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Harmony at the Hall: The Helix Ensemble

The Elo Encounter - the Blue Sky Tour

Left Stag: November - The Fading Beauty of the FA Cup

At the risk of this column being renamed Grumpy Stag, Nostalgia Stag, or In My Day Things Were Better Stag, I’m going to have to moan about something else here...

Theatre Review: Trouble, Struggle, Bubble and Squeak at Lakeside Arts

Using a combination of comedy, storytelling and knitted vegetables, Victoria Melody treated us to a tale of resistance that was both tender and galvanising...

Gig review: SPRINTS at Rock City, with Dog Race

With the memory of their standout Bodega show still fresh in our minds, there was no way we were going to miss SPRINTS' return to Nottingham. This time, Rock City was the venue for a milestone performance which defined the absolute best of the outspoken, anarchic, post-punk spirit...

A Cup of Jim: 35 years of Lee & Fletcher coffee

After 35 years of roasting and supplying coffee to some of Nottingham’s best-loved independent businesses, there’s not much Jim Lee, owner of Lee & Fletcher, doesn’t know about a cup of joe. Lucy Campion finds out more about Jim’s journey in the world of java.

Rage Against the Machine Tribute Band - Renegades Of Rage

Peggy’s House Band Ft Alan Barnes Plays Charlie Parker [jazz]

Christmas Market at Sutton In Ashfield Library

Helen Oxenbury: We're Going On a Bear Hunt and Other Adventures

Shadows of a Silhouette - Album Launch Gig

Submitting to Agents for Creative Writers

The Secret Show

Make a Spark: Stories, Ink & Sound – Ages 8-16

Make a Spark: Stories, Ink & Sound – Ages 17+

Maxi-mini-con

The Leen: Nottingham’s River

Anna Harriott and Iona Johnson Stories In the Dust

Gallery Art Group Led by Jane Stockley & Elaine Winter

The Subways

Christmas Market at Stapleford Library

Russell Kane: Hyperactive

Night Creatures Podcast #3: Killer Jim from Out To Lunch on 25 years of Northern soul, jazz funk and jazz dance events in Nottingham

Night Creatures is a new LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him over twenty years of experience of putting on great parties in the city.

Exhibition review: Quiver at Lakeside Arts

Kate MccGwire's latest solo exhibition, Quiver, is a powerful overview of 25 years' worth of work. Typically, it does not shy away from the uncomfortable. Bulging, writhing and rippling through more than three rooms at the Lakeside Arts Centre, Quiver is a body of sculptural work made alive through the dualities MccGwire is fascinated with: the potent beauty of the natural world, and its powerful, sometimes grotesque underbelly…