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Panto Review: Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood at Nottingham Playhouse

We got down to Nottingham Playhouse to catch this year’s panto: Robin Hood and the Babes in The Wood…

Art Works: Robert Lever

He might not hail from Hoodtown, but he's obsessed with our architecture...

Live Music Review: The Nightingales at The Canalhouse

Only two bands ever played more Peel sessions than The Nightingales and now they're at The Canalhouse promoting their new album.

LeftLion Ran The IKANO Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018 to Raise Money for Lee from The Elementz

Three lions got down to Victoria Embankment to complete the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018. It was a bit of a feat, because us lot are a lot more well trained in running our mouths over several IPAs more than anything else, but we bleddy did it, and lived to tell the tale...

Theatre Review: The Comedy About A Bank Robbery

Marx Brothers style comedy capers...

Film Review: Christopher Robin

Christopher Robin is all grown up and in desperate need of his old friend Pooh in Marc Foster's new film about A.A. Milne's famous characters

6 Tips to Conquer the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon

The Ikano Bank Robin Hood Marathon Events are trotting round again on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September, this year with a half marathon, mini marathon, mile challenge and corporate challenge to choose from. That means there’s not too long now to get your training in, especially if you’re still recovering from a long, hot summer of lazing in a hammock or pub beer garden...

Robin Hood Vs Sheriff of Nottingham Rap Battle and Mark Grist at Nottingham Poetry Festival in Photos

It was absolute carnage down at the Fox and Grapes for Poetry is Dead Good, as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival...

Live Music Review: Rob Green and Eric Bibb at Rescue Rooms Nottingham

“Now that we’re friends, I’m going to take my shoes off. Although, I don’t advise you do that… these floors get very sticky.”

Nusic Podcast #170 with Rob Green, Babe Punch, Tusk, Congi and more...

Herbert Kilpin Spesh: Robert Nieri

Robert Nieri is a charity lawyer by day, but he’s spent the best part of a decade researching and writing a book about a man called Herbert Kilpin. That and hanging out with the Milan glitterati. And us…

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

As the Panthers continue to break records in Europe, our Sally gives us the low-down on the goings on at the NIC

Robin Hood Marathon 2017 in Photos

We got down to Victoria Embankment to check out the marathon madness...

Robin Hood Marathon 2017

It’s that time of year again, when thousands of athletics-mad (and generally just a little mad) runners converge on Nottingham for one of the biggest runs of the UK race calendar – the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Marathon and Half Marathon. Get your headbands and energy gels at the ready, because there’s still time to sign up for the 36^th edition on Sunday 24 September. 

Filmmaker David Lilley Talks Crowdfunding for Socks & Robbers

David Lilley, the brains behind Broadway Cinema's bi-monthly Short Stack short film night, is looking to raise £5,000 through a Kickstarter campaign for his new film Socks & Robbers.  Our Screen Editor, Ash Carter, talked to him about the project...

Make Your Own Robot with MeArm Pi

Mime Industries are a local company that create build-it-yourself robotic kits, and people can use them to learn to code. To support the release of their newest product, the MeArm Pi, they ran a Kickstarter campaign that was quickly oversubscribed, with 852 backers pledging a whopping £56,376. We sat down with company founder, Ben Pirt; a man who’s very handy with robot arms...

Nusic Podcast #158 with Rob Green, Super Furniture, Brotherhood, Bru-C and more

Stuff this in yer lugholes...

Nusic Podcast #157 with Rob Green, Arc Nade, Josh Wheatley and more

Those new, Notts music champions are back at it again with a podcast featuring the baddest talent in the city...

Hoodwinked: A Robin Hood Treasure Hunt Around Nottingham

Get geared up for 2018, when we'll be seeing all kinds of mysterious, hooded creatures knocking about...

What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Rob Green, Chroma Bay, Lone and more

Our Music Editor picks out some of the best tunes to have come out of our city recently...

6 Greatest Robin Hoods on Film and TV

Despite what people in Yorkshire might claim, Robin Hood is a Nottingham icon – he even has his own tram. Here, Ant and Gav, who don’t half love a list, take a look at the six best Robin Hoods in film and TV…

Dining with the Homeless at Madrid's Robin Hood Social Restaurant

A Nottingham bloke living in Madrid has discovered a rare gem among the eatery ranks - Robin Hood. That’s right, the Spaniards have opened up a restaurant and social enterprise, where the homeless community can get themselves a decent meal. And it’s all down to one bloke...

Debs Does Nottingham Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival

Nottingham CAMRA's annual festival of beers, ales and ciders hit the castle once again and we sent our Debs there to drink all the ales she possibly could...

Literature Review: Michael Summons Roberts and Alison Moore

Warming, passionate and inspiring. Michael Symmons Roberts and Alison Moore made the first night of the Festival of Literature go off with an explosion of everything that makes writers write and readers read.

The Man Behind The Sneinton Dragon: Robert Stubley

I saw a dragon gate by Gaudi, in Barcelona, and I thought, "I'll have a go at making a dragon in my spare time."