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Alex Hale and the Private Sector talk new name and new music
Sun 19 Apr 2026Alex Hale is a well-known name for anybody versed in the Nottingham music scene. In the newly-named Alex Hale and the Private Sector, joined by bandmates Daniel Barradell, Dominic Brady, Luke Gilborn, Stephen Marsh and sometimes (when he's not busy running The Grove) Cam Worne, he is embarking on a new era…
Beltane, beer, Badly Drawn Boy and Shrek: Here's what's on this week 20 - 26 April 2026
Sun 19 Apr 2026This week in Notts! Enjoy craft beer, Beltane celebrations, Beeston Film Festival and lots more. Here's our top picks...
Concert Review: Orquesta Sinfónica De Galicia at Royal Concert Hall
Sat 18 Apr 2026The Galicia Symphony Orchestra is reputed to be one of Spain's most prominent orchestras with fans across the world. But how did they go down with the Nottingham audience...
Put your records on: eleven Notts vinyl stores worth visiting on Record Store Day
Sat 18 Apr 2026On 18 April it’s Record Store Day – a celebration of that unique grassroots culture which, even in the face of constant adversity wracking the UK music scene, endures and provides a community for innumerable lovers of physical media. Since the fifties, Nottingham’s been a hub for well-visited record stores, some becoming legendary like Selectadisc – which once hosted The Clash in store – and Way Ahead – who as well as selling vinyl also sold tickets for one of Oasis’ biggest tours. Music has changed a lot over the last few years, but here’s eleven record shops still worth checking out
LeftLion Interviews Podcast #16: Notts County’s James Belshaw on his career, coming home and how he nearly signed for Notts several times before
Sat 18 Apr 2026This episode we are joined by Notts County FC goalkeeper James Belshaw who talks about his career, coming home to play for Notts County FC and how he nearly signed for Notts several times before...
Left Stag: April - Everyone's Stags
Fri 17 Apr 2026As the season trundles towards its conclusion, with Mansfield Town all but mathematically safe and out of all cups, my non-football-fan wife tells me that she misses the tension that she’s become accustomed to in the other seasons since we met!I say non-football-fan,but I don’t think I can really say that anymore…
Theatre Review: Death On The Nile at Theatre Royal
Fri 17 Apr 2026A British murder mystery classic takes the stage at Theatre Royal Nottingham for it's European premiere...
Gig review: James at Motorpoint Arena
Fri 17 Apr 2026Touring across sold-out arenas throughout England on their Love is the Answer tour, James returned to Nottingham’s Motorpoint Arena giving an awe–striking performance to an ever-eager crowd. Support came from Doves...
Gig review: Brooke Combe at Rescue Rooms
Fri 17 Apr 2026Morrissey once quipped "Manchester, so much to answer for…" during the heyday of seminal indie trailblazers, The Smiths. The same could be said of another scene pioneered in the North West: Northern Soul. More than 50 years after sparking into life at its cultural home, the Wigan Casino, thanks to the long lost Tamla Motown and soul tracks unearthed and spun following visits across the pond, the roots of the much-revered movement still spread to this day. Brooke Combe is keeping the trend growing..,
How local class Deep Yoga is making mindfulness accessible
Fri 17 Apr 2026After finding Deep Yoga both deeply relaxing, and deeply difficult to master – especially when attempting to fashion a somewhat nonchalant expression during an unbalanced Half Moon Pose – Bridie Squires spoke to Dr Steven Athwal, Director of Deep Yoga in Nottingham, about his journey into yoga and why local studios matter more than ever…