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Street Tales: The Bubonic Bell Inn

Find out more about the plagued history of that owd pub on Angel Row from a man who tells Nottingham stories you've never heard before...

Left Brian: December

Our Forest columnist leaves on the day-job hat and deconstructs the reds' recently imposed transfer embargo

Still the Enemy Within

A documentary looking back at the 1984 mining strike is showing at Broadway Cinema this week

LeftLion Stereo: December - January

Get stuck in to what we reckon is a cracking selection of Notts tunes to keep your tabs happy

Ben Caunt: Hucknall's Bare-knuckle Boxing Champion

2015 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Ben Caunt, an absolute man beast from Hucknall and former bare-knuckle boxing champion of England.

Tales From The Darker Side Of Winter

Mike Payton and Tim Ralph give us a few winter's tales on a storytelling night in Beeston

Judit Ferencz: Subways, Side-Streets and Skylines

The Hungarian-born artist chats to us about her upcoming course that combines cityscapes with text to create visual storylines

Nusic #94,Nusic

Ho ho ho! Yes, even this crew are in a festive mood, bringing you some Notts Christmas sounds

Pick of the Week: 22 - 28 December

The goose has been officially diagnosed with obesity and we've compiled several events to celebrate that over the next seven days

The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

We've finally (maybe) made it - the final film of Jackson's Middle Earth is in cinemas now.

Future Session 76 - Cedric Peters

New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is

Sound of the Lion #32,Sound of The Lion

With Ear Vings, Cecil Chamberlain, Reckless, Blue Vulture, Beth Frisby, Lviv, Jamie Moon, IVORYSERFS, Lois, Karhide and Apalusa

Poddingham: Joy Mumford

The 2014 Future Sound of Nottingham winner does a full session including a Saint Raymond cover

Live: Christmas Jazz Fest with the Nottingham Jazz Orchestra

"This is just what you want from a Christmas jazz gig – a big warming, accessible hug of an experience, like a Die Hard box set with a large brandy"

Jeanie Finlay on Pantomime

Unenamoured with celebrity, Jeanie Finlay documents real people doing, well, real things - from goths to fibbing Scottish emcees, to the last of Nottingham’s lace manufacturers. In her latest film, she focused her lens on the Nottingham Arts Theatre’s panto, Puss in Boots, catching the triumphs and tragedies of the players who make Christmas magical for so many...

In Focus: I'm Not From The Farmyard

Two of the city's most musical men joined forces to tell us a few secrets in disturbing, pictorial form

Conor Kirk: LeftLion Apprenticeship

We've got a new marketing role up for grabs! Check out what our most recent fledgling reckoned to working with us

Interview: Joe Buhdha

Producer, promoter, label boss, rapper, DJ, lecturer, Joe Buhdha has held down just about every job in hip-hop, bar leather trackies inventor. As Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’s first release hits stereos, he told us about how it all started, and why he’s got no plans to let up anytime soon…

Interview: Ian Douglas

"The children's book industry looks down its nose on the digital world and is stuck in the past"

Pick of the Week: 15 - 21 December

The turkeys and nut roasts are getting fat, and there's plenty of seasonal fun to be had

Jamie Moon - Cold Hands

Chilled out sounds and a wintery video from the Nottingham-based folk singer

What Notts #1

Some weird stuff what happened in the ends over the month of November, including a dirty dentist, the Gordon Scott monkey, fires and more

Interview: Bob Robinson

Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.

Notts Nosh Kitchen

Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

Stephen Godfroy, director and co-owner of Rough Trade, is credited with revitalising the company after joining a decade ago. Firstly he introduced the subscription-based ‘Album Club’ and then helped develop Rough Trade East, the company’s flagship store on trendier-than-thou Brick Lane. After setting up Rough Trade New York last October, the independent record store has opened its first UK store outside of London on Broad Street. He came to Nottingham for the store’s opening, so we nipped in for a chat…