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Live Music Review: Mac DeMarco at Rock City

Sun 26 Nov 2017

Touring in support of his latest album This Old Dog, the Canadian 'indie slacker' came to Nottingham. We headed down to his show and also managed to grab him for a quick chat...

What's on the LeftLion Stereo?

Sat 25 Nov 2017

Find out what our Music Editor has been stuffing in his tabs this month...

Alex Bond on His New Venture Alchemilla

Sat 25 Nov 2017

Here in Nottingham, fine dining can be a bit up its own arse. If you’re looking for a ten-course summat special to treat your main squeeze to, you can expect to remortgage your house around these parts. Now, though, there’s a new restaurant on the block that aims to take the stuffiness out of the whole experience. Previous employee of Sat Bains and head chef at Turners, Alex Bond has opened Alchemilla on Derby Road following a few supper clubs at Wired Cafe on Pelham Street, and it’s got the local gums flapping. With chatter about the restaurant’s potential to be graced with a Michelin star, we hit up Alex to find out why he doesn’t give a toss…

Live Music Review: Hyperjax at Pit & Pendulum

Sat 25 Nov 2017

Rockabilly Boogie Night brings the best in old school rock 'n' roll to the Pit & Pendulum on the last Friday of every month. For November, Hyperjax were in town.

David Knight on the Archaeological History of Nottingham

Sat 25 Nov 2017

On the eve of a new exhibitions about Vikings in Nottingham, the Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham present David Knight talking about The History of Nottingham, including looking at the cities defences and caves.

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

Thu 23 Nov 2017

The Panthers have been hot on the ice and November brought another massive European game to the National Ice Centre. Our Sally was on hand to tell us all about the team's roaring success

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Thu 23 Nov 2017

It's a weekend for saving those pennies, folks...

Arse Full of Chips Have Reunited

Thu 23 Nov 2017

Arse Full of Chips are a local Notts band who make no apologies for being absolutely bob. After years of taunting dead celebrities, parading around their naked mascot, and making ears bleed, they chucked the towel in to wails of both joy and disappointment. Now, they’re playing a reunion gig at nowhere other than Rock City’s main room, so we rounded them up to ask such questions as “How?”, “What?” and “God, why?”

Left Magpie: Notts County News & Updates

Wed 22 Nov 2017

Notts County's amazing run continues this month and our Colin takes us through all of the strange coincidences floating around Meadow Lane

Rumours of a Rave: Interview with Fleetmac Wood

Wed 22 Nov 2017

Since 2012 Roxanne Roll and Smooth Sailing have been celebrating the music of Fleetwood Mac by hosting parties using a curated and created assortment of remixes and edits. To celebrate 40 years of the legendary album Rumours, the husband and wife DJing duo bring their Rumours Rave to Rescue Rooms on Friday 24 November. We put some questions to Roxanne Roll to find out more...

The Colour of Love Project

Wed 22 Nov 2017

Whether you’re head over heels in love or not, many of us think we know what all that lovey-dovey stuff is all about...

Art Works: Marcus Gillmore

Wed 22 Nov 2017

The Letter F

Film Review: The Florida Project

Wed 22 Nov 2017

Sean Baker gives a rare look behind the curtain of the ‘the happiest place on earth’ in this bleak and eye-opening film

Film Review: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

Wed 22 Nov 2017

A tale of the last glimmers of a Hollywood starlet and why the North of England became her dying wish

The Centenary of Captain Albert Ball

Tue 21 Nov 2017

2017 marks the centenary of the death of Captain Albert Ball, an English fighter pilot made famous during the First World War. After snapping some of the hidden Notts monuments dedicated to the historical figure, we took a look back at probably the most famous person not to have their name on a Nottingham tram; a man that the legendary Red Baron described as “by far, the best English flying man”...

Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro for MIND

Mon 20 Nov 2017

One local lass is gettin’ out there and tackling one of the world's most dangerous mountain climbs in the name of mental health...

Theatre Review: Antigone

Mon 20 Nov 2017

Future and past combine to follow one family’s journey in a dystopian reality

5 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 19 Nov 2017

There's some interesting stuff to be gerrin' up to this week...

9 Albums You Should Listen To Right Now

Sun 19 Nov 2017

Top tunes doing the rounds this month...

Nottingham in Photos

Sat 18 Nov 2017

Here's what your lot have been snapping over the last thirty days or so...

Finding Headspace - Review of Making Headway's latest book launch

Sat 18 Nov 2017

Living with a brain injury is a difficult and oftentimes raw experience. However, the writers and editors involved in the creation of the newest Global Words Press book Making Headway: Living with Brain Injury are willing to share their stories and inspire us all to live better and braver lives.

Conceptual and Abstract Art at Rough Trade Nottingham

Sat 18 Nov 2017

This weekend, for one weekend only, Matt Britton and Mike Dack have an exhibition of Conceptual and Abstract Art on at Rough Trade. We popped over to check out what was going on...

Midlands Women's Aid Need Your Help

Fri 17 Nov 2017

Crimbo is close, which means it’s time to get giving, and if you’re looking for a worthy cause in need of pennies we’ve got it covered. Midlands Women’s Aid, a refuge service in Notts, is looking to raise £840 to buy presents for forty children (budgeting £20 per child) and they need our help. They’ve only got till Sunday 10 December to hit their target…