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Concert Review: The Hallé with Euan Shields at the Royal Concert Hall
Sat 06 Jun 2026The Hallé returns once again to the Royal Concert Hall for an evening of Eastern European themed classical hits. This time with conductor Euan Shields, a rising international star already with an armful of accolades.
Comedy, music festivals and local talent: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham 18 -24 May
Mon 18 May 2026This week in Notts! Enjoy local theatre performances and live comedy, or head to Dot to Dot music festival and dance the night away in various venues across Nottingham. Here's our top picks...
How UK Indie Magazines Are Rebuilding Community After Social Media Burnout
Thu 14 May 2026Independent magazines never set out to become refuges. They simply carried on being themselves. Something shifted around 2022. Not dramatically — more like a slow leak. Readers, writers and creatives across the UK began quietly stepping away from their feeds, worn down by the noise, the algorithms, and the performative sense of connection that social media had long marketed as community. What they discovered instead surprised even the people offering it: print. Independent magazines never set out to become refuges. They simply carried on being themselves.
Why Nottingham could be the UK’s next indie film city
Tue 21 Apr 2026Last month, we were lucky enough to be invited to the Q & A screening of The Correction Unit hosted by the folks at cinema collective Lounge Trip. From there, we mingled with the cast and crew of the film as well as local filmmakers to find out just what Nottingham needs in terms of funding for films, plus one big question: could Nottingham become the UK’ next indie film capital?
We Feed The UK arrives at Primary
Tue 03 Mar 2026Telling the inspiring stories of food producers across the country, award-winning project We Feed The UK has arrived in Nottingham for a limited run at Primary Gallery until Saturday 14 March. We sent Jo Kingsley to the launch to find out more...
Home away from home: life for Nottingham's Ukrainian diaspora
Sat 28 Feb 2026For decades, there has been a strong Ukrainian community in Notts, organising events and fundraisers to keep their culture and traditions alive. As such, Russia’s 2022 invasion of the country made our city an obvious destination for many refugee families. As we pass the invasion’s fourth anniversary, members of City Hub Ukraine and the Ukrainian School Band talk about supporting the diaspora and people caught up in the conflict…
Five Leaves New Poetry Launch With Sue Forrester, Elizabeth Dunford and Ramisha Rafique
Fri 05 Dec 2025
Exhibition review: Ukranian Social Club at Backlit Gallery
Tue 25 Nov 2025Ukrainian Social Club is a collaboration between Backlit and the Nottingham Ukrainian Cultural Centre based in Carrington, Sherwood, focusing on Ciaran Spencer’s photography alongside artefacts representing Nottingham’s Ukrainian community across 75 years. It is an intimate, emotionally layered exhibition merging portraiture, film, textiles and tradition to tell a story of resilience across generations in the face of war and displacement.
Theatre Review: Eureka Day at Nottingham Playhouse
Mon 03 Nov 2025Sam Harvey reviews Eureka Day at the Nottingham Playhouse - a satirical take on parenting in the modern US.