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Poetry Festival, indie music and Shakespeare: Here's whats on in Nottingham 9 - 15 June 2025

Sun 08 Jun 2025

There's loads of events happening this week in Notts. We have the start of the Poetry festival, a re-invention of Hamlet, a indie music market and a live podcast event from Scummy Mummies...

Words to live by: marking one decade of the Nottingham Poetry Festival with poet Ben Macpherson

Sat 07 Jun 2025

This month marks the tenth anniversary of Nottingham Poetry Festival - a kaleidoscopic set of events that sees poetry collide with activities like musical open mics, meditation and arts and crafts, all the while celebrating the art form, and its age-old centrality to the city of Nottingham. To mark the occasion, festival producer and local poet Ben Macpherson told us about the festival’s importance to Nottingham, and what people can expect from this year.

Locating Lawrence: June 1925

Mon 02 Jun 2025

Lawrence never felt ‘less literary’ than when he was milking his cow...

Restaurant week, comic con, body positive art and Japanese pop-punk: Here's what's on in Nottingham 2 - 8 June 2025

Sun 01 Jun 2025

There's a great mix of stuff happening this week in Notts - we've got Japanese pop-punk from Shonen Knife, Sneinton Avenues Vegan Market, Comic-con, Restaurant week and some inspiring exhibitions. Here's our top picks...

LeftLion Issue #184 June 2025

Fri 30 May 2025

This month featuring our guide to local summer music festivals, Nottingham Poetry Festival, actor LaQuarn Lewis on BBC's What It Feels Like For A Girl, the Nottingham Attacks Two Years On, Nottingham Playhouse's Adam Penford, Nottingham Craft Beer Festival, the Lenton Centre, Future Makers and more...

Community, culture and the music at The Concert Hall: here's what's on events this week in Nottingham 26 May- 1 June

Sun 25 May 2025

This week in Notts, cultural vibrations ring from the arrow of Robin Hood!

Nottingham Restaurant Week Returns from 2-8 June 2025

Wed 21 May 2025

Nottingham’s vibrant food scene is set to sizzle once again as Nottingham Restaurant Week makes its much-anticipated return offering deals and discounts in over 50 establishments...

We catch up with three city centre restaurants ahead of Nottingham Restaurant Week in June

Sat 17 May 2025

Nottingham Restaurant Week is set to take place across the city from Monday 2 to Sunday 8 June. Organised by It’s in Nottingham, it’s a chance for you to access exclusive discounts and try out some new flavours from the city’s vibrant food scene. To mark the occasion, we caught up with representatives of three popular dining spots involved: Antonio Oriente from Pizzamisu, Amita Sawhney from MemSaab and Terry Hayfield from Fellows, Morton & Clayton.

Theatre Review: Murder She Didn't Write

Sat 26 Apr 2025

A hilarious evening of improvised murder mystery mayhem

We head to 'The Writers' Conference 2025'

Thu 24 Apr 2025

We head out on a day-trip to attend Writing East Midlands' yearly jamboree.

Revisiting the legend of the Lord of Milan with author Robert Nieri

Tue 08 Apr 2025

Back in 2016 Author Robert Nieri released a book The Lord of Milan about Herbert Kilpin, the 19th century Notts-born butchers son who emigrated to Italy and went on to found AC Milan football club. A crew from LeftLion joined him out there for its release and ended up making an award-winning film too. Here he updates us on what’s happened since, including a reburial for Herbert and another influx of Italian visitors to Nottingham…

Notts writer Hongwei Bao on the poetics of queer and diasporic experiences

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Raised in Inner Mongolia, Dr. Hongwei Bao is now a Director of Research at the University of Nottingham and the industrious community organiser of events like the Queer Chinese Arts Festival, Poetics of Migration, Ode to Notts, plus many more. He’s also one of our most exciting creative writers, so we decided to invite him for a coffee…

We hear from GOBs Poetry Collective on their fifth anniversary

Mon 17 Feb 2025

One of Nottingham’s leading poetry groups, GOBS Collective, turns five this year. With an impressive list of publications, events and live showcases under their belts, our Literature Editor Andrew Tucker talks about the need for such creative communities that help people find their poetic voice.

Film Review: Companion

Mon 10 Feb 2025

A Barbie girl, living in a non-Barbie world...

Live poetry review: Power Cut by Poets off the Endz at Fishergate Point

Wed 20 Nov 2024

Sunday evening at Fishergate Point was buzzing with anticipation for the latest performance by creative collective Poets Off The Endz, who kicked off the first night of their new project with Chapter 1: Power Cut. The concept: a power cut. The question: what comes to light when the power goes out?

Friends, football, and poetry

Wed 20 Nov 2024

With male loneliness widespread in our modern age, award-winning poet Lewis Buxton comes to Nottingham to share his very personal struggles and how he found a way forward...

Write black to the beginning: Panya Banjoko on the 15 year anniversary of Nottingham Black Archive

Sat 09 Nov 2024

This year Nottingham writer and archivist Panya Banjoko celebrated fifteen years as head of the Nottingham Black Archive: a community project that enlivens black cultural history in Notts. We caught up with Panya to talk about her residency this summer at the New Art Exchange and her long career as one of Nottingham’s foremost creative individuals.

Writing while Muslim: writer and activist A.M. Dassu on her upcoming panel

Tue 15 Oct 2024

Award-winning Midlands writer and activist A.M. Dassu is heading to Nottingham to present her panel, Writing while Muslim, at Nottingham Central Library. We got the scoop behind her inspiring journey…

Pick Six: Actor, writer and comedian Colin Hoult

Fri 04 Oct 2024

This month’s Pick Six is chosen by Nottingham-born actor, writer and comedian Colin Hoult

From migrant poetry to psychey deepsea disco: Here's what's on in Nottingham this week, 30 September - 6 October, Pick of Week

Sun 29 Sep 2024

Whether you're a poetry fan, a Kate Bush aficionado, a sucker for local alt-folk, or just a pirate at heart, there's plenty to keep you busy this week in Nottingham.

Actor and Comedian Colin Hoult on ADHD, Mapperley Hospital and Being a Vampire

Thu 19 Sep 2024

He's worked with vampires, ghosts and Ricky Gervais. Now Colin Hoult is bringing his new comedy show to Nottingham and reveals to us how it all began, as a child, in the shadows of Mapperley...

We chat to writer LS Evans about his new novel Pleasantly Disturbed

Thu 22 Aug 2024

Notts writer L. S. Evans was the late great Sean Lock’s staff writer for fifteen years, racking up credits on shows like 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and gaining acclaim from names like Harry Hill. Now he’s back with a comic coming-of-age story…

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