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10 Reasons to Visit the Nottingham Spiegeltent This Year

In October, Old Market Square once again plays host to the magnificent Spiegeltent for a festival full of merriment. These glitzy pavilions were a popular haunt during the twenties to help people forget all the doom and gloom brought by the war, and now it’s returning to Nottingham to brighten up our dull and dreary October days. Here are ten reasons you should get yersen down to the tent as soon as possible.

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Graham Law on The Science and Myths of Sleep

To sleep, perchance to dream - Professor Graham Law from the University of Lincoln comes to SciBar with his talk Sleep Better: The Science of Sleep Myths.

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News & Updates

September was a big month for Notts as they went into finals day for the T20 and went for promotion in the County Championship. We have a look back at how they got on.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

The goose is back in town...

Tommy Farmyard Gives Us The Hockley Hustle Lowdown

October in Nottingham pops off on a regular. What miserable glimmers we had of summer may be well and truly over, but the city shakes off the rain and comes out in such force that we’re crowned the UK’s Festival City for the entire 31 days. Adding to the mass of joy and wonder is the formidable Hockley Hustle; the charity music festival that transforms the cobbles of Hockley into a hedonistic paradise, all in the name of dobbing some worthwhile causes some cash.

This year, they’ve gone all out to bring the party to Hoodtown’s pint-sized partiers, and they’re proud to present, for the first time in the festival’s ten-year history, Young Hustlers. We had a word with festival kingpin, Tommy Farmyard, to find out more...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Five things you can do with yersen on this glorious weekend... 

Georgina Wilding Annouced as Nottingham's First Young Poet Laureate

Today is National Poetry Day, and there’s no better way to celebrate than to announce Nottingham’s first Young Poet Laureate...

Left Brian: Nottingham Forest News & Updates

Nottingham International Film Festival Reveal Their Full 2017 Line-Up

Roll out the red carpet...

A History of Nottingham Hip Hop

Hip hop history in Nottingham is ridiculously rich; too rich to fit into one article. This piece is an introduction, the iceberg tip of a topic that we’ve been lucky enough to clock thanks to Pariz 1, DJ Fever and Courtney Rose, who put their time aside to drop endless OG gems; some of which have been stored in the LeftLion vault, for future podcast-related endeavours. Before we go in deep, let’s take a look back at the beginnings of the movement in the US, and at hip hop’s place in humble Notts…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Poems, books, music, the lot!

Tekonta Secta are Leading the Free Party Movement in Nottingham

Tekonta Secta is a music and art collective made up of free party people from all over Nottingham. Known for rambunctious raves that take place in the bellies of woods and the middle of Broad Street alike, they’ve even been known to book – ahem – DJ workshops, in schools. Here, the elusive boggers answer a few of our questions and treat us to a plethora of photographic treats of theirs, all for your eyeball pleasure...

Michael Eaton Talks About Famous Nottingham Criminal Charlie Peace

The notorious burglar and murderer Charlie Peace used to live right here in Nottingham. On the back of a successful play about Peace, Michael Eaton has written a book about him and comes to the Five Leaves bookshop to talk about how Peace was portrayed in various media.

Preview: India on Film at Broadway Cinema

Broadway are offering the chance to see six classics of Indian cinema on the seventieth anniversary of the country's independence

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Plenty of fitness and artsy goodness to choose from...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Richard Bowtell on New Ways of Imaging the Brain

Live Music Review: Sean Noonan Memorable Sticks Trio at Bonington Theatre Nottingham

Sean Noonan has never been one to hold back his thoughts. From his innovative musical suite exploring his life in a basement apartment where he communicated to his mysterious and anonymous neighbour, to other types of unconventional and experimental experiences...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

The weekend may be over, but that's not a problem rahnd 'ere...

Nottingham in Photos

We asked your lot to send us photos. And boy oh boy are we glad we did...

Preview: The Screen at Contemporary: American Rebel Season

The Screen at Contemporary, the cinema programme bringing curated seasons of classic, cult and art house films to the art centre is back with the American Rebel season, celebrating "the other, the outsider, the misfit and the loner of American cinema."

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Get stuck in to the fruits of Nottingham...

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

The Panthers have made a bleddy brilliant start to the season. Our Sally takes us through all of the on-ice excitement

Could This Nottingham Filmmaker Win An Oscar?

Sam Masud is in with a shot to be Nottingham's first ever Oscar nominated director for his brilliant debut film My Pure Land

Ian Livingstone Talks Fighting Fantasy

To celebrate 35 years of the Fighting Fantasy books, Ian Livingstone came to Central Library to talk about their history and run a workshop on how to write your own adventure.

Could You Be A Future Leader of Nottingham?

Should the next leaders of our fine city be more representative of minorities? The Renewal Trust certainly thinks so. Whether you’ve directly experienced homelessness, or you’re from an ethnic minority, this charity’s new training programme aims to get you into the driving seats...