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Film Review: F1

Join us as we review F1, is this Brad Pitt blockbuster well crafted and nuanced, or does it follow the same old formula?

Left Magpie July 2025: Going to the Match with Stuart Maynard, Martin Paterson and LS Lowry

Our monthly Notts County column is back after a hiatus and now penned by Julian McDougall, formerly of the beloved Notts County fanzine The Pie and currently of the excellent When Saturday Comes magazine. Here he muses about the appointment of Martin Paterson and the nature of supporters in the “Lowry-esque’ setting of Meadow Lane...

Equation Launches Lifeline for LGBTQ+ Survivors of Domestic Abuse

In a powerful show of solidarity and progress during Pride Month, Nottingham-based charity Equation has launched its dedicated LGBTQ+ Domestic Abuse Service...

Local indie rockers The Publics talk influences, community and Splendour Festival

Local indie legends The Publics are known for high energy live shows and a unique double frontman approach. From a huge, sold-out Rescue Rooms headline spot back in December to a main stage slot at Splendour this year, they’ve been up to some very big things. We caught up with lead guitarist Elliot Stephenson to discuss their influences, ethics and upcoming plans…

Get a Wiggle On - Mama's Dance Class

Get a Wiggle On - Dance Through the Ages

Tony Miller Bus Naming Ceremony

Walkthrough With Ambivalent Archives, Crassh, University Of Cambridge

Cherelle Fulton tells us about Behind Closed Doors: a program spotlighting creative women in Notts

Over at New Art Exchange, Behind Closed Doors is creating a new space for women in the creative industries to connect, collaborate and reshape the scene in Nottingham. Co-ordinator Cherelle Fulton discusses what fuelled her projects, including live music night Can’t Stand The Rain, the importance of community and connectivity, and creating safe spaces for women.

Kinky Boots the Musical

Cinematic Lie Drawing

Stage review: a beautiful night of drag, burlesque and art with Niche Artefact

Thursday night saw a flamboyant jamboree of creativity and performance as Niche Artefact returned to Revolución de Cuba for a beautiful night of drag, burlesque and art...

Preview: Future Sound of Nottingham at Rock City 2025

Returning for 2025, the Future Sound of Nottingham gives Nottingham and Nottinghamshire musicians the opportunity to play the iconic main stages of both Rock City and Splendour Festival.

Gig review: Gracie Abrams at Motorpoint Arena, with Dora Jar

In a show postponed from March, US pop sensation Gracie Abrams finally arrived in Nottingham to round off her The Secrets of Us world tour in intense, glittering style…

In photos: Vee Adu at The Old Bus Depot, with SUNIQ and Rowan Holly

The Thompsons on beer, lost Nottingham and Haydn Road

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers talk beer, lost Nottingham and Haydn Road

Rebirth and redemption: we reunite with local singer Whycliffe as he prepares for a return to music

It was 21 years ago that I first got to know Donovan Whycliffe Bramwell. I was working an office job in the Lace Market and would often see him in the street, looking dishevelled and asking people for money. Like most people I’d usually try to avoid such lunch-break encounters, but one day someone told me this man had once been a famous singer. It was a year after we’d launched LeftLion and I was interested in stories like this…

The Backseat Lovers

Flamboyant theatre, nature documentaries, comedy by a castle and up and coming Notts music: here's what's on 30 June - 6 July 2025

This week in Notts... check out flamboyant theatre, thought provoking film, up and coming Notts music, vegan food and a comedy night by a castle.

Queens Walk Community Centre

Imogen Clark Live In Nottingham

“Not behind a tree, I wouldn’t do that”: Overheard in Notts June 2025

Banksy, beavers and nine thousand pound fish all feature in this month's Overheard in Notts - 

Our house: inside the communities who are bringing co-operative living to Nottingham

Established in 2001, Neds is a housing co-operative in Nottingham, where members live in a large Victorian house and former pikelet factory. There’s a good chance that sentence raised a few questions for you… What is a housing co-operative? Is it a commune? Who’s Ned? … and what’s a pikelet? We’ll get to most of these questions shortly. But to answer the last one: it is a thin crumpet. Matteo D’Alesio finds out more…

The Line We Crossed + Q&a

Nick Costley- White [jazz]