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John Bishop: Back at It

Uk Jewish Film Festival: Resistance - They Fought Back

The Last Horror Show at Backlit is a creepy yet curiously dark delight

Backlit Gallery have just launched their new, Halloween-appropriate exhibition The Last Horror Show, we went along to check out its otherwordly appeal...

Star Wars Episode V: the Empire Strikes Back

Back to our Roots: How Roots Allotments are changing the gardening game

Whether it’s a hunger for connection with nature, or healthier, nutrient rich food, allotment gardening has seen a surge in interest in recent years. In the face of towering waiting lists for council-run plots, Roots Allotments are shaking things up with a fresh approach. We visited their new Nottingham patch to find out what the excitement’s all about.

Limelight Backstage Tour

Beeston Civic Society - Back to the Ghost House

If You Build It… With Simon Curtin, an Illustrated Talk On Bringing Back the Osprey

Sneinton’s Backlit Gallery to receive almost £500k in funding from Arts Council England

Fantastic news for Nottingham’s creative community as Sneinton’s Backlit Gallery is set to receive Arts Council funding to secure and develop their building.

Theatre Review: A Tribute to Amy + Screening: Back to Black

Theatre Review: A Tribute to Amy + Screening: Back to Black

Silver Screen - Back to Black

Back with a Boom: The Return of Nottingham Artists amillionsons

When it comes to talent spotting, Pete Tong isn’t often wrong – and amillionsons, an act he first picked out years ago, is back on the scene with a very special release. We caught up with the Nottingham-based artists on Misti Blu Two, featuring vocals from legendary soul siblings Taka Boom, Chaka Khan and Mark Stevens.

Hop Idol: Nottingham's Home Beer Brewing Contest Returns

Nottingham-based beer event team, Let’s Beer, is working with Brew Day home brew supplies on Hop Idol 2024, Nottingham’s annual home brewing competition.

Festival Review: Backyard at The Bodega

Forming one of the best line-ups seen this year, seven bands took to the stage to bless the Nottingham music scene, while raising money for a great cause…

Motion for the Ocean: Nottingham City Council Votes to Back Campain Protecting Waterways

Nottingham City Council backs ambitious Motion for the Ocean to protect and improve local rivers and our ocean...

Backyard Festival 2024

Music to Our Ears: We Look Back at a Record-Breaking Year for Nottingham’s Award Winning DHP Family

We caught up with our friends at DHP Family for their reflections on a milestone year for the live music company which brings hundreds of top tier artists to Nottingham, as well as giving a platform to our finest homegrown talent...

We Meet Some of the Local Champions Who Are Bringing Live Poetry Back to Nottingham

The legacy of Nottingham’s literary history runs deep, but as poetry collectives have come and gone post-pandemic, it’s important to keep up. We meet some of the local champions who are bringing live poetry back to Nottingham…

Why Look Back? Contemporary Art & Institutional Memory

We Take a Look Back at Len Garrison’s Prolific Career

Writer, photojournalist, poet and activist, Len Garrison was one of Britain’s leading historians on black history, with much of his work based here in Notts. We take a look back at his prolific career...

Boatyard Builders: Bringing Notts’ Disused Boatyard Back to Its Roots of Adventure

With demand in Nottingham for a new climbing centre, Boatyard Boulders are bringing a disused boatyard back to its roots of adventure...

Introducing Humanity Project, the Motley Group Putting Humanity Back Into Our Politics

Imagine a House of Citizens filled with a representatively selected jury of people who aren’t professional politicians, informed by the best expertise, sat atop government alongside the two Houses of Parliament (the Commons and Lords). This House would not be beholden to any manifesto or particular ideology, but steered by thousands of ongoing conversations around the country - inclusively, deliberatively, collectively making long term policy decisions based on the things we can all agree on. Sounds pretty far out right? Well that’s the plan for Humanity Project…

Student Written, Nottingham MP-Backed Climate Education Bill Makes it into Labour’s Draft Policy Programme

Teach the Future is a campaign to ensure that students are taught across the curriculum about the climate emergency and ecological crisis, and the solutions and skills needed for the green jobs of the future. Their student-written Climate Education Bill, tabled by Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome, got a step closer to becoming a reality this week, 16 year old Teach the Future volunteer and Young Labour member Liv Marshall explains.

The Goose Is Back! Plus, Dizzee Rascal, The Queen Story, Black History And Much More. Here's What's On 2 October - 8 October...

Nottingham is providing yet again, we've got music, Black History, culture, arts and crafts and more. If you're stuck, LeftLion HQ are here to lend a helping hand, read below...

Cultural Festivals, Music Gigs and Going Back to Nature, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week: 4 - 10 September

This week you could be at a psychedelic party, having spicy South-Asian food or planting a sapling. Here is a list of our hot picks for the week…