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Stories of Sneinton Market

A Saturday and Monday ritual, perfect for meeting friends, searching for bargains, and earning a living. Sneinton Market spawned many businesses for the people of Nottingham, and some families ended up running their own market stalls. Stallholders were often larger-than-life characters, valuing their family heritage and passing on their trade to their children. Steve Coxon comes from a line of barrow boys and carries on the disappearing tradition of the general dealer with a second-hand shop in Victoria Road, Netherfield. Colin Haynes interviewed him as part of a Heritage Lottery funded project, Stories of Sneinton Market.

Sherwood Art Week’s Remarkable Recycling Gala is Open for Applications

Every year the Sherwood community gets together to create a massive pile of art, and they’re inviting the greenies among you to get stuck in…

Primitive Weapons Support The Dillinger Escape Plan at Rock City

14 Music Albums to Stuff in Your Tabs

If you're from Nottingham and you'd like your tunes reviewed, drop us a line at music@leftlion.co.uk

Live and Explained: Sleaford Mods - Tarantula Deadly Cargo

Jason Williamson lets us in on some of the meanings behind his lyrics...

Nusic Future Session: K.Ji

Sleaford Mods Release New Music Video for B.H.S

The first video release from the duo's upcoming album English Tapas...

Film Review: Scorsese's Silence

We review the latest flick from our Martin...

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

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...

Bulwell-Born Sculptor Kashif Nadim Chaudry Exhibits at Turner Contemporary, Margate

Based at Primary in Nottingham, Kashif Nadim Chaudry spent the last year developing The Three Graces, his biggest commission to date at Turner Contemporary, Margate. We headed down to the seafront to catch up with the man himself during the opening weekend.

Poet and Smallholder Di Slaney Talks Writing About Chickens

After appearing on Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, rescuing a whole bunch of farmyard animals, running her own small farm and publishing her first poetry collection, Di Slaney must be about ready for some down time over the festive period...

20 Top Nottingham Music Releases of 2016

A rundown of some of our favourite Nottingham-related music releases of the year, in alphabetical order...

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

Advertising Sectioned: Arthur Mee's Children's Encyclopedia (1913)

Marketing material ripped from the pages of Nottingham's history...

The Truth About Nottingham Central Library's Redevelopment

We spoke to Cllr David Trimble and Nigel Hawkins to get to the bottom of the story behind the sale and redevelopment of our Central Library on Angel Row... 

The Roy Stone Foundation Supports Young Musicians with Mental Health Issues

When Roy Foster, aka Roy Stone, died in October last year, it was not only a devastating loss to those close to him, but also to the city he had entertained for over twenty years as a singer and frontman of the band Performance. The Roy Stone Foundation has been set up to honour his memory. We spoke to one of the organisers, Sally Jackson, to find out more…

Talking Nanoparticles Down The Vat and Fiddle at December's SciBar

For the final SciBar of the year, The Vat & Fiddle hosted a talk on nanoparticles. As we all know, "nano" means small and "particle" means particle. Dr Gareth Cave explains more in his talk, Nanoparticles: From Therapeutic Vectors to Chicken in the Basket.

Street Tales: Hyson Green's Old General at Christmas

We've delve a little deeper into the history of our city's streets to give you the tales they never would have taught you at school...

Short Stack Christmas Bonanza: The Short Film Showcase's Festive Picks

The bi-monthly short film night pulled together a selection of independent films and music videos from East Midlands-based filmmakers for its final event of 2016...

Live Music Review: Super Furry Animals at Rock City

The Welsh band hit the nostalgia trail playing their albums Fuzzy Logic and Radiator in full...

Dining with the Homeless at Madrid's Robin Hood Social Restaurant

A Nottingham bloke living in Madrid has discovered a rare gem among the eatery ranks - Robin Hood. That’s right, the Spaniards have opened up a restaurant and social enterprise, where the homeless community can get themselves a decent meal. And it’s all down to one bloke...

12 Coffee Shops to Visit in Nottingham

If your energy is lacking and you're feeling weak, you've come to the right place. We've been hitting all the places you can down a cup of Joe so that we can deliver this list of caffeine-oriented gaffs. Sit back and jitter your bum off as we lay down what's what when it comes to the grind...

Rapper Alice Short on Hip Hop, Nottingham, and Doctor Who

Rapper, poet, and Doctor Who fanatic Alice Short has been smashing Nottingham’s stages and scribbling like there’s no next year. With the blissfully bleak-yet-hopeful album These Small Towns Are Stranger Than Paradise barely under her belt, she’s got a sack of new tunes in the pipeline. We grabbed her for a chat…

Hong Kong Diaries: A Scary Tale Christmas

Our man in Hong Kong compares and contrasts the festive seasons of his faraway position in the world, and of humble Nottingham...

Wolfgang Buttress Talks Making Music With Bees

Originally designed to soundtrack Wolfgang Buttress’ beehive pavilion at the World Expo in Milan in 2015, One has since been released as a critically acclaimed album...