-based three-piece have had a big year so far, with the release of their debut EP Dream in Colour. Jay, Tyler, and Miller clearly intend to end the year on the same smashing note on which they started, as they embark on their biggest UK headliner tour yet, including a date at Nottingham’s own The Chameleon Arts Café…

Catherine Ross: Voices from Nottingham's Windrush Generation

To celebrate Black History Month and the 75th anniversary of Windrush we have been working with the New Art Exchange and their NAE YOUnity Commission funded by Freelands Foundation. Our aim is to highlight the voices of Nottingham's Windrush generation and some of the challenges they faced...

Peter Pan Goes Wrong, Live Music, A Beer And Cider Festival, And A Spooky Writing Workshop. Here's What’s On 9 October – 15 October…

Get into the spirit of Halloween early with some spooky writing, enjoy some beer or cider (responsibly) in the name of Notts legend Robin Hood, or go and see a variety of live music...

Comedy Review: Durk and Ski at Nonsuch Theatre

The TikTok stars behind Terreh and Countrywide took to a much-loved Notts space - with impressive results...

Gig Review: Holly Humberstone at The Level

Holly Humberstone returns to her Midlands roots to play a stripped-back acoustic show in honour of her latest album Paint My Bedroom Black...

Student Written, Nottingham MP-Backed Climate Education Bill Makes it into Labour’s Draft Policy Programme

Teach the Future is a campaign to ensure that students are taught across the curriculum about the climate emergency and ecological crisis, and the solutions and skills needed for the green jobs of the future. Their student-written Climate Education Bill, tabled by Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome, got a step closer to becoming a reality this week, 16 year old Teach the Future volunteer and Young Labour member Liv Marshall explains.

Bettina Wallace: Voices from Nottingham's Windrush Generation

To celebrate Black History Month and the 75th anniversary of Windrush we have been working with the New Art Exchange and their NAE YOUnity Commission funded by Freelands Foundation. Our aim is to highlight the voices of Nottingham's Windrush generation and some of the challenges they faced...

Film Review: The Old Oak

A young Syrian woman and a pub landlord join forces to unite two traumatised communities in the north-east...

Gig Review: Das Koolies at Rough Trade

Psychedelic-rock legends Super Furry Animals are reborn as Das Koolies, rising from the ashes to bring their debut album DK.01 to fans both die-hard and baby-faced. Leftlion’s Lawrence Poole heads down to Rough Trade to review their headline gig…

Gig Review: Ash & The Subways at Rock City

Ash and The Subways take over Rock City on their co-headline tour...