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Award winning actor Richard Armitage speaks about his latest crime novel

After a lengthy career making his name in blockbusters such as The Hobbit and BBC’s Robin Hood, multi-award winning actor Richard Armitage has turned to the written word. He visited Bromley House to discuss his latest crime novel The Cut, and how writing and acting converge.

30 Years Of Richard & Slim

Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse

The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...

Homecoming: a Solo Exhibition by Richard Mynett

Cappo on His New Album ‘Canon’, His Recently Completed PhD, and the Importance of Collaboration

Released in three separate parts (Pain, Escapism and Absolution), Cappo’s latest album Canon represents a leap forward in the maturity of his lyrical, literature-infused Hip Hop music. We speak to him about the process of creating the record with producer Kong The Artisan, his recently-completed PhD at Nottingham Trent University, and his collaborations with familiar Notts musicians and poets…

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Theatre Review: Richard Herring at Nottingham Playhouse

Ian C Douglas enjoyed some chuckles courtesy of Richard Herring when he performed at Nottingham Playhouse...

Richard Pulsford: It Just So Happened - an Alternative History Show

Richard Pulsford: Short Joke Teller

Interview: Richard Herring

TV Comedian and celebrity interviewer, Richard Herring, brings his multi-award-winning show to Nottingham's Playhouse this November. In this exclusive preview, he talks of testicles, godlike powers and when podcasts go wrong...     

Richard Douglas (aka Joe Buhdha): Voices from Nottingham's Windrush Generation

To celebrate Black History Month and the 75th anniversary of Windrush we have been working with the New Art Exchange and their NAE YOUnity Commission funded by Freelands Foundation. Our aim is to highlight the voices of Nottingham's Windrush generation and some of the challenges they faced...

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…

Local Artist Richard Hyde Talks About Finding the Beauty in Mundanity

Local visual artist Richard Hyde uses abstract imagery to paint very real pictures - focusing on the positive aspects of the everyday, including the boundless beauty of nature, to take us away from the stresses and mundanity of normal life. Here, he dives into his creative process, and why he does what he does…

Notts Author Richard Kish Opens Up on His New Poetry Book July

Publishing his first novel Burning Ash after ten years in the writing, Richard Kish found himself stuck for inspiration, in large part because of his experiences with depression. So, in the hopes of a ‘creative boost’, Kish turned to poetry, making a vow to write a single piece every single day in July. Now published in a collection of the month’s name, we chat with the young writer about how the project came about, life with mental health struggles and the difference between prose and poetry…

Nottingham Legend Richard Whitehead MBE Chats Titles, Targets, and Giving Back to the Community

Nottingham-based athlete and motivational speaker Richard Whitehead MBE has won an array of medals at the Paralympics, but his influential work goes beyond the track. We caught up with him about his greatest achievements and the importance of giving back to the community…

Film Review: King Richard

Despite a strong lead performance from Will Smith, the Williams family biopic is incohesive and misguided...

These Pictures of St Ann’s Taken Before Its Demolition Show the End of an Era

These pictures really do paint a thousand words...

The Diaries of Nottingham WWI Soldier Are Being Made into an Exhibition and Play

For years they lay hidden away in the attic of a house in New Zealand. But now, the missing World War One diaries of Nottingham soldier Billy Richards have been discovered, and are being used as the basis for a new exhibition and play...

Art Works: Richard Chung's Film Photography

Richard Chung tells us all abaht how he shoots film photography...

Live Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel

After hosting Dot To Dot last week, The Angel welcomes Fuzzbox, I’m Not From London’s night of scuzzy sounds and filthy riffs. How could we refuse?

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

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man - David Baird's Photography Exhibition on Paralympian Richard Whitehead