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Red Sea FC: the refugee football team building community through the beautiful game

Red Sea FC are a hardworking local football team. Founded in 2019, they provide a welcoming found- family and shared cause for refugees living in Nottingham. Freya Peters heads to the Forest Rec to meet founder Ezedin Osman to find out what motivates him and how the players are finding community far away from home… 

Jalen Ngonda

Ghost Hunt with Barrie John & Paranormal team at Newstead Abbey

Beyond the Wall: the New Art Exchange team talk telling stories with street art in Hyson Green and Morocco

In recent years, the New Art Exchange gallery in Hyson Green has sought to firmly centre their ambitions in serving the local community – placing the cultural needs of the neighbourhood first. A big part of that has been their street art and murals project: Beyond the Wall, which via lots of ambition and creativity has spanned both Hyson Green and Marrakesh, Morocco. We spoke about the project with NAE CEO Saad Eddine Said and artist Laura Decorum – whose work has been vital to Beyond the Wall…

We celebrate one year of The Grove with the team that have made it a creative hub for local music

Proving that you don’t need a big budget to make a big impact, The Grove is built by gig-goers, run by musicians, and powered by the scene. It may be small in size, but Talia Robinson discovers that it’s massive in heart, helping local artists record, perform, and find their place in Nottingham’s ever-growing music family... 

How the Lenton Centre is providing for the people of NG7

The past couple of years have been more challenging than ever for Nottinghamshire’s community centres and hubs. In recent times of austerity many have seen their funding cut, despite their services being needed more than ever. However, shining out like a beacon is The Lenton Centre, which will soon be celebrating twenty years of independent community ownership. We spoke to Ben Rawson and Amy Whitmore about the challenges of providing a charity and providing a swimming pool, gym, café and quite a lot more to the residents of NG7…

Gig review: Sports Team at Rescue Rooms

Sports Team ‘Go Fishing’ for more than they expected at Rescue Rooms, the crowd delivering on their beer sloshing, gear moshing mayhem. Adept support was delivered by C Turtle and mary in the junkyard...

Sports Team

We chat with Sports Team about changes in sound, their live show ethos, and KSI...

Sports Team are a band who take music seriously – and always have fun with it. Famous for headline-grabbing stunts, which have led to a feud with Matty Healy and a chart battle with Lady Gaga, the English alt-rockers are determined to keep making waves. Before their big headline show at rescue Rooms next week, Ali Glen caught up with the band...

1525 Ng83: When We Were B Boys

How local football team Fanzines United FC was created from a conversation in Selectadisc record shop

In 1990 a conversation in Selectadisc record shop led to a group of Notts County and Nottingham Forest fanzine creators putting their rivalries aside to form a football team together. Fanzines United FC was formed and is still going strong to this day. Andy Lowe, founder of the Tricky Tree fanzine explains how it happened…

Skate Nottingham Team Up With Samsung to Land Flip Park in Nottingham

Something special is coming to the city next week that anyone involved in our local skating community needs to know about...

Oscuridad X Rogue Puppet Records

A Day In The Life Of The Splendour Festival Team

We chat to Matt Newton, Marketing Manager at DHP Family, about what a typical day in his life is like as he prepares for Splendour Festival this weekend...

Gig Review: The Go! Team at Rescue Rooms

The Brighton-based six piece band head to Rescue Rooms for a headline performance...

The Go! Team

Sports Team

Exhibition Review: Karol Radziszewski, QAI-GB-NGM at Bonington

Archives and Queer histories are reflected compassionately in Karol Radziszewski's latest incarnation of his Queer Archives Institute project, as the Polish-born artist brings together Queer stories from Eastern Europe and Nottingham...

Meet the Team Behind the Hustle Holt - Nottingham City’s First Miyawaki Mini Forest

The project will create new homes for native spaces of insects, birds and animals to thrive in...

Gig Review: Sports Team at Rock City

Sports Team headlined Rock City with support from Courting and Nottingham band Blondes to bring a night of indie-fuelled chaos as part of their Deep Down Happy tour… 

Sports Team

We Chat to the Team at The Roundhouse, the Unique Pub Based in a Former Nottingham Hospital

The Roundhouse is a unique pub located within the former Jubilee Wing of the Nottingham General Hospital, providing a diverse menu packed with high quality, locally sourced food and ales. We speak to Head Chef Pete Smith and Operational Manager Tracey McGowan about everything going on at the Nottingham local… 

Sound Designer Luke Gentry on His Work on Aladdin and Teaming Up With Tom Cruise

From video-calling Tom Cruise to working on blockbusters like Aladdin and The Gentlemen, Luke Gentry has had a hell of a career since graduating from Confetti just over 10 years ago. We chat to the Sound Designer about his role, his route into film and his thoughts on the movie everyone loves to hate, 2019’s Cats…

The Notts Olympians Representing Team GB at Tokyo 2020

With the delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo now in full flow, and the Paralympic Games soon to follow, we take a look at some of the Notts athletes aiming to add to Team GB’s medal count this summer...

This Girl Can Teams Up with The Renewal Trust for Series of Sporting Summer Roadshows

The summer roadshows will offer women and their families the chance to try out a range of new sports and activities for free...