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Nusic Advice Video: Five Branding / Social Media Strategies for Musicians

Nusic's last branding video told you why it's important - this one tells you specific actions and strategies you can take to up your social media / branding game. No better time than lockdown 2, ay?

Campaigner Dr Lisa Mckenzie on Why Nottingham Needs to Stop the Gentrification of Sneinton Market

Having spent six years fighting against gentrification in London, working class academic and Notts lass Dr Lisa Mckenzie returned to her native city to find the same happening here. With more development plans tabled for Sneinton Market, including the demolition and replacement of extensions to Gedling Street and Boston Street to create retail and commercial space, as well as more student flats, she explores the potential impact of gentrifying the area will have on the past, present and future of working class communities...

Nadia on... Sneinton Market's Redevelopment

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues effecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she discusses the planned revelopment of Sneinton Market...

The Thompson Brothers on Banksy, Rock City and Cricket

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

D7 Sauce Are Creating Homemade Hot Sauce in Sherwood

Hot sauce can be an uncomfortable condiment to eat. I like a bit of spice, but the hot stuff generally doesn’t bring me much joy. However, D7 Sauce’s Scarlett’s Hot Sauce, with its bright packaging and promises of flavour made me want to give it a bash. Minutes before I was set to interview its owner and creator Mark Walsh, I did just that. My mouth imploded with the gorgeous rich, smokiness of the sauce – and then boom, I was hit with that signature hot kick. My senses were sizzling and I was fired up for a chat. And thankfully the tongue-tingling subsided just before we were set to begin...

"I started to cry because I just wanted to know what was wrong with me" - A 28-Year-Old's Battle With COVID-19

If you think that being young is protection enough from COVID, think again. 28-year-old writer and photographer Dani Bacon, who had no pre-existing health conditions, recounts her ongoing battle with the virus she contacted back in late July...

Object Walk: 1978 Chess Set

We’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present. This month, we took a chess set made by an unknown prisoner incarcerated at Wormwood Scrubs in 1978 to Dee Miller of the MinorOak Coworking.

Blather: The Series - Rutger Hauer

Tech Nottingham Are Helping Women Succeed in the Technology Industry

With a focus on improving the city as a place to live and work in technology, Tech Nottingham has been hosting events to an ever-increasing audience since 2014. With a string of exciting online events coming up, we catch up with Director of Projects Anna Dodson to find out more...

Nusic New Music Podcast #236 with Archie, Distant Blue, Beka, Torn Sail and More...

This week’s New Music Podcast features our Artist of the Month for October, two NG artists both getting love from Clash and Wonderland, plus our musician advice vid latest.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Book Review: Connections by NTU's MA Creative Writing Students

We check out the anthology put together by Nottingham Trent University's MA Creative Writing students...

Film Review: Saint Maud

Morfydd Clark is electrifying in Rose Glass’s sexuo-religious horror, says Roshan Chandy…

Nottingham Protests Planned Over Poland's Abortion Ban

Saturday will see protestors head to the Market Square in opposition of Poland's controversial anti-abortion law

Food Review: Rikshaw Urban Indian Kitchen

Our Food Editor tucked into some serious bad boy Indian street food...

"You’ve got nothing to lose and your life to regain" - A Cocaine Anonymous Member on His Road to Recovery

No matter how far into addiction you may be, it’s not too late. We talk to one of the members of the Nottingham branch of Cocaine Anonymous, who wishes to remain nameless, about addiction and his own personal road to recovery...

Creative Quarter Nottingham Launches New High Street Recovery Scheme

The COVID-specific business support programme will involve a series of workshops and mentoring opportunities for Nottingham’s retail, hospitality, leisure and personal services businesses in the lead-up to Christmas…

Street Art or Graffiti? Why Banksy's Notts Visit Shouldn't Distract from the City's Own Artists

Alex Kuster looks at the recent media circus surrounding Banksy's visit to Notts, and why local street artists aren't treated with the same level of respect...

Tender Coven: The Monthly Subscription Box That Merges Wxtchcraft and Support for Emerging Artists

Alex Stubbs catches up with artist, curator and educator Wingshan Smith to discuss Tender Coven, an online community and monthly subscription spell box that merges wxtchcraft with support for emerging artists...

More Nottingham Eateries Join Marcus Rashford Campaign

More Nottingham eateries will be providing free meals for children in a nationwide show of support for Rashford's campaign to end child food poverty

The Island: Trekkah Benjamin on His New Project with Nottingham Community Arts Network Aiming to Support Young Males with Mental Health Issues

Through his charity organisation C.A.N, artist Trekkah Benjamin has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a program that aims to help young men in communicating mental health issues...

The Most Haunted Spots in Nottinghamshire

The National Justice Museum might be the most haunted location in Nottingham, but there are plenty more creepy spots to try your hand at ghost hunting. So grab a torch, a brave mate and a spare pair of kecks, and check out some of the following supposedly haunted Notts spots…

25 Years Later: Get Shorty

John Travolta picked up a Golden Globe for his performance in this film, but was it deserved? Screen Co-Editor George White finds out... 

Film Review: Supernova

Stanley Tucci and Colin Firth each offer a deeply moving performance in Supernova, says Joanna Hoyes...

The Licengoons: A Short Film Which Pokes Fun at the BBC's Decision to Scrap Free TV Licenses for Pensioners

Our Screen co-editor Jamie Morris speaks to the stars of The Licengoons, Miles Anthony and Alex Greensmith, about their hilariously punchy new short film…

Shaun Hoolan, New Owner of Hockley Vintage Store Wild Clothing, on Preserving the Shop's Legacy

Wild Clothing first opened its doors in 1983 and, when its original owners decided to retire recently, word spread that the legendary location would be shutting its doors for good. But this couldn’t be further from the truth: our fashion editor, Anna Murphy, chats to Wild’s new owner, Shaun Hoolan, about his passion for this iconic Nottingham store and his plans for the future.