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Bodysnatcher & Ingested

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…

Nottingham Film Festival: Body

Autumn Ready Skin With Liz Earle

The Bodyguard

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...

Body Positive Art Exhibition by Charlotte Thomson-morley

The Dualers - Beach Life Tour

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.

Just Breathe and Full Body Reclaim, With Trish Kerrison and Caroline Stancer

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...

Medical Information Lecture - a Path to a Healthy Body and Soul Through the Teaching Of Bruno Groening.

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. 

The Body In the Library, With Graham Caveney In Conversation With Jonathan Coe

Lenton gallery Primary hosts Sonya Dyer’s speculative installation The Ready Room

Reclaiming the neglected stories of Black women in science and mythology, Lenton gallery Primary hosts Sonya Dyer’s speculative installation where hard science meets science fiction and the artist reimagines an alternative journey for immortal HeLa cells beyond the laboratory’s confines…

Real terms, Living Body &Kaliugah

Performative Screening: Our Songs Were Ready for All the Wars to Come by Noor Abed

LANTERNA "BEACH" Photography Exhibition

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…

Nottingham Beach and Riverside Festival Cancelled for Summer 2020

Nottingham City Council has today announced the cancellation of two major summer events. Both the Nottingham Beach and Riverside Festival will not take place this year due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Film Review: Ready or Not

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