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Nottingham Arena Want Your Photos As Part of Their 25th Birthday Celebrations
Wed 23 Jul 2025As Nottingham’s biggest indoor music and entertainment venue continues to celebrate 25 years of unforgettable shows and memories, they are inviting you to be part of a special celebration…
What's in a name: the intriguing tales behind ten Nottingham place names
Wed 23 Jul 2025We walk along the streets of Nottingham every day without paying much attention to their names. They may be just words to us now, but street names were often originally descriptions, giving us information about important goings on in that area. Here are the meanings and history behind some of Nottingham’s streets that you may not have thought about before.
Theatre Review: The Prince at the Lace Market Theatre
Tue 22 Jul 2025The Prince, by Abigail Thorn, debuted to rave reviews at Southwark Theatre. Now it's come to Nottingham with a uniquely gay reimagining of the Bard...
Not(t) Art: the arts and crafts pub night bringing people together
Tue 22 Jul 2025Aiming to take the ‘art out of the gallery and into the community’, the Not(t) Art Collective is a new project that hopes to provoke interest from people who wouldn’t necessarily ‘do’ art. Taking place at The Barley Twist pub on Carrington Street, the collective looks to engage people in a range of social creative activities; from portrait drawing socials, to bring your own arts-and-crafts evenings, to the bare essentials - life drawing! We spoke to Matt Smith, founder of the Collective about his motivations for starting the group.
A Life Composed in Stories: Author Frances Thimann on how classical music shaped her latest collection
Mon 21 Jul 2025Notts writer Frances Thimann’s latest short story collection, Sweet Thames, Run Softly, Till I End My Song, dives deep into the emotional pull of classical music. We caught up with her to discuss rivers, Bach and memory...
Book clubs, sing-a-longs and pride parties: Here's what's on in Nottingham this week, 21-27 July
Sun 20 Jul 2025From pagan literature book clubs, to legendary ice rink openings for family summer fun- whether you're an art enthusiast, music lover, or just looking for a new club to join, there'll probably be something happening in Notts this week which you'll enjoy. Here are our picks for this week...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #26: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 18 Jul 2025In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, we take a deep dive into the new album from Midnight Rodeo...
Perfect Ten: a retrospective on Nottingham City of Literature's decade in business
Fri 18 Jul 2025Readers, prepare your confetti. 2025 marks our first decade as a UNESCO City of Literature - with many more, we hope, to come. Since 2015, Nottingham City of Literature has been honouring their commitment to building better futures with words, especially for our young people. This has included working with local educational institutions to enhance literacy, facilitating career events for blossoming creatives, and fostering global connections with Nottingham’s UNESCO sister cities. We took a look at what they’ve achieved so far….
How the Queer Adventure Collective are connecting the LGBTQ+ community in the great outdoors
Thu 17 Jul 2025As much as we don’t endorse stereotypes at LeftLion, there is something to be said about the correlation between a large proportion of the Queer community, and the outdoors – we bloody love a hike! Queer Adventure Collective (QAC) began in March and is the Midlands’ new (and rapidly growing) LGBTQIA+ group. LeftLion caught up with founder Meg Atkinson, to talk about everything adventure.
Counselling, community, and café cosiness: inside Maid Marian Way's new Pride Shop
Thu 17 Jul 2025This year will be the first Nottingham Pride since The Pride Shop on Maid Marian Way opened its doors to the public. More than just a shop, it offers a safe space to the LGTBQ+ community in Nottingham through support groups, events and counselling, as well as a cosy café. We spoke to founder Jake Hook about his motivations for setting up the business and its impact on the city.
Gig review: enchanting 90s goth with Miranda Sex Garden, Hurtsfall and Modern Coven at Rough Trade
Wed 16 Jul 2025Local gig putter-onners I’m Not From London treated Rough Trade to a night of bewitching harmonies and gothic glamour, presenting the reformation of ethereal 90s dark wave band Miranda Sex Garden, with support from Notts own Hurtsfall and Modern Coven.
Festival review: Nottingham Chamber Music Festival – Tunnel Vision
Wed 16 Jul 2025The Nottingham Chamber Music Festival is an annual series of concerts put together by a team of dedicated volunteers, bringing classical music artists to some of our city’s most beautiful and historical spaces. For the closing concert of the 2025 edition, the festival worked with the Nottingham Park Residents Association to host string quartet, The Le Page Ensemble, in the stunning surroundings of the Park Tunnel. A special one-of-a-kind concert not to be missed, we went along to experience this cave-dwelling performance first-hand…
The National Justice Museum Launches Annual Pass
Mon 14 Jul 2025The National Justice Museum in Nottingham has launched a new annual pass, giving visitors the chance to return to the iconic Nottingham attraction over and over again for free for an entire year...
Review: Miss Americana – A Tribute to Taylor Swift at the Nottingham Playhouse
Mon 14 Jul 2025A dazzling, high-energy tribute that captured the spirit, sparkle and soul of Taylor Swift. Xenna is a powerhouse performer who gave fans exactly what they came for, and more...
Pick Six: Girlband frontwoman Georgie
Mon 14 Jul 2025Ahead of their upcoming performances at Pride and Splendour, for this month’s Pick Six we turn to Georgie from Girlband! to tell us some of her and the band’s favourite things in Notts…