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GOBS: Notts Spoken-Word Collective set for Live Digital Showcase

The dynamic collective of twenty spoken-word artists will be joined by Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey this Saturday...

Nottingham Is Getting its Own Tiny Forest Thanks to Green Hustle

24 March 21

The city's first tiny forest will be planted on Woodthorpe Grange Park... 

25 Years Later: Toy Story

22 March 21

Is the original Toy Story really still worth the hype? Chris King takes us back to where it all began…

25 Years Later: Space Jam

21 March 21

The Michael Jordan–starring Looney Tunes adventure Space Jam turns 25 this year—Katie Green takes a look back at this crazy 1996 live-action (and animated) sports comedy...

Film Review: Zack Snyder's Justice League

21 March 21

The director’s cut of DC Comics’ superhero team-up is four hours of wacky, over-the-top fun, writes Screen section co-editor Jamie Morris...

Film Review: Paper Lives

20 March 21

Netflix’s new Turkish-language drama, Paper Lives, is a melodramatic slog…

50 Years Later: Get Carter

20 March 21

Does Get Carter get a good review fifty years on? More or less...

Interview: Wigflex Relaunches Record Label After Six Year Hiatus

19 March 21

The notorious Nottingham party crew’s last release was in 2015, but now it’s back with an EP from Son of Philip, including an extra special remix. Rory Evans learns more about the long-term friendship formed through music that led to the label’s revival…

Review: Patricia Francis’ The Art of Oppression at New Art Exchange

18 March 21

Alex Stubbs checked out Patricia Francis’ The Art of Oppression as it premiered at New Art Exchange

These Pictures of St Ann’s Taken Before Its Demolition Show the End of an Era

18 March 21

Film Review: Coven of Sisters

17 March 21

Why is Netflix’s latest release about witches lacking in magic?

Framework's Video Gaming Fundraiser Aims to Get Homeless Young People Online

17 March 21

The Level Up campaign, which runs throughout April, will help end digital exclusion among young homeless people

Sugar Stealers are Hosting a Month of Free Online Women’s Creative and Wellbeing Workshops

16 March 21

The collective – made up DJ Tricia Gardiner, Nottinghamshire actor Esther Coles and film producer Anna Griffin – are offering workshops to aid the wellbeing of women everywhere after a particularly difficult month… 

Film Review: Coming 2 America

12 March 21

Prince Akeem's long-awaited return is a messy and soulless nostalgia trip...

Metronome Have Expanded Their Virtual Line Up with Three Events from Nottingham Poetry Festival featuring Henry Normal

12 March 21

Following the success of the virtual festival and a string of gigs at the latter end of 2020, the venue announced further big names for their Metronome Sessions… 

Be Scene and Heard: Video Showcase

10 March 21

Last September, I’m Not From London’s Will Robinson shared plans for his ‘Be Scene and Heard’ project, bringing together young deaf adults to give them music industry experience. Songs, videos and friendships were made throughout the three week project, which finished this February. We share their work below… 

The Carousel Launches International Womxn's Day Exhibition

08 March 21

The project showcases artists from all over the UK and is created by womxn, about womxn, to celebrate womxn...

Gallery Review: Interstitia: A Cyber Multiverse

08 March 21

What are art exhibitions like during a pandemic? Whilst we wait for normality to reappear and galleries to open their doors again, creatives turn to unknown territory - exhibiting their works digitally and trying to redefine what it means to experience art...

Beeston Film Festival returns for its seventh year

08 March 21

Beeston Film Festival is set to return for its seventh year.

International Women's Day: #Choosetochallenge in Music

08 March 21

Whether it’s the gender disparity on festival line ups, or reports of women being assaulted in the sector, conversation is building towards creating a safer music industry, as diverse as the huge amount of talent that exists within it. A large portion of this talent lies here in Nottingham, with numerous women working as artists, presenters, promoters, label owners and more. We wanted to celebrate them and share their voice...

Dead Quiet is a New Short Film That’s a Different Viewing Experience Because of Lockdown

06 March 21

Screen section co-editor Jamie Morris talks to filmmaker Alex Withers about how the pandemic has changed the way people will experience Dead Quiet, his new short film...

Creative Incubators: Nottingham's Music Studio Scene

05 March 21

A rite of passage for musicians with a hunger to progress their ideas. A collaborative creative melting pot. A place to make memories with your mates and, for some, a lifeline. From Rockfield to the Brownswood Basement and the recent rise of Digital Holdings, the UK hosts a number of iconic music studios that have moved on from simply being a place to lay down some tracks. Adding to this is a steadily growing number of studios in Nottingham. Eileen Pegg takes a look at the role these spaces play for the creative community, speaking with established hubs in the city and those launched over the past ten turbulent months...

Nottingham Creatives Launch New Platform To Tackle Everyday Racism

05 March 21

Be The Change, launched by Yasmin Bryan and Jade Vowles of The Media Group UK, is already being used in schools in help educate in the fight against racism... 

Follow the Rebel Writers Trail on World Book Day

04 March 21

Can you find all thirteen plaques?

Framework's Winter Appeal Raises £232,000 to Support Work with Homeless People

03 March 21

The Nottingham charity's Winter appeal, which organisers hoped would raise £60,000, made £231,687.22 to support their work with homeless people...
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