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Nottingham Is Getting its Own Tiny Forest Thanks to Green Hustle

The city's first tiny forest will be planted on Woodthorpe Grange Park... 

Film Review: Paper Lives

Netflix’s new Turkish-language drama, Paper Lives, is a melodramatic slog…

Blather: The Series - Hockley Types

Check out the second in our Blather film series: Hockley Types, directed by Tim Doubleday and starring Justine Emma Moore & Sophie Bloor

Two Free Doughnotts For Every LeftLion King Supporter on Patreon

Yes, you read it right. We're giving away a couple of Nottingham's tastiest donuts to our beloved King supporters. Read on to find out how to get your mitts on them...

30 Years Later: The Godfather Part III

Thomas Griffiths reviews the divisive third instalment of the Godfather trilogy in light of its thirtieth anniversary and brand new re-edit...

Gate to Southwell Festival Is Set to Bounce Back in 2021

Book it into yer calendars...

Final Round of Voting for Prospect Music Awards Live: Crown the Winner for 2021

Strictly might be over for another year but turn yer attention local and there’s still another talent competition to keep us entertained. Craig, Motsi and Shirley are replaced by a number of known names for the Notts-based Prospect Music Award. Get to know more and place your votes ahead of the finals on NYD...

Green Party and Lib Dems Launch Broadmarsh Proposal

The Green Party and the Liberal Democrats in Nottingham have joined forces with an environmentally-frienly plan to replace the old Broadmarsh shopping centre.

Film Review: The Christmas Chronicles - Part Two

Kurt Russell makes a merry return as the father of Christmas in this bonkers follow up to 2018’s The Christmas Chronicles.

Nottingham Playhouse's Adam Penford on This Year's Live and Online Pantomime, Cinderella

Cinderella will go to the ball! The Nottingham Playhouse panto will be going ahead this Christmas, despite the impact of COVID-19 and lockdown. It will look a little different – and, for the first time in years, there is a new writer/director at the helm: Artistic Director, Adam Penford. Our Stage Editor Rebecca Buck caught up with him for a chat...

Nottingham Music Hub Partners with Open Orchestra For New Orchestral Project

Children with Severe, Profound and Complex Learning difficulties at Oak Field School are part of a year long project, showcasing “the power of music to reach us all”.

Nusic Advice Video: Why Music is Such a Headsrr PT. 2

Part two of our why music is such a 'thing youtube won't let us say' - this time focussed on Identity....

Shaun Hoolan, New Owner of Hockley Vintage Store Wild Clothing, on Preserving the Shop's Legacy

Wild Clothing first opened its doors in 1983 and, when its original owners decided to retire recently, word spread that the legendary location would be shutting its doors for good. But this couldn’t be further from the truth: our fashion editor, Anna Murphy, chats to Wild’s new owner, Shaun Hoolan, about his passion for this iconic Nottingham store and his plans for the future.

Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games Raised £90,000 in Two Days to Create a Hogs of War Minatures Game

There’s an element of risk in launching any crowdfunding campaign. If you don’t reach an audience, the failure can hang around the neck of a project like an albatross. But get it right, and the rewards can be limitless. The latter situation is one that Sherwood-based Stone Sword Games found themselves in recently, when their Kickstarter campaign for a miniatures version of classic PS1 game Hogs of War smashed through £90,000 in just two days. We caught up with co-owner Paul Allen to find out more...

Hockley Hustle Presents Green Hustle: The Digital Festival Celebrating All Things Sustainability

A highlight in our calendar comes every October when, on the last weekend of the month, the streets of Hockley are taken over by musicians, poets, street performers, food vendors and punters for the annual Hockley Hustle festival. For obvious reasons, it won’t be returning for its fourteenth year, but that doesn’t mean Team HH are taking a (probably well-deserved) break. Thanks to funding from Arts Council England, they’ll be treating the people of Nottingham to a few different projects. The first of those is Green Hustle, a digital festival celebrating, promoting and exploring all things green in our city… 

LeftLion Film Podcast #28 - The Lockdown Tapes: Part 2

Separated due to lockdown, hosts Ash and Derry virtually reminisce over some of their favourite and most humiliating moments from three years of the LeftLion Film Podcast. Featuring a doomed interview with stand up legend with Colin Quinn, getting intimidated by Ben Wheatley, talking to Bella Ramsey the day after she was killed off in Game of Thrones and getting brutalised by Tom State...

The Thompson Brothers on Amazon, Princess Beatrice and August Christmas Parties

The Young Hustlers Are A Brand-New Panel of Teens Putting Their Stamp on the City's Future

Meet Nottingham’s Young Hustlers, a group of six 13-16 year olds looking to make their mark on the city’s creative future…

Two Proper Comforting Chicken Recipes

As we start to see family members again, it's only natural that we'll want to cook the tastiest food for them. Two of our food writers share their favourite comforting family recipes...

Art Works: Naa Ahinee Mensah

Artist Naa Ahinee Mensah tells us about her George Floyd triptych...

The Big Notts Quiz: Part IV

Some say these quizzes have been the highlight of their lockdown life, others think they’ve been an enormous waste of everyone’s time. Either way, we’ve done one more, and made it extra difficult to finish things off…

LeftLion Film Podcast #28 - The Lockdown Tapes: Part 1

Separated due to lockdown, hosts Ash and Derry virtually reminisce over some of their favourite and most humiliating moments from three years of the LeftLion Film Podcast. Featuring getting pied off by Vicky McClure, stalking Emilio Estevez, grilling Nick Frost about Captain Pugwash and plenty more... 

30 Years Later: Back to the Future Part III

On its 30th anniversary, we once again go “Back to the Future” for the iconic trilogy’s final instalment.

The When We Worked at Raleigh Project Celebrates the Lives of the Factory's Black British Caribbean Workers

Whether it’s due to its legacy as one of Nottingham’s most quintessential institutions, or the place that Arthur Seaton so resented working, everyone knows that the Raleigh Factory is woven into the very fabric of Nottingham’s DNA. While much has been written about its iconic cultural status, often overlooked is the impact of its many Black British Caribbean workers. That’s where When We Worked at Raleigh, the archival project that has collated visual and audio histories of those workers and their relatives, comes in...

Next Gen Movement: The Group Behind Nottingham's Anti-Racism Protest

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of police officers in Minneapolis sent reverberations around the world, including Nottingham, where thousands of people descended on the Forest Recreation Ground in a show of communal strength against systemic racism on Sunday 7 June. The protests were peaceful, but the anger, frustration and passion for forcing change – in real terms – was overwhelming. Behind the protests were three young women, friends Shan Vincent, Tyla Henrique-White and Janelle Brown who have since formed Next Gen Movement, a project aimed at empowering young people to make sure the fight against racism continues to be impactful. We caught up with Janelle to find out more, and discover where they plan to go from here…