Site search

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

Kicking off a new regular New Music review series, LeftLion's Latest Listens is our picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands. This week, LeftLion listens to new releases from Hollow Stone, Ben Blackadder, Molly Hindley and LYVIA.

Theatre Review: The Trials

Sharon Stevens went to The Trials at the Nottingham Playhouse...

We learnt about geocaching: a global treasure hunt

If you’ve got a magpie eye for finding treasure and are looking for a fun low-cost activity this summer, perhaps you ought to go on a geocaching quest. This international treasure hunt transforms a regular walk by allowing the curious and intrepid to find beloved items hidden by fellow hikers, in remote and sometimes familiar places. Nott’m Lass Lucy acts as our tour guide on this outdoor adventure, relaying some of her rules and tips for keeping the game alive. 

Gloworm Festival 2024 Payment Plan

Online Information Lecture – a Natural Path to Health for Body and Soul Through the Teaching Of Bruno Groening

The Screen at Contemporary - Slow. Fast. Strange: the Holy Mountain With Live Score by Bo Ningen

Make It Yours: August 2024

The Big Day Out

Hannabiell & Midnight Blue [afro-psychedelic Funk]

Film Club: Mamma Mia! Outdoor Screening

The Xcerts

Hidden History Tour

Gloworm Festival 2024

Little Women

The Mercury Riots

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #3: Emily Catherine on Hip-Hop, Fine art, Album Covers, Graffiti and Her New Exhibition

Welcome to the third episode of our ‘LeftLion Interviews’ podcast. Our guest is the incredibly talented artist and illustrator Emily Catherine...

History, style and roses: we visited The Bath Inn in Sneinton Market

Among Nottingham’s huge array of historical pubs, The Bath Inn, near the LeftLion offices in Sneinton Market, is one of our favourites, distinctive for its quasi-Egyptian decor, beautiful flower arrangements and the rich sense of history that hits you from the first step you take through the door. We visited for a chat with the Nottingham-born landlord Piers Baker, previously a rose grower by trade, to find out how the 19th century bar became the unique spot that it is today. 

Secret Walled Garden Tours

Animation Workshop: Colourful Sea Creature

Fat Freddy's Drop

Hidden History Tour

Hurray For the Riff Raff

We spoke to the organisers of Huldra Horror Shorts, a film festival in the woods this September

It’s still August, but if you are one of those people who hankers for Halloween, the Huldra Horror Shorts Festival might be for you. Taking place in the woodland near Notts Maize Maze this September, we meet the makers Dan and Kym Lord to ask what horrors await this year…

Locating Lawrence: August 1924

He’s off to see the Hopi Snake Dance in Arizona, meaning he must travel by car. Lawrence hates cars. 

Theatre Review: Fatal Encounter

Just one more question... it's classic whodunnit time at the Theatre Royal.