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Thrifting in Notts: we chat to Glass Onion, Nottingham’s latest vintage clothing emporium

Wed 09 Apr 2025

Following the launch of vintage clothing giant Glass Onion’s new Notts store on Bridlesmith Gate, Fashion Editor Addie Kenogbon-Harley caught up with head of marketing Alice Leadbetter to find out more and explore how vintage clothing and retro styles have had the city in a chokehold for decades.

Corner Cafe brings an ethnically diverse menu to New Art Exchange

Wed 09 Apr 2025

Opened at the end of February 2025, the Corner Café is a brand new rejuvenation of the coffee and food spot attached to the New Art Exchange, the UK’s largest gallery dedicated to contemporary visual arts from the Global Ethnic Majority. With a lack of community-led food, drink and social spaces present in the Hyson Green area, the NAE team sought to provide that, enlisting community on everything about the venue, from the decor, to the food, to the events. We popped down to see the colourful results.

We chat to Cliffords ahead of their Bodega headline show

Tue 08 Apr 2025

In this part of the world, it feels as if Cork five-piece Cliffords have come out of nowhere. They broke through onto the scene with their EP Strawberry Scented followed up by the powerhouse single Bittersweet, packed with a gorgeous blend of melody and layered guitars, shoegaze and grunge influences abounding. But as LeftLion found out when chatting with vocalist Iona Lynch, the band have a rich history…

Gig review: Skunk Anansie at Rock City

Tue 08 Apr 2025

The force of nature that is Skunk Anansie are on tour promoting their new album The Painful Truth. Three decades since he first witnessed Skin and the rest of the band in action, Mike Hazeldine went down to their sell out gig at what must be one of the best live music venues in the country, Rock City...

Gig review: Black Country, New Road at Rough Trade Nottingham

Tue 08 Apr 2025

British math-rock sextet specialists Black Country, New Road have returned to the fold with their third album and recently hit Nottingham with a special live and signing even at Rough Trade...

James Davidson is Awarded trentbarton Bus Driver of the Year 2025

Mon 07 Apr 2025

The results of the 2024-2025 trentbarton really good service awards are in...

Truth or legend: The Case of Bill’s Mother’s

Mon 07 Apr 2025

"It's black over Bill's mother's": so say many of us from the Midlands when less-than-pleasant weather looks to be on the horizon. But how many of us have actually considered the meaning of the phrase? Our editorial intern Matthew Blaney was set-a-wondering about the identity of Bill's mother, so in this month's Truth or Legend he decided to find out...

Concert Review: The Hallé Film Music Concert - The Star Wars Saga

Sun 06 Apr 2025

Our reviewer Kevin Stanley flew in the Millennium Falcon, marched alongside Darth Vader and visited the Ewoks on the planet of Endor in a galaxy far, far away…

Chicago takes over Notts, unleash your Primal Scream, get creative with Collage N’ Cocktails, and lots more: here’s what’s on in Nottingham this week 7 April - 13 April 2025

Sun 06 Apr 2025

With BBC Introducing’s Tom Hewitt and Riley Marsh making appearances in Acoustic Rooms, to 130 years of War of the Worlds and a Broadway classic making its way to Nottingham's Theatre Royal, there is a lot going on this week in Nottingham so make sure to clear your calendars…

Gig review: Sofy at The Bodega

Sat 05 Apr 2025

Rising indie-pop star Sofy brought her signature blend of witty lyricism, infectious energy and genre-blurring sound to a sold-out Bodega. With a set packed full of fan favourites, playful moments and unstoppable crowd energy, she proved why she’s quickly becoming one to watch…

Review: Karma Weekender at Saltbox (Saturday)

Sat 05 Apr 2025

The second day of Saltbox's Karma Weekender festival proved to be an exciting, eclectic, and sometimes surreal experience...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #19: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 04 Apr 2025

In this week's expanded edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Keane Baldwin, KALIKO, Pretty Windows, No Setting Son and Dusty 4 Track...

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #9 DJ Jonathan on The Palais, the changing art of DJing, Northern Soul, Jazz Funk and Tiswas

Fri 04 Apr 2025

Our first podcast of 2025 and we're back with a chinwag with a veteran DJ, talking through the 1970s Nottingham scene at The Palais De Danse, as well as the changing face of music, festivals and more...

Review: Karma Weekender at Saltbox (Friday)

Fri 04 Apr 2025

Music festivals don’t have to be stuck in a muddy festival to have connotations of carnage and chaos. This equally applies to all day inner-city ones, as the Karma Weekender at Saltbox proved. Here's what happened on the first day...

We heard from the director of Nottingham Playhouse production Animal Farm at Bromley House Library

Fri 04 Apr 2025

The director of a new Olivier Award-nominated stage production of George Orwell’s Animal Farm has described the “vibrant, visceral, youthful” experience awaiting Nottingham audiences. Speaking at a special ‘Meet the Director’ event at Bromley House Library on Wednesday afternoon, Amy Leach said that the play offers “the kind of experience you can only have in the theatre” and feels “very much like it’s set now”.

Nottingham’s 80s fashion scene in the spotlight at Bonington Gallery

Fri 04 Apr 2025

Following the launch night of a new exhibition ‘Nottingham Subcultural Fashion in the 1980s’ which will be at the Bonington Gallery until Saturday 10 May, Fashion Editor Addie Kenogbon-Harley, takes a walk down memory lane of 1980s Nottingham, with exhibition co-curators Tom Godfrey, and Dr Katherine Townsend.

Interview : Sam Lupton and Tom Major the stars of Only Fools and Horses at the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 03 Apr 2025

Only Fools and Horses has to be one of the UK's most popular sitcoms ever. And now the musical revamp is coming to Nottingham. Leftlion chats with Sam Lupton and Tom Major as they become the new Del Boy and Rodney...

Film Review: One of Them Days

Wed 02 Apr 2025

Keke Palmer and SZA are the comical duo we didn’t know we needed. Join us as we review this jam-packed tragicomedy…

Spring in Your Step: Nottingham’s Best Walks for the Season

Wed 02 Apr 2025

Spring's here, though in Nottingham that often means a stand-off between sunshine and drizzle. The sky still carries the pale reluctance of winter. The trees, bare-boned and brittle through the winter months, begin their slow green eruption. But when the daffodils are up and the air smells of wet earth and optimism, there’s no better excuse to lace up your trainers and embrace the outdoors. Nottingham, rich in both greenery and stories, has plenty of spots worth wandering. Here’s where to go when you fancy stretching your legs without running into the masses.

Lucky for some: We meet the host of Bongo’s Bingo, a night out that is redefining a classic game

Wed 02 Apr 2025

A decade since they burst onto the scene, Bongo’s Bingo has led the way to reinventing the classic number game - bringing dance-offs, rave intervals, and audience challenges to provide a whole lot more fun and chaos than the traditional format. Now moving to a new home at The Palais on Lower Parliament Street, we spoke to host Adam Apple to find out what it’s like to call the numbers and manage the mayhem.

Gig review: Better Joy at The Bodega

Tue 01 Apr 2025

Manchester's better joy provided a night of raw emotion, infectious joy, and even a moment of rage, at The Bodega…

As Motorpoint Arena celebrates its 25th birthday, we look through the stories from 25 of their seminal gigs

Tue 01 Apr 2025

From Beyonce to Bieber and Dolly Parton to the Dalai Lama, Nottingham Motorpoint Arena has brought some of the world’s most famous people into our city. As the Arena celebrates its 25th birthday, we look through the stories from 25 of their seminal gigs…

Christie Classics, Castle Beer Festival and the Netball Super League: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham 31 March - 6 April 2025

Sun 30 Mar 2025

Whether your idea of a good time is brushing up on your Orwell and Christie in the theatre, or enjoying live music and a drink in the sun, there's plenty going on in Nottingham for you this week...

Beyond the Blame: Photographer Jayne Jackson on her social justice exhibition Asking For It at the National Justice Museum.

Sun 30 Mar 2025

Documentary photographer Jayne Jackson’s award-winning exhibition Asking For It examines the pervasive issue of victim blaming in sexual and gender-based violence through a historical lens. Ahead of its installation at Nottingham’s National Justice Museum, we spoke to Jayne about the personal, political, and emotional layers of the work, highlighting the urgent need to shift societal perceptions and better support survivors of sexual violence.

The Thompsons on The Marcus Garvey Centre, International Women's Day and Wild Swimming

Sat 29 Mar 2025

Here's what the Thompsons had to say about The Marcus Garvey Centre, International Women's Day and wild swimming.

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