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10 Nottingham Pubs Where You Can Get Your Game On

We checked out the ancient, the retro and the downright filthy. Get right competitive with your mates, just try not to punch each other... 

Live Music Review: The Hempolics at Nottingham Contemporary

London’s finest underground lo-fi reggae band paid a trip to Notts this month as part of Reggae Take Over at the Contemporary...

Nottingham Writers' Studio to Host Joint Networking Event with Society of Authors

Alright you literary lovelies, it’s time to sharpen those pencils and get them typing fingers at the ready — The Nottingham Writers’ Studio and the Society of Authors will be hosting their big networking event for 2018 on Saturday 3 March, following the Writing East Midlands Writer’s Conference. In preparation, we asked journalist, copywriter, and Writers’ Studio alumni Natalie Mills to have a chat with Society of Authors Head of Staff Anna Ganley about what can be expected on the night.

Live Music Review: Cabbage at The Bodega

Cabbage wants to make you sweat… so get wet!

Are You A Future Leader of Nottingham?

A leader is someone who’s courageous, who has a clear vision, and has interpersonal skills that allow them to communicate effectively to achieve key objectives. But these sorta skills just don’t pop out of the blue, they must be developed. The Renewal Trust are offering the perfect opportunity to do so...

6 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

There's just so much going on this week, we struggled to pick only five. With birthday celebrations, fundraising activities and plenty of shows, there's enough to get yer going...

Nottingham To Hold Women in Music Event to Tackle Inequality in the Industry

Frank Turner’s tour manager; a senior music promoter; a grassroots venue owner and a singer-songwriter are some of the leading players in the music industry lined up by DHP Family for the inaugural Women in Music event in Nottingham...

Live Music Review: The Orielles at Rough Trade

The Orielles appeared at Rough Trade in Nottingham in front of a select audience on the day that their debut album, Silver Dollar Moment, comes out...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

We're all abaht to get dahn and dirteh...

Queer in Nottingham City

"There are pockets of support in Nottingham, you have just to know where to look for them"...

Have You Seen These Stickers Around Nottingham?

In the digital era, it’s easy to bury your head into the depths of a black mirror and miss your surroundings when getting from A to B. Look up with a pair of wide peepers, and you’ll be amazed at how much art is hidden in plain sight. You’ll start to notice the little characters dotted around the city: a worm on a phone box, a carrot on a lamppost, a political uprising in a disused doorway. Nottingham’s streets are covered in stickers and posters just waiting to be noticed. We hunted far and wide to catch five of the many street artists dotted around the city...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

We've hit the middle of the month and it's all kicking off... 

Nottingham in Photos: February 2018

Here's what you lot have been snapping over the last month...

Nottingham Panthers' Head Coach Corey Neilson Announces Departure

It may be Valentine’s week, but the Nottingham Panthers have not given fans much to love about them in the last month. In the last twelve games, Panthers have lost eight. In what was increasingly being speculated as a possibility as we near the end of another mediocre season, Head Coach, Corey Neilson and the club have announced that they will part ways, by mutual consent, at the end of the season.

Director Adam Penford and Playwright Beth Steel on Wonderland at Nottingham Playhouse

Wonderland, the first play directed by Adam Penford in his role as Artistic Director of Nottingham Playhouse, was also written by Notts playwright Beth Steel. We caught up with them both on the opening night of the play…

Live Music Review: Lewis Capaldi at Rescue Rooms

We went to Nottingham’s Rescue Rooms to check out a sold-out gig from Lewis Capaldi…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

This week it's time to try summat new...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

It's a real mixed-bag this weekend. Enjoy...

Art Review: From Ear to Ear to Eye at Nottingham Contemporary

Featuring work from almost twenty artists and researchers, this exhibition tells stories from across the Arab world. Through photography, sculpture, music and video, the artists paint a picture of countries with a fierce, independent identity, both separate from and entwined with the violent depictions we see in the media...

The Write Stuff: Nottingham-Based Author Jon McGregor Set to Judge Leicester Writes Competition

Not content with being “Britain’s second-best short story writer”, Jon McGregor is set to judge the 2018 Leicester Writes short story competition. 

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty to be gerrin on with...

Sharewear Are On A Mission To Clothe Nottingham

A fifth of the UK population now lives in poverty: that's 14 million people, including working-age adults, children and pensioners. We've seen the stories about the increased usage of food banks – with Trussell Trust citing 41,000 three-day packages being handed out in 2010 compared to 1.2 million in 2017 – but another problem, sitting under the radar, is the need for clothing. We sat down with Louise Cooke, founder and CEO of Sharewear, to find out more about her story, and what the organisation is doing to help both local and international communities...

Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity 2018 is Coming to Town

Thanks to STEMCity and Ignite, this month sees Nottingham being taken over by the cleverest clogs abaht. We had a word with the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity producer, Megan Shore, about what’s in store this year…

Maltese Band Fuzzhoneys Talk Music and Their Love of Nottingham

Nottingham Playhouse's New Artistic Director Adam Penford on His Upcoming Adaptation of Holes

Is it a book? Is it a play?...