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Michael Eaton Talks About Famous Nottingham Criminal Charlie Peace

Sat 23 Sep 2017

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.

Nusic Advice: Releasing Music Independently

Wed 12 Jul 2017

All you need to know about releasing music independently, from the champions of new Notts music...

British Cyclist Tommy Simpson Died 50 Years Ago Today

Wed 12 Jul 2017

In the days before Team Sky, asthma medication and bubble suits, the most famous British road cyclist was Tom Simpson. Thursday 13 July is the fiftieth anniversary of his death while climbing Mont Ventoux during the Tour de France and so we take a look back at the life and times of the fastest Nottingham resident on two wheels…

Debbie Bryan's Got Nottingham's Best Independent Business

Wed 12 Jul 2017

Last year, lace lover Debbie Bryan was awarded Nottingham’s Best Independent Business as part of It’s In Nottingham’s Independents Festival. In her quaint, Lace Market shop, she does Crafternoons, supper clubs, and keeps her trinket-adorned tea room stocked with the tastiest of cakes. We sat down with the woman herself to talk all things textiles, and to see how things have been going since her commendation…

Nottingham’s Best Independent Business 2017 Revealed

Wed 05 Jul 2017

The decision has been made. But who has been given the crown?

Five Leaves Bookshop Don't Know When Their Birthday Is

Wed 05 Jul 2017

One of the highlights of Five Leaves Publications’ tenth anniversary was the argument between those present as to whether the anniversary was actually the eleventh or twelfth. We know for sure our twentieth anniversary was either 2015 or 2016. It certainly is not 2017. Either way, we forgot about it until LeftLion asked us what we’ve learned in two decades of publishing. What we’ve learned, is that we’re crap at anniversaries...

The Best in the Independent Biz

Thu 22 Jun 2017

Ears to the ground, it's all kicking off...

NCN End of Year Fashion Show at St. Mary's Church in Photos

Fri 16 Jun 2017

We got down to take a few snaps of the upcoming talent in our city...

Festival Fashion with Independent Nottingham Designers

Wed 31 May 2017

As the sun starts to stir from its mighty slumber, folk in Nottingham rejoice. The days are getting longer, the trees are in bloom, beach breaks are being booked and there’s another very important thing on a lot of our minds... festival season. Whether you’re planning on trudging through mud at Glasto, dancing with your dad at Splendour, getting down and dirty at Boomtown or jetting off to hotter climbs in Croatia, we know you’re going to do it in true Notts style.

We’ve been doing a little digging around the city to find the best garms and accessories for you, and have created a festival fashion-inspired lookbook to feast your eager eyes upon. Everything made, designed and sourced in Nottingham...

6 Acts To Watch At This Year's Dot To Dot Festival

Mon 22 May 2017

The all-day new music blowout takes place this Sunday. We've gone through the line-up and picked out some recommendations for you...

29 Festivals You've Got To Get To This Year

Wed 17 May 2017

If you’re struggling to find a festival best suited to you, worry no more, for we have put together a mildly comprehensive guide for you to follow. We’ve noted the headliners, a few Notts faces that’ll be making an appearance, and the cheapest possible ticket price. Summer sorted.

Three Years of Science in a Pub with SciBar

Wed 03 May 2017

Nottingham SciBar celebrated its third birthday in April, so we’ve taken a look back at those three years of people talking about clever stuff in a pub...

Every Notts Act Playing This Year's Dot To Dot Festival

Fri 28 Apr 2017

The definitive rundown of every local artist performing. Clue: It's long...

Nottingham Trent Win Notts Varsity Ice Hockey Match Two Years on the Trot

Tue 04 Apr 2017

Once again, Trent trumps UoN on the ice with a score of 5-4. At Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham holds one of the biggest university events of the year...

Nottingham Independent Fashion Parade in Photos

Mon 27 Mar 2017

On Saturday 25 March, Nottingham city was transformed into a catwalk to celebrate all the independent shops and fashion brands that exist among us. We got down to check out all of the strutters of the stuff on Saturday...

Five Leaves Shortlisted for Independent Bookshop of the Year

Wed 01 Mar 2017

Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham's radical and independent seller of paged goods, is on the shortlist for the regional round of the UK and Ireland Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, for the second year running. Gerrin.

Beth Does Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Wed 08 Feb 2017

To celebrate Chinese New Year this year the University of Nottingham ditched their usual fireworks display for a video projection onto one of the most iconic buildings in the city. We sent out vlogger Beth to let us know what she thought...

200 Years of Making Rope in Nottingham with Stewart Coates

Thu 02 Feb 2017

Hidden on a residential street in Dunkirk, opposite Highfields Park, is 10 Montpelier Road. It’s easy to walk past W Coates and Sons without noticing the unassuming shop, but there is in fact around 200 years of Nottingham rope-making history squeezed into the outhouses and rooms within.

Video Artist Barret Hodgson on Chinese New Year Celebrations 2017

Sat 28 Jan 2017

The University of Nottingham decided to change thing up this year and instead of their usual fireworks display to celebrate the Chinese New Year, they got Nottingham video artist and digital producer Barret Hodgson to apply some magic to the Trent Building...

Nottingham Talks New Year's Resolutions

Wed 25 Jan 2017

Every year we start off with a sense of optimism and a set of new resolutions. But by the end of January, how many of these have been kept? We stood by the left lion in the Market Square and asked the Nottingham public how they were getting on with them…

Art Review: Chinese New Year at Nottingham Lakeside Arts

Tue 24 Jan 2017

It's the Year of the Rooster, so get your cock crowing. We got down to Lakeside Arts to get a look at the launch of their extravagant Chinese New Year celebrations...

Live Music Review: Wigflex New Year's Eve 2016 Cage Party

Mon 09 Jan 2017

New Year’s Eve is a prime event in every party person’s calendar, and for the dancefloor-inclined community in Notts there was no place to be other than the Wigflex NYE Cage Party...

8 Things To Do For New Year's Eve in Nottingham

Thu 29 Dec 2016

Right then, what's going off on the last day of the year? A duck-ton of bleddy parties, that's what. We've got the lowdown on all the places worth gerrin' to as midnight chimes its way into 2017...

Nottingham Cello Player Sheku Kanneh-Mason on Winning BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016

Tue 27 Dec 2016

Being crowned BBC Young Musician of the Year 2016 is only one of the many accolades and awards that seventeen-year-old Sheku Kanneh-Mason has won. And, on top of those, he’s also bagged himself a scholarship to study at the Royal Academy of Music. Not bad for an A-level student from Nottingham…

10 Acts to Catch at Nottingham Comedy Festival this Year

Tue 01 Nov 2016

Juliet Fisher gives us the lowdown on this year's celebration of funny boggers...

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