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Ay up me duck, best gigs, and The Park Estate: Talkin' with the Thompsons

Tue 30 Dec 2025

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on their best gigs of the year, The Park Estate and the origins of 'ay up me duck'

Surrender To It: the homegrown Notts feature film coming in 2026

Mon 29 Dec 2025

Founded by Nottingham Television Workshop alumni Tim Bryn Smith, The Nottingham Actor’s Workshop has for fifteen years been an acting training ground for local people, whether their ambitions are professional, personal or somewhere in-between. In 2026, they’ve got a new project on the way – Surrender To It – a full length feature film, blending comedy, adventure, surrealism, and drama, written and directed by Tim himself, and set for release on global streaming platforms. Tim tells us more…

Food review: terrific tapas at Vaso

Sun 28 Dec 2025

Vaso is Nottingham’s shiny new tapas and wine bar – our food co-editor Julia, AKA The Nottingham Food Guide on Instagram, was first in line to check it out.

Food review: superb small plates at Piccalilli

Sat 27 Dec 2025

For a year Cannon Court’s Piccalilli has been making its name with a menu packed full with unique takes on the British small plate. We went to see what the fuss was about…

The LeftLion music awards: what we loved in 2025

Tue 23 Dec 2025

From thriving new venues to an abundance of local talent gaining national exposure, 2025 proved that our city is one of the best in the country for breeding and platforming exceptional musical talent. With this in mind, we thought we’d celebrate with some end-of-year awards – championing the best local releases and gigs to happen this year in Nottingham. Voted for by our music team, here’s what stood out in the Notts music world in 2025…

Locating Lawrence: December 1925

Mon 22 Dec 2025

Like most of us, Lawrence is happy to get Chrimbo over and done with…

Left Stag: December 2025

Mon 22 Dec 2025

This season, as I’ve stated before, is likely going to be one of those where we neither struggle at the bottom of League One, nor pull up any trees near the top. We’ll trudge along, winning some, losing some and ultimately ending up somewhere in the middle...