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Trekkah Talks High-Concept Album The Enlightening

Trekkah has created an album full of raw improvisation, Notts collaboration and chakras – The Enlightening. The local producer has taken each of the seven so-called spiritual power points in the body and made fourteen tracks, with two based on each one. There are sixteen vocalists on the album and all the tracks correspond with a chakra’s specific tuning frequency. We met up with the big hippy down Broadway to see if he’s done wearing himself out yet...

Nusic Future Session: Vega Bay

New Notts music from the purveyors of local sound...

Sound of the Lion #55

With RunRain, DYStopia, Bloody Head, The Death Notes, Fonzse, The Further, Grey Hairs, Harleighblu, and Amber Run...

Dance Theatre Review: Material Men Redux at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

We went down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Theatre to check out Shobana Jeyasingh’s Material Men redux…

What's on the LeftLion Stereo?

Our Music Editor talks us through some of the best tunes to have come out of Nottingham recently...

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Nottingham Light Night 2017

Light Nights started in Leeds back in 2005, but Notts quickly jumped on the bandwagon and bagged a night for oursens – and we made a right good time of it, if we do say so ourselves. Have a gander at some of the best photos from over the past ten years of Nottingham Light Night...

Live and Explained: Sleaford Mods - Tied Up In Nottz

Jason Williamson talks about the Sleaford Mods single that went bleddy crackers...

Left Panther: February

The Nottingham Panthers returned from Europe as Continental Cup Champions, a fantastic achievement as the first UK team ever to do so. But it feels like history is repeating itself, as their well-earned success is once again followed by a slump back at home in the Elite League...

Art Review: International Postcard Show

With less than a week to go before it ends, make sure you go and check out the Surface Gallery’s annual International Postcard Show...

Beth Does Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

To celebrate Chinese New Year this year the University of Nottingham ditched their usual fireworks display for a video projection onto one of the most iconic buildings in the city. We sent out vlogger Beth to let us know what she thought...

8 Places to Play Football in Nottingham

Whether you are an aspiring professional footballer, a fanatic or simply someone searching for a bit of a fun with your mates, Nottingham – the first ‘City of Football’ – is unarguably the perfect playground to have a kickabout.

Sparkling floodlit pitches, established league set-ups and a project aimed at supporting one of the most deprived areas in Britain, the City of Football initiative has most certainly provided the platform for people to don their beloved team jersey, get out the house and make those twinkle toes twitch again. Join Nelson Walker on his quest to discover the best places to play football in Nottingham...

Playwright Jane Upton on All the Little Lights at Nottingham Playhouse

Back up Notts way after a long sojourn down south, playwright Jane Upton returns bearing a heap of plaudits and some daring productions that delve into the darker parts of society. We caught up with her for a word or two…

Prosthetic Wounds and Body Casting Workshops with Fake-Up

Steve Best of Fake-Up has been working in the special effects industry for years. This month, for the second in a series of monthly workshops, there’s the chance to have a go at body casting with the man himsen, upstairs at The Navigation Inn. We put a few questions to our Steve ahead of the day…

Win Season Tickets to Nottingham Contemporary's Hypnotica Film Season

Nottingham Contemporary is back with another season of film, this time exploring delusion, dreams and the subconscious - Hypnotica. Eight classic films over eight weeks at The Screen...

Street Tales: Wollaton Wagonway

We delve a little deeper into the history of our city's streets to give you the tales they never would've taught you at school...

Review: DirtyFilthySexy presents Kim Chi of RuPaul's Drag Race

We got down to Spanky Van Dykes to check out performances from our local queens, plus a special something from Kim-Chi. Yep, the one from RuPaul's Drag Race...

Eyre Llew Get Friends, Family and Fans to do Record Vocals for Their Upcoming Album

Putting the finishing touches to their forthcoming album, Eyre Llew invited folk to come down to BSV Studios in Sneinton to guest on one of the tracks. We sent Mike Zimorski down to capture the day...

11 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Find out about all the things you could be cracking on with over the next seven days...

Bras Not Bombs: Underwear Donations Needed for Refugees

Nottingham resident, Caroline Kerr of Bras Not Bombs, is doing her bit for the crisis and she needs our help...

Film Review: Lion

This new Dev Patel film about a man in search for his past is one worth seeing

Film Review: Hacksaw Ridge

Mel Gibson's latest effort from the director's chair is in cinemas now. 

Submissions for UKET Film Festival Now Open

The deadline for entries is Sunday 26 February...

The Festival of Science and Curiosity in Nottingham

The annual Festival of Science and Curiosity takes place in Nottingham to show the public that science is part of our lives and not just something that is hidden away in laboratories, behind closed doors. This year's festival takes place between Wednesday 8 February and Wednesday 15 February, so we sat down with the curator Hasmita Chavda to find out all about it...

Artists Tell Personal Stories with Grand Theft Auto V

New Art Exchange’s latest exhibition, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of our Time, sees twelve artists exploring our present cultural condition, including identity shifts, social networks, activism, history and conflict. As part of their Finding Fanon series, artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy have created a new film commission for the show, where they use Grand Theft Auto V as a platform to present people’s stories…