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5 Places to Grab a Healthy Breakfast in Nottingham

We all love indulging in a breakfast sweet enough to rot your teeth, but sometimes you might just want summat a little lighter and better for your body to fuel you for the day. From yer classic avocado on toast to refreshing juices and smoothie bowls, we've found the best places in Nottingham serving healthy breakfasts that'll put that kick in back in your skip...

6 of the Craziest Cocktails in Nottingham

When you’re aht on the lash it can get wild, so it makes sense to have a drink that’s just as crazy.

Youth-Led Squad Research Mental Health in Nottingham

The lowdown on how Nottingham could improve mental health services, according to a member of the youth-led research squad that carried out project MH:2K...

Art Review: SEE HERE at the former Neale’s Auction House

We joined a celebration of Nottingham’s diverse art scene housed in a breathtaking non-gallery space…

A History Of England vs Australia at Trent Bridge

Australia arrive in town 2-0 down to England in the series but they have a great record in one day internationals at Trent Bridge - we take a look back at their previous meetings

Nusic Podcast #181 with The Shrives, Super Furniture, Holly Fallon, Nadia Rae and more...

Preview: Shots in the Dark Film Festival returns to Broadway Cinema

Broadway and Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature have joined forces to revive Nottingham's International Crime, Mystery and Thriller Festival: Shots in the Dark.

Jos Bitelli’s The Procedure at Nottingham Contemporary

Healthcare gets the Black Mirror treatment in Jos Bitelli’s hilarious, hard-hitting talk show

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...

Mountain of Tongues at Backlit

Backlit’s new exhibition Mountain of Tongues is devoted to the transmission of languages in the Caucasus region – on the border of Europe and Asia – which Arab geographers call "Jabal Al-Alsun" or "Mountain of Languages". The show features works by local artists like Leila Al-Yousuf and Ryan Heath, as well as the internationally renowned collective Slavs and Tartars, or the “archaeologists of the everyday” as they call themselves. We grabbed a coffee with Ryan Heath to find out more…

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...

Nottingham’s Dengest Catto and Most Boofin’ Doggo Awards

If you've got a crackin' cat or a damn-fine doggo, listen up...

Theatre Review: Shebeen at Nottingham Playhouse

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

Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet, activist, and self-proclaimed “naughty boy”, Benjamin Zephaniah has just released a new book and is coming to Nottingham’s Glee Club on his tour stop. We grabbed him on the phone to ask a few questions about his recent run-in with Five Leaves, the Windrush scandal, and the differences between spoken and scribbled words…

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: On Chesil Beach

Based upon Ian McEwan’s novel of the same name, On Chesil Beach follows the lives of a young British couple on their wedding day in 1962.