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Communities Inc. Bring Nottingham Together to Tackle Hate Crime

Thu 16 Feb 2017

Communities Inc., a not-for-profit organization set up to challenge inequality and discrimination in and around Nottingham, took over the Council House on Valentines Day for their first ever Love Not Hate event...

12 Nottingham Grime-Influenced Artists to Watch in 2017

Mon 13 Feb 2017

Grime is coming up large in the global community, as one of the most authentically British sound to emerge from the UK in decades. Since its creation in the early noughties, it's been one of the staple sounds of Nottingham, and its growing popularity has opened doors to twisted paths for UK hip hop and r 'n' b artists, producers and DJs. With events like Detonate and venues like Stealth supporting and encouraging the growth of alternative musical talent from the Midlands, it is easy to see why some of the most groundbreaking artists are Nottingham born and bred...

Dance Theatre Review: Material Men Redux at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Fri 10 Feb 2017

We went down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts’ Djanogly Theatre to check out Shobana Jeyasingh’s Material Men redux…

What's on the LeftLion Stereo?

Fri 10 Feb 2017

Our Music Editor talks us through some of the best tunes to have come out of Nottingham recently...

Nottingham Light Night 2017

Wed 08 Feb 2017

Light Nights started in Leeds back in 2005, but Notts quickly jumped on the bandwagon and bagged a night for oursens – and we made a right good time of it, if we do say so ourselves. Have a gander at some of the best photos from over the past ten years of Nottingham Light Night...

Art Review: International Postcard Show

Wed 08 Feb 2017

With less than a week to go before it ends, make sure you go and check out the Surface Gallery’s annual International Postcard Show...

Beth Does Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Wed 08 Feb 2017

To celebrate Chinese New Year this year the University of Nottingham ditched their usual fireworks display for a video projection onto one of the most iconic buildings in the city. We sent out vlogger Beth to let us know what she thought...

Artists Tell Personal Stories with Grand Theft Auto V

Thu 02 Feb 2017

New Art Exchange’s latest exhibition, Untitled: Art on the Conditions of our Time, sees twelve artists exploring our present cultural condition, including identity shifts, social networks, activism, history and conflict. As part of their Finding Fanon series, artists Larry Achiampong and David Blandy have created a new film commission for the show, where they use Grand Theft Auto V as a platform to present people’s stories…

200 Years of Making Rope in Nottingham with Stewart Coates

Thu 02 Feb 2017

Hidden on a residential street in Dunkirk, opposite Highfields Park, is 10 Montpelier Road. It’s easy to walk past W Coates and Sons without noticing the unassuming shop, but there is in fact around 200 years of Nottingham rope-making history squeezed into the outhouses and rooms within.

The Heritage Sector and the Problem of the Constructed Identity

Thu 02 Feb 2017

An essay on the way heritage and culture should be collated and presented inclusively in a modern age without leaning towards nostalgia…

Nottingham Forest’s New Faces

Thu 02 Feb 2017

Nottingham Forest added five players to their squad during the January transfer deadline. We give you a run-down of who those new boys are...

Award-winning Film I, Daniel Blake Highlights Austerity Injustices in the UK

Wed 01 Feb 2017

The Palme d'Or winning film is at Nottingham Arts Theatre with a post-screening Q&A to get deep into the issues discussed in Ken Loach's impactful critique on the benefits system...

Think at Kiosk: Cobden Chambers' New Business Advice Cafe

Sun 29 Jan 2017

Tucked away in Cobden Chambers are a couple of relatively new hidden gems to the city – Think and Kiosk. Beth Marriot, Emma Torrance and Jeanne Booth are three creative women who’ve joined forces to create a business that produces outstanding food while supporting other up-and-coming businesses. We sat down with them to find out exactly what they’ve cooked up...

Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review

Sat 28 Jan 2017

We spoke to Ralph Lloyd-Jones about libraries, Lord Byron, and his new role editing together the Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review...

Video Artist Barret Hodgson on Chinese New Year Celebrations 2017

Sat 28 Jan 2017

The University of Nottingham decided to change thing up this year and instead of their usual fireworks display to celebrate the Chinese New Year, they got Nottingham video artist and digital producer Barret Hodgson to apply some magic to the Trent Building...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Fri 27 Jan 2017

Find out what's been going off around and about the city for the past month or so...

Nottingham Talks New Year's Resolutions

Wed 25 Jan 2017

Every year we start off with a sense of optimism and a set of new resolutions. But by the end of January, how many of these have been kept? We stood by the left lion in the Market Square and asked the Nottingham public how they were getting on with them…

Art Review: Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 24 Jan 2017

It's the Year of the Rooster, so get your cock crowing. We got down to Lakeside Arts to get a look at the launch of their extravagant Chinese New Year celebrations...

7 Ways to Get Involved in Nottingham Art

Mon 23 Jan 2017

Like any decent city, Nottingham has a rich history of art that goes beyond the crude doodles in the gents toilets in some of the choicer pubs. No, from traditional paintings to contemporary international art, to some of the UK’s finest graff writers, you can lose yourself in arty, cultural stuff. To save you wandering around aimlessly, here’s our seven-point starter guide to Nottingham’s art scene...