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Comedian Mark Thomas Set up a Comedy Club in a Palestinian Refugee Camp

Mon 26 Feb 2018

A comedian goes to a Palestinian refugee camp and sets up a comedy club. Just another adventure in the life of political satirist Mark Thomas…

Are You A Future Leader of Nottingham?

Mon 26 Feb 2018

A leader is someone who’s courageous, who has a clear vision, and has interpersonal skills that allow them to communicate effectively to achieve key objectives. But these sorta skills just don’t pop out of the blue, they must be developed. The Renewal Trust are offering the perfect opportunity to do so...

Magic Moments: An Afternoon with Global Wordsmiths at Defining Moments Launch

Mon 26 Feb 2018

One of the fresher faces on Nottingham's publishing scene, Global Wordsmiths have made a name for themselves of late by working with writers from all walks of life. Their latest publication, Defining Moments: Stories from a Place of Recovery, is a collaboration with local addiction support charity Double Impact. We sent our Chloe Campbell down to the launch event for the book to get the low-down on the book, and the remarkable people who have contributed to it.

The Sneinton Cider Company Have Lauched Their First Brew at The King Billy Pub

Mon 26 Feb 2018

The Sneinton Cider Company make tasty, fruity booze from apples sourced locally from within the area. Co-founder James ‘JD’ Atkin tells us how he set up the company along with Sam Horsburgh and Conor Lynam, and why gherkins make a surprisingly good ingredient for cider…

Film Review: Father Figures

Sun 25 Feb 2018

Owen Wilson and Ed Helms lead us across the States in this remarkably unfunny slog

6 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 25 Feb 2018

There's just so much going on this week, we struggled to pick only five. With birthday celebrations, fundraising activities and plenty of shows, there's enough to get yer going...

Workshop Opportunities for Designers, Inventors and Makers in Notts

Sun 25 Feb 2018

If you’ve got a creative mind, fancy yourself a designer, inventor or maker and you’re currently living in Nottingham or Derby, we’ve got some cracking news for you...

Live Music Review: Scarlet at Rough Trade

Sat 24 Feb 2018

Local duo You Want Fox organised a free gig at Rough Trade featuring Queen Mantis and Scarlet. We headed down to check it out...

Nottingham To Hold Women in Music Event to Tackle Inequality in the Industry

Sat 24 Feb 2018

Frank Turner’s tour manager; a senior music promoter; a grassroots venue owner and a singer-songwriter are some of the leading players in the music industry lined up by DHP Family for the inaugural Women in Music event in Nottingham...

Theatre Review: Wonderland

Sat 24 Feb 2018

Coal strike drama Wonderland explores faultline that still runs through Notts

Live Music Review: The Orielles at Rough Trade

Fri 23 Feb 2018

The Orielles appeared at Rough Trade in Nottingham in front of a select audience on the day that their debut album, Silver Dollar Moment, comes out...

Festival of Science and Curiosity Review: Family Science Activities at Dales Centre Library

Fri 23 Feb 2018

The Festival of Science and Curiosity saw the city taken over by clever clogs. Our Adrian got down to one of the family events down the libraries…

9 Notts Albums You Need To Listen To

Fri 23 Feb 2018

Our ravenous reviewers have devoured a whole heap of new music, and told us what they thought about it...

The Party Somewhere Else Festival Line Up

Thu 22 Feb 2018

The women-led theatre festival is doing bits in March...

Street Tales: The Emmett Clock

Thu 22 Feb 2018

The very last in Joe Earp's series that reveals the hidden history of Nottingham's streets...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Thu 22 Feb 2018

We're all abaht to get dahn and dirteh...

Film Review: Black Panther

Thu 22 Feb 2018

The 93rd Marvel film of 2018 has landed to fairly widespread critical acclaim. We went to see if Black Panther gets the LeftLion seal of approval...

12 Karaoke Bangers To Practice Before Bamalamasingsong

Wed 21 Feb 2018

Rescue Rooms are turning fifteen this month, and are throwing one hell of a birthday bash to celebrate. They’ve invited the I’m Not From London lads down to host an epic Bamalamasingsong; the only karaoke event complete with a live band that makes the whole room the lead singer. To get right in the spirit of things, we’ve rounded up what we reckon to be some of the greatest karaoke tunes of all time...

The Hempolics Answer our Questions in Photos

Wed 21 Feb 2018

London’s finest underground lo-fi reggae band – The Hempolics – are on their way to Nottingham this month as part of a Reggae Take Over at the Contemporary. With a sound that has a rollaround in the organic, and conscious lyrics to boot, they’ve been featured on BBC 6 Music, and hit number one in the UK reggae charts with their single Serious. Before we get stuck in to their electro-hip hop-dubby mashups at the end of the month, let’s check out what they had to say in photographic form…

Noshingham: Dolcino Bloggers Event

Tue 20 Feb 2018

Waffles and whipped cream and sweets, oh my...

5 Places To Eat Fish and Chips in Notts

Tue 20 Feb 2018

We’ve rounded up some of our favourite Notts restaurants serving up our unofficial national dish, so you can get right stuck in to indulging yoursens. It’d be rude not to...

Tradition Hi-Fi on Their All-Valve Soundsystem Journey

Mon 19 Feb 2018

Andrew Neale and David Foreman make up Tradition Hi-Fi, a local soundsystem duo who this month are reviving the old times and taking over The Irish Centre with an all valve, all vinyl vintage session; one deck and a mic in tow. Here, Andrew tells us about his journey from Nottingham to Kingston, and back again...