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5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Did yow lot know it was Chrimbo?

Nottingham in Photos: December 2017

Here's what you lot have been snapping over the last month...

9 Nottingham Music Albums to Listen to This December

Some of the city's musical fruits, brought to you by our task force of reviewers...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

We're telling yer, ducks, you're gonna be mince-pied out soon...

Noshingham: Murat International Food Centre

We’ve seen bread served in flat caps and we’ve heard of bowls of American cereal sold for £5 on Brick Lane, but Murat dwarfs them all for hipster pomp: no menu, no waiters. Hell, there aren’t even any tables. But you can definitely get a good bit of scran for your buck.

Nottingham Poetry Festival 2018 is Coming

Clear out your lungs and get your pathos out, the third Nottingham Poetry Festival is gearing up to be a corker...

Ten Things I’ve Missed About Nottingham

Fresh from a six-year stint in China, our James has missed a fair few home comforts...

Review: East Midlands Heritage Awards 2017

The theme of the awards this year was ‘celebrating creativity’ as poets, a filmmaker, and a photographer interpreted winning entries.

Literature Review: Henry Normal's Love, Relationships and Other Realistic Expectations at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

We got down to Djanogly Theatre to check out the latest from our Henners...

Nominations are Open for The Renewal Trust Volunteer Awards 2017

Those socially conscious types at The Renewal Trust are looking for nominations for their Volunteer Achievement Awards...

Celebrate New Year’s Eve at Rock City, Stealth and Rescue Rooms with Bicep, Skream, Redlight and More

It’s about to go off...

Being Human Festival 2017: Switchboard III

This Short Sweet Life: Interview With Huw Costin

The Torn Sail frontman discusses the band's debut album...

26 Nottingham Independents to Buy Creative Christmas Gifts From This Year

It’s easy to get bogged down in the conveyor belt of tax-dodging chain shops in the UK. You know the story: it’s a few days before Crimbo and you’re wading through the Market Square gaggles, with oodles of ornamental cats and willy-shaped salt shakers spilling out of your arms. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there duck.

This year, you can pack in the panic buys and consult our handy guide to the best independent makers, doers and sellers in Nottingham. That’s right, we’ve rounded up some of the top creative establishments in the city, and have highlighted a few of their top buys to stuff in yer nan’s stocking. Argos? Do one.

A Tale of Two Technos: The Waves and Project Gas Team-Up For New Night

We find out more about the collaboration between two Notts promoters helping to shake-up the dance floor...

LeftLion Film Podcast #2 - Them Pesky Kids

Episode #2 of the LeftLion Film Podcast hosted by Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto.  We were joined by Nottingham film collective Them Pesky Kids, who consist of Michael Jobling, Ryan Harvey, Jack Booth and Oliver Blair, to discuss their past and future projects, crowdfunding and the Nottingham film community in general.  

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Some of the daftest things to happen in Notts...

SOLD OUT: Overheard In Notts Tea Towel 2

Who wouldn't want a tea-towel covered in ludicrous things you lot have said? We're coming at you with this years must have Notts based gift! 

Pick of the Month in Photos: November 2017

Our awesome photography team got out to our Pick of the Month events for November...

Oxjam Beeston 2017 is the Largest Oxjam Fundraiser in the UK

The award-winning Oxjam Beeston Music Festival has broken its own fundraising record and become the largest Oxjam festival in 2017…

Interview: Helier Bissell-Thomas

We caught up with filmmaker Bissell-Thomas, whose debut feature Kaufman's Game, shot when he was just 20 years old, screens at The Savoy on December 4th

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

There's plenty to be getting on with, you lot...

What's on the LeftLion Stereo?

Find out what our Music Editor has been stuffing in his tabs this month...

Alex Bond on His New Venture Alchemilla

Here in Nottingham, fine dining can be a bit up its own arse. If you’re looking for a ten-course summat special to treat your main squeeze to, you can expect to remortgage your house around these parts. Now, though, there’s a new restaurant on the block that aims to take the stuffiness out of the whole experience. Previous employee of Sat Bains and head chef at Turners, Alex Bond has opened Alchemilla on Derby Road following a few supper clubs at Wired Cafe on Pelham Street, and it’s got the local gums flapping. With chatter about the restaurant’s potential to be graced with a Michelin star, we hit up Alex to find out why he doesn’t give a toss…

David Knight on the Archaeological History of Nottingham

On the eve of a new exhibitions about Vikings in Nottingham, the Lakeside Arts Centre at the University of Nottingham present David Knight talking about The History of Nottingham, including looking at the cities defences and caves.