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The Thompsons on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses
Tue 30 Apr 2024Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses
We Chat to Framework Night Support Worker Jordan Francis Ahead of Beat The Streets
Mon 22 Jan 2024Ahead of this weekend’s Beat The Streets festival - founded in 2018 by Nottingham promotors DHP in conjunction with Framework - we caught up with night support worker Jordan Francis to find out more about the challenges he faces and the role music can play in shining a light on an a spiralling issue...
In Photos: Foolhardy Folk Festival
Sun 10 Sept 2023Honorary Notts legend Beans on Toast curated this day of folk fun at the Arboretum at the end of August...
Festival Review: Foolhardy Folk Festival 2023
Thu 07 Sept 2023Honorary Notts legend Beans on Toast curated this day of folk fun at the Arboretum...
We Chat to Jeffrey Lewis Ahead of His Appearance at the Foolhardy Folk Festival
Wed 23 Aug 2023The Foolhardy Folk Festival is back for the third year at Nottingham Arboretum for its all day affair on Bank Holiday Sunday, with a lineup curated by Beans on Toast. Joining him will be native New Yorker comic book illustrator and cult sensation Jeffrey Lewis & The Voltage, who we caught up with ahead of the festival…
5 Great Events in Nottingham This Week: Arboretum Beer Festival, The Foolhardy Folk Festival and More
Mon 22 Aug 2022Stuart Pearce (not that one), The Shakamoto Investigation and Beans on Toast are all in town...
Beans on Toast Dives Into His Upcoming Event at the Arboretum - the Foolhardy Folk Festival
Wed 17 Aug 2022Having risen to prominence in the British folk scene, James McAllister, otherwise known as Beans on Toast, is one of the most respected artists around - known for his lyricism centring around drugs, politics and love. But now the singer is taking on a role as event organiser of the Foolhardy Folk Festival, coming to Nottingham Arboretum in August. Before it gets going, we catch up with the singer about summer vibes, going back to simplicity, and his love for festivals…
Out of Time: Sir Francis Willoughby and the Construction of Wollaton Hall
Mon 31 Jan 2022Wollaton Hall has been a centrepiece of the Nottingham landscape for just under five centuries, proudly overlooking the city from the summit of its glorious grounds. We take a look at the unique life of Sir Francis Willoughby, a controversial yet influential figure who paid for the construction of the iconic mansion back in 1580...
Review: Patricia Francis’ The Art of Oppression at New Art Exchange
Thu 18 Mar 2021Alex Stubbs checked out Patricia Francis’ The Art of Oppression as it premiered at New Art Exchange
Inside Nottingham's LARPing Community: A Day with Fools and Heroes
Wed 12 Feb 2020Gaming isn’t just about smashing controllers and passing Go for £200, you know. In the UK alone, thousands of people regularly meet up to get involved in live action role-play. We decided to head along to the Nottingham branch of Fools and Heroes, a UK-based LARP society, to get a peek into the world of high fantasy, magic, monsters and mystery…
Film Review: Pope Francis: A Man of His Word
Sat 11 Aug 2018There's bad films, there's terrible films, and then there's this pile of cack...
3 New Nottingham Products You Have To Try This Summer
Sat 01 Apr 2017Are you sick of global corporations and their cheap, quality goods? Do you think local, and act local? Then step this way, as we discover the finest products this side of the Midlands has to offer...
Stephen Lowe on Altitude Sickness and DH Lawrence in Taos
Tue 10 May 2016"Lady Chatterley's Lover came out when I was thirteen and I've spent my whole life living with and thinking about him. I've written about him so much he's like family now"
The Dilettante Society on The Wise Men of Gotham
Thu 08 Oct 2015The ladies from The Dilettante Society talk us through an age-old tale of mischief that earned a little village just outside of Nottingham quite the repuation...
Interview: DIY Poets' Francis McMahon
Thu 05 Mar 2015"We want the public to want to read poetry and not see it as an irrelevant art form"
Interview: Shelter Point
Fri 20 Feb 2015Shelter Point’s woozy, dreamy songs are winning over every tastemaker, from Zane Lowe to the LeftLion team. Back from a UK tour with Indiana, and with a Sony deal in the bag, we sat down with singer Liam and producer Robin to find out how it all began, what’s next, and their adventures in between…