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Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Angel

Sat 27 Jan 2018

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.

Beat The Streets: The Ruffs Discuss Their Debut EP

Thu 25 Jan 2018

Frontman Connor Spray answers our questions about the band's recent release as well as their appearance at this Sunday's fundraiser for homelessness charity Framework...

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

Thu 25 Jan 2018

Tuesday Goacher talks boosting confidence with academic study...

Live Music Review: Hellcats Night at The Bodega

Wed 24 Jan 2018

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

Beat the Streets: Crosa Rosa on the Festival Fundraiser and Gigs in South Korea

Tue 23 Jan 2018

Beat the Streets - the all-day music festival fundraiser - is fast approaching. Here’s a quick lowdown on the event and a chat with one of the more hairy acts taking centre stage...

Nusic Future Session: Dollie Demi

Tue 23 Jan 2018

One of Nottingham's finest up-and-comers did a music with the organisation championing the newbies...

Getting Published with NTU's MA Creative Writing Course

Thu 18 Jan 2018

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

Shreya Sen-Handley's Memoirs of My Body: An Extract

Tue 16 Jan 2018

"On top of boobs that bounce unhelpfully, wombs that immobilize once a month and bums that can’t be squeezed into, well, anything – tight spaces, tight pants – must we also have masses of hair obscuring our vision, tripping us up, yanked out by Baby, and the dickens to maintain?"

Film Review: The Greatest Showman

Tue 16 Jan 2018

Hugh Jackman, Zac Efron and Michelle Williams team up for the all signing, all dancing biopic of circus pioneer P.T. Barnum

John Harvey's Not Tommy Johnson: An Extract Taken from Going Down Slow and Other Stories

Sun 14 Jan 2018

"A wall-eyed mongrel barked as he entered, hackles raised, then backed away, growling, from the kick that failed to follow"

Rock Duo Haggard Cat Sign Deal with Earache Records

Fri 12 Jan 2018

Big news for metal heads...

Sam Craven Talks Vertex Soccer and Helping Young Footballers

Thu 11 Jan 2018

What happens when a youngster gets released from a football club? There was a time when all those years of hard work could have gone to waste but now thanks to Vertex Soccer, founded by former Notts County youth player Sam Craven, these players can now get a second chance.

Short Story Competition: City Arts at 40

Thu 11 Jan 2018

They celebrated their fortieth birthday in September, and have been ringing in the celebrations ever since. We were promised a year-long schedule of exciting opportunities and events, and they haven’t disappointed…

From USA to Notts: Studying Creative Writing in the City

Thu 11 Jan 2018

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...

Stanley Middleton Was My Form Tutor

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Basia Zamorska is a fashion stylist in New York, who has worked with Mohammad Ali, Grandmaster Flash, Mariah Carey and Natalie Portman. She was born and bred in Nottingham and had the honour of being one of Stanley’s pupils...

David Belbin on the Life and Works of Stanley Middleton

Thu 11 Jan 2018

Novelist and chair of UNESCO City of Literature David Belbin on the late, great Stanley Middleton...

Neil Fulwood on the Life and Works of Alan Sillitoe

Wed 10 Jan 2018

Notts poet Neil Fulwood explains why Sillitoe is important to the landscape of Nottingham literature...

Miranda Seymour on Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace and Life at Newstead Abbey

Tue 09 Jan 2018

The English literary critic and novelist talks us through the legacy of the historical figures...

The Renewal Trust Opens Community Art Hub in Sneinton Market

Mon 08 Jan 2018

It’s set to be a one-stop-shop for people to find out more and get involved with local art across the city.

Top 5 Wes Studi Performances

Fri 05 Jan 2018

Ahead of his lead role as Chief Yellow Hawk in Hostiles, which is in cinemas from today, we take a look back at five of the best performances from the career of Cherokee actor Wes Studi

Nusic Advice: 4 Top Spotify Tips

Thu 04 Jan 2018

Our mates over at Nusic have got a few words of advice for your lot in the music industry. This time, it's all about Spotify...

Word War III: Poetry by First Story Students at Farnborough Academy

Thu 04 Jan 2018

Local author Paula Rawsthorne treats us to a selection of writings from her First Story students at Farnborough Academy, published in their anthology Word War III...

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

Wed 03 Jan 2018

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...