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Comedy Review: Mike Rice's Cruel Little Man at the Nottingham Arts Theatre

One of Ireland's finest new comedians has Nottingham rolling in the aisles...

In photos: Mike & The Mechanics at the Royal Concert Hall

Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30: Mike McShane on Playing Friar Tuck

A $50 million budget, Hollywood’s biggest star, England’s most famous legend, an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA win, a song that became one of the best-selling singles of all time, that performance from Alan Rickman and a box office take of almost $400 million. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves left a huge impact on the legacy of Nottingham’s folk hero and, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its release, we caught up with some of the people responsible for bringing it to life, starting with Mike McShane...

Man With a Brush - Mike Meyer Documentary

"What attracted us to him was him. He could have been doing anything but it was him as a person and the way he lived his life"

GameCity 9: Mike Bithell

We caught up with game designer Mike Bithell post-GameCity

Mike Bithell

We spoke to Mike Bithell, whose second game, Volume is based on the Robin Hood legend

Mik Godley

Whether he's sitting behind an easel or an iPad, Mik Godley is one of the most talented artists working in Nottingham today. Period.

Mike Breckon on the 1972 Murders of the Israeli Olympic Team

On 5 September 1972, two weeks into the Munich Olympics, members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kidnapped and later murdered eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team - witnessed by Mike Breckon, Yorkshire-born manager of the Canadian cycling team, who was based in the opposite apartment. He now lives in Nottingham, and speaks for the first time of what he saw.

Interview: Nuclear Family

'It’s not a question of a man and a woman, and children, more a question of a group of human beings, in a mutual bond'