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Millie Manders and The ShutUp - Back to the FuTour

From Chinese art to liquid DnB: Here’s what’s going on in Nottingham this week, 9 - 15 February

It's Valentine's Day this week, and whether you're looking for activities to do with a significant other, or want to get out and experience what Notts has to offer solo, you're guaranteed to find something weird or wonderful you'll enjoy...

In photos: Vona Vella at The Grove, with Jmaes and Modern Coven

Gig review: enchanting 90s goth with Miranda Sex Garden, Hurtsfall and Modern Coven at Rough Trade

Local gig putter-onners I’m Not From London treated Rough Trade to a night of bewitching harmonies and gothic glamour, presenting the reformation of ethereal 90s dark wave band Miranda Sex Garden, with support from Notts own Hurtsfall and Modern Coven.

My Friend Wolf & Modern Coven

Gig review: Millie Manders and the Shutup at Rescue Rooms, with Ramona's Tea Party

Anarchic fun... All killer, no filler... Earworms aplenty. Exhausting all the superlatives, Millie Manders and the Shutup returned to Nottingham and proved that social awareness and a sense of justice need never be dull...

In photos: Deadletter at Rescue Rooms, with Modern Woman

Millie Manders and The Shutup

LeftLion's Latest Listens #2: Notts music we're currently spinning

LeftLion's Latest Listens is our music team's picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands. This week, LeftLion listens to new releases from Purple Suns, Modern Coven, Sunflower Thieves, Bram Bancroft and Lace Thief...

South Notts Beer Festival

Guided Tour: Medieval and Early Modern Bears

Guided Tour: Medieval and Early Modern Bears

Modern Nature

We Explore the Rise of Magic Practices in Nottingham, From Wicca to Paganism

From the success of cult classic films like The Craft and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, to modern flicks like The Love Witch, our media suggests we’re thoroughly intrigued by magic, and those practising it. But, aside from campy movies, what do you actually know about witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism? On a mission to find out more, our writers George White and Lizzy O’Riordan joined together to learn about the history of witchcraft and how it’s practised in the modern day. Talking to Dr Thomas Waters about the persecutions of the past, and magic shop owner Soroya Cordery about the thriving present, they discover why the practice holds such a powerful grasp on our zeitgeist…

MODERN TIMES (1936) Charlie Chaplin, 87 mins. Cert U

Interview: Ruby Rushton Brings Modern Jazz to The Chameleon

Get to know the jazz quartet before they get us grooving this week... 

Short Film: Millie by Daniel Turner

Check out Notts director Daniel Turner's brilliant short documentary about female wrestling...

Advertising Sectioned: The Modern Way to Loveliness (Woman’s Magazine, 1948)

The last ever installment of Wayne Burrows' marvelously dry series...

Help Millie Lingerie Create Bras for Breast Cancer Survivors

Specialising in creating bras for breast cancer survivors, the women behind Millie Lingerie are asking for your support with their upcoming Kickstarter campaign...

Ten Great Modern Westerns

Western Slow West was released this week, so we made a top ten list in regards to the genre

Arthur Century Later

ITV were supposed to remake Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 2008, but they chickened out. So what would a modern Arthur Seaton be like? We have a stab at it…

Nottingham Moderns Rugby Club