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Notts Poet and Austerity Opposer Lytisha Tunbridge Tells Her Story

Tue 23 Oct 2018

Lytisha Tunbridge won the Expanding Horizons Award 2018 at Nottingham Writers’ Studio, for her work supporting World Jam, DIY Poets, Poetry Aloud, Poets Against Racism, Social Model Writers, Sisterhood and Solidarity, Support the NHS, Young Voices, Reading with Dementia, and We Shall Overcome. Somehow she managed to find the time to share some words with us, and tell us her story...

Nottingham Sees Absurdist Theatre in Maison Foo's A Thing Mislaid

Tue 23 Oct 2018

Bea Udeh went to see A Thing Mislaid at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre...

The Secret Basement Party (with Zines) Lives on in Notts with Wild Brunch

Tue 23 Oct 2018

Our Eileen got down to rave with the city's secret party-goers at Wild Brunch...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Sun 21 Oct 2018

We've got everything from theatre shows, to single launches, to Ruby Wax's philosophical musings. Goo on then.

Foretell Your Destiny with These Nottingham-Themed Tarot Cards

Sat 20 Oct 2018

The ancient wisdoms of tarot have been utilised in the foretelling of soul destiny for bleddy yonks. We hath dug out some of Nottingham’s occult cards for yorn ducks to cut out and play with in the last remaining local boozers, or Temples of the Divine, if you like. Pay heed to the stories told, interpret the knowledge imparted in your own, true way. Just mek sure you charge a decent few quid for any readings given, and sling us 10%...

Nottingham Comedy Promoters Just The Tonic are Celebrating 25 Years in the Business

Sat 20 Oct 2018

We’ve got bleddy birthday fever this month. Just The Tonic, Nottingham’s prime comedy promoters, have been bringing the funnies to the city for 25 years. From Johnny Vegas to Ross Noble, Darrell Martin has booked some right belly-twisting boggers, so we asked him to take a look back at his time over the years as the don of stand-up around these parts...

What's Going Down at Hockley Hustle This Year?

Thu 18 Oct 2018

Hockley Hustle is back on Sunday 28 October, celebrating its twelfth year, and it's bigger and better than ever. We give you the lowdown on the festival that features over 300 acts across thirty stages...

8 Peeper-Pleasing Pubs in Nottingham

Wed 17 Oct 2018

While Nottingham seems to have a fascination with watering holes that are either underground, hidden down an alleyway or require the navigation of some kind of labyrinth of deception to enter, it’s nice to occasionally park your behind in your bog-standard boozer and admire the world around you. We’ve jotted down some noteworthy places in the city centre that have either great surrounding scenery, or wicked architecture that you can enjoy while drinking your pint…

David Severn Documents Whitby Goth Weekend in New Photobook

Wed 17 Oct 2018

Party with all the seaside spirit your black little heart can muster this Halloween season, with David Severn's Whitby Goth Weekend photograph book launch at Nottingham Contemporary's Ottar Cafebar on Thursday 1 November, from 7pm. In the meantime, check out some of the photos featured in the book, and have a read of our chat with David himsen...

Nick Mulvey at Rescue Rooms Nottingham in Photos

Mon 15 Oct 2018

We got down to Rescue Rooms Nottingham to take some snaps of the amazing Nick Mulvey...

Nottingham Comic Con Mastermind Kevin Brett on the UK Scene

Mon 15 Oct 2018

Kev Brett is the mastermind behind Nottingham Comic Convention, and the artist behind Piddley Pix and The Monkey and the Mouse, to name a couple. Ahead of his fifth consecutive Comicon which, according to his book The Making of a Comic Con, should have given him roughly five heart-attacks by now, Kev answered a few questions for LeftLion…

Documentary Preview: They Shall Not Grow Old

Mon 15 Oct 2018

The World Premiere of director Peter Jackson's extraordinary new World War One documentary is being live-streamed in several venues across Nottingham...

Nottingham Improv Comedy Troupe MissImp are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Sun 14 Oct 2018

Improv. Getting up on stage with no script and just the directive to “be funny.” We’d warrant a guess that most people would find their bits instinctively shrivelling at the idea. For the past twenty years, MissImp, a Nottingham comedy troupe, have been showing locals that improv is much more about fun than fear, and have encouraged plenty of folk to step out their comfort zones and onto centre stage...

DogDaze: Take a Trip to Nottingham's Alternate Reality

Sat 13 Oct 2018

"A brass-clasped door opens, and through it comes the brooding figure of the pug-faced bishop."

DHP’s Women In Music Discussion Panel at Rescue Rooms

Fri 12 Oct 2018

We headed down to Rescue Rooms for DHP’s second Women in Music discussion panel…

10 Things You Didn't Know About the 2018 Nottingham Beer and Cider Festival

Fri 12 Oct 2018

The biggest beer festival in the East Midlands is returning for another year, bringing your lot the best local ales and ciders abaht. As Nottingham Castle is closed for a couple of years, due to bagging a whopping £29.8 million Heritage Lottery grant, the festival organisers needed a new venue. But don’t fret, as the good folks over at CAMRA have compensated by making it bigger and better than ever, making good use of the bigger space at this year’s venue: Motorpoint Area. Here’s a list of ten things you may not have known about this year’s event...

5 Things to do on your Lunch Break in Nottingham

Thu 11 Oct 2018

On your lunch break with nothing to do? Think again, friend. Nottingham has got loads of activities to kill the hour before you have to get back to work…

6 Great Tapas Restaurants in Nottingham

Thu 11 Oct 2018

Do you ever fancy a meal out but just can’t justify the lengthy restaurant experience? Or perhaps you have a real hankering for an evening filled with plate after tiny plate of spanish dreams? Well you’re in for a treat, as we’ve compiled a list of all the best Tapas joints in Notts...

The History Boys – Thirty Iconic Goals in the History of Nottingham Forest by David Marples

Wed 10 Oct 2018

Stephen Fry once said that he loves Abba because “they’re so much better than they need to be”. Apparently there are nine piano tracks on ‘Dancing Queen’, such was the attention to detail Bjorn and Benny put into the texture and production of their songs. What could’ve been throwaway 70s pop fodder became indestructible classics.

Women in Music: London In Stereo Editor Jess Partridge Talks Gender Equality in the Industry

Wed 10 Oct 2018

From establishing her own music magazine to managing an international PRS Foundation initiative, Jess Partridge has forged a successful and multi-faceted career in the music industry, and is a firm believer in going your own way. This evening she will be part of the panel at DHP’s Women in Music event at Rescue Rooms, the second in a series of events in Nottingham aiming to unpick gender imbalance in the music industry...

Goose Fair 2018 in Photos

Wed 10 Oct 2018

Our Tom got down to Gooseh and took some amazing snaps forrus...

Henry Normal's Nature V Human Nature at Nottingham Lakeside Arts with Pete Ramskill and Milla Tebbs

Wed 10 Oct 2018

Chris Davis headed down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts to check out Henry Normal’s Nature V Human Nature…

The Secrets of Nottingham's Undiscovered Caves

Wed 10 Oct 2018

You all know this already, but, spanning the length and breadth of the underground of our city are a system of caves said to be at least a few years older than your nan. Better yet, there’s still some that are supposedly undiscovered; who knows what other mysteries lie beneath your toes? Fortunately, we’re about to shine a light onto the deep, dark tunnels that populate the hidden depths of the citeh...