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LeftLion Film Podcast #7: World Cup Football Film Special

Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto discuss some of the best and worst football films to celebrate the launch of World Cup 2018

LittleWolfParade's SLAP at Rough Trade in Photos

We got down to take some snaps at the new night of performance, art, and music from local provocateaurs LittleWolfParade...

Tommy K on the Side: Fox and Grapes

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing the sauce to you...

Button Poetry Video Contest Runner-Up Jasmine Gardosi Headlines Poetry is Dead Good on Tuesday

Back in 2015, she won the Poetry is Dead Good Mix it up Midlands Slam, now she's bossing it on the Button Poetry YouTube Channel as one of the first Midlands poets to feature. This Tuesday, she headlines Poetry is Dead Good before the event breaks for the summer. Check out her poem, Raise Your Hand, here...

Noshingham: Craft Beer Week Spesh

This week is Craft Beer Week in Notts, where we celebrate our love of the good stuff. We popped down to some participating venues to see whether the scran was as good as the slosh...

Make Your Cake and Eat It with Sherwood Textile Workshop

Do you know your ganache from your mirror glaze, your Battenburg from your Victoria sponge, your macarons from your macaroons?

Live Music Review: Gate to Southwell Festival 2018

I approached this – I have to admit – with a little caution, but decided to attend without any preconception (and little previous exposure to the expected musical genre), and (dis)cover the Gate to Southwell 2018 Festival for LeftLion.

Nusic Future Session: David Ochrombel

The latest Nusic Future Session, for your lugholes and your eye pipes...

Sherlock Holmes: The Final Curtain

Britain's best-loved detective returns to the stage at The Theatre Royal Nottingham...

Art Review: Nottingham Trent University Fine Art Degree Show 2018

Supersized food and bizarre experiences lie in wait at Nottingham Trent University’s Fine Art Degree Show. Here are some of our favourite installation pieces lurking inside the Bonnington Building...

Shebeen: A Tale of St Ann's in the Fifties

Awarded the Alfred Fagon Award for Best New Play in 2017, Shebeen – written by local bloke Mufaro Makubika, and directed by Matthew Xia aka Dj Excalibah – has its world premiere at Nottingham Playhouse this month. With the play set against the backdrop of St Ann’s in the fifties, we delve into the shebeens and race-riots of 1958, the relationships between them, and the stories being told today in our city...

Theatre Review: Shebeen at Nottingham Playhouse

Bea Udeh went to see Shebeen at Nottingham Playhouse...

Project COFFE Supports Nottingham’s Young People at CRS

Project COFFE is a new Nottingham charity that aims to empower young people through the creative arts. Last week, the organisation hosted its first event down at Community Recording Studio in St. Ann’s, so we hit up Danniebelle Gunter to see how it went...

Film Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story

Dan Wright checked out the latest addition to the Star Wars franchise

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Julain Onions on Galaxies - One Gigayear at a Time

Julian Onions is back at SciBar to tell us all about galaxies, one gigayear at a time.

Director Marc Meyers on My Friend Dahmer

We talk to Marc Meyers about his new film My Friend Dahmer. The film explores the high school years of Jeffrey Dahmer, who grew up to be one of America’s most notorious serial killers…

The NTU Degree Show 2018 in Photos

Showcasing the work of the university's graduating art and design students, the NTU Art and Design Summer Show is one of the UK's biggest free public exhibitions of creativity...

Nusic Podcast #180: Who is Playing the Future Sound of Nottingham Final at Rock City?

Comedian Doug Stanhope Reckons The Fish Man Is Well Odd

He’s one of those stand-ups that you’ve either never heard of or are obsessive about. British viewers may know him from a glut of appearances on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe and Screenwipe back in the early- and mid-noughties, but there’s a lot more to Doug Stanhope than that...

5 Notts Albums to Listen to This May

Some of the city's musical fruits, brought to you by our task force of reviewers...

Nusic Future Session: Emily Makis

New Music, from Nottingham, for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is Emily Makis...

Live Music Review: Dresden Philarmonic

Her speed, accuracy and mental agility was astonishing...

Sara Poyzer is a Star on London's West End

After four years touring the world with hit musical Mamma Mia!, Nottingham duck Sara Poyzer is now smashing it in London’s West End. She plays Donna Sheridan, a role made famous by Meryl Streep in the film, but Sara’s feet remain firmly on the ground, and her heart still belongs to Notts...

Speak for Sign: The Importance of Sign Language

Scary fact: any of us could turn deaf at any point, especially those of us that regularly go to gigs or work in the music industry. Founder of local charity Speak for Sign Cate La Starza wants to highlight the feeling of isolation that can come alongside being surrounded by people that have the ability to speak and hear with no assistance...

DHP Support Young Female Music Promoters by Backing New Campaign

Ayup gals. The legends at DHP Family are backing a national campaign to help the next lot of young female music promoters break into the male-dominated grassroots music scene in the UK...