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Left Magpie February: Happy New Year

Mon 09 Feb 2026

Back with another Left Magpie, Julian McDougall - our Notts County specialist - on what is beginning to look like a promotion-teasing campaign for the Pies!

Tusk 'til dawn: Jim Baron of Crazy P fame on his new musical project White Elephant

Thu 05 Feb 2026

Best known as one of the founders of Notts electronic music titans Crazy P, Jim Baron (aka Ron Basejam) is a man with his fingers in several musical pies. This month sees the release of World Elephant Day, the first album from White Elephant – a collaborative project with Ben Smith (of Smith & Mudd fame) and fellow Crazy P member Chris Todd. In a wide-ranging catchup, Jim takes us from the halcyon days of nineties Notts to his solo work, and how The Sopranos played a role in the story of Crazy P…

Review: Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures - The Red Shoes at the Theatre Royal

Wed 04 Feb 2026

A stunning reimagining of the classic film

Pride in the Past at the National Civil War Centre in Newark

Wed 04 Feb 2026

Pride in the Past at the National Civil War Centre shines a light on LGBTQ+ histories often left out of the mainstream narrative. Thought-provoking and celebratory in equal measure, it offers a powerful reminder that LGBTQ+ people have always been here - and that reclaiming these stories is an act of pride, visibility, and empowerment.

Notts artist Nakufo on her new light installation

Tue 03 Feb 2026

For this month’s Art Works we heard from Notts based artist Nakufo, whose work Obelisk of Connectivity will be part of Light Night 2026.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #38: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 30 Jan 2026

With this year off to a great start for new music, in this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews releases from Divorce feat. Marcus Mumford, Blackadder, Bloodworm and Make Strangers...

Love at first sight: a look inside Southwell's newest vintage boutique

Tue 27 Jan 2026

Fashion editor Addie Kenogbon-Harley catches up with Lottie Baxter, owner of one of Notts’ latest vintage boutiques, Love at First Sight, to find out more about how her teenage dream became a reality in the form of a small but mighty fashion hideaway in Southwell with a cult following.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #37: Notts music we're spinning in 2026

Fri 16 Jan 2026

In this, the first edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews new releases from Daudi Matsiko, Ruby Aeron, ktlyle, LYVIA and Verbal Warning...

Any way you slice it: we check out new pizza joint The Slice

Wed 14 Jan 2026

We check out The Slice: a new artisan bakery and Roman pizza spot on Middle Pavement...

Cocktails and Crime at the National Justice Museum this New Year’s Eve?

Mon 08 Dec 2025

Looking for something different to do on New Year’s Eve 2025? Fancy an evening solving a crime and drinking cocktails at the National Justice Museum?

Trentbarton has announced its bus services for Christmas 2025 and over the New Year...

Mon 08 Dec 2025

Trentbarton has announced its bus services for Christmas 2025 and over the New Year. Here's everything you need to know about how to get around on their network over the festive period...

Bon journal: writer Andrew Tucker Leavis on launching the New Nottingham Journal

Wed 03 Dec 2025

All that Nottingham’s literary scene was missing, said poet Rory Waterman, was a “name-brand literary journal”. Grace Sanders speaks to Andrew Tucker Leavis, Editor-in-Chief of the New Nottingham Journal, about how he decided to rectify that issue, with LeftLion’s help…

LeftLion's Latest Listens #36: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 28 Nov 2025

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Marseille, Kelsey and The Embers, Richard Snow and ALT BLK ERA...

Monet and Van Gogh to appear at Nottingham Arena next summer in new immersive experiences

Mon 24 Nov 2025

Two immersive experiences which bring the work of iconic artists to life in mesmerising, immersive and moving fashion are set to enchant Nottingham art lovers next summer...

Everyone’s a star: Five Seconds of Summer bring nostalgia and new sounds to The Palais Nottingham

Fri 21 Nov 2025

We take a trip to The Palais - and down memory lane - for a very special album listening event with Aussie pop-rock four-piece Five Seconds of Summer...

Gig review: Nouvelle Vague bring bossa nova new wave suave to Metronome Nottingham

Tue 18 Nov 2025

French bossa nova collective Nouvelle Vague came to Notts last week to bring sumptuous spectacle and sophistication to Metronome with their new-wave covers...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #35: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 07 Nov 2025

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Kai-Otee, LYVIA, Bored Marsh, Fools & Sages, Willow Bay and Revenge of Calculon...

Hart of the Wood: the film installations at Newstead Abbey inspired by forest folklore

Fri 07 Nov 2025

With its elegant ruins, serene rolling gardens and rich literary history, Newstead Abbey already makes for an atmospheric autumnal wander, but currently, another escape awaits within its historic landscape. Dotted within the grounds, the Hart of the Wood project shares a series of intriguing 16mm films exploring the seasons, our relationship with folklore and the land. We spoke to Notts filmmaker Benjamin Wigley to hear about the artistry and story behind these curious hand-powered moving pictures…

Artist and actor Heather Agyepong on her latest exhibition at New Art Exchange

Wed 05 Nov 2025

Heather Agyepong is a British-Ghanaian photographer, visual artist and actor based in London. In 2024 she entered her work into the New Art Exchange Open and won one of the awards. This led to her current solo exhibition From Sunrise to Sunset, She Worked to Reform Herself: Part 1 which is on show in the city until January. She told us more about her intriguing art practice, finding space for rest and life as an actor…

Left Brian: November 2025 - A New Daw...Dyche!

Tue 04 Nov 2025

Our Forest columnist Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, is back to give her thoughts on the last month at the city ground. Strap yourself in!

Sweet spot: taking a look at Effy’s new pastry collection

Mon 27 Oct 2025

Since arriving on the Nottingham coffee scene in 2019, Effy has become a favourite haunt for local coffee connoisseurs in the know. Now this indie coffee shop is developing a reputation for its equally impressive pastries. Food co-editor Lucy Campion chats to owner Mitch Farr about the shop’s growing bakery operation.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #34: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 24 Oct 2025

In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from flöat, The Missing Diamonds, Emily Sanders, Di$mal and Lucy Crisp...

Journalist and author Frances Ryan on her new book and life as a woman with disabilities

Fri 24 Oct 2025

Nottingham journalist and author Frances Ryan is Britain’s leading writer and activist for disabled people. She has spent years calling out reckless government policies and social ignorance towards disability, and been a beacon for people living with disabilities. This year she released a new book describing the daily differences of living with a disability. We caught up with her for a chat…

A conversation with Cara Thompson: Nottingham’s new Nature Poet Laureate

Thu 23 Oct 2025

Back in late August, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature announced Cara Thompson as the city’s first Nature Poet Laureate. Cara is an art-ivist, performer, and writer, a founding member of the Nottingham Black Creatives Network and the 2021 winner of Slamovision. Her work draws heavily from her Caribbean-British background – encouraging creative discussion of social issues. Below we meet Cara and learn all about her…

Inside The Correction Unit, a new sci-fi thriller made in Notts

Tue 21 Oct 2025

Released on 23 September, The Correction Unit is the latest project from talented Nottingham-based filmmaker Derry Shillitto. The film follows a group of young offenders forced into a brutal correctional system with an AI, voiced by Bella Ramsey, at the centre. When one teen starts resisting the institution, questions arise surrounding control and human rights. To find out more about the production, which has featured almost entirely Notts talent, we spoke to Derry and young actor Zak Hopkinson.

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