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LeftLion's Latest Listens #52: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 18 Sep 2026For the 52nd edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Mondo, Hunch Power, Eyre Llew and Blu Syrup...
Gig review: Primal Scream at Rock City
Thu 17 Sep 2026Primal Scream returned - again - to Nottingham and proved their relevance and willingness to harness their art to speak out. Rock City proved the perfect canvas...
Art Fest 2026: what's happening this year?
Wed 16 Sep 2026After bringing over thirty murals to Nottingham in the past five years, Art Fest is doing things differently in 2026. Through exhibitions, street art tours, talks and workshops, this year’s programme celebrates Nottingham’s visual artists while opening conversations about what comes next…
Stage Interview: Dan Lewis on Tommy Cooper – Have I Got Time For More?
Mon 14 Sep 2026A new show celebrating comedy giant Tommy Cooper visits Nottingham this November. Director, actor and producer, Dan Lewis, sits down with Left Lion to share the importance of being Tommy. Just like that...
How Much Does a Divorce Cost? Court Fees, Solicitors and Online Options
Mon 14 Sep 2026If you’re trying to work out how much a divorce costs, there isn’t one figure that covers everything. You’ll usually need to budget for the court fee, any solicitor’s fees and, separately, the cost of sorting out finances or arrangements for children.
Gig review: Sancho Panza vs Wizards Can't Be Lawyers at The Boat Club
Sat 12 Sep 2026Nottingham's Boat Club in West Bridgford hosted a varied array of creative, captivating local talent for an eager audience, as Sancho Panza and Wizards Can't Be Lawyers (WCBL) shared the stage with support from Filter Sequence, ok lady, and Kez...
Undercover artist: Iulia Matei celebrates creative pastimes with our September 2026 cover
Sat 12 Sep 2026This month’s cover artist Iulia Matei talks comics, creativity and letting things figure themselves out.
Theatre Review: Till the Stars Come Down at the Nottingham Playhouse
Fri 11 Sep 2026A wedding might bring everybody together. Beth Steel is much more interested in what happens once they are all in the same room...
Left Brian Sept 2026 - Glasnerism
Tue 08 Sep 2026For fans of the red team it’s been quite the summer for upgrading to a new leader who seems to have genuine beliefs and a determination to implement them. For this edition of Left Brian, I’ll focus on the steady opening month for Oliver Glasner’s Nottingham Forest...
Stage Interview: Tracy Radford, artistic director at Unanima Youth Performance Academy
Tue 08 Sep 2026The Unanima Youth Performance Academy supports people with learning disabilities, developing theatrical skills and creating opportunities to perform. And they have just been awarded a grant to take their work to new levels. Tracy Radford, CEO and Artistic Director, shares the story of their success with Left Lion...
Pick six: Notts folk artist Daudi Matsiko
Tue 08 Sep 2026For this month's Pick Six we feature Notts folk artist Daudi Matsiko who plays at Sneinton Market's By Our Hands We Make Our Way in 19 September.
Ellis Guilford School Community Hub - Sowing the seeds of connection
Mon 07 Sep 2026Tucked away behind the gates of a secondary school, is the surprising location of the Ellis Guilford Community Hub; hosting a myriad of activities, programmes and projects for the local community, and where a strong sense of belonging is taking root amongst the newly commissioned allotment and threaded between the gems and jewels used by students of the creative arts courses.
Stage Review: Robin Hood International Improv Festival at the Squire Performing Arts.
Sun 06 Sep 2026If you think improv is just a group of comedians shouting random words at each other until someone says something funny, then Nottingham’s Robin Hood International Improv Festival might just change your mind...
Festival review: the LeftLion guide to Shambala
Sat 05 Sep 2026Just over a hour away from Notts, Shambala Festival brought creativity, silliness and a great line up over bank holiday weekend. Despite a bit of wet weather threatening to dampen the fun, LeftLion editor Sophie Gargett donned some wellies and went along to check out the silliness...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #51: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 04 Sep 2026As autumn begins to take hold, with rain replacing the sun, the LeftLion music team are taking refuge in the best new local music. This week, the team reviews recent releases from Stone Black Witches, Amantes, People Laughing and Revenge of Calculon...
Night Creatures Podcast #9: Chloe Leak on the Nottingham scene, the challenges of working in the industry as a woman and promoting independent nights
Fri 04 Sep 2026Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city...
Folk legend: Jim Ghedi on his soundtrack for Michael Sarnoski's The Death of Robin Hood
Fri 04 Sep 2026Sheffield musician Jim Ghedi has for years carved a unique corner of folk music, but now that he’s composed the soundtrack for a new film starring Hugh Jackman: The Death of Robin Hood, a lot more people will probably be recognising his name from here on out. He’s also playing a gig in Nottingham in October, so there was no better time for us to meet and chat with him…
Left Magpie: September 2026 - Everything Flows
Thu 03 Sep 2026It's been an encouraging start to the season for the (at the time of writing unbeaten in the League) Notts County FC. To celebrate our columnist Julian McDougall has gone all Zen Buddhist on us...
We speak to Freya Ridings about songwriting, empowerment and Nottingham memories
Thu 03 Sep 2026Since breaking through with her top 10 single Lost Without You in 2017, Freya Ridings has established herself as one of the UK’s most impressive vocal talents, able to deliver tender balladry and euphoric moments of power with equal skill. Not content to rest on her laurels with the launch of her third album Mother Of Pearl, Ridings quickly launched into a huge UK and EU tour. We caught up with her ahead of the Nottingham date...
Locating Lawrence: September 1926
Wed 02 Sep 2026Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside, even if it’s bracing… The latest Locating Lawrence tells all about what DH Lawrence was up to in September 1926.
Breaking Ground: how Nottingham Forest Women are scaling up their ambitions
Wed 02 Sep 2026As Nottingham Forest Women prepare for a new Women’s Super League 2 (WSL2) campaign, Head of Women's and Girls’ Football Amber Wildgust tells us about their new manager Tom Mallinson, recruitment strategy, a landmark pre-season tour to Canada, and why they want to become the destination club for emerging talent.
Nadia on... Access to green spaces
Tue 01 Sep 2026Labour Mp for Nottingham East Nadia Whittome discusses the need to access green spaces.
The Thompsons on St Ann's Allotments, singing and summer 2026
Mon 31 Aug 2026Our latest chat with Nottingham's most opinionated grocers.
Forged in Mansfield: local playwright Beth Steel on her play Till the Stars Come Down and going international
Sat 29 Aug 2026Born and brought up in Warsop, playwright Beth Steel has seen her work performed in London, Tokyo, Mexico, Iceland, Peru and more. What’s particularly brilliant about this is that they’re usually set in her hometown of Mansfield. She tells us more about her fifth play Till the Stars Come Down, which is coming home to Nottingham Playhouse one week from now …
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