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Gig Review: Pearl Charles at The Bodega

Arriving in Nottingham on the last date of their UK tour, Pearl Charles & Co set The Bodega alight with a good old-fashioned American Folk jam – with a modern twist...

Pearl Charles

Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party

Competition: Craig Charles Funk & Soul House Party at Saltbox

Craig Charles will be taking over Saltbox on Saturday 31 August with his Funk & Soul House Party! Our friends at Saltbox have secured a mighty prize for us to give away to LeftLion readers, with 4x tickets and a £50 bar tab going to the lucky winner...

Jeremy Sassoon’s Ray Charles Project [jazz/blues/soul]

The Thompsons on Doctor Who, King Charles III and Local Cheese

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

We Speak to the University of Nottingham’s Dr. Charles Ogunbode About His Landmark Study ‘Spotlight: How People of Colour Experience and Engage With Climate Change in Britain'

People of colour’s voices have long been underrepresented in climate change discourse. The University of Nottingham’s Dr. Charles Ogunbode is on a mission to address this imbalance, co-leading a landmark study in climate perspectives - Spotlight: How People of Colour Experience and Engage with Climate Change in Britain. We asked him about the study’s findings, and what needs to change…

5 Great Events in Nottingham This Week: Craig Charles, Red Ellen and More

With live music, immersive cinema and poetry book clubs, there's something for everyone in Notts this week...

King Charles

Socks and Robbers: David Lilley, Kel Webster and AJ Stevenson on the Groundbreaking New Nottingham Short Film

After over two years in production, the highly anticipated Socks and Robbers, a Notts’ short film about a gang of sock-headed bank robbers, is almost ready to be released into the world. We caught up with director David Lilley, producer Kel Webster and actor AJ Stevenson to find out how they managed to pull it all off…

Theatre Review: King Charles III at Lace Market Theatre

We went to check out Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III at Lace Market Theatre…

Meet the Nottingham Man Who Makes Music to Sleep To

Had trouble nodding off recentleh? Alistair Webster, founder of GMB record label has created some tunes to help your lot get forty winks and help with your concentration...

Photojournalist Charles Fox's Incredible Work in Southeast Asia and India

"It took me a long time to know what I wanted to say as a photographer – and it took going to Cambodia for me to work that out"

Charles Dickens

A creative writing piece imagining how the legendary writer felt in his days of managing amateur theatricals in Nottingham

Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend

He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.