• Creative Corner: Sea Above the Clouds

    He was on a plane, in the sky, above the clouds. A girl was next to him, someone he barely knew, who had only ever been on the very edges of his vision. A closer friend was sat behind him. The interior of the plane was cool and quiet,...
  • The Forgotten Master: Artemisia Gentileschi

    Recently, the National Gallery announced that it had bought a rare work by the seventeenth-century painter Artemisia Gentileschi for the record sum of £3.6m. Self Portrait as Saint Catherine of Alexandria (1615) is a striking image of female resilience created at a time when the idea of a woman...
  • From Rags to Witches: the Grim Tale of Children’s Stories at Lakeside Arts

    Walking into the Weston Gallery feels like you’ve become Red Riding Hood and strayed into the woodland. The lights are dimmed to preserve the antiquated books on display, yet the witches’ silhouettes on the walls evoke a sense of mystery. Much like the darkened room, the fairy tales we...
  • Summer in Nottingham: Top Six Things To Do

    Some out of necessity, others boredom or just pure curiosity, many of us will become stuck in a ghost town that is an out-of-term Nottingham. When everyone has gone home you realise how empty the campus can actually be (besides the countless open days- honestly, how can you get...
  • Creative Corner- ‘Fantasy’ Showcase

    In this month’s poetry showcase we focused on the theme ‘Fantasy’- be it a secret crush in a coffee shop line or a D&D adventure! The Power of Fantasy We sit together around our fading campfire, sharing in the adventures of heroes we will never get to see; heroes...
  • Hamlet by the Three Inch Fools – A Night Out at Newstead Abbey

    Although most of theatre has retreated inside in modern years, outdoor theatre sessions, such as the ones that are taking place at Nottingham’s Heritage sites Newstead Abbey and Wollaton Hall, allow for modern audiences to get a taste of the theatre as it would have been in the days of...
  • A Reimagining of Macbeth – One Night Only Showing

    Billed as not just a film but a ‘cinematic event’, director Kit Monkman has created the unthinkable – an imaginative new version of Shakespeare’s classic Macbeth. And how has he performed this wondrous feat? By filming the entirety of the play with a backdrop of green screen in order...