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Nusic Future Session: Emily Makis

New Music, from Nottingham, for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is Emily Makis...

Live Music Review: Dresden Philarmonic

Her speed, accuracy and mental agility was astonishing...

Noshingham: Bunk

It's time to spread yer wings...

10 Non-Vegan Restaurants in Nottingham with Wicked Vegan Options

It’s fair to say that traipsing through town trying to find somewhere decent to eat with a vegan can be frustrating. Although Notts has more than its fair share of places that cater exclusively for non-meat eaters, here’s a rundown of the restaurants you might not expect to have decent vegan options...

Sara Poyzer is a Star on London's West End

After four years touring the world with hit musical Mamma Mia!, Nottingham duck Sara Poyzer is now smashing it in London’s West End. She plays Donna Sheridan, a role made famous by Meryl Streep in the film, but Sara’s feet remain firmly on the ground, and her heart still belongs to Notts...

Speak for Sign: The Importance of Sign Language

Scary fact: any of us could turn deaf at any point, especially those of us that regularly go to gigs or work in the music industry. Founder of local charity Speak for Sign Cate La Starza wants to highlight the feeling of isolation that can come alongside being surrounded by people that have the ability to speak and hear with no assistance...

DHP Support Young Female Music Promoters by Backing New Campaign

Ayup gals. The legends at DHP Family are backing a national campaign to help the next lot of young female music promoters break into the male-dominated grassroots music scene in the UK...

10 Artists to Clock at Dot to Dot 2018

Who's worth getting ahead of the queues for at this year's Dot to Dot festival?

Bru-C on This Year's Outlook Festival

This local donny of an emcee has been smashing it recently; touring with his bassline night Krudd, and smashing it in the iTunes charts with his EP Affiliation. We grabbed Bru-C on the phone to ask him a few questions, including what to expect from his appearance at Outlook Festival in Pula, Croatia this year...

Noshingham: BunMii

BunMii? Bun you... 

We Went to a Zombie Life-Drawing Class and it was Awesome

Life on Alfreton Road

We don’t really do Alfreton Road any more. Not like Arthur Seaton did in Saturday Night Sunday Morning, bingeing in the bars where “the effect of a week's monotonous graft in the factory was swilled out of your system in a burst of goodwill.” Not like the workers who ground away in the sweatshops of an earlier, even darker day and, dirty and spent, spilled out by the thousands into the cobbled streets when the big bell went.

Theatre Review: Dollywould

Sh!t Theatre’s hoedown with the lowdown on Dolly Parton.

Theatre Review: Squidheart and The Vortex

A night of all-female improv from comedy troupe Miss Imp

Film Review: Annihilation

Alex Garland directs and Natalie Portman stars in the adaptation of Jeff VandeMeer's best-selling Southern Reach Trilogy

Nottingham Citizens Assembly – What Sort of Nottingham Do We Want to Create?

How can we make a difference to issues such as homelessness, modern slavery, air pollution and hate crime? We joined Nottingham Citizens – a diverse alliance of local communities – in the Albert Hall to discuss creating a safer, better city...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Just Add Oil

Here at LeftLion, we believe that the ultimate summer body should refer to anything that is capable of efficiently devouring ice cream down Skeggy Beach. However, if you're looking to whip your bod into shape, look no further than our man in Beijing James Kramer, who has a load of advice to get yourself fit and healthy in time for your jolly holidays. 

Film Review: Mary and the Witch's Flower

Former Studio Ghibli and Academy Award Nominated director Hiromasa Yonebayashi brings us the debut feature film from Studio Ponoc...

Film Review: The Third Murder

Tease your brain with a Japanese legal drama exploring morality and capital punishment.

Notts for Nature: Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust on the Importance of Conservation in the City

Spring is in the air, but when was the last time you saw a butterfly or bumblebee in Market Square? We tracked down Trish Evans, Audience Development Manager at Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, to find out how their Nottingham for Nature campaign is addressing conservation issues in the city...

Live Comedy Review: Scream Queenz Comedy Chaos Royal Wedding Show

We sent Caroline Barry down to The Newmarket to check out a drag event...

Noshingham: Poppy and Pint

There's proper pub grub to be found round 'ere...

Nancy Campbell is the Bard on the Barge

One of Nancy Campbell’s first commissions as Britain’s new Canal Laureate is a poem celebrating Nottingham and Beeston Canal…

Nusic Podcast #179: Who Made the Future Sound of Nottingham Semi-Finals?

Preview: One Man's Madness at Nottingham Showcase

Nottingham Showcase are playing host to 'rocku-docu-mockumentary' story of Madness saxophonist Lee 'Kix' Thompson this Wednesday...