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Local Nottingham Artists Have The Chance To Play Legendary Rock City Main Stage @ Dot To Dot Festival
The Future Sound of Nottingham is returning for 2024. FSN gives Nottingham and Nottinghamshire musicians the opportunity to play the iconic main stage of Rock City.
Nottingham Her-story: Our Top Women From Notts
Fri 08 Mar 2024Our fair city has been home to some spectacular women in its time, from comedians and performers to activists and artists. To celebrate International Women's Day we thought we’d round up some of the fabulous ladies who have made us proud and continue to inspire…
No Shadow Between the Thighs: Eccentric & Bizarre.. Rare and Unknown Films Presented With Our Youth Programmer and Local Creatives
Sat 06 Jan 2024Music to Our Ears: We Look Back at a Record-Breaking Year for Nottingham’s Award Winning DHP Family
Fri 22 Dec 2023We caught up with our friends at DHP Family for their reflections on a milestone year for the live music company which brings hundreds of top tier artists to Nottingham, as well as giving a platform to our finest homegrown talent...
We Do Some Etymological Digging to Discover How Some of Our Local Place Names Originated
Thu 21 Dec 2023Inherited over centuries from our ancestors to mark the lay of the land, place names give glimmers of the people and communities that occupied our terrain before us. Most often deriving from old English words relating to the landscape, or long gone land-owning families, these names evolve in the local collective consciousness while also becoming often overlooked after a time due to their familiarity. We thought we’d do a little etymological digging to discover how some of our local place names originated, and what they mean today…
Our December Cover Artist Chris Rickels Tells Us the Inspiration Behind His Festive LeftLion Cover
Tue 05 Dec 2023It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And so is the cover of our December issue by Chris Rickels. We find out more about him and his work...
The World’s Most Famous AI-Powered Language Model ChatGPT Answers Our Burning Questions
Tue 21 Nov 2023Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a huge talking point in the past year. There’s been murmurs that it’s going to ruin creative industries, take away our jobs, and lead to the demise of humanity as we know it. We hear your concerns, and it’s time to provide some much-needed answers. And who better to answer the tricky questions than ChatGPT itself? So, we sat down (sort of) with the world’s most famous AI-powered language model for a somewhat unconventional ‘interview’...
Our November Cover Artist Ilinca Sivoglo Tells Us More About the Inspirations Behind Her Futuristic Design
Thu 09 Nov 2023We asked our November cover artist Ilinca Sivoglo to tell us more about her inspirations...
Mimm’s Nathaniel Coltrane Tells Us All About Their Latest Project ‘Our Yard’, a Detailed Look Into Soundsystem Culture
Fri 27 Oct 2023For the past thirteen years Nathaniel Coltrane has run Mimm (Music is my Motive) from the heart of Nottingham. Starting as a clothing shop, it has evolved into a community hub for the vast amount of creatives residing in the city. We spoke to Nate about his new project Our Yard: a detailed look into the history of sound system culture.
Meet the Author: Thomas Legendre - Writing 'prehistorical' Historical Fiction: Finding Ourselves In the Past
Wed 25 Oct 2023Introducing Humanity Project, the Motley Group Putting Humanity Back Into Our Politics
Sat 14 Oct 2023Imagine a House of Citizens filled with a representatively selected jury of people who aren’t professional politicians, informed by the best expertise, sat atop government alongside the two Houses of Parliament (the Commons and Lords). This House would not be beholden to any manifesto or particular ideology, but steered by thousands of ongoing conversations around the country - inclusively, deliberatively, collectively making long term policy decisions based on the things we can all agree on. Sounds pretty far out right? Well that’s the plan for Humanity Project…
We Chat to Legendary Broadcaster Clive Tyldesley About Meeting Brian Clough and Studying at Uni of Nottingham
Sun 17 Sept 2023World Cup ties; Champions League finals; England internationals: If you’ve watched a major game of football over the past five decades, you’ve likely heard the iconic voice of Clive Tyldesley commentating on said game. We had a chat with the legendary broadcaster about working in his beloved sport, meeting Brian Clough, and studying Industrial Economics at the University of Nottingham…
We Catch Up With Martin Sommerville, Owner of By Our Hands We Make Our Way
Sat 26 Aug 2023Behind the many pleasing window displays in Sneinton Market Avenues, one in particular has always stood out. Decked with greenery, art and beautiful wooden textures, By Our Hands We Make Our Way is a space for woodworking, community, creativity and more. I decided to finally drop in and have a chat with owner Martin Sommerville to see what they are all about.
Nottingham Legend Vicky McClure MBE on Our Dementia Choir's Return to Splendour Festival
Fri 14 Jul 2023Splendour Festival returns to Wollaton Park this month, as does Vicky McClure MBE and Our Dementia Choir. We chat to the Wollaton native ahead of the festival which essentially takes place in her back garden…
The Garibaldi Red Podcast Is Becoming Our City’s Leading Nottingham Forest Podcast - We Hear All About It
Wed 21 Jun 2023Featuring leading Nottingham Forest experts, former Nottingham Forest players, and die-hard Nottingham Forest fans, the Garibaldi Red podcast is quickly becoming our city’s leading - you guessed it - Nottingham Forest podcast. Our own Reds correspondent, Gareth Watts, runs us through its rise…
We Visit Project Pies, the Carlton Hill-Based Lockdown Sensation That Has Changed Our City’s Food Scene
Sun 04 Jun 2023From plastering walls to baking pastries, Dan Lione has had a unique journey into the culinary world. We hear all about his internet-conquering, pie-focused passion project: Project Pies…
6 of Our Favourite Notts Performances of All Time
Fri 21 Apr 2023From The Last of Us to Without Sin, Nottingham actors are smashing it at every level and across every genre right now. But what are some of the best Notts performances of all time? We take our picks...
We Give Our Verdict on Some of Notts’ Most Popular Pub Quizzes
Wed 29 Mar 2023Rose Mason, in her quest to become Nottingham's leading Pub Quiz Correspondent, took a trip out to some of our favourite watering holes to see what was on offer...