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The new campaign gives patrons of the Hockley-based cinema the opportunity to help support their charitable causes...

DWP Deaths Make Me Sick at Surface Gallery's Street Art Festival

Adrian Shaw headed down to the Surface Gallery to check out Vince Law's DWP Deaths Make Me Sick, part of their Street Art Festival...

Preview: Nottingham Playhouse's Coram Boy

We take a sneak peak behind the scenes at the rehearsals of Coram Boy, Nottingham Playhouse's biggest live community project to date...

Out of Time: Highwayman "Swift" Nick Nevison

Our regular history feature takes a look at the colourful life of Nick Nevison, who traded in Newark during his time as a highwayman...

Nactus Kunan's '25 Films' Interview

Tue 16 Jul 2019

Alternative Nottingham band, Nactus Kunan have been doing melodic musical bits round the city. The Beeston boys shot their most recent music video ‘25 Films’ in the Victoria Centre market. We sat down with their keyboard player Joe Bone to get the craic...

NTU Forensic Psychology Professor Dr Nicholas Blagden: "Humans are always interested in the dark side of things."

Tue 16 Jul 2019

With more books, TV series, films and documentaries on the subject being made than ever before, our interest in true crime stories has never been better catered for. But what is it about humans that makes us so fascinated by criminals and the violent crimes they commit? We talked to Nottingham Trent University’s Dr Nicholas Blagden, an Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology and Co-Head of the Sexual Offences Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, to find out…

Notts Bloke Promotes Footie for Wellbeing

Mon 15 Jul 2019

Mental health has been a topic which has gained considerable attention in the mainstream media over the past few years. Musicians to movie stars have raised awareness over the growing mental health problems that more and more people appear to be suffering from. Local Man Nathan Kenny is using his experience and the beautiful game to tackle the issue; Isaac Seelochan went along to a session to find out more.

Notes From a Mental Health Nurse: Suicide

Mon 15 Jul 2019

Each month, our anonymous mental nurse, who has over two decades on experience working in Nottingham, will deal with a specific mental health issue with practical, accessible advice. This month, it's suicide...

ArtSpeak are Working to Engage Older People in Cultural and Art Activities in Nottingham to Combat Social Isolation

Sat 13 Jul 2019

ArtSpeak is a funded outreach programme from Radford Care Group which opens to get people aged sixty plus to get involved in arts and culture in Nottingham. Through the development of community hubs and a diverse programme of events and workshops, they hope to decrease social isolation among the older generation in our city. We spoke to Sharon Scaniglia and Hannah Stoddart to find out more…

Auschwitz survivor Arek Hersh MBE: “I wanted to live. I wanted to survive.”

Sat 13 Jul 2019

Aiming to inspire research and understanding, The National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Newark is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of all who died during one of the darkest chapters in human history, while spreading a message hope through education. With one eye set on the past, the other is firmly looking to the future, promoting an understanding of the roots of discrimination and prejudice to hundreds of school children every week. We spent the day at the inspiring Centre, where we talked to Arek Hersh MBE, a ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor whose remarkable story saw him endure the horrors of Auschwitz.

Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream

Fri 12 Jul 2019

Nottingham Shakespeare Company are bringing Oberon, Puck, Bottom and the gang to various locations around the city...

Bone-Carved Objects, Amputation Kits and More: The 10 Weirdest Objects in the National Justice Museum's Stores

Fri 12 Jul 2019

We delved deep into the weird and wonderful stores at the National Justice Museum to find ten of the most interesting, bizarre and macabre items from the history of crime and punishment…

Film Review: Midsommar

Thu 11 Jul 2019

Ari Aster's follow-up to 2018's Hereditary has caused a bit of a stir since its release. Here's what we thought of it...

Art Works: Sally Sheinman

"It is a responsibility and a great joy to have a never-ending project."

Etienne Stott MBE: "We are consuming the earth and turning it into money."

Following a long and illustrious career as a slalom canoeist, which included a gold medal win at the London Olympics in 2012, Etienne Stott MBE has focused his attention on the growing problem of climate change. We caught up with him to find out what Extinction Rebellion is all about, and how it led to his arrest at the protests in London earlier this year…

Film Review: Kursk - The Last Mission

Thomas Vinterberg's film about the Kursk submarine disaster is out in cinemas this week...

Film Review: Spider-Man - Far From Home

While Endgame was an excellent conclusion to the first decade of the Avengers saga, it left moviegoers with a lot of questions regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The big task of answering these just so happens to fall on the shoulders of our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man - but is Far From Home a satisfying follow-up to this year’s biggest film?

Film Review: Men in Black International

A Men in Black film without Will Smith? We're not convinced...

The Chameleon: GoFundMe Campaign

After having their toilets vandalised recently, the Chameleon is in need of your help...

LGBTQ+ Notts: Pride is Here

Caroline Barry has the lowdown on this year's pride...

NottsShop: July 2019

Got someone or something that you think we should know about? Drop us a line at anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk

Ah sweet, sweet July. There's something about this month that still makes you think that you're breaking up for the summer even though summer holidays were quite a few years ago for most of us... But, however you're planning on spending the next thirty days or so, here are a few little rays of metaphorical sunshine that will hopefully match the actual sunshine that we'll get...right?

Nottingham's Write Pride 2019 is Ready to Paint the Town Rainbow Again

The second year of Write Pride will take place in Nottingham from Monday 22 – Friday 26 July 2019.

Mindfully Micha: Suicide