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Meeting local actor Charles Evans, who's running a backwards marathon for charity

In an effort to raise money for Autism East Midlands, a local charity supporting autistic people and their families, Notts local - Charles Evans - a creative, an actor, and autistic person himself takes on part challenge, part statement: a backwards marathon that’s as much about community and visibility as it is about proving that difference is strength. We spoke to Charles about his mission to celebrate neurodiversity and Out Of Order, a documentary being made about his training and self-discovery…

Workshop: Who's In My Nest?

Gig Review: piri & tommy at The Bodega

TikTok’s favourite DnB duo piri and tommy lit up a sold-out Bodega with a sunshine-infused set, perfect to combat the cold November nights creeping back in...

Tommy Alexander

Meet the Notts Filmmaker Who's Set a Second World War Film in Hucknall's Arc Cinema

Notts filmmaker Bradley Severn’s introspective short A Picture of Memory aims to shine a light on the brutality of war. We hear about what the movie involves, the messages it is trying to convey, and how The Arc Cinema in Hucknall played an instrumental role in its creation…

Hockley Hustle's Tommy Farmyard on Stand Out Moments, Being Eco-Friendly and Future Plans

Summer might be bowing out for another year but that doesn’t mean the festival fun is over just yet. We catch up with our mate Tommy Farmyard, one of the brains behind Hockley Hustle, to find out what to expect from this year’s edition of the much-loved community festival...

Tommy K Events Is Bringing DJ Yoda Back to Notts

 If you saw him last year you’ve probably got a ticket already and if yer didn’t, Caroline Barry explains why you’d be mad to miss out this April…

Tommy K on the Side: Sauce of Royal Income

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing you the sauce...

Tommy K on the Side: Condiments on the Continent

Ketchup on Tommy's European adventures...

Tommy K on the Side: Endangered BBQ Sauce

Our saucy boi is bringing you the good stuff... 

Tommy K on the Side: Sea Fish

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing the sauce to you, and this time he's made his way to Sea Fish...

Tommy K on the Side: Fox and Grapes

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing the sauce to you...

Tommy K on the Side: Carrington’s Fish Bar

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing the sauce to you...

John Harvey's Not Tommy Johnson: An Extract Taken from Going Down Slow and Other Stories

"A wall-eyed mongrel barked as he entered, hackles raised, then backed away, growling, from the kick that failed to follow"

Tommy Farmyard Gives Us The Hockley Hustle Lowdown

October in Nottingham pops off on a regular. What miserable glimmers we had of summer may be well and truly over, but the city shakes off the rain and comes out in such force that we’re crowned the UK’s Festival City for the entire 31 days. Adding to the mass of joy and wonder is the formidable Hockley Hustle; the charity music festival that transforms the cobbles of Hockley into a hedonistic paradise, all in the name of dobbing some worthwhile causes some cash.

This year, they’ve gone all out to bring the party to Hoodtown’s pint-sized partiers, and they’re proud to present, for the first time in the festival’s ten-year history, Young Hustlers. We had a word with festival kingpin, Tommy Farmyard, to find out more...

Street Tales: Shelford Tommy

Nottingham has always boasted its fair share of local characters, legends and eccentrics. People like Benjamin Mayo, and more recent contenders like Frank Robinson, affectionately known as Xylophone Man, will go down in Nottingham history...

British Cyclist Tommy Simpson Died 50 Years Ago Today

In the days before Team Sky, asthma medication and bubble suits, the most famous British road cyclist was Tom Simpson. Thursday 13 July is the fiftieth anniversary of his death while climbing Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France and so we take a look back at the life and times of the fastest Nottingham resident on two wheels…

Theatre Review: Tommy at Nottingham Playhouse

The Who’s rock opera benefits from extravagant production at Nottingham Playhouse…

Tommy Scott from Space Talks Playing Spanky Van Dyke's This Friday

Calling all Space cadets. We had a little chat with Tommy Scott, lead singer and lyrical master of the nineties-famous Liverpool legends Space, about the band’s new album, getting back together, their tip-top moments as a band and their upcoming gig in Spanky van Dykes...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

We got down to Lace Market Theatre to find out what battlelines are drawn in the drawing room

The Dilettante Society on Shelford Tommy

"Just as she raised her knife to gut the creature he projected a woeful cry of 'Don't cut off my head!' into the kitchen"