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Future Sound of Nottingham 2019 Finalists: Desensitised

This weekend sees the return of Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham, where local acts take to the stage at Rock City to battle it out for a slot at Splendour Festival. Meet Desensitised, one of this year's finalists...

The Thompson Brothers on Glastonbury, Beer and Shots in the Dark

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Future Sound of Nottingham 2019 Finalists: Remy

This weekend sees the return of Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham, where local acts take to the stage at Rock City to battle it out for a slot at Splendour Festival. Meet Remy, one of this year's finalists...

Future Sound of Nottingham 2019 Finalists: Mollie Ralph

This weekend sees the return of Nusic's Future Sound of Nottingham, where local acts take to the stage at Rock City to battle it out for a slot at Splendour Festival. Meet the first of your 2019 finalists, Mollie Ralph...

Win Pizza For Two With the LeftLion Food and Drink Survey

Here at LeftLion, we are always looking to improve and meet our readers’ interests, which is why we are relaunching and redesigning our food and drink section...

Theatre Review: Calendar Girls the Musical

The award-winning musical comedy is full of heart

Music, Memories and Mendhi at Nottingham Refugee Week's RefuTalent 2019

“Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them.” This was said by the Dalai Lama and quoted by Swan, a monologue artist at RefuTalent.

Refugee Forum’s contribution to this year’s Refugee Week events was RefuTalent – a talent show by refugees, asylum seekers and their supporters. An ensemble of eight performances, including mine, was the evening’s entertainment.

Live Music Review: Kinkajous at Rough Trade

Local label Running Circle have just released a mega new album, so invited the band who made it to play in Notts...

Nusic Podcast #207 with Lia White, San Junipero, Midnite City, Velvet Blush and More...

Nusic Future Session: James Letta

New Nottingham music from this talented bogger...

A Catch-Up with Metronome: Built by Music Lovers, For Everyone

Newcomer venue Metronome opened its doors last October, and has been wowing audiences with its audio-visual finesse and eclectic programme ever since. We caught up with promoter Kristi Maria to see how things have been going down on Huntingdon Street…

Film review: Toy Story 4

The mother and daughter team of Sue and Elinor Barsby checked out the fourth film of the Toy Story franchise... 

Soul Buggin’ is Throwing A Family Bash To Help Stonebridge City Farm

Bring yer kids and yer grans and groove for a good cause….

We're Making Our Regular Feature Blather Into a Short Film Series

If you’re a fan of Blather – our regular feature from writer Adrian Reynolds and illustrator Corrina Rothwell, found in its usual home in page 8 – we’ve got some good news for you...

The Moonshine Sessions: Egg Hunt by Kagoule

The Moonshine Sessions are a collaboration between Gigantic Tickets and Alchemistic Records borne out of a shared commitment to live music. They aim to provide a platform for cutting edge global talent as well as showcase the best of the vibrant music scene in our home city. This week, Kagoule perform their song Egg Hunt... 

Award-Winning Documentary Maker Jeanie Finlay on Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth

We might only be in June, but 2019 has been a very busy year for Jeanie Finlay. The Broadway-based filmmaker has followed up the success of her 2015 film Orion: The Man Who Would be King with not one, but two enormous, yet wildly different films. We caught up with the award-winning documentary maker to talk about both projects, starting with Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth, a film that follows Freddy McConnell, a transgender man, on his path to parenthood after making the decision to carry his child himself…

Forest Announce Partnership with Nottingham Schools Football Association

In a move that further cements the club’s commitment to active participation within the community, Nottingham Forest have announced a new partnership with the Nottingham Schools Football Association, pledging to bridge their current funding gap.

Live Music Review: Gate to Southwell Festival 2019

Our Adrian headed back to his favourite festival this side of the Trent...

Alternative Pride Preview: DJ Boz on 2019's Event

We caught up with DJ Boz, part of the Dirtyfilthysexy team, who have been hosting alternative LGBTQ+ club nights in Nottingham since 2008. This year, DJ Boz is delivering three events in 24 hours over Nottingham Pride weekend...

Framework Secures 500k to Launch Groundbreaking Project

The charity Framework has announced that they will receive a major new grant from the National Lottery Community Fund which will enable them to deliver a program considered unique within the region.

Host Nottingham is a Community Organisation That Saves Refugees Fleeing Inhospitable Environments

Compassionate, altruistic and essential, Host Nottingham changes the lives of refugees fleeing inhospitable environments by offering a place to stay with local hosts. We talked to the organisation’s founders, families who offer their support, and former guests, to find out more about the project…

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This June

Featuring Amulet, February Montaine, Babe Punch and more... 

The Creative Quarter Are Celebrating the Summer Solstice with the Lightest Night 2019

Building on the success of the ever-popular annual Light Night event in February, the Creative Quarter will mark the brightest day of the year with Nottingham’s first ever Lightest Night...

Pick Six: Chris Cooke, Mayhem Film Festival

Chris Cooke, one half of the curation team behind Mayhem Film Festival, picks a few of his favourite things...

Outlawed: The True Story Behind Nottingham's Craziest Action Film

Seven years, over three hundred crewmembers, one Chinook helicopter, no budget and two directors learning how to make a film as they went along. For anyone that has worked in the Nottingham film industry over the last decade, the production of Outlawed took on something of a mythological status. Everyone knew someone that had been involved at some point, many doubted it would ever get completed, and the stories of firearms, exploding buildings and pissed off Council officials quickly became the stuff of legend. With the film now picked up for distribution, including a Netflix deal in the United States and a worldwide DVD release, we caught up with co-directors Adam Collins and Luke Radford to find out the truth about the most insane film production in Nottingham’s history...