Nottingham Creative Community News

When Notts County Won The FA Cup

With Notts County having spent the majority of the season struggling to avoid relegation to the non-league, it’s easy to forget...

The Underground Radio Scene in Nottingham

22 March 19

Radio has undergone something of a revolution recently, with the internet explosion facilitating a new wave of niche, localised, underground stations that capture the unique sound of their areas. Proving that Nottingham is no exception, our tastemakers have launched their own platforms too, marking the city’s contribution towards this growing movement...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

23 March 19

Featuring The Five Hundred, Shxdow, Dog Explosion, Garry Perkins and Pete Beardsworth...

Art Works: William Gregory MacArthur

22 March 19

He's a fast-paced worker, finishing his paintings in less than thirty minutes...

The Nottingham Astronomical Society Have Been Scanning the Skies for Decades

18 March 19

Anyone who casts their eyes skyward on the evening of Thursday 21 March might be treated with a view of the supermoon – a phenomenon whereby the moon appears especially large in the sky. One man guaranteed to be watching is John Hurst, chairman of the Nottingham Astronomical Society, a group dedicated to discovering the secrets of space...

DiY Collective's Pete Woosh on His Battle With Cancer and His New Musical Project The 52 Card Trick

20 March 19

As a founder member of the DiY collective, one of Britain's first house sound-systems, Pete Woosh has been a leading figure in the UK counter-culture for almost thirty years. Whether DJing solo or with his long-time DiY sidekick, Digs, he has performed everywhere from Glastonbury to Dismaland, Banksy’s apocalyptic theme park style art exhibition. But after being diagnosed with highly aggressive head and neck cancer in December of 2015, he decided to take a natural approach to treatment, and is about to launch The 52 Card Trick project to give something back to everyone that helped him...

Happy Dough Lucky Serves Authentic, Napoli-Style Pizza in the Heart of The City

19 March 19

Dough yer really like it...

Gentleman's Dub Club on Bringing Their Lost In Space Tour to Nottingham

18 March 19

Renowned for raucous live shows and a coalescent approach to making music, Gentleman’s Dub Club are a nine-man force to be reckoned with. This month sees them return to Nottingham, hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Lost In Space. We grabbed vocalist, Johnny Scratchley, for a chat about his band’s sound, their intergalactic ambitions and the possibility of an alien abduction…

Under Cover Artist: Alex Traska

16 March 19

What do Nottingham and outer space have in common? Well, if you’ve got the creative skills of Alex Traska, quite a bit. We had a chinwag with the Nottingham artist to find out how he managed to put together such a cracking cover and pull-out poster...

Art Works: David Smee

15 March 19

David gives us the lowdown on his illustrations...

Is Cornerstone Pizza Any Good?

13 March 19

It's a big hit with Sherwood folk...

Area NG1: UFO Sightings in Nottingham

08 March 19

In the second half of the twentieth century, the people of the East Midlands found themselves anxiously watching the stars, anticipating a war between worlds. Literature Editor LP Mills takes a deep-dive in the strange and inexplicable culture of UFO hunters that sprung up in Nottingham following World War Two.

Dr Julian Onions Attempts to Answer Complex Questions About The Universe in His Role as an Astrophysicist

12 March 19

For most of us, thoughts about where the Universe ends and what’s really out there are confined to the early hours of the morning when you’re desperately trying to sleep. But for Dr. Julian Onions, answering life’s most challenging questions is simply part of his day job. We caught up with the University of Nottingham astrophysicist to talk galaxy formation, Sandra Bullock and everything in-between…

City Stylin' #11

11 March 19

We searched high and low for the most stylish of Notts heads with summat to say...

Artist and Curator Diana Ali on Her Role as Mentor on BBC's The Big Painting Challenge

09 March 19

This month sees The Big Painting Challenge back on our screens for a third series. We caught up with artist, curator and Nottingham resident Diana Ali to talk about her career and role as a mentor on the BBC One show…

A UFO Investigator in Notts

04 March 19

"I’m not a crackpot; I’ve been researching this for over thirty years and I’m 100 percent sure that we’ve been visited by aliens."

Holy Calzone Have Converted an Old Church Into An Italian Eatery

07 March 19

As well as an extensive menu, there's space for community activities too...

Snap Notts: Hyson Green

06 March 19

Mnozil Brass Are Bringing Their Circus-Inspired Musical Show to Nottingham

04 March 19

“The world is a circus” reads the programme for the latest show – Cirque – from septet Mnozil Brass, who return to Nottingham for a show at the Royal Concert Hall this month. Merging comedy with virtuoso brass performances, they astound audiences the world over with the quality of their music, while simultaneously dissolving them into hilarity. A band that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated, they are funny, but the music, their talent and their sheer love of their craft is always front and centre. We caught up with the band’s sharply-dressed trumpet player (and sometime magician) Roman Rindberger who, when he’s not touring with Mnozil, is also a professor of music in his native Vienna...