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Theatre Review: The House on the Cold Hill

Beware the old house shrouded in local legend

Live Music Review: Beat The Streets 2019

Is there any better cure for the January blues than a day festival? We sent our Becky and Louise down to Beat the Street this Sunday to find out...

The Best Vegetarian and Vegan Food in Nottingham Presented by GorgeUs

Sam Nahirny yams some of the best plant-based scran the city has to offer...

Nusic Future Session: Elliot Williams

New Nottingham music from this talented bogger...

Help The University of Nottingham Create a Hoodtown Themed Periodic Table

Tuesday 29 January marked the beginning of the international year of the Periodic Table, and the University of Nottingham are planning on celebrating in true Notts style…

Interview: The Staircase lawyer David Rudolf

We caught up with David Rudolf, Michael Peterson’s criminal defence lawyer from the compelling Netflix documentary series The Staircase, as he arrives in the UK for a series of speaking engagements...

Peggy's Skylight Sunday Jazz Jam in Photos

We got down to take some snaps of the jazzy boggers down at Peggy's Skylight...

Live Music: The Hallé

A genuine delight to watch

An Evening With Michael Foale

Michael Foale, born in Lincolnshire, has been into space 6 times and was the first Brit ever selected by NASA. Our Gav wanted to be an astronaut so he went down to hear what Michael had to say.

Left Magpie: Dracula has a Better Record Against Crosses...

Kübler-Ross may sound like the type of enigmatic signing Notts need to pull themselves out of the bleakness that has befallen the season, but its presence at Meadow Lane is almost as significant.

Nottingham Bands and Artists - Send Us Music!

Want your music reviewed in LeftLion? Read on...

Theatre Review: Macbeth

Fair is foul, and foul is fair in this radical restaging

Film Review: Bird Box

The latest big hit from Netflix might have kick-started the craze of daft kids walking around blindfolded, but is actually worth a watch? 

Nusic Podcast #196 with Fast Car to Florence, Indiana, Holly Fallon, Haggard Cat and More...

Rapper and Busker TrueMendous is Coming to Notts for UKYA City Takeover

A master of the multisyllabic rhyme scheme, TrueMendous is a rapper and busker from Birmingham who recently upped sticks to the big smoke. In February, she's back in the Midlands as part of the UKYA City Takeover in Nottingham. A residential artist at The Roundhouse, she's been kicking out multi-genre, story-focused music with a mad work rate, and is currently putting together a new EP and book of lyrics. We caught up with the rising star ahead of her visit…

Film Review: Colette

Wash Westmoreland’s Colette sees Kiera Knightly return to her roots in a Parisian period drama, but this time with a little more bite...

Film Review: Beautiful Boy

Felix van Groeningen's first English language film, an adaptation of Nic Sheff's book Tweak, is the story of a father helping his son through drug addiction... 

Paranoid Picnic at NAE

Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom BAME is a solo exhibition from Hardeep Pandhal taking place at the New Art Exchange from the 19th of January to the 17th of March. This is an exhibition of two halves, with one half in the NAE and the other taking place in Primary. We got trusty Caroline down to check it out...

5 Things to Know About Nottingham's LGBT+ Community

Nottingham is a great place to go out. Although the city has a thriving LGBT+ community, it can feel impossible to find. So here are a few pointers about coming out in Notts…

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to in 2019

All the good stuff for your tabs from some cracking Notts musicians...

The History of Wrestling in Nottingham

Pro wrestling has had a bit of resurgence of late. With Notts lad Gabriel Kidd appearing on ITV’s World of Sport, and Nottingham Contemporary hosting a sold-out Spandex Ballet back in September, it’s fair to say there’s something stirring in our city when it comes to the sport. Here, we delve into the history of wrestling in Nottingham, and take a look at who’s flying the flag these days...

Tentacles is a Creative Collective for Disabled and D/deaf Writers in Nottingham

Tentacles takes place at Nottingham Playhouse on Wednesday 30 January, 5pm.

Create Your Own Happy: Children’s Author Becky Goddard on Her Mission to Make the Little’uns Smile

According to studies by The Children’s Society and Pisa, young people in England are among the unhappiest in the world. With internet bullying, endless school tests and cuts to services, it can be bleddy hard being a kid. However, help is at hand. Together with Penny Alexander, West Bridgford’s Becky Goddard-Hill has devised Create Your Own Happy, a workbook that aims to empower children.

Theatre Review: The Nutcracker

From Russia With Dance

Film Review: The Favourite

Absolute power corrupts absolutely in Yorgos Lanthimos' satirical dark period drama...