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Left Magpie: Notts Await Kewell Intentions

Notts County’s revolving door took another rotation last week as Kevin Nolan, months after leading a near-successful promotion push, was sacked following a string of poor performances.

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's been gooin' off?

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox Night at The Angel

Fuzzbox is back at the Angel! Scuzzy rock and micro brewed beers? Count us in

5 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Our calendars are jam packed…

The Nottingham Film Quiz

Are you Nottingham for reel? Do you know the difference between Broadway on 42nd Street and Broadway on Broad Street?

LeftLion Magazine #105

The Nottingham Skateboarding Special, featuring Skate Nottingham, Non-Stop Sports, Forty Two, The Female Revolutions, A History of Nottingham Skate Spots, and loads more...

School of Hard Notts: Wrestling Resurgence Present Spandex Ballet

On Saturday 8 September, three of Nottingham’s ‘ardest men will wrestle for supremacy in an inter-generational battle of wills to crown the Sheriff of the Nottingham grappling scene. Wrestling fans are used to seeing their larger-than-life heroes getting down to business in sports halls or nightclubs, but in a world first the “Battle of Nottingham” will be contested in the renowned Nottingham Contemporary art gallery - a venue more accustomed to chin-stroking than chin-music. Chaz Wright talks to Sam West, producer of the exciting new promotion Wrestling Resurgence, to find out more about Spandex Ballet...

LeftLion's Feature-Length Documentary The Lord of Milan Goes To China

Last year, we at LeftLion released our first feature-length documentary, telling the tale of the Notts man who founded AC Milan. In August our Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson went out to show The Lord of Milan in two of China’s biggest sports arenas. It seems a long way from that pokey little Mansfield Road house our Herbert was born in…

Theatre Review: The Wipers Times

Ian Hislop shows us no one takes the piss like the Sherwood Foresters

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Start the month off good and proper...

Nusic Podcast #186 with The Elementz, Re Teu, Silver Wilson and more...

This week’s New Music Podcast features news on our next banging Workshop lineup, as well as some really angry loved up music. This podcast may also contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Nottingham Cocktail Week 2018

Hic! The city is about to be taken over by the most delightful elixirs you could possibly imagine for Nottingham Cocktail Week, all thanks to It’s In Nottingham. As part of the liquor-laced festivities, there’s also a competition running that sees the city’s bars go up against each other in a battle of the cocktails. There were three possible categories: Twist on a Classic, Nottingham Themed, and Collaboration. Get your chops wrapped around this lot, be sure to tek it steady, and stay tuned to find out who’ll be crowned the ultimate mixing champions…

Children in Need Supports Notts Mini Movers

The Renewal Trust is at it again, bringing free play and activity sessions for tiddlers living in Sneinton, St Ann’s and Mapperley.

Live Music Review: Eyre Llew at Nottingham Contemporary

We got down to Nottingham Contemporary to say farewell to local lads Eyre Llew, who’re embarking on a tour around Asia...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

See if any of these tickle yer fancy... 

Weavers Wine Merchants Have Been Delving Into Gin Distilling

Last month saw the city’s bars, cafes, shops and salons pitted against each other in a battle to be crowned Nottingham’s Independent Business of the Year 2018; the tastily executed offerings of Bar Iberico took the ultimate crown and the restaurant skipped off merrily into their tapas wonderland. The awards have been championing those brave enough to stand up against corporate giants for a few years now, and this time there was a new Special Achievement award up for grabs, taken by none other than Nottingham’s wine-merchant stalwarts, Weavers…

Live Music Review: Electronic Music Open Mic Night at The Chameleon Arts Cafe

We got down to The Chameleon Arts Cafe to checkout the open mic night with an electronic twist...

Live Music Review: Nottingham Waterfront Festival 2018 at Canalhouse

A whole array of galactic delights awaited us at this year’s Nottingham Waterfront Festival…

The Rescue Rooms Beer Festival 2018 is This Sunday

After last year’s inaugural beer festival, Rescue Rooms are back at it again this Bank Holiday weekend.

Get Down to Brass: Nottingham's Jazz Scene

Jazz has been around for over a century now; the exact date disputed but its birthplace is unanimously agreed on: New Orleans. African-American communities of this vibrant, palpable city kicked off the magical creation in the early 1900s, and an entirely new music genre formed. After a period of being frowned upon by many, it became the soundtrack for twenties America, otherwise known as the Jazz Age. These days, the West African rhythms, blues, ragtime and European military band infusions have danced their way across the globe, and into the corners of cities like ours. But what of Nottingham jazz? Where did it all start, and what’s going on in the scene today?

Notts Councillor in Proper Epic Trek

Here in Notts we don’t do things by half; Arif Qureshi’s taxi is trashed by yobs, you lot club together to buy him a new cab. Trump pops over the pond and Notts rocks up and performs a mass conga in protest. The city is reported to have one of the worst reading rates in the country and we enlist Dolly Parton. OK, that last part might be a slight exaggeration but, having said that, the head of Nottingham City Council is leading by example and embarking on a colossal challenge to give our kids access to free books.

Theatre Review: The Nightmare Room

Two women. One locked room. One bottle of poison.

Review: Clean Yoga in the Arboretum

Over the past twelve months, the country has entered a frenzy over plastic waste and its effect on our oceans. More than ever before, folk are constantly consuming, and looking for ways to reduce our plastic usage, myself included. I have appointed myself as LeftLion’s official sustainability nut, and get eyes rolled at me on a daily basis for complaining about the plastic water bottles in the office fridge or for kicking off about the recycling.

When I heard about Clean Yoga, I was really pleased to find yet another group in Nottingham trying to make a positive difference. Victoria Douglas and Hannah Appleton are two local fitness instructors who share a love for both mindfulness and the environment. At each session, they lead an outdoor yoga practice followed by a clean up of the area…

Film Review: Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin is all grown up and in desperate need of his old friend Pooh in Marc Foster's new film about A.A. Milne's famous characters

Quiz: How Nottingham Are You?

Test your local prowess and find out how you score on our Nottingham Bucket List...