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Our 'Nodding Dogs' are perceived to unquestionably swallow anything coming out of the club whereas the 'Bed Wetters' are thought to believe the sky is falling in...

LeftLion Stereo: October

The top of the Notts pops, brought to you by our Music Editor Paul Klotschkow

Bloomberg New Contemporaries

Nottingham? The UK's visual arts capital? Find out why we're being put on the map, thanks to a bunch of young, local artists

Hockley Hustle in Photos: Broad Street Madness

We got down to Hockley Hustle and took loads of photos of the chaos. Get stuck in, these ones are from the outside world

Music Reviews: October 2015

Thu 15 Oct 2015

With D.I.D, Benji Smedz, Ferocious Dog, Heurt, The Idolins, Insultana, Ken Owen, Kumarachi, Ningen and more

Black History Month: Norma Gregory

Thu 15 Oct 2015

Ever wondered what Jamaicans in Nottingham have been up to for the last century or two? Read on...

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Wed 14 Oct 2015

We got down to Lace Market Theatre to find out what battlelines are drawn in the drawing room

Art Works: Kathryn Rose

Wed 14 Oct 2015

A local artist tells us of the creative process behind her collection of textile creatures

The Stormin' Corbyn Art Show

Dave Bishop - aka Lord Biro - has gone all modern and created an online video art show of rebels, radicals and revolutionaries

Live: Hockley Hustle 2015: Part 1

On Sunday, Broad Street got taken over by loads of local musicians in a charitable frenzy so we went down to check it out

Nottingham's Small Press Publishers

Unbeknown to many, we've got a thriving local publishing scene in Nottingham so LeftLion has broken down the creme de la creme

In Focus: Mayhem Film Festival

The annual horror film festival is back with a few extras, so we got the organisers to answer our questions in the form of photographic evidence

Sleaford Mods Nottingham Weekender: The Gig

Mon 12 Oct 2015

We got down to Rock City to check out Nottingham's gobbiest pit stirrers in their UK Key Markets tour

Nusic #114,Nusic

Mon 12 Oct 2015

Nottingham's new music podcast, all inclusive of Daniel Ison, Whisky Stain, J Dot, Ferocious Dog, Trekkah, OneGirlOneBoy and more

Pick of the Week: 12 - 18 October

Sun 11 Oct 2015

October is shaping up to be one hell of a month: to be a part of the action, step this way

Beer Sommelier John Westlake

Sun 11 Oct 2015

October is getting taken over by the all things hops-related, so we've grabbed the pros to pick their brains

Future Session 95 - Hotbox

Sat 10 Oct 2015

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

CAMRA - Real Heritage Pubs of the Midlands

Sat 10 Oct 2015

Paul Ainsworth and David Birkett of CAMRA speak to LeftLion about the new Midlands beer book that separates the wheat from the chaff

The Rubenstein Kiss

Nottingham Playhouse's Conspiracy Season continues with a story about family, loyalty, imprisonment, execution and the Hiroshima bomb

Nottingham Fringe Festival

Our city is on the rise when it comes to the stage and one man is reigning in the theatre heads for our very own fringe festival this month

Seas of Mirth - Esmerelda Exclusive

Everyone's favourite anti-shanty squad have got a new EP incoming on I'm Not From London Records. You heard it here first. Hold tight, here we go

Castle Rock's Head Brewers