Site search

Film Review: Malcolm & Marie

Malcolm & Marie sees Euphoria's Sam Levinson and Zendaya team up once again. But should they have? Our Screen Co-Editor thinks not... 

The Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity is a Lockdown-Friendly Digital Event This Year

After wowing audiences with an eclectic programme of events last year, the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity is back with a new look and a lockdown-friendly digital festival this February. We caught up with festival producer Megan Shore to find out more about what FoSaC 2021 has in store…

Nadia on... The Pandemic

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues effecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she discusses the ongoing pandemic, and the government's response... 

Nusic Future Session: Joel Black

From the music city of Nottingham, the latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is Joel Black.

Your Love Letters to Notts...

Love is in the air, but so is COVID... meaning that we’ve all spent the best part of the last year locked up indoors. As such, our city hasn’t been getting the TLC it usually receives from its residents. To remedy that sad situation, we asked you lot to pen love letters to your favourite parts of Nottingham. Here are some of our favourites...

Metronome 'Piano Sessions' with Natalie Duncan + Ajay Henry

Plates Records: Coming Full Circle

Eileen Pegg chats with Nick Strang as Plates goes from selling records to putting out its own this year…

Have A Date Night Curated By Studio Chocolate and Other Nottingham Independents This Valentine's Day

Impress your loved one with these beautiful treats...

The Thompson Brothers on Rom-Coms, Love Songs and Their Favourite Vegetable

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

25 Years Later: Heat

With Heat, Michael Mann reached a height of cool realism that he has perhaps never bettered since its release 25 years ago, writes Thomas Griffiths...

Under Cover Artist: Kev Grey

You might recognise his style if you’ve picked up a can from Notts brewery Black Iris, and now Kev Grey has turned his talented hands to create our cover art...

Nusic New Music Podcast #424 with Ex.In, As December Falls, Franky Bones, Saffron Gray and More...

This week’s New Music Podcast features Post Malone’s musical brother, a lot of non-tenuous tenuous links, plus a song about pasta.

The Podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

Film Review: Penguin Bloom

Naomi Watts shines in this lovely movie about a friendship between a paralysed woman and a magpie.

Film Review: The Dig

A newly unearthed treasure! Hollie Anderson reviews Netflix’s latest star-studded release, all about the famous Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939.

Author Interview: Dylan Wardle

Kate Hewett talks to young author Dylan Wardle about Words of Solitude, his debut fantasy novel...

Author Interview: Nicki Merrall

We catch up with Nicki Merrall to talk lockdown, knitting and her new book, Fair Isle

Author Interview: Chidiebere J Anumudu

Author Chidiebere J Anumudu talks to Literature Editor Kate Hewett about children's book Chuka and The Arusi

Author Interview: Clive Henry - Racism is Real

Kate Hewett talks to author Clive Henry about his book, Racism Is Real...

Beat The Streets

The Rise of the Redditors: How One Notts’ Society Got Caught in the Crossfire of a Stock Market Frenzy

What do Wall Street, Reddit, GameStop and one of the most bizarre periods of trading in the history of the stock market have to do with Nottingham? Well, it has something to do with Robin Hood…

Overheard in... The Comments Section

With town being a bit deserted of late, Big Baby decided to dip into the comment sections on our social media accounts to find some of the odd things you lot write to us…

LeftLion Magazine #133

A love-themed Feb/March issue featuring your Love Letters to Notts, the Nottingham duo who became the first married couple to reach the North and South Poles, our Valentine's Day Dating Game, author Mhairi McFarlane on why Valentine's Day stinks, The Colour of Love, A Decade of Black Iris, The Festival of Science and Curiosity and loads more...

10 Years Later: Tangled

Disney’s 50th animated feature is an enduring modern classic…

Double Impact Is Encouraging People to Run, Ramble, or Roll For Its Virtual Fundraising Campaign

Dust off your trainers for this wonderful cause...

How the New Art Exchange Became a Leading International Arts Space

Skinder Hundal has been Director at New Art Exchange (NAE) since 2008, from the moment their iconic black box building in Hyson Green first opened its doors. Now, as he takes up a new position as Director of Arts, British Council, Skinder reflects on NAE’s journey from a small community-led organisation to a leading international arts space, and the important role it has played in championing art from diverse culture.