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Out of time: the curious case of the body in Room 24

It's not every day that police officers turn to psychics to help with their more mysterious cases, but one such case at the County Hotel left them with no choice. CJ De Barra investigates…

Restaurant week, comic con, body positive art and Japanese pop-punk: Here's what's on in Nottingham 2 - 8 June 2025

There's a great mix of stuff happening this week in Notts - we've got Japanese pop-punk from Shonen Knife, Sneinton Avenues Vegan Market, Comic-con, Restaurant week and some inspiring exhibitions. Here's our top picks...

Hips Don’t Lie: we hear from belly dancer Marija Zinkevica about the upcoming Belly Dance Festival and building connection with the body through dance

After a career in computer science, Marija Zinkevica swapped life behind the screen for days onstage: teaching belly dance in Nottingham and performing in competitions around the world. Ahead of the first Belly Dance Festival at the start of March, we caught up with Marija to hear how this ancient dance can build confidence, community and a deep connection with the body.

Concrete Jumble: how Nottingham could reinvent itself ready for an ever-evolving future

A pertinent question is being asked across the country: what to do about the once busy city centres now rife with empty buildings? Bereft of the bustle, and with a derelict shopping centre to boot, Sophie Gargett explores how Nottingham could reinvent itself ready for an ever-evolving future.

Theatre Review: Body and Soul at the Nottingham Playhouse

Interview : Laura Turner dares us to decide whether to sell our soul or sell our body

A Midlands-based, female-led powerhouse, is about to ignite the stage at Nottingham Playhouse with a question that will leave audiences breathless. Emma Oldham interviews Laura Turner, the artistic director behind Fury Theatre, about why they're asking such a bold question...

Book Review: The Body In The Library by Graham Caveney

Though brutal and decidedly unromantic, Graham Caveney’s new ‘memoir of a diagnosis’ is told with remarkable tenderness and wit. 

Film Review: Small Body

Themes of faith and loss are explored to great effect in this fairy tale-like Italian drama…

Nottingham-Born Influencer Lauren Black Lifts the Lid on Social Media’s Impact on Body Image and Mental Health

We chat to Lauren Black, an influencer from Nottingham with over 120,000 followers on Instagram, about the potential mental health challenges for models online, how she’s using her own platform for good, and her work on BBC documentary The Instagram Effect, which explores the darker side of an ever-expanding digital world…

Scalarama X: The Month-Long Celebration of Cinema Ready to Take Over Notts this Month

After 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…

Film Review: Ready or Not

Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's gory comedy-horror is in cinemas now... 

Nottingham's Write Pride 2019 is Ready to Paint the Town Rainbow Again

The second year of Write Pride will take place in Nottingham from Monday 22 – Friday 26 July 2019.

Film Review: On Chesil Beach

Based upon Ian McEwan’s novel of the same name, On Chesil Beach follows the lives of a young British couple on their wedding day in 1962.

Film Review: Ready Player One

Legendary director Steven Spielberg's 33rd film takes us into a futuristic world of video games and virtual reality... 

Shreya Sen-Handley's Memoirs of My Body: An Extract

"On top of boobs that bounce unhelpfully, wombs that immobilize once a month and bums that can’t be squeezed into, well, anything – tight spaces, tight pants – must we also have masses of hair obscuring our vision, tripping us up, yanked out by Baby, and the dickens to maintain?"

Prosthetic Wounds and Body Casting Workshops with Fake-Up

Steve Best of Fake-Up has been working in the special effects industry for years. This month, for the second in a series of monthly workshops, there’s the chance to have a go at body casting with the man himsen, upstairs at The Navigation Inn. We put a few questions to our Steve ahead of the day…

The Bodyguard

How does one musical succeed in channeling Whitney?

Gerra Nottingham Beach Body in 14 Easy Steps

You will definitely look the bomb on Market Square beach with our handy bikini body tips. Tips which are to be taken at your own risk

Nottdance: What the Body Does Not Remember

"She is dictating their every move, like a rhythmic form of torture. As she becomes more accustomed to her power, her commands quicken and get increasingly complex"

Nottdance: What the Body Does Not Remember

"She is dictating their every move, like a rhythmic form of torture. As she becomes more accustomed to her power, her commands quicken and get increasingly complex"

Nottdance 2015 Preview

Dance4’s biennial festival, Nottdance, is back this month to bring experimental dance to the heart of Nottingham. Be you a dance fan or one of the uninitiated, we’ve had a look at what you can expect from the ten-day celebration of movement…

Street Tales: Body Snatchers of Barker Gate

During the Industrial Revolution, advancement in medical sciences came to Nottingham and with them, a gruesome new trade...

NTU Body Casting Course with Ken Clarke

See how we got on at Nottingham Trent Uni's one day Body Casting course