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Nyasha at Dizzy Ink Risograph Printing Workshop

Nottingham's risograph specialists, Dizzy Ink, spent the day in Primary Studios letting people unleash their creativity on their printing machines. Our vlogger Nyasha went along to have a go...

Notts Coach Takes Over World’s Worst International Football Team

Chris Smith, a Nottingham-based football coach, who has worked previously with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City, is picking up his passport this month to head to Micronesia, a country spread over 600 islands off the Western Pacific Ocean, to embark on one spectacular footballing journey...

Nottingham Poetry Festival: Wendy Cope

Known for her dry wit and keen eye for parody, Wendy Cope has been a staple of British poetry since her debut in the eighties. We caught up with Wendy ready for her appearance at this year’s poetry festival.

Nusic Future Session: Super Furniture

The winners of the 2016 Future Sound of Nottingham competition got in the studio to perform L.A.A and Coloured In Smiles, and to chat to the Nusic crew...

Rapper Scorzayzee on Gangsta Wraps, New EP Illa Scorz, and Nottingham Hip Hop

Rap’s Robin Hood is back with new EP Illa Scorz, and a ton of new merch designed by his eleven-year-old son to boot. We caught up with Scorzayzee for the lowdown on his latest release, plus the burning question of who’d win in a fight between the most famous fast food mascots…

A Brief History of World Snooker Championships in Nottingham

We take a dive into the geographical history of the World Snooker Championship, and dig up an old rivalry…

I'm Not From London On A Decade Of Distortion

It's been two years in the making, but INFL are finally ready to unleash the beast...

Pint of Science: The Plague, Teaching the Brain to Hear, and Survival of the Sexiest...

Last year, Nottingham was one of the host cities for the international science festival Pint of Science. This year, it’s back, and the launch night at The Canalhouse saw four speakers give us a taste of what’s to come…

200 Degrees Coffee Shops

On a wander through town, or on your way past the train station, you may have had a little chortle at the witty A-boards decorating the pavements of Flying Horse Walk and Carrington Street. These are the siren song of 200° Coffee shops, a major player to emerge on the Nottingham coffee scene over the last few years, opening not one, but two cafes within a mile of one another...

Art Works: Anthony Freeman's Grungy Lion Illustration

A local artist lets us in on his artistic process..

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

C'mon our kids, plenty to be gerrin on with...

Live Music Review: The Big Moon live at Rough Trade

The hotly tipped band made an in-store appearance at the Nottingham record store to promote the release of their debut album...

Live Music Review: Nathan Fake at Nottingham Contemporary

The electronic musician was touring in support of his latest album...

16 Bars to Slurp at for Nottingham Loves Cocktails Festival

Nottingham in Photos: April

The city's sickest snappers have been doing bits...

Wired Cafe Talk Coffee Culture in Nottingham

Set up by Très and Vanessa Gretton-Roche in 2014, Wired was right at the front of Nottingham’s coffee shop revolution. We got the lowdown on their success...

LeftLion Magazine Appoints Bridie Squires As New Editor

Big things a gwarn up at LeftLion HQ. We’ve only gone and got oursens a new Editor. 

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...

10 Nottingham Dessert Gaffs to Try

Are your tegs so sweet that yer Tuth Fairy’s gone bust? Are you one of those weirdos who orders pudding for tea? Yes? Then have we got some treats for you. Our Sally Thurlow explains what’s hot in the Notts dessert world...

Michael Rother Interview

The legendary German musician on Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia, Bowie and Brexit…

What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Juga-Naut, Grey Hairs, Shelter Point and more

Our Music Editor picks out some of the best tunes to have come out of our city recently...

Space the Band at Spanky Van Dykes in Photos

Shock, shock. Horror, horror. Everyone's favourite nineties Britpop (with a twist) band showed up in Nottingham after a lengthy hiatus, with new material as well as some golden oldies. We got down to take some snaps of them and local support band Prime...

NottsMan at The Angel Microbrewery: Local Poets and The Cockleman in Photos

On Sunday, NottsMan whacked on a community-filled day of music, poetry and activities in a bid to raise funds for Dave Bartram aka The Cockleman – the man who has been selling fish from his basket to Nottingham pub punters, for over 56 years. Recently, Dave was attacked which led to the discovery of early-stage cancer, which means he will be out of work for a while. So NottsMan organisers raised funds and showed support, all in a grand day of creativity...

Left Panther: The 2017 Elite League Ice Hockey Season Ends

The Elite League ice hockey season is over for another year. It finished in an exciting way for some teams, but certainly not for the Nottingham Panthers, who failed to qualify for the play-off final weekend at the National Ice Centre (NIC) which was ultimately won by the Sheffield Steelers…

Overheard in Notts

Here's what your lot have been chuntering on abaht over the past month...