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Country Rocks Party @ Southbank Bar Notts

Overheard in Notts: February 2025

This month's Overheard in Notts features cacti and broken escalators...

Music Reviews: February 2025

Nowhere - Presented by Queer Notts

Get Your Hands On History: Free Family Friendly History Workshop for February Half Term

February Half Term Family Activities: Tall Tales

The Beautiful Game: Notts County through the photographer’s lens

John Anderson is a professional photographer with a passion for Notts County FC. After years of corporate jobs and taking photos of Queen Elizabeth, in 2016 he decided to pursue a passion project and take photos at Meadow Lane. However, his focus is usually on the crowd rather than on the pitch… 

Notts actress Aisling Loftus talks about her one-woman play Girls and Boys currently at Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham’s own Aisling Loftus comes to Nottingham Playhouse with one-woman play Girls and Boys, an award-winning depiction of how love can go badly wrong. She shares her journey with LeftLion…

Beautiful Thing + Talk: Lgbt+ Notts In the '90s

The Films Of Mike Leigh: Nuts In May

Locating Lawrence: February 1924

February is a rotten month for the Lawrences as they struggle with various illnesses.

Theatre, queer archive photography and hillbilly rock 'n' roll classics: Here's what's on in Nottingham, 3 - 9 February

If you're interested in art exhibitions, 90s rock or theatre classics, there's lots to be getting out for in Nottingham this week...

The Claw's January Recap & February Preview for the Nottingham Panthers

Catch up on all the action from January as we break down the season so far, plus a look ahead at what’s in store for the Nottingham Panthers in February…

Pickleball Beginner and Improver Sessions

Nottingham Light Night 2025: Plans For 35+ Attractions Revealed

Nottingham Light Night is set to return for its seventeenth year at the end of February. This year you can look forward to 35+ installations, performances and activities all for free across the city centre...

LeftLion Issue #180 February 2025

This month featuring Gary Younge, Aisling Loftus, Revinyl Sessions, Tom Dale and Barret Hodgson on Light Night, Sobar, Nottingham Cinema Round Table, Notts County photographer John Anderson, Sarah Bard, Bellydancer Marija Zinkevica, Girl Scout, House of Pain Wrestling, Linden Archives and lots more...

Overheard in Notts: January 2025

Oversized emojis and The Queen's Speech feature in this month's Overheard in Notts...

Bowie, True Romance, theatre, film, exhibitions and flamenco: Here's what's on in Nottingham, 27 January - 1 February

There's such a variety of events happening in Nottingham this week that we couldn't stick to five. Whether you're a David Bowie aficionado, a cinephile, a museum-goer or somebody invested in local politics, there'll be something for you... 

Competition: Win Family Tickets For The Sooty Show at Nottingham Arts Theatre This Half Term

The Sooty Show is British institution that dates back to the 1950s. A new family show featuring Sooty, Sweep, and Soo with presenter George Akid is coming to the Nottingham Arts Theatre this February half-term, with shows at 11.30am and 3.30pm on Thursday 20 February. We have four tickets to give away to a lucky winner.

Film Screening: 'the Commandant's Shadow' Plus Live Q&a With Maya Lasker-wallfisch

LeftLion's Latest Listens #14: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this, the first edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Rainbow Frog Biscuits, Bad Milk Blood Robot, Eleanor McGregor and Divorce...

"The lows pale in comparison": Growing up as a trans person in Notts

Local lad Liam Pearce tells us about the experience of growing up as a trans person in Nottingham...

Blend: Notts Book Arts Exhibition

Overheard in Notts: December 2024

Beach balls, chip shops, and springing a sentence together all feature in this month's Overheard in Notts...