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A brand new art gallery called Gasleak Mountain has just opened in Nottingham - we sit down with its founders to learn all about this exciting, inclusive space...

Coming to Broadway Soon, Steve Scott Tells Us About the Kendal Mountain Tour

Sat 04 Jun 2022

We chat to one of the Kendal Mountain Festival’s directors, Steve Scott, about the global appeal of adventuring, building a tight-knit community of thrill-seekers, and what to expect when their 2022 Tour comes to Broadway Cinema…

Review: Banff Mountain Film Festival at Nottingham Playhouse

Mon 07 Mar 2022

Banff Mountain Film Festival returns to the Nottingham Playhouse for a thrilling night of outdoor adventure...

Doug Scott: Mountaineering Legend 1941-2020

Mon 21 Dec 2020

Earlier this month Nottingham-born mountaineering legend Doug Scott died from Cancer. Mark Patterson, a journalist who once interviewed Doug, remembers the life of a man who conquered Everest and captured the imaginations of the British and Himalayans alike...

Art Review: Mountain of Tongues at Backlit Studios

Wed 25 Jul 2018

Our Adrian went to Backlit to find that although Mountain of Tongues has just finished, but nothing stops him from a good review. Better late than never, he says...

Mountain of Tongues at Backlit

Mon 11 Jun 2018

Backlit’s new exhibition Mountain of Tongues is devoted to the transmission of languages in the Caucasus region – on the border of Europe and Asia – which Arab geographers call "Jabal Al-Alsun" or "Mountain of Languages". The show features works by local artists like Leila Al-Yousuf and Ryan Heath, as well as the internationally renowned collective Slavs and Tartars, or the “archaeologists of the everyday” as they call themselves. We grabbed a coffee with Ryan Heath to find out more…

Preview: Banff Mountain Film Festival

Mon 30 Apr 2018

The Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, which is currently touring around the UK, is stopping in Nottingham to showcase its action-packed programme of short films at the Nottingham Playhouse on the 2 May 2018.