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Sharewear Are On A Mission To Clothe Nottingham

A fifth of the UK population now lives in poverty: that's 14 million people, including working-age adults, children and pensioners. We've seen the stories about the increased usage of food banks – with Trussell Trust citing 41,000 three-day packages being handed out in 2010 compared to 1.2 million in 2017 – but another problem, sitting under the radar, is the need for clothing. We sat down with Louise Cooke, founder and CEO of Sharewear, to find out more about her story, and what the organisation is doing to help both local and international communities...

Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity 2018 is Coming to Town

Thanks to STEMCity and Ignite, this month sees Nottingham being taken over by the cleverest clogs abaht. We had a word with the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity producer, Megan Shore, about what’s in store this year…

Music Video: Slumb Party - Questions

Check out the brand new song from our favourite skronky post-punkers...

Maltese Band Fuzzhoneys Talk Music and Their Love of Nottingham

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel

Holy Bouncer come all the way from sunny Spain to play the latest I'm Not From London Fuzzbox night. The least we could do was to pop down to The Angel and have a listen.

Nottingham Playhouse's New Artistic Director Adam Penford on His Upcoming Adaptation of Holes

Is it a book? Is it a play?...

Live Music Review: Fuzzhoneys at The Chameleon

Garage rock duo Fuzzhoneys from Malta bring their Glitter tour to the Chameleon Arts Café with support from local faves Babe Punch. Our Gav headed down to check things out

Lord Beestonia’s Nottingham Literature Facts

Matt Turpin aka Lord Beestonia on Nottingham’s literary didja-knows...

What's Life Like on the MA Creative Writing Course at NTU?

Tuesday Goacher talks boosting confidence with academic study...

Live Music Review: Hellcats Night at The Bodega

I’m Not From London’s all-ages night Hellcats kicks off the year with an impressive line-up at The Bodega

Live Music Review: Gallery 47 at The Bodega

To celebrate the launch of his new album, Young World, Jack Peachey returned to his Notts roots...

Live Music Review: Cute Owl Festival at The Maze

A brand new intimate festival of live electronic music with a variety unusual musical instruments...

Music Video: Haggard Cat - American Graffiti

After making their names in their previous act, the acclaimed UK hardcore band Heck, vocalist/guitarist Matt Reynolds and drummer Tom Marsh aim to carry that same attitude and fire over to Haggard Cat...

Young Carers Photograph Nottingham

Over the winter holidays, young carers took part in a photography workshop, thanks to Create’s national inspired:arts programme, and here are the results…

Getting Published with NTU's MA Creative Writing Course

Kim Slater talks about what she gained from her time at Nottingham Trent University...

Looking Back to When the Darts Came to Nottingham

As the British Darts Organisation World Darts Championship takes place at the Lakeside Country Club in Surrey, we look back to the first ever World Championship, which was held right here in Nottingham. Get yer arrers ready

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty to be gerrin on with...

10 Nottingham Women in Literature

Mention Nottingham’s literary heritage and people often cite Byron, Lawrence or Sillitoe. But our female writers are equally as rebellious and ground-breaking. Margaret Cavendish was one of the earliest science fiction writers; Lucy Hutchinson was the first female writer of an epic English poem; Ada Lovelace is credited as the first computer programmer; suffragist, Alice Zimmerman, worked as a writer and translator; and Alma Reville was an influential screenwriter. In more recent times, Nottingham has been home to one of Britain’s funniest authors, Mhairi McFarlane; Pippa Hennessy played a key role in our successful bid to become UNESCO City of Literature; and Sandeep Mahal took up her position as its first director last year. Up the women. Here’s ten more who’ve contributed to Nottingham’s incredible literary landscape...

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

The Panthers didn't have a particularly happy Christmas, was it too many mince pies? Our Sally gives us the low down

From USA to Notts: Studying Creative Writing in the City

Ashley Silvey, from the USA, is a postgraduate student at NTU, and here tells us all about the hows and whys of studying in humble Nottingham...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

This week, we're here to take you on a journey to become a better you. Plenty of relaxation, exercise and brain stimulation coming your way... 

Poems Picked by Nottingham's Young Poet Laureate Georgina Wilding

Our new Young Poet Laureate and Mud Press founder, Georgina Wilding, treats us to a selection of proper Notts poetry…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

New year, new you an' all that...

Sandeep Mahal on Nottingham’s Status as a UNESCO City of Literature

Nottingham is a literary city. From the heritage of Byron, Lawrence and Sillitoe, to the proliferation of today’s writing scene, the literary conversation here in Nottingham is a roiling cacophony. Within LeftLion's January issue, we find pressing proof of Nottingham’s remarkable contribution to literature and why it is deserving of its UNESCO designation...

The LeftLion Guide to Dating in Nottingham

Happy Valentine's Day, ya boggers...