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Holy Calzone Have Converted an Old Church Into An Italian Eatery
Thu 07 Mar 2019As well as an extensive menu, there's space for community activities too...
Life's Rich Tapestry: The Creative Textile Project Encouraging Women to Use Their Voice
Wed 06 Mar 2019Life's Rich Tapestry is a collaboration between Offshoots East Midlands C.I.C and Ignite futures and funded by the Big Lottery, The Arts Council and Nottingham Women's Centre, with the aim of using the creative arts to empower women to use their voice...
9 Gigs to Go to in Nottingham This March
Wed 06 Mar 2019Wanna get your musical fix this month? We picked out ten gigs we reckon your lot should get down to...
Snap Notts: Hyson Green
Wed 06 Mar 2019The latest Snap Notts sees our poet and photographer pairing take inspiration from Hyson Green...
All Spent For Lent: Why our Fashion Editor Is Giving Up Shopping
Tue 05 Mar 2019A Fashion Editor giving up shopping? Yer what?
LGBTQ+ Notts: Queer Noise Club and International Women's Day
Tue 05 Mar 2019Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events...
Don Letts at Metronome: “We need punk ethics now more than ever”
Mon 04 Mar 2019If you’ve never had the good fortune of spending an hour or two in the company of filmmaker, DJ and all-round legend Don Letts, listen up: it’s serious medicine. We caught him at Metronome this weekend for a screening of his latest film and a Q&A with Ali Emm…
Rebooting Your Wardrobe: Fashion Re:Boot Bring Their Sold Out Event to Nottingham
Mon 04 Mar 2019Clothes, shoes, bags, jewellery… Prosecco? Thursday 28 February saw the spectacular Fashion Reboot event come to Nottingham's Rough Trade. The concept? Pretty simple: shoppers can purchase from the wardrobes of bloggers, Instagrammers, journalists and all-round style superstars and bag their garms for bargain prices. Imagine eBay, but in real life….
Mnozil Brass Are Bringing Their Circus-Inspired Musical Show to Nottingham
Mon 04 Mar 2019“The world is a circus” reads the programme for the latest show – Cirque – from septet Mnozil Brass, who return to Nottingham for a show at the Royal Concert Hall this month. Merging comedy with virtuoso brass performances, they astound audiences the world over with the quality of their music, while simultaneously dissolving them into hilarity. A band that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated, they are funny, but the music, their talent and their sheer love of their craft is always front and centre. We caught up with the band’s sharply-dressed trumpet player (and sometime magician) Roman Rindberger who, when he’s not touring with Mnozil, is also a professor of music in his native Vienna...
A UFO Investigator in Notts
Mon 04 Mar 2019"I’m not a crackpot; I’ve been researching this for over thirty years and I’m 100 percent sure that we’ve been visited by aliens."
The Thompson Brothers on Albert Finney, Local Parks and The Oscars
Sat 02 Mar 2019Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News
Sat 02 Mar 2019Our feathered friend has gorra thing or two to say...
We Raised £165 for Sharewear Clothing Scheme at the LeftLion Clothes Swap
Fri 01 Mar 2019Us lot over at the 'Lion were inspired by all the sustainability talk included in our February issue, so we put our bonces together and came up with the LeftLion Clothes Swap, a way to trade your trash for treasure, rags to... well, different rags. In our bid to put a finger up to the fast fashion industry, we raised £165 for Sharewear Clothing Scheme, a local charity who provide clothing to those in desperate need. Here's a few snaps from the day...
Pastor Derrick Osaze Mixes Preaching With Punching As A Professional Boxer
Fri 01 Mar 201925-year-old Derrick Osaze made his first appearance in the professional world of boxing a year ago and has won all six of his fights since. But punching isn’t the only thing he fills his time with: he’s a minister and assistant youth pastor at his local church, and part of the board of trustees down at Hyson Green Youth Club...
Win Tickets for Sean Paul at Motorpoint Arena Nottingham
Fri 01 Mar 2019Sean da bleddy Paul is coming to Nottingham, and we've got two tickets to give away...
Tom Quigley's Weekends and Everything In Between Exhibition is a Behind the Scenes Look at Nottingham's Skate Scene
Fri 01 Mar 2019As a member of Nottingham’s skateboard scene, photographer Tom Quigley has developed a reputation for brilliantly capturing candid moments of the subculture. An advocate of creating art that his audience wants to see, his work has been praised for its authentic portrayal of life as a skateboarder in the city, striking a balance between the everyday and the sublime. Following on from his 2014 and 2015 shows, his latest exhibition, Weekends And Everything In Between, is at Surface Gallery until Saturday 9 March…
LeftLion Magazine #111
Fri 01 Mar 2019Featuring Dr Julian Onions, UFO Sightings in Nottingham, Gentleman's Dub Club, Nottingham Astronomical Society, Mnozil Brass and loads more...
Interview: Mary Ocher is coming to The Chameleon
Fri 01 Mar 2019Soothe the hump day blues with avant-pop singer-songwriter Mary Ocher, who comes to The Chameleon on Wednesday 6 March.
The Colour of Love at New Art Exchange
Thu 28 Feb 2019Contributors from The Colour of Love project came together to share their photographs of life and love as Black African-Caribbean and White British people in mixed-race relationships through times of resentment and hardship. We went along to the launch event of the new exhibition to celebrate a significantly important and moving local heritage community project...
Theatre Review: Horrible Histories
Thu 28 Feb 2019Plenty of decapitations, backstabbing and brain-eating to keep the kids entertained
Film Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Thu 28 Feb 2019It might not have won any of the three Oscars it was nominated for, but we still loved Marielle Heller's new film...
Live Music Review: Queen Zee at The Bodega
Wed 27 Feb 2019Friday nights were made for dancing, so we got down to The Bodega for genre-defying powerhouse Queen Zee...
Notts-based Metal Band The Five Hundred on Personal Demons, Moscow and Their Debut Album
Wed 27 Feb 2019Since forming in 2014, devastatingly heavy Notts-based metal outfit The Five Hundred are making their mark on the UK scene, with their unholy blend of crushing eight-string guitar breakdowns, soaring yet haunting vocal melodies and pummelling drums. Following the release of their EP, Mirrors, in 2015 and their debut album, Bleed Red, last year, the band have been picking up some serious momentum. We spoke to bassist Andy Crawford discuss their bleak lyrics, the current Nottingham metal scene and their plans for the future….
Nusic Future Session: Don't Forget Rupert
Wed 27 Feb 2019New Nottingham music from these talented boggers...