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From being a Little Flame to a Rascal and a Last Shadow Puppet, Liverpudlian mod brother Miles Kane has built a stellar career spanning more than 20 years. Now, happily ploughing his own furrow again, he returns to Nottingham next month to promote his latest long-player, Sunlight In The Shadows, with a date at Rough Trade. LeftLion caught up with him to bask in the rays of promotional duties to talk Nashville, Nottingham and Northern curry sauce…

LeftLion Issue #187 September 2025

Fri 29 Aug 2025

It's the biggest issue of LeftLion ever! ...Along with sixteen pages dedicated to Nottingham street art, this issue features James Graham, 160 years of the Theatre Royal, landscape photographer Tracey Whitehead, The Sound Sanctuary, Movers venue, The Seafood Guy, Lyvia, vintage shopping, and plenty more...

In just a year, The Grove has become one of Nottingham's success stories: a truly independent, DIY music space with an open, supportive and inclusive ethos. Run by Dan Cunningham and Cam Worne, this is a place of hard work, joy and community. We were there to capture the vibe of their first birthday bash...

Festival review: Foolhardy Folk Festival 2025

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Hay bales, camping chairs and a smattering of silly festival hats greeted us on arrival at the idyllic city centre spot for the fifth undertaking of what has become a mainstay of the August Bank Holiday Sunday. The brainchild of Nottingham promoters DHP and Braintree’s Beans On Toast, the Foolhardy Folk Festival once again provided a wonderful opportunity to catch acts old and new perform on the park’s Victorian bandstand surrounded by smiling faces and verdant trees...

Gig review: Luke Haines & Peter Buck at Metronome

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Intrigued by the prospect of witnessing former R.E.M member Peter Buck and Auteurs frontman Luke Haines performing on the same stage, we hurried down to Metronome for what turned out to be a unique, sometimes surreal, and always captivating evening...

Locating D.H. Lawrence: August 1925

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Lawrence would rather be a penniless tramp than a Duke of Portland…

Out of time: a idiosyncratic history of adult cinemas and shops in Notts

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Sex sells….or so we’ve heard. We take a look back at Nottingham’s history of ‘adult’ entertainment cinemas and shops.

Howl Quartet [ Jazz]

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Secret Walled Garden Tours

Thu 28 Aug 2025

The Playhouse Pub Quiz

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Urban Sketching

Thu 28 Aug 2025

Theatre Review: The Business of Murder at the Theatre Royal

Wed 27 Aug 2025

What do a policeman and a playwright have in common? Unspeakable crime, as it happens. Twist and double twist await the audience in this nail-bitingly tense thriller...