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Nottingham Residents Invited to Take Part in World-First Citizen Assembly Initiative at New Art Exchange
Sat 06 Apr 2024New Art Exchange (NAE) is setting a global precedent for community-led arts delivery with the launch of the VOICE Assembly, a permanent citizen assembly to be included within the diverse arts organisation's leadership structure. The initiative invites forty local residents to represent the wider community and directly shape NAE’s neighbourhood strategy and investments. NAE is developing a blueprint for cultural institutions worldwide, championing citizen-led decision-making in arts and culture.
Nottsvana: The Story of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain in Nottingham
Fri 05 Apr 2024Many would say Nirvana were the biggest band of the nineties, despite them only being active for the first half of it. However, not many people know about the links between the city of Nottingham and one of the biggest bands in rock history…
Overheard in Notts: March 2024
Fri 22 Mar 2024I'm not sitting on anyone's face. I'd rather have a bag of chips.
Sheriff of Nottingham Shuguftah Quddoos on the Nottingham cuts and her suspension from the Labour Party
Fri 08 Mar 2024Following on from famous film depictions by the likes of Alan Rickman and Matthew MacFadyen, Shuguftah Quddoos is the current Sheriff of Nottingham, a role which stretches back to the Norman conquest. We caught up with her on what has been quite a week on the council…
Nottingham Her-story: Our Top Women From Notts
Fri 08 Mar 2024Our fair city has been home to some spectacular women in its time, from comedians and performers to activists and artists. To celebrate International Women's Day we thought we’d round up some of the fabulous ladies who have made us proud and continue to inspire…
The Thompsons on David Bowie, Elton John and Their Favourite Notts Band
Sun 25 Feb 2024Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
We Interviewed the Snuts Ahead of Their Rough Trade Show
Fri 23 Feb 2024We had the chance recently to have a lovely chat with the even lovelier Callum Wilson from Scottish indie band The Snuts to talk all things millennials, tours and being a happy artist...
The Pastel Project Talk LGBTQ+ Activism, the Trans Community and Aims to Make Nottingham the UK's First Trans Sanctuary City
Sat 17 Feb 2024The Pastel Project is a grassroots activism group seeking to establish Nottingham as the UK's first Trans Sanctuary City. With aims including to improve trans healthcare and improve LGBTQ+ education in schools, this project works towards solidarity and support for the trans community and making Nottingham a safe haven for all trans and gender non-conforming people...
A Busker in Notts
Fri 16 Feb 2024When I was about sixteen, I tried to go busking. I took my acoustic guitar, walked to Long Eaton's main high street, and awkwardly found a spot in front of a closed down shop. It was embarrassing before I'd even taken my guitar bag off, but I felt determined to stick with it. Gingerly, I lifted my guitar strap over my head, laid out my case on the ground, and looked up to find that people were already looking at me. I didn't know what to do…
Interview: Ray Bradshaw
Thu 15 Feb 2024With the Doppelginger tour coming to Nottingham in March, Ian C Douglas sat down with Ray Bradshaw to learn more about this red-letter day...
NET Shows How It's Helping Young People Get Around Notts
Tue 06 Feb 2024Alison Sweeney, head of marketing at Nottingham Express Transit (NET) - which run our trams in Nottingham – tells us all we need to know about the iconic transport that gets us from A-B.
Overheard in Notts: January 2024
Wed 31 Jan 2024What have you lot been chatting so far in 2024? Here's this month's Overheard in Notts...
Notts Shots: January 2024
Sat 27 Jan 2024Here are some snaps our talented photographers have taken this month...
Notts Libraries Partner With the British Library for Fantasy Season
Thu 25 Jan 2024Working in tandem with the British Library and their current exhibition, ‘Fantasy: Realms of Imagination’, Inspire are bringing a whole programme of fanciful and folkloric entertainment to our city...
Theatre Interview: Witness for the Prosecution at the National Justice Museum
Wed 24 Jan 2024A courtroom drama performed in a real courtroom. Another great idea from local theatre company Your Chance Productions. Darren Paul Taylor and Connor Thomas, two of the show's stars, take LeftLion behind the curtain...
Notts' Hidden Library Could Be Expanding
Tue 23 Jan 2024Bromley House library, a subscription library founded over two hundred years ago, has just secured £70,000 to explore expanding its premises...
An Outreach Worker in Notts
Sun 21 Jan 2024Formed in 2001, Framework is an organisation supporting vulnerable people, with housing support, job hunting, mental health, and recovery services for drugs and alcohol. Their primary focus, though, is to try and get people off the streets, and into more permanent accommodation. LeftLion caught up with one of their street outreach workers, who explains the ins and outs of their day to day…
From Art Exhibition Launches to Beat The Streets Festival: Here's What's on in Notts 22 - 28 January 2024
Sun 21 Jan 2024This week in Nottingham, enjoy live music in aid of a great cause at Beat The Streets, celebrate the opening of new exhibitions at Nottingham Contemporary, or join the National Holocaust Museum for Holocaust Memorial Day...
Comedy, Ceilidhs, DnB, and 90s Throwbacks: Here's What's on in Notts 15 - 21 January 2024
Sun 14 Jan 2024Comedy, dancing and music are the perfect blend for throwing off the January blues, and it's all happening this week in Nottingham...
Kicking Off the New Year in Notts - Theatre, Music and Meeting New People: Here’s What’s on in Notts 8 - 14 January
Sun 07 Jan 2024If it's your resolution to get out more in 2024, kick off your year with some theatre, cabaret and social events to meet new people in Notts this week...