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From Wrestling to Climate Action Cinema: Heres Whats On in Nottingham this week 12-18 Feb 2024
Sun 11 Feb 2024Whether you crave the sarcasm of Post-Punk or the catharsis of a good old film, check out our top picks for this week in Nottingham...
Gig Review: Chappaqua Wrestling at The Bodega
Sun 28 May 2023They may have the coolest band name ever, but did the music live up to it?
Nottingham Wrestler Joseph Conners Chats WWE, House of Pain Wrestling Academy, and Crafting a Career in Sport
Mon 11 Jul 2022Having come up through the House of Pain Wrestling Academy, Nottingham lad Joseph Conners has achieved what very few in the world of wrestling have. From performing for audiences around the world, wrestling for Next Generation Wrestling and, most impressively, WWE at their 2017 and 2018 UK Championship Tournaments, he’s come a long way since first stepping into the ring. We caught up with the wrestling legend to find out what’s next…
7 Fun Things to Do in Nottingham This Week: Meadowlands, Detonate, Wrestling and More
Mon 30 May 2022Live music, live wrestling and a live Q&A with two of the UK's best crime writers - all coming up this week in Notts...
Nottingham-Born Influencer Lauren Black Lifts the Lid on Social Media’s Impact on Body Image and Mental Health
Wed 16 Mar 2022We chat to Lauren Black, an influencer from Nottingham with over 120,000 followers on Instagram, about the potential mental health challenges for models online, how she’s using her own platform for good, and her work on BBC documentary The Instagram Effect, which explores the darker side of an ever-expanding digital world…
Emmanuel House Release Short Film to Show Impact of Homelessness Prevention
Wed 15 Dec 2021The eight-minute film is based on the experiences of the charity's service users...
University Challenged: 3 Nottingham Students on the Impact of COVID on Their Studies
Sun 11 Apr 2021Often overlooked during the past twelve months, and being excluded entirely from some of Boris Johnson’s key COVID briefings, university students all over the country have been left feeling anxious, frustrated and forgotten during the pandemic. We talk to three Nottingham students to find out how they’ve coped during the past year…
Double Impact's CEO Graham Miller on Its Run, Roll or Ramble for Recovery Campaign
Wed 17 Feb 2021This February, drug and alcohol recovery charity Double Impact have been running their Run, Roll or Ramble for Recovery campaign to encourage people to get fit, build awareness for the work they do, and raise some money. We speak to the charity's CEO Graham Miller about Double Impact and about the event...
Double Impact Is Encouraging People to Run, Ramble, or Roll For Its Virtual Fundraising Campaign
Thu 28 Jan 2021Dust off your trainers for this wonderful cause...
Doreen Simmons: Nottingham's Sumo Wrestling Queen
Tue 12 Jan 2021Sumo wrestling commentator, teacher, author, singer, philanthropist, Mastermind contestant, recipient of Japan’s Order of the Rising Sun… Nottingham-born Doreen Simmons lived a life filled with adventure. Having recently, with friend Jane Russell, co-written a play about her life, history enthusiast Jayne Muir explains why Doreen’s is a story well-worth telling…
Academic and Stand-Up Comedian Dr Claire Sedgwick on COVID-19's Impact on the Industry
Thu 09 Jul 2020Unpaid sets. No trade unions. Class inequalities. Even by the already difficult standards of the creative industries, stand-up comedy is a particularly hard industry in which to carve a career path. Dr Claire Sedgwick, an academic and stand-up comedian, explores how COVID-19 has only exacerbated those difficulties, and what the comedy scene is doing to keep the industry alive ...
Norse Nottingham: How the Vikings Impacted Our City
Wed 10 Jun 2020We’ve all been there. You’re abroad on holiday, and a taxi driver or barman asks where you’re from. ‘Ah, Nottingham? Robin Hood!’ While our city’s pairing with a figure whose existence hasn’t been proven is interesting, it’s often at the expense of the cultures that helped shape the landscape of Notts, including the enormous, lasting impact of the Vikings. We talk to the University of Nottingham’s Dr. Rebecca Gregory, author of Viking Nottinghamshire, about Nottingham’s Norse legacy…
The History of Wrestling in Nottingham
Mon 21 Jan 2019Pro wrestling has had a bit of resurgence of late. With Notts lad Gabriel Kidd appearing on ITV’s World of Sport, and Nottingham Contemporary hosting a sold-out Spandex Ballet back in September, it’s fair to say there’s something stirring in our city when it comes to the sport. Here, we delve into the history of wrestling in Nottingham, and take a look at who’s flying the flag these days...
The Thompson Brothers on New Year’s Resolutions, Def Leppard and Wrestling
Thu 03 Jan 2019Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
School of Hard Notts Catch up with Stixx
Wed 21 Nov 2018Stixx is Nottingham’s very own HHH; a technician, brawler, trainer and promoter. He has contributed massively to Nottingham wrestling’s ongoing rejuvenation and has fought and trained some of the best in the world. Whilst Stixx benevolently left mainstream recognition to his protégés, to those in the know, there can be no doubt he is he is one of the linchpins of wrestling in the midlands. Sitting in the post-show wreckage after another bruising bout, LeftLion hangs out under the tree of woe with Notts’ most garrulous gigantic grappler.
Spandex Ballet: A Work, of Art?
Thu 13 Sept 2018High-brow pursuits met high-flying pugilists as independent Wrestling show Spandex Ballet dropkicked into the Nottingham contemporary art gallery last weekend. The debut Nottingham show from the unusual Wrestling Resurgence promotion played in front of a packed house in the art gallery’s exhibition space. Pitching their tent firmly at the tongue-in-cheek, theatrical end of the spectrum, Resurgence nonetheless shoehorned in enough bone crunching spots and proper old fashioned wrastlin’ to entertain fans of all tastes.
School of Hard Notts: Wrestling Resurgence Present Spandex Ballet
Fri 31 Aug 2018On Saturday 8 September, three of Nottingham’s ‘ardest men will wrestle for supremacy in an inter-generational battle of wills to crown the Sheriff of the Nottingham grappling scene. Wrestling fans are used to seeing their larger-than-life heroes getting down to business in sports halls or nightclubs, but in a world first the “Battle of Nottingham” will be contested in the renowned Nottingham Contemporary art gallery - a venue more accustomed to chin-stroking than chin-music. Chaz Wright talks to Sam West, producer of the exciting new promotion Wrestling Resurgence, to find out more about Spandex Ballet...
Notts Lad Gabriel Kidd Set to Appear on ITV'S New Show WOS Wrestling This Saturday
Fri 03 Aug 2018Big Daddy, Giant Haystacks and now Gabriel Kidd; we were well chuffed to hear about Gedling lad Gabe forming part of the impressive roster for ITV revamp, WOS Wrestling.
Purple Monkey Theatre Company - Charity Wrestling Match
Sun 31 May 2015This Thursday sees St. Ann with Emmanuel Church get taken over by a load of meaty blokes, in a wrestling frenzy, all for charity
Purple Monkey Theatre Company - Charity Wrestling Match
Sun 31 May 2015This Thursday sees St. Ann with Emmanuel Church get taken over by a load of meaty blokes, in a wrestling frenzy, all for charity
Sobar: Nottingham's Alcohol Free Bar from Double Impact
Tue 27 Jan 2015Binge drinking has been a problem in Britain for a long time. After what feels like hundreds of government initiatives, there’s still a lot of emphasis placed on social responsibility. But how can we tackle this head on? Sobar is just one of the unique ways that society is having a go…
TNA Impact Wrestling
Tue 31 Jan 2012It’s odd to be humbled by something so amazingly nostalgic and yet it’s not often on a Nottingham evening you can say that you hi-fived Hulk Hogan
Geek Mythology #3 - Wrestling
Fri 14 May 2010There's no other 'sport' out there that blends such high-level Gonzo weirdness with impressive feats of agility and strength than wrestling