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Nottingham's Homeless Community Create Photography Exhibition

Student-led community interest company, People of the Streets, handed out disposable cameras to Nottingham's homeless community. The end result? An incredible photography exhibition, Stories of the Streets, that provides us with an insight to what life is really like when you don't have a house to call your home. We sent our own photographer, Tom Morley, down to the exhibition in Broadmarsh, to provide us with a very meta photo gallery of a photo gallery.

Eyre Llew on Success in South Korea

Sam Heaton, Jack Bennett and Jack Clark have been wowing audiences as Eyre Llew with their orchestral take on post-rock since forming in August 2014. Their music has taken them on tour around the UK and Europe, as well recent dates in South Korea. Fresh from a headline show at Rescue Rooms, and having just released their debut album, they joined us for a chat about their musical endeavours...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Some of the daftest things to happen in Notts...

SOLD OUT: Overheard In Notts Tea Towel 2

Who wouldn't want a tea-towel covered in ludicrous things you lot have said? We're coming at you with this years must have Notts based gift! 

Street Tales: The Nottingham Canal

A look back at Nottingham's watery roads...

SoJo Publishing Mouse

Founded earlier this year by author and playwright Helen Goodbarton, and artist and animator Sophie Johnson-Hill, Sojo Publishing Mouse is intent on bringing some wacky anarchy to the world of independent children’s publishing. We popped down to Sobar for a chat with them about their latest project, the very Christmassy children’s book The Glowing Snowman, and to learn all about what makes these two fun-loving publishers tick...

Film Review: Battle of the Sexes

Emma Stone and Steve Carell star in the story behind the most watched televised sports event of all time

Music Video: Jonjo ft Motormouf - Cherry Tree

A couple of badass local artists get funky in this here piece of work...

Surface Gallery Leftovers Volunteer Show

The variation was simply stunning. In one corner you had Displaced/Replaced with his glitched photo montages coming to life, and another you had stunning glasswork by Phoebe Joy.

Sound of the Lion #65

With Taurtollo, Lokumu, Yashmak Webs, Charlesworth, heurt, Torn Sail, Slumb Party, Oliver Whitehouse and Saint Raymond...

Nusic Future Session: Homesick

The latest up and coming Nottingham band play a few tunes for Nusic... 

Live Music Review: The Charlatans at Rough Trade

Before their big headline show at Rock City, Tim and Mark from The Charlatans played an acoustic set at Rough Trade.

Live Music Review: Mac DeMarco at Rock City

Touring in support of his latest album This Old Dog, the Canadian 'indie slacker' came to Nottingham. We headed down to his show and also managed to grab him for a quick chat...

What's on the LeftLion Stereo?

Find out what our Music Editor has been stuffing in his tabs this month...

Live Music Review: Hyperjax at Pit & Pendulum

Rockabilly Boogie Night brings the best in old school rock 'n' roll to the Pit & Pendulum on the last Friday of every month. For November, Hyperjax were in town. 

Film Review: Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool

A tale of the last glimmers of a Hollywood starlet and why the North of England became her dying wish

9 Albums You Should Listen To Right Now

Top tunes doing the rounds this month...

Lucy Does... Framework's Street Outreach

Our Lucy was up at the crack of dawn to give the Framework Street Outreach team a hand...

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Four at Rough Trade

The final day of the Blast Off Festival saw the action relocating back to Rough Trade. A very tired Gav headed down to hear Thee Girl Fridays and The Launderettes.

Sex, Drugs, and Rolling On: An evening with Lee Stuart Evans

With a novel under his belt and years of TV experience to his name, comedic heavy-hitter Lee Stuart Evans is fast becoming a staple of Nottingham's literature scene. We decided to pop down to Five Leaves Bookshop for a reading of his latest novel Words Best Sung, and were treated to a night of rock and roll and rampant laughs. 

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Three at The Irish Centre

Day three of the Blast Off Festival unleashed the big guns - The Courettes, Hangee V, Muck & The Mires and The Pretty Things.

Peter Daltrey Talks Making Music

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Two at The Irish Centre

The second day of the Blast Off Festival saw it move across town to The Irish Centre. Gav followed them to check out Thee Eviltones, The Fuzillis and Kaleidoscope...

Live Music Review: Blast Off! Festival Day One at Rough Trade

The four day Blast Off Festival started on Thursday at Rough Trade, bringing garage-rock bands from all over the world. Our Gav went to check out Leadfoot Tea, Kings Of Hong Kong and The Hipshakes...

The Community Recording Studio

St Ann’s Community Recording Studio (CRS) is a legendary Nottingham institution lighting fires in the bellies of the city’s young people. After setting up in 1991, the facilities have seen the creation of local music legends like Scorzayzee, Lee Ramsey and Nina Smith, as well as today’s rising talent in the form of Young T and Bugsey, Jamal Sterrett and Nartz, to name but a few. Beyond musical projects, the registered charity acts as a source of support and guidance for youths, whacks on theatre productions, makes feature-length films, and has recently started to dabble in the fashion world. We thought it was high time we delved into the history of the organisation, and found out what’s buzzing in and “out da ville” these days…