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Art Review: Visions of a Free-Floating Island at Surface Gallery

Wed 03 Oct 2018

This cracking exhibition at Surface Gallery showcased new work from Hugh Marwood, Andrew Smith and Shaun Morris; their art reflecting many of the ideological and psychological challenges facing the UK post-Brexit. Our writer Adrian Shaw popped in to have a look and tell us all abaht it...

Get Snapping: Read On Nottingham Launches Social Media Selfie Competition

Wed 03 Oct 2018

Bust out them reading glasses, dads — You've got some work to do.

2B or not 2B? Super Hamlet 64 Comes to Nottingham Writers' Studio

Mon 01 Oct 2018

Video may have killed the radio star, but so far theatre seems to be faring pretty well. Ed Day's debut touring show Super Hamlet 64 blends the best and brightest of video game culture with the great bard's most melodramatic tragedy — is this a level-up in the world of immersive theatre, or is the piece one blue shell short of a race? We sent Chris McLoughlin down to the National Writers' Studio to find out.

City Stylin' #6

Mon 01 Oct 2018

We spoke to a couple of Notts' best dressed...

Clearing The Gap: Nottingham Skateboarders on Why Age Means Nowt

Mon 24 Sep 2018

On the face of it, skateboarding can seem scary; like some secret club you can only join with a kickflip password. But it’s for anyone and everyone, no matter how old you are. There’s no line that says you can’t be a part of the culture.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Fri 21 Sep 2018

Fingers crossed the bleddy rain stays away...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Fri 21 Sep 2018

Fingers crossed the bleddy rain stays away...

5 Places to Get Breakfast in Nottingham

Thu 20 Sep 2018

Whether it’s after a late night out or you just fancy treating yourself, here’s a list of some of the best breakfast grub Notts has to offer…

Nottingham Gelato Emporium Dolcino Now Serve Amazing Crepes

Wed 19 Sep 2018

Scoop-diddy-whoop...

The Nottingham Women Ending the Gender Skate Gap

Sun 16 Sep 2018

Skateboarding holds all kinds of stereotypes, but most people associate the sport with a group of lads utilising any block of concrete they can find as assets to their impressive activities. There’s a gender association that comes with skateboarding that needs correcting.

There's Something Fishy Going on at Sushimania

Sat 15 Sep 2018

"Miso hungry for these flipping tasty delights," says Ashwin Balu...

Bishop Nehru on Audience Vibes and Changing Up His Sound

Thu 13 Sep 2018

Bishop Nehru is a prodigal young rapper and producer from Rockland County, New York. His final UK tour date this year was in our fair city of outlaws, Nottingham. We got the chance to have a quick catch up with the MF DOOM protégé at The Bodega…

10 Cool Bars in Nottingham to Try

Thu 13 Sep 2018

When it comes to bars, Notts is packed full of ‘em, so we’ve boiled down a list of proper good places with great drinks for you lot to try…

A History of Nottingham Skate Spots

Thu 13 Sep 2018

Get swotted up on the skate parks of past and present...

Notts Kids Band Johnny and the Raindrops Turn Ten

Tue 11 Sep 2018

Johnny and the Raindrops have been on the Nottingham music scene for yonks. Ten years this September, to be precise. But rather than dropping drum 'n' bass to goggle-eyed twenty-somethings down Brickworks, or titillating silver tabs with jazz in dimly-lit bars, the band cater to the city's musical nippers. We sat down with founder, musical director and long-time little-fish-shape thrower Liam Maloy...

5 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 09 Sep 2018

Plenty of stuff to be getting on with over the coming days, duck...

Why Nottingham Needs Skateboarding

Sat 08 Sep 2018

Nottingham is one of the original homes of UK skateboarding with a large skate community that helps feed the city’s art, music and fashion scenes with a DIY sensibility. Skate Nottingham are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to changing perceptions of skateboarding and raising its profile as a positive, healthy culture and community that can help the city we love become more active and inclusive.

Trailer Park Boys are Coming to Nottingham

Sat 08 Sep 2018

The reprobates of Canadian mockumentary series Trailer Park Boys are always up to summat dodgy. You’ll often catch ‘em trying to make some cash through get-rich schemes, and their latest foolproof plan is to go on a European tour and swindle money off ticket sales. They’ll be crashing Notts later this month, so we thought we better rahnd ‘em up for a chat...

Framework's Omied Hallam Says Anyone Can Play Croquet in Nottingham

Sat 08 Sep 2018

When we found out man-giant and Framework’s Volunteer Coordinator Omied Hallam was an avid croquet player, we imagined him towering over other players, mallet in hand, dominating the lawns. We weren’t wrong. He’s one of the top 100 players worldwide, having gone on to win the singles championship at the annual tournament down Nottingham Croquet Club, which celebrated its ninetieth birthday in August…