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We Caught up With Colin Mitchell, Owner of Nottingham’s Oldest Caribbean Supermarket on His Decision to Sell the Business

After almost five decades of selling Caribbean food in Nottingham, family business Mitchell's Supermarket on Alfreton Road is up for sale. We spoke to owner Colin Mitchell about his decision to sell Mitchell’s Supermarket, and what this will mean for the local community...

We Chat to Beans on Toast Ahead of His Show at Rescue Rooms

Ahead of his upcoming UK tour, featuring a trip to Rescue Rooms, Jay McAllister aka. Beans on Toast chats to LeftLion via the medium of email and voice notes about his latest album The Toothpaste and the Tube, Foolhardy Folk Festival and dragons...

We Catch Up With Bloodworm Ahead of Beat the Streets

In 2023 their first headline show in Nottingham sold out and in 2024 they will take to the Beat The Streets stage. We catch up with Bloodworm to find out what to expect from their set, what else they've got planned for the year, and when we can expect to hear some new tunes from them...

We Speak to Alfie Sharp Ahead of Beat the Streets

With debut EP Home Truths on the way, which will be celebrated with a launch show at Peggy's Skylight, we chat all things Beat The Streets with Alfie Sharp...

Local Cultural Organisations Issue Open Letter Voicing Concern About Nottingham City Council’s Budget Cuts

With the recent announcement of budget cuts to the cultural and social sectors in Nottingham, over 120 individuals representing at least 75 local organisations have signed an open letter voicing concern about Nottingham City Council’s Section 114 process, and the impact it will have on the Nottingham communities.

American Poets In Britain, a Reading by Jason Schneiderman, Kathryn Maris and Dante Micheaux

Spanish Love Songs

How Do the Processes of Making Music and Art Differ From One Another? We Find Out From 5 Nottingham Creatives

Louis Cypher asks five different Nottingham creatives how the need to make money affects their art, what the differences are in their creative processes, and whether they prefer one over the other...

In Photos: Mollie Ralph + Bele + Cara Flynn at Buonissima for the NUH Arts Programme

Mollie Ralph, Bele and Cara Flynn perform at Buonissima to raise money for the NUH Arts Programme...

Bone Rites, With Natalie Bayley

Shakers Restirred!

Pub Quiz Curious Tavern

Argentine Tango - Complete Beginner to Dancing In 6 Weeks

From Storing Fruit and Veg to Welcoming Live Music: We Chat With JT Soar’s Head Honcho Phil Booth

Since JT Soar stopped storing fruit and veg and started welcoming bands as a music venue almost fifteen years ago, it has maintained its DIY sentiment while growing in popularity and success. And going into the new year, the venue will be more accessible than ever, with widened entrances and doors and access ramps, among many other modifications. We chat to Phil Booth about the importance of making the space inclusive for all, how they manage to give all of the money they make from gigs straight to the bands performing, and their important place in Nottingham’s DIY music scene…

Comedy, Ceilidhs, DnB, and 90s Throwbacks: Here's What's on in Notts 15 - 21 January 2024

Comedy, dancing and music are the perfect blend for throwing off the January blues, and it's all happening this week in Nottingham...

Film Review: Poor Things

Emma Stone and Yorgos Lanthimos are raking in the awards for this one, but should they be? Yes.

Preview: American Poets at Five Leaves Bookshop

As some of the USA's best poetic minds come to perform in Notts, we learn about what we can look forward to...