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Art, gigs, Bowie, European parties, and family festivals Here's what's on this week in Nottingham Monday 3 - Sunday 9 August

There's lots happening this week to kick off August's event schedule, from European parties to family festivals and events - here's our top picks...

Gig review: Bow Wow Wow at Metronome

Annabella’s Bow Wow Wow returned this year for their first UK headline tour in a decade, stopping off at Metronome to bring cheerful intimacy on a dark autumn night...

Bowie, True Romance, theatre, film, exhibitions and flamenco: Here's what's on in Nottingham, 27 January - 1 February

There's such a variety of events happening in Nottingham this week that we couldn't stick to five. Whether you're a David Bowie aficionado, a cinephile, a museum-goer or somebody invested in local politics, there'll be something for you... 

The Thompsons on David Bowie, Elton John and Their Favourite Notts Band

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Selectors: Rob's Records

In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Rob, founder of Rob's Records Mart, a national (arguably, global) institution, and for good reason. Places like this cease to exist and with the rapid demise of physical high street shops, Rob's really is an anomaly that should be embraced and loved by all...

Selectors: Grace Sands

In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Grace Sands, a founding member of the legendary DiY soundsystem, hailing from Nottingham. One of the most criminally underrated DJs on the scene, Grace is just as comfortable playing hip-hop, disco and psych, as she is banging out the sounds of 1991 deep house. A truly talented selector in every sense of the word...

Selectors: John Holmes

In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's John Holmes. John Holmes is a music-loving ex-BBC Radio Nottingham DJ with a record collection full of gems, rarities and all manner of stories.

Musing on Nature and the Present Moment, We Talk to Richard C Bower About His Poetry Collection

Inspired by the beauty of the natural world, Richard C. Bower muses on our relationship with the earth in his new poetry collection, Pleasures In The Pathless Woods. Featuring 76 poems set across four seasons, it’s a project that focuses on experiencing the present moment. We catch up with the local author about the process, contemplating beauty, and his upcoming book…

Selectors: Paradise Hi Fi

In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Paradise Hi Fi. This collective have been running parties in Nottingham and building up momentum ever since their (not so distant) student days; with founding members making up parts of Peach Fuzz and Mind on Ice as well as being DJs in their own right.

Selectors: James Fox

In the next installment of this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's James Fox (aka Night Loving Music)...

Selectors: Mark Rayner aka Mighty Clouds of Harmony

In the third installment of this new video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Mark Rayner aka Mighty Clouds of Harmony...

Selectors: DJ Fever

In the second installment of this new video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's DJ Fever...

Selectors: Sue Starbuck

In the first of a new video interview series Nick Strang, Spore Print Productions and Plates speak to Nottingham-based DJ and former Selectadisc worker Sue Starbuck...

In Photos: Absolute Bowie at Rescue Rooms

Channelling the spirit of this legendary figure is no mean feat, but Absolute Bowie pull it off...

Kelvin Jones on His Super Bowl Advert and Upcoming Nottingham Show

With his song Call You Home going viral, being certified gold and airing to an estimated audience of 100 million people during the Superbowl, it’s been a rollercoaster few years for Kelvin Jones. We caught up with the Zimbabwe-born, UK-raised singer-songwriter as he heads to Nottingham to support Kovic at The Bodega… 

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Richard Bowtell on New Ways of Imaging the Brain

Street Food, Barefoot Bowls and Sunshine with MySight Nottingham

"It's bowls, eats, beats, booze and banter. Barefoot Bowls is an urban take on the traditional game of lawn bowls. The ultimate laid-back, after-work, social event"

Interview: Peter Bowles

Peter Bowles went from a childhood in Hyson Green to an acting career that spans the early days of television, the golden age of sitcoms and the admiration of Marlon Brando - and he owes much of it to a theatre in town that now carries his name...

Nottingham Comedy Festival

The Nottingham Comedy Festival returns for its third year this September, offering a chance to see some of the greats perform their post-Edinburgh shows - as well as workshops and try-out gigs for aspiring performers. So we collared festival directors Helen Stead and Elliott Bower and asked...

Bow Selector

“It’s time to reclaim him from shoddy tourist attractions and stupid fancy dress costumes and put him on the pedestal he deserves”