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Film Review: Enola Holmes

Screen Co-Editor George White checks out Enola Holmes, the first feature film from Fleabag director Harry Bradbeer... 

Food Review: Secret Burger Club

Frequently found at Nottingham Street Food Club, we put their patties to the test...

I'm Not From London Are Celebrating Their Fifteenth Birthday

Whether lockdown is coming to an end, or there’s still some way to go, time continues unrelenting. So as the legendary Nottingham record label, promoter and publisher I’m Not From London reaches its impressive 15th birthday, it continues to look ahead with a series of exciting projects, including the current Be Scene and Heard, a Youth Music project aimed at helping partial to fully deaf 18-25 year-olds get experience in the music industry. With one eye looking back over fifteen years of shaping Nottingham’s musical landscape, and one firmly placed on the future, we caught up with Managing Director Will Robinson to discuss the importance of I’m Not From London...

BBC Introducing in the East Midlands

King's X - 40th Anniversary Tour

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5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

The latest Nottinghamshire releases... 

Bonfire Night at the Forest Rec Cancelled

Nottingham City Council has announced the cancellation of its annual Bonfire Night and fireworks display at the Forest Recreation Ground on Thursday 5 November.

Out of Time: Frank Stratton and the Battle of the Little Bighorn

It was an event that sent shockwaves ringing through the country, and remains the most devastating military defeat the United States had ever suffered against the Native Americans. Not only was the Battle of Little Bighorn one of the most significant moments in the story of America, but the massacre of General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry at the hands of Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse remains amongst the most controversial and definitive military actions in U.S. history. And witness to it all was Frank Stratton, a 28-year-old former printer from Nottingham…

Witch of the East's Singer Aeris Houlihan on Her Turbulent Journey to Their Upcoming Album

With a story that wouldn’t look out of place in a HBO series, Witch of the East lead singer Aeris Houlihan certainly has plenty of experience to draw upon for writing new material. From serving in the armed forces to spending months incarcerated in Eastern Europe as a transgender woman, she talked to Alex Mace about her fascinating story, as well as the band’s upcoming music...

Just The Tonic Comedy Club

Metallica, maiden and Saxon tributes at MFN

Heavens Gate

Robin Hood Town Tour

Last Sneinton Street Food Club of the Summer

Film Review: Redt'Blue

George White checks out Redt'Blue, an insightful new documentary from Nottingham-based filmmaker Jay Martin... 

Film Review: The Devil All the Time

Gemma Finch looks at Netflix's new Southern Gothic thriller, starring Tom Holland and Robert Pattinson...

MOAN Zine on Female Pleasure, Illustration and This Month's Cover

Since 2018, MOAN has been exploring female pleasure through the perspective of women. After two successful issues and this month’s LeftLion cover, we chat to the woman behind it all about how it all began, receiving and illustrating stories around desire, and what the future holds for MOAN...

Just The Tonic Comedy Club

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The Chimera Plantarium Project Are Working with Primary School Kids to Create Art

Lenton locals may have spotted the remnants of The Chimera Plantarium Project on Church Drive. Two vividly coloured and curiously shaped murals command a presence that hints towards their leafy beginnings and leaves passers-by turning their heads. They are just some of the work delivered by artist Chiara Dellerba and the children from Years 5 and 6 at Edna G. Olds Academy, as part of Primary’s Making Place project. Working together, they explored and created artwork based on the idea of spontaneous plants – wild, urban flora. Spontaneous plants are resilient creatures and their perseverance to thrive almost anywhere, even in abandoned, overlooked, or routinely neglected areas, is something us humans could learn from. We spoke to Chiara, to find out more about the project…

Talking Cakes with Fran Jesson, owner of Sugarberry Cake Studio

Weaving through the avenues of Sneinton Market, you’ll find an eclectic range of shops that will stimulate your senses for one reason or another. There’s Art of Football, with its multicoloured loud and proud exterior, Blend’s toastie bread, which invites you in with delicious smells from across the street… and Sugarberry Cake Studio: adorned with flowers, glossed with minty pastel, and with tasty goods baked to perfection. Formerly Oozee Boozee Bakes, the studio has rebranded to showcase it can do more than tipply treats. Our Food Editor Eve Smallman chats to owner Fran Jesson to find out more…

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25 Years Later: Chungking Express

Contributors Charlie Alexander and Michael McCarroll revisit Chungking Express, 25 years after the UK release of this Hong Kong classic...

Nusic New Music Podcast #233 with Megatrain, Chloe Rodgers, Bru-C, The Crying Violets and More

This week’s New Music Podcast features the Nottingham artist getting love from 1Xtra, free career advice for musicians, plus the Notts MC who’s just hit one million monthly listeners on Spotify.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.