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What Notts: Mad, Bad Nottingham News

There is some absolutely batshit barmy stuff going on in Notts. And we've ripped 'em open for your reading pleasure

Film Review: Spotlight

"They knew and they let it happen... it could have been any of us", shouted by Mark Ruffalo's hot-tempered character, Michael Rezendes

Live Music Review: Crosa Rosa Single Launch at The Bodega

Celebrating the release of Simper Smiler at The Bodega alongside fellow Notts noise-makers Mannequin and Babe Punch

LeftLion Stereo

With Field Studies, Nacht und Nebel, Tom McCartney, VVV, Snowy, Eyre Llew, Shelter Point, and D.I.D

Nottingham Drag Queen Kitty Tray is Bringing RuPaul's Morgan and Detox to Spanky's

"Kitty has never been married but always says she has a husband. She actually lives in a caravan and her manager sacked her years ago"

The Thompson Brothers: Notts' Most Opinionated Greengrocers

This month, the duo talk about the fact that all the legends have popped their clogs recently

Live Music Review: Clash Money - Scorzayzee VS Oshea

Clash Money took over the Irish Centre for the rap battle to end all rap battles

Interview with Any Means Necessary Actor Kate Sissons

"They were having seriously intimate relationships with people, and lying to them for years on end. That cannot be good for their psyche. You're bound to crack at some point"

Interview with Kate Sissons

Live Music Review: Future Shinjuku Red Dot EP Launch at JamCafe

"The band shine most when they leave you hanging by a thread, on a looming whirlwind of an atmospheric beat, and then smash you in the face"

Live Music Review: Felix M-B EP Launch at Rough Trade

The latest EP release from the young whippersnapper debuted at Rough Trade on Friday 29 January

Bite The Ballot Nottingham - Vote in 2016

Aged 18-24 and feeling let down by your government? Read on for how you can change that

Short Film: Amber

View UoN student Theo Gee's debut short film here

Choose Your Own Adventure #1: Resident Speigel

The first chapter in the series that lets you decide what happens next. To kick things off, we're in the Spiegeltent in Nottingham Market Square and the mood has turned crazy

Stonebridge City Farm Animals Answer Questions in Photos

We asked Nottingham's top farm animals a few questions and they answered in photographic form

Photojournalist Charles Fox's Incredible Work in Southeast Asia and India

"It took me a long time to know what I wanted to say as a photographer – and it took going to Cambodia for me to work that out"

Live Music Review: Tom McCartney Single Launch

Tom and his band had support from the immensely talented Stacey McMullen and the excitingly infectious Louis Antoniou & The Blue Jay Ways

Theatre Review: The Snowman

"A delighted ripple of applause echoed around the theatre as our heroes took flight to Walking in the Air"

City of Football Skills with Dan Magness: Neck Catch at Sneinton Windmill

In the first of a new series of videos from City of Football, multiple world-record holder Dan Magness explains how to do a neck catch

Nottingham Bike Works' New Raleigh Community Workshop in Photos

If you need to get your bike fixed up, fear not. The chaps over at Nottingham Bike Works have opened up a new space for you learn how to mend your pedals

The Winner of Women in Publishing Award on Mother's Milk Books

It's official. Dr. Teika Bellamy is simply the breast when it comes to publishing books celebrating femininity

Oshea is Battling Scorzayzee for Clash Money

"A lot of people get pissed off when they get labelled a battle rapper but that doesn't bother me at all"

Hinds Interviewed by Babe Punch

"It's a fact we are not that popular in Spain and it sucks because we love Spain"

Win Two Free Tickets to See Enter Shikari

Two free tickets are up for grabs to see Enter Shikari play at the Capital FM Arena on Saturday 20 February

LeftLion sponsors Any Means Necessary

How long have you known your other half? Three years? Maybe four? Do you trust them with your secrets? Do you know theirs? Now imagine if everything you knew about them was a lie