Site search

There's more content than you would believe. Hopefully this will make finding it a bit easier...

Hockley Hustle T-shirts

Tue 21 Oct 2014

Still buzzing from last weekend's mass musical mash-up? You've been to the festival, now buy the t-shirt...

Lyric Lounge: Storytelling Workshop

Tue 21 Oct 2014

An evening of talented rattle from the travelling spoken word festival with a close look at Sophie Snell's tale-telling workshop

Flesh Season at Nottingham Playhouse

Mon 20 Oct 2014

Flesh Season is coming to Nottingham Playhouse this month, but don’t be fooled by the title: the flesh is more symbolic than salacious. We talked to its curator, Bea Udeh, about diversity on the stage.

Sound of the Lion #31,Sound of The Lion

Sat 18 Oct 2014

With Origin One, The Madeline Rust, Trekkah, Merrick's Tusk, Rattle, The Wild Man of Europe, Separation Anxiety and Amber Run.

Street Tales: Market Street

Fri 17 Oct 2014

Once upon a time, the proles of Nottingham got one over on the gentry through the medium of road-signage...

Interview: Will Self

Wed 15 Oct 2014

He’s got a brain the size of a large planet and he’s in Nottingham for the Festival of Words. Get yer dictionaries out, people. It’s Mr Will Self.

Hockley Hustle: Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Refugee Forum

Wed 15 Oct 2014

Find out more about another of the four charities Hockley Hustle is helping out this year

Interview: Alex from Ideas on Paper

Tue 14 Oct 2014

Despite the digital revolution, reading a magazine on a device is never quite as good as the real thing. It’s not all nostalgia - although yes, there is something wonderful about flicking through pages at leisure while getting a hit of the distinctive smell of ink and paper - physical print is actually easier to read. We spoke to Alex Smith, the man behind the independent magazine shop Ideas On Paper, about why print is here to stay...

Seckou Keita

Mon 13 Oct 2014

The Senegalese kora player is based in Nottingham and will be performing at St Mary's Church this Saturday alongside Welsh harpist Catrin Finch

Sound of the Lion: Goth Special,Sound of The Lion

Sun 12 Oct 2014

We teamed-up with Nightbreed to bring you a selection of songs from the Nottingham goth scene past and present

Future Session 71: Three Girl Rhumba

Sat 11 Oct 2014

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

LeftLion Stereo: October

Sat 11 Oct 2014

Find out what Nottingham artists have been tickling our tabs over the last month

Book Reviews: October 2014

Fri 10 Oct 2014

This month's review featuring Hunted by Hawks, DH Lawrence: Zombie Hunter, Influence and A Brief History of Whistling

Live: Haiku Salut Lamp Show

Fri 10 Oct 2014

The Japanese poem and lamp loving trio lit up Nottingham Contemporary's Space with light and sound

For Services Rendered

Tue 07 Oct 2014

The Lace Market's new season gets off to a great start with a lesser-known piece

Photos: Soul Buggin' 10th Birthday

Mon 06 Oct 2014

They love a good party, especially when it's celebrating a decade of them

Haiku Salut

Mon 06 Oct 2014

"We wrote haikus before the band started to capture snapshots of our lives, memories that would otherwise have been forgotten"

Mr Switch Is Heading for the DMC World DJ Finals

Fri 03 Oct 2014

Mr Switch is a scratch DJ from Nottingham with three World DMC titles under his belt. We‘ve booked him for the closing set of the LeftLion stage at Hockley Hustle, and got him to tell us why he’s going to be competing for a fourth world title...