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Truth or Legend: The case of Mortimer and Isabella

For this month's instalment of our regular dive into weird Nottingham history Matthew Blaney delves into the story of royal usurpers Mortimer and Isabella...

Life in Light: catching up with landscape photographer Tracey Whitefoot

Born and bred in Nottingham, Tracey Whitefoot has spent the last two decades as a freelance photographer. In that time she’s photographed a lot of famous faces, as well as capturing the amazing cityscapes she has become known for. We asked her about her work and her exhibition, My Life In Light, currently on show at Nottingham Central Library…

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Street photographer Charlie Valentine talks Nottingham: Urban Decline, her series currently displayed at New Art Exchange

When it comes to versatile photographers, Charlie Valentine certainly stands out in Notts, having made her name with grimy, analogue street photography, printmaking, and photography workshops. Currently, her series Nottingham: Urban Decline is featured at the ongoing Open exhibition at the New Art Exchange - she tells us all about this series, plus life as a photographer.

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Urban Sketching

Walk With an Expert: Urban Design - New Developments In Beeston

Urban Sketching

Changing Rural Landscape: Guided Walk

Urban Intro LIVE - Funk & Soul Cook Out

We meet urban and rural explorer Ant Daykin, or Trekking Exploration on YouTube

Bulwell’s Ant Daykin has accumulated nearly thirty thousand followers by posting category-evading content on his YouTube channel: Trekking Exploration. Having spent days exploring derelict, industrial sites in-and-around the Peak District and abandoned corners of towns between Derby and Notts, there are few people as familiar with East Midlands industrial history as he is. We met Ant to chat about hiking, history and his feelings about our innate ‘right to roam’ in the country and town.

Skate Nottingham tell us about their new exhibition and redefining the urban landscape through skateboarding

With its knack for redefining how the urban landscape is used, skateboarding has always had its place in counterculture, making it a natural topic for zines over the years. We spoke to Tom Quigley and Chris Lawton of Skate Nottingham, who are putting the city on the map as a skateboarding hub, about creativity, community and making international connections through skateboarding.

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Urban Intro Winter Solstice

Greed: The Story of the Mansfield Murders, the Subject of Upcoming Sky TV Series ‘Landscapers'

Just over two decades ago Susan and Christopher Edwards shot the former’s parents dead on a quiet cul-de-sac in Mansfield. It took sixteen years before the truth came to light and the pair were imprisoned for murder. We take a look back at one of Nottinghamshire's most shocking crimes ahead of the release of Landscapers, a Sky TV series exploring this unbelievable story, later this year…

Faces of Nottingham: Local Photographer Urban Scot on Street Photography and His New Book

Peter McConnochie – a.k.a UrbanScott – has been photographing the people of Nottingham for more than a decade, and has dedicated the last two years to his latest project, Faces of Nottingham. We caught up with the Scottish-born photographer to find out more about his latest project, as well as his ongoing obsession with shooting the people who work, live and travel in the city. 

Food Review: Rikshaw Urban Indian Kitchen

Our Food Editor tucked into some serious bad boy Indian street food...

Urban Exploring in Nottingham

The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in urban exploration – the activity of exploring abandoned man-made structures. But with several recent high-profile deaths, and growing concern from the police, the practise has started to come under increasing scrutiny. We talk to Kayleigh Manning, an urban explorer from Notts, to find out what the fuss is all about…

Explore Vertical Gardening at the Festival of Science and Curiosity's Urban Greening Conference

This month sees the Festival of Science and Curiosity come to town. As part of the events, the Urban Greening Conference offers attendees the chance to find out about vertical gardening, resource efficiency and sustainable eating. We sat down with event organiser Penney Poyzer to find out about the conference...

Anna de la Vega Teaches Folk the Importance of Worm Composting

Meet Anna de la Vega from local social enterprise The Urban Worm. This Nottingham woman has been solving problems in waste management, and has found a way for the UK to salvage its depleting supply of topsoil... with worms.