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Art Works: Chrissy Curtin

The local artist on her creative process...

SciBar at The Vat & Fiddle: Richard Bowtell on New Ways of Imaging the Brain

Left Panther: Nottingham Panthers News & Updates

The Panthers have made a bleddy brilliant start to the season. Our Sally takes us through all of the on-ice excitement

The Artist Who Makes Famous Faces Out Of Cans

Kelly Ann Holmes is a self-taught mixed media artist specialising in the use of recycled drinks cans. She’s a homegrown Nottingham gal, and draws inspiration from the vibrant scenes our city has to offer. She won the first Open Exhibition at THiNK in Cobden Chambers, and is gearing up for her first solo show, Wasted Talents and Glorious Tragedies: an exhibition in portraiture based on fame and glamour, touching on the topics of mental health and substance abuse...

The School of Artisan Food is Hogwarts for Bakers

Long-forgotten baking techniques are seeing a new lease of life thanks to The School of Artisan Food, based up in North Nottinghamshire. The School is a not-for-profit organisation that teaches anyone, from the enthusiastic foodie to the professional baker, the art of artisan food production. After it was shortlisted for awards by the Great Food Club and the Great British Food Magazine, we popped over to the Welbeck Estate, eager to learn more about the movement that’s taking the culinary world by storm...

Homeless: A Photography Exhibition

Local photographer Dan Hughes is hosting a photography competition – Homeless – alongside the organisation that helps our community’s most vulnerable: Emmanuel House. Here, Dan tells us all about the hows and whys of the project...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Couple news stories from last month...

Graham Caveney on Abusive Relationships, Alcoholism and His New Book

Graham Caveney had success in the nineties as a journalist for publications like NME, The Face, The Independent, and loads more. He moved on to writing biographies of beat writers Allen Ginsberg and William Burroughs, then he completely disappeared. Two decades later, he’s back with a book that looks at the abuse inflicted on him as a child, by a priest: The Boy with the Perpetual Nervousness: A Memoir of an Adolescence…

Advertising Sectioned: Leech Homes – Follow the Arrows To Better Living! (c.1984)

Local adverts ripped from the pages of history...

Left Magpie: Notts County News & Updates

Our Colin takes us through all of the latest action down at Meadow Lane

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News & Updates

August was another good month for the leather and willow brigade, we take a look back

Left Brian: Nottingham Forest News & Updates

After a few false dawns, things are looking up at The City Ground, despite the lack of half-time pies. Our Rich gives his thoughts on a decent start for the Reds

Art Works: Sarah Yates

The artist on her illustration of the best burger joint in town...

Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Beautiful Baijiu

Nottingham's own cultural attache to China James Kramer is back to preach the virtues of China's national drink baijiu. Bottoms up, youth! 

Art Works: Shane Buckingham

The local artist reveals how drawing is a welcome "side effect" of his brain injury...

Sarah Maple's Not My Cup of Tea at New Art Exchange

We got down to Hyson Green to check out the latest art exhibition on offer...

Art Works: Sophie Johnson-Hill

The illustrator and animator on the beauty of a child's imagination. N'aww...

Art Review: Kaleidoscope at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Gallery

We got down to Highfields Park to check out all the colours going on behind the doors of Djanogly Art Gallery...

A Tattoo Artist in Notts

Tattoo artist Gray Silva, of Netherfield-based parlour Rampant Ink, tells us how he got into inking, his inimitable style, and why you shouldn’t come to him if you’re after a cliched tattoo of a cloud in the shape of Bart Simpson’s bum…

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Last month's news. You lot are daft.

New Nottingham Forest Signing Kieran Dowell

An Everton fan's view on Nottingham Forest's new loan signing

Art Works: Anna Wheelhouse's The Fair at Stanley Road

A local artist lets us in on her creative process...

New Bar MOJO Nottingham Launch in Photos

There are new boggers on the block. More specifically, on Thurland Street. We got down to take a few snaps of the latest bar to hit the city...

LeftLion's New Literature Editor, LP Mills…

Nottingham, say hello to our new friend...

Daisy Godfrey on The Grease Soundtrack and Her New EP

You’d be hard-pushed to miss Daisy Godfrey if you saw her in public; her mighty mane of orange hair broadcasts her presence the second she walks through the door. A singer-songwriter and sturdy staple of the city’s busking scene, the local lass joins us for a natter about music, relaxation, and the stark bloody wonder that is Olivia Newton-John...