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Nottingham Greeting Card Business The Art File on Sustainability and the Creative Industry

Exchanging messages of goodwill has been common practice ever since the early Egyptians, who used papyrus scrolls to send greetings and sparked an international trend spanning centuries. While some may bash out a quick “happy birthday” text to their gran, the greeting card industry is still thriving. We sat down with James Mace, of local business The Art File, who explains why…

Tommy K on the Side: Sauce of Royal Income

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing you the sauce...

Live Music Review: Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork at Metronome

Our Mike and Becky got down to Metronome to check out Acid Mothers Temple and Shiftwork...

The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest

Back in medieval and early Tudor days, coppers strolled along the official – although often confused and disputed – boundary of Sherwood Forest, checking for robbers and the like. In more recent times, poets, photographers, and sound artists have traced the olde steps, now running through tarmaced ex-mining towns, looking for inspiration on the Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest...

Nina Smith on Her Long-Awaited Debut Album White Feather

After years of writing and recording, Nina Smith is releasing her long-awaited debut album, White Feather. Slick and beautifully produced by Yoad Nevo (Sia, Goldfrapp), the record is emotional, with classic r’n’b sprinkled throughout for good measure. We grabbed Nina for a chat and a congratulations…

The Wrong Side of the River: Meadows vs West Bridgford

The Trent. Starting in Staffordshire and slicing through Nottingham, is it a mark of social division in the city? Jasmin Pacey-Devlin reflects on her time living on both sides…

The Movement: Director Sharon Walia on Ordinary People Doing Extraordinary Things

After a year dominated by Brexit negotiations, President Trump and #MeToo, the images of toddlers washed up on Turkish beaches and life boats brimming with desperate people trying to stay alive seem like ages ago. The refugee crisis that once dominated our minds and news feeds is not fixed, or over, or past. It’s still very much an issue, and a Nottingham documentary maker has made a film that highlights the problem from a different point of view...

5 Albums to Listen to This November

All the good stuff for your tabs from some cracking Notts musicians...

Music Video: I AM LONO - Lovers

Check out the brilliant new music video for Nottingham four-piece I AM LONO from Lace Market Media Group. Directed by Matt Daunt, produced by Mark Daunt and with a crew that included David Lilley and Alex Withers, the video for their new track Lovers is a belter...

Netflix Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Talks Upcoming Nottingham Glee Club Gig

Iliza Shlesinger delivered her unique mix of feminist wit and smart advice to packed shows in the UK earlier this year. This month, the outspoken Texan and self-made Netflix star is back and she’ll be swinging by Nottingham’s Glee Club for one night only. She tells Alison Kirkman what to expect…

Nottingham Grime Artist Omari Grant Has Taken On the Regional Boxing Scene

Omari Grant – a force from Nottingham grime’s early days, also known as Kriptik – has recently been smashing it on the regional boxing scene under the alias of “The Praying Mantis”. Currently at seven undefeated wins, we sat down to find out what powers his success...

Nusic Podcast #191 with Petebox, Tori Sheard, Nina Smith, Tee Peters and More...

Snap Notts: The Arboretum

Ottar at Contemporary: Award-Winning Chocolate with Healthy, Seasonal and Local Food

Ottar have finally found a home at Nottingham Contemporary and, of course, we had to sample the new grub...

Kalidou - Interview with Aria Shahrokhshahi

Aria Shahrokhshahi is a photographer who explores people and cultures through his work. While on a trip to The Gambia he met an extraordinary young man called Kalidou who was struggling with a degenerative eye condition. Determined to help, he produced a photography series of Kalidou and set up a Go Fund Me campaign to get him the medical treatment he needs. LeftLion caught up with Aria for a chat about the project…

Left Panther: Stuttering Start for New Look Panthers

After a summer of rebuilding, and an unbeaten pre-season campaign, the Nottingham Panthers are now two months into the league season, and it has been a period of inconsistency.

Handmade Theatre Have Found a Home at Arnold Bizspace

The kid's entertainers have finally found a permanent home...

BACKLIT: Same as it Never Was / 10 year anniversary review

Backlit have just celebrated their 10^thanniversary, which coincided with the new ‘Same as it Never Was’ exhibition. The exhibition reflects upon the journey of the organisation over the last decade. We got down to check it out...

City Stylin' #7

We took to the streets to find some of Notts' best dressed...

Peggy's Skylight Brings Jazz Vibes and Persian Cuisine to Hockley

Their menu is dead fancy... 

Live Music Review: Nactus Kunan at The Bodega

Nactus Kunan have been making waves in the local scene, and on Friday night they launched their latest single, Grievous Bodily Calm with their biggest show yet. The gang were joined at The Bodega by fellow Notts bands Megatrain and Shiftwork, treating the audience to a melting pot of a gig by covering a broad range of styles and sounds...

Live Music Review: International Teachers of Pop at Metronome

Sheffield’s freshest musical project – International Teachers of Pop – took to Nottingham’s brand-new 350-capacity venue, Metronome, to educate their captivated students at their debut Nottingham gig...

F For Film: Metronome, The Venue Now in Full Swing

Our Screen Editor has summat to say about the city's new venue...

Cosmic American Are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Cosmic American are some of Nottingham’s finest promoters, bringing folk, rock, blues, country, and the rest, to humble Notts. Since their twentieth-anniversary celebrations have just gone, we thought it was only right to have a good natter with head honchos Glenn Sayward and James Windsor about the last twenty years of bringing quality local and international musicians to our city’s stages...

Artist Tristram Aver is Raising Awareness of Austerity and Autism Through His Native British Trees Series

Tristram Aver is a father, artist and curator who recently used lino-printing techniques to create 1,000 prints in one day, all on his tod, to raise money and awareness for Autism East Midlands and The Woodland Trust. An extension of his Native British Trees series, the project delves into topics ranging from austerity and war, to sustainability and mental health. We sat down with Tristram beneath the yellowing Victoria Park leaves to find out what's rustling in his brain crevices...