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5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

There's always plenty of stuff and bits going on in our citeh...

Film Review: Ravenous

Robin Aubert's new zombie film might be decent for viewers of  The Walking Dead, but real horror fans may be slightly less impressed...

Left Magpie: March 2018

We may never, ever have planned for promotion - but there’s no greater time than now for this Notts County squad

Film Review: The Square

Hang on to your champagne and get ready to squirm – this is going to be the worst week of Christian the art curator's life.

LeftLion Film Podcast #5: Fabrizio Federico

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by local filmmaker Fabrizio Federico to discuss his career, his Pink8 Manifesto, the time a witch put a curse on him, working with pimps, the time he burnt his house down and plenty more.  Things got really weird, really fast...

9 Notts Albums To Add To Your Playlist

Fill your tabs with some proper Notts glory...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Trotters of Love and Respect

Spring is here, and with it comes celebrations of all things feminine. Our man in Beijing, the one and only James Kramer, has sent us correspondence about the importance of womanhood, equality, and International Women's Day in China. 

How to Choose a Charity You Can Trust

It's important to know yer not being fobbed off...

Crop Up Gallery: The Student Run Curatorial Group Giving Art Students Their Big Break

As any depressed graduate will tell you, a lot of jobs will ask you for experience in your field. But you’ve been too busy studying… well, sort of.  Actually you’ve been playing prosecco pong and skinny dipping in the Market Square fountain. When were you meant to get this experience anyway? Well, that’s where Crop Up Gallery is lending a hand...

Jake Haseldine Takes Wicked Photos of Musicians

Young Nottingham Music Photographer Jake Haseldine captures an epic moment in every photograph…

Anton Lockwood: The Man Who Made Rescue Rooms A Success

As Rescue Rooms basks in the glory of its fifteenth birthday, we sat down with the man who transformed the place from a run down sports bar to a renowned music venue...

Life After Spanky Van Dykes

The sun rises and sets, empires rise and fall, and Spanky Van Dykes has closed. Even though it’s been a few months since the alternative bar – the big, dark place that projected He-Man episodes in silence – closed its doors unto wooden boards, its regulars still find themselves in a lost state. Those dejected lot who once found their homes - and their lives - in Spanky’s now wander the street in utter confusion. We wrangled as many of them as we could to ask how they’re getting on.

Strike Site: Exhibition Curator Sacha Craddock Talks Unreality and Insistent Physicality

Strike Site is an exhibition which attempts to create the contradictory yet palpable sense of the temporary that comes with an exhibition of arts. Now in it's second manifestation, after being previously exhibited at Pi Artworks London, curator Sacha Craddock worked closely with the Nottingham Refugee Forum to explore notions of displacement, movement, freedom and barriers...

6 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

There's a lotta musical goings-on this week...

Kids and Culture in Nottingham: An Experiment

“Kids change you, you know.” They all told me, and annoyingly, they were right. I see the world differently, I see people differently, and I see myself differently. And besides all that deep stuff, my life seems to have moved seamlessly from trips, gigs, and events to soft play areas, cold swimming pools, and church playgroups. It wasn’t deliberate, but the fact of the matter is it’s far easier to do stuff with kids that they like, because it statistically lowers the chances of them acting like d*cks. Although, inevitably, they still do, leading me to wonder if I should have another go at doing the things I actually want to.

So I’ve spent the last two weeks running an (admittedly small) social experiment. Is it possible to enjoy fun and culture in Nottingham with feral nippers in tow? Can it be done? Let’s find out:

6 Notts Books You Need To Read This Month

Back in January, we celebrated Nottingham’s literary prowess with a whole issue dedicated to the wordy goods that’ve come out of the city and its edges. In the same breath, together with UNESCO City of Literature, we asked your lot to review your favourite Nottingham books in a competition to win book tokens and a feature in this here rag.

The winners of said competition were Sue Barsby and Melanie Jane, the top two reviews on this here page. Check ‘em out in all their critiquing mastery, and remember: if you’re from Notts and want to get your pages poked, drop us a line on books@leftlion.co.uk...

Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018

Festival season officially starts here, and it’s kicking off with a right wordy celebration of all things lyrical...

Theatre Review: Instinct at Television Workshop

The third installment in Television Workshop's annual season is a well thought out critique of social media addiction...

The Zoo Project and discotech are Coming to Nottingham

Jordan Diston from discotech tells us all about the collaboration coming to Red Bar in Nottingham on Saturday 31 March, featuring tech-house giant Eddie Richards…

Film Review: Tomb Raider

Alicia Vikander’s astonishingly average take on the headstrong heroine made famous by the 90s video game franchise

Live Music Review: Sounds Against Slavery 2 at Rough Trade

Rough Trade was humming for a night of live music in aid of Anti-Slavery International, organised by the University of Nottingham’s Anti-Slavery Society in partnership with Impact Magazine...

What Zoo Animal Are You?

Take our quiz and find out. Our mates at Zoo Project and discotech are whacking on a night down Red Bar on Saturday 31 March, and everyone is encouraged to dress up as their favourite zoo animal. So here's a bit of a helping hand in picking out yer costume...

Photos: St Patrick's Day in Nottingham

We got in the thick of the snow in St. Patrick's Day to take some snaps...

Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a YouTube Sensation

Nottingham is crazy about science, with a grand history of making leaps and bounds in innovation and research. The University of Nottingham has a large part to play in this, and for those who get a kick out of seeing what happens when you mix up chemicals, set a flame to gases, and the behaviour of volatile substances, their Research Professor of Chemistry, Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff, has made a series called The Periodic Table of Videos to satiate the inner nerds in us.

Fluent Females: Third Annual Women Say Stuff Event at Cafe Sobar

In celebration of International Women's Day, Women Say Stuff brought together women from all backgrounds to share their life experiences. Headliners included Notts wordsmiths Alice Short and Georgina Wilding, alongside a passionate open mic of female poets, musicians and activists. We sent our Natalie Mills down to check out the DIY Poets’ mixed-audience event at Cafe Sobar to hear what women had to say.