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Harriet Hobbs Those of us who have already been through it know that the first year at university can be a tough one. A tumultuous rollercoaster, which is not eased by the fact that you are often thrown into a big, new city where you know next to no...

Sasha Andresier & Tomos Millward The University of Nottingham recently announced plans to cut Jewish studies from the Theology department, effective September 2025. This comes as part of a wider move from the university to cut modules and staff. In 2023 and 2024 alone, the University of Nottingham spent...

A month of hope, motivation, and excitement. Also at times – a month of anxiety, organisation, and tiredness. Whichever emotion matches how you might be feeling in this new year, music can often be the perfect accompaniment. This especially applies when it comes with an excellent story too, providing...

Katie Barr Hamlet: The Rest is Silence isn’t your everyday Shakespeare revival. This reimagined, community-led version of the Bard’s famous tragedy was staged in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre Royal Concert Hall Nottingham as part of the Shakespeare Nation programme. The result? A heartfelt, occasionally uneven, but...

Leah Khor Nottingham’s very own Theatre Royal flings open its doors to the gloriously blasphemous, wildly funny musical The Book of Mormon, running throughout the month of June. Since its Broadway premiere in 2011, the musical has been spreading its banter and feel good tunes across the world, and...

Jacob Edwards  Ethan Tasch’s debut album Got Him! was the soundtrack to my year abroad — its summery indie-folk vibes and country twang were the perfect accompaniment to sunny spells in southern Germany. Now, he’s back with a fresh EP, Mixtape (Edit) that feels like it’s been lovingly curated...

Milly Rothwell-Wood Tuesday 27th of May marked the opening night of ‘Let the People Sing!’, the UK amateur première of Les Misérables and the performance at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal was far from amateur. The musical has been a sensation worldwide year in and year out, and as reviewer Milly...