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Gig Review: Echoes in Smoke at Rough Trade

Rich Higton saw alt-indie three-piece Echoes in Smoke take to the Nottingham stage on their first UK tour...

Football Isn’t Just a Game: How Teaching English to Foreign Players at Nottingham Forest Formed Life-Changing Connections

Emily Boaler was just seven years old when her mum was offered a job teaching English to foreign players at Nottingham Forest. So began a love of languages, football and life-changing connections...

Food Review: Chao Chao

If you’re in the mood to dress up nice and dig into a cracking katsu curry, Notts boasts plenty of top restaurants that offer the chance to do exactly that. Yet, if you’re wanting to stay in your hoodie, sliders placed firmly on your feet, and wolf one down in the comfort of your own home, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a better option than Chao Chao - and, with joints in Arnold, Beeston, and West Bridgford, you can rely on them wherever you’re based (well, pretty much)...

We Chat to Trent Rockets Squad Member Luke Wood Ahead of the Hundred at Trent Bridge

The Hundred, cricket’s exciting new competition featuring the world’s best mens and womens cricketers alongside live music from The Hundred’s BBC Music Introducing partnership, takes place this August including four games at our very own Trent Bridge – the home ground of the Nottingham based team, Trent Rockets. The Hundred is as much about entertainment as it is fast-paced, explosive cricket...

Interview: Neil Fulwood

Ian Douglas chats with Neil Fulwood, the poet and performer behind the Open Book nights at the Organ Grinder... 

We Chat to LensFayre Owners Alecia and Dan About Their New Snap Camera

Snapping pictures on your phone may be quick and simple, but sometimes you want to go a bit deeper with photography. Luckily, LensFayre in Sneinton Market is here to help. Selling a variety of cameras, offering repairs and advice and providing budding photographers with things to get involved in. We sat down with owners Alecia and Dan to find out what they have going on...

A Day In The Life Of The Splendour Festival Team

We chat to Matt Newton, Marketing Manager at DHP Family, about what a typical day in his life is like as he prepares for Splendour Festival this weekend...

Video: New British Skydiving Record Set in Nottinghamshire

Skydivers in Nottinghamshire set a new British record this month for the biggest ever sequential formation dive to take place in the UK. Then they broke it again on the same day...

Three of the Best Films From Mansfield Town Film Festival

The very first Mansfield Town Film Festival attracted hundreds to the charming Palace Theatre - but what were some of the best movies on offer? Well, have a look and find out...

In Photos: Young Creative Awards

Out of the 100 young people who submitted work to the photography category of this year’s Young Creative Awards Nottingham, these eleven photographers were nominated. The final winners were; Abi O’Brien (11-15 age category), Deanna Gallacher (16-18) and Eleanor Jarvis (19-24). Our heartfelt congratulations to all who took part.

From Splendour Festival to Woodland Wellbeing, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 17 July - 23 July

Live music, theatre, video games... and some woodland wellbeing to end the week. What more could you want?

Theatre Review: Much Ado About Nothing

Nottingham's very own Shakespeare in the park, and the embankment, and... 

Interview: Chris Miggells

We Catch Up With the Last Dinner Party Ahead of Their Headline Show at the Bodega

Ahead of The Last Dinner Party's headline show at The Bodega later this month, we catch up with vocalist Abigail Morris, bassist Georgia Davies, and backing vocalist Lizzie Mayland to find out how the band have managed to take the internet by storm with only one single to their name…

Nottingham Legend Vicky McClure MBE on Our Dementia Choir's Return to Splendour Festival

Splendour Festival returns to Wollaton Park this month, as does Vicky McClure MBE and Our Dementia Choir. We chat to the Wollaton native ahead of the festival which essentially takes place in her back garden…

Take Part in a Pioneering Study Exploring Boosting Homegrown Food in Notts

Nottinghamshire is looking at developing a county-wide Farmstart programme, to nurture a new generation of nature-based and community-driven food producers in Nottinghamshire and provide healthy, local food for all. Whether you want to grow it, sell it, or just eat it, you can get involved.

Film Review: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One

Tom Cruise is back doing his thing - throwing himself off of stuff, punching bad guys and saving the world. But is this his best bout of madness yet? 

Creative, Evocative and Epicurious: Slow Cooked Stories at Nonsuch Studios

On a summer’s Saturday evening, as rain poured outside, we attended a most curious dinner party...

LeftLion To Put Readers On 20th Birthday Cover

To celebrate our 20th birthday we’re putting together a special anniversary issue and offering readers a chance to feature on the back cover...