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The NTU Degree Show 2018 in Photos

Showcasing the work of the university's graduating art and design students, the NTU Art and Design Summer Show is one of the UK's biggest free public exhibitions of creativity...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News and Updates

May saw Nottinghamshire return home to Trent Bridge for the first time this season and also sees the Outlaws begin the defence of their One Day Cup.

In Another Place: Local Artists Display Work on Billboards Across East Midlands

Advertising bombards our everyday lives, our data isn’t safe anymore, we can’t escape consumerism and it all seems a bit bleak, doesn’t it? What if we could take that advert for the jasmine scented extra-frothy body wash that we can't seem to avoid and replace it with art? Replace the ordinary with something extraordinary. If your peepers have been extra focused, you may have noticed that across the East Midlands, that is exactly what’s happening...

Comedian Doug Stanhope Reckons The Fish Man Is Well Odd

He’s one of those stand-ups that you’ve either never heard of or are obsessive about. British viewers may know him from a glut of appearances on Charlie Brooker’s Newswipe and Screenwipe back in the early- and mid-noughties, but there’s a lot more to Doug Stanhope than that...

What Went Down at Dot to Dot 2018?

Twelve solid hours of live music, beers and burgers, scattered around the coolest and quirkiest corners of Nottingham? Yes, it’s Dot to Dot Festival. We got down to take a few snaps and write a few words about the festival that’s hosted in three different cities over three days…

Live Music Review: Dresden Philarmonic

Her speed, accuracy and mental agility was astonishing...

DHP Support Young Female Music Promoters by Backing New Campaign

Ayup gals. The legends at DHP Family are backing a national campaign to help the next lot of young female music promoters break into the male-dominated grassroots music scene in the UK...

10 Artists to Clock at Dot to Dot 2018

Who's worth getting ahead of the queues for at this year's Dot to Dot festival?

We Went to a Zombie Life-Drawing Class and it was Awesome

Theatre Review: Dollywould

Sh!t Theatre’s hoedown with the lowdown on Dolly Parton.

Nottingham Citizens Assembly – What Sort of Nottingham Do We Want to Create?

How can we make a difference to issues such as homelessness, modern slavery, air pollution and hate crime? We joined Nottingham Citizens – a diverse alliance of local communities – in the Albert Hall to discuss creating a safer, better city...

Brooklyn's Savak discuss touring with Grey Hairs, listening to Sleaford Mods and more...

Forming in 2015 and featuring members who have performed with the likes of Obits, Edsel, Nation of Ulysses and Holy Fuck, it is fair to say that Savak's punk-rock credentials are undeniable. Sohrab from the band took time out of a busy 5-date co-headline tour around the UK with Nottingham's Grey Hairs to answer some of our questions. Both bands along with Slumb Party roll-up at The Maze this Friday...

Nottingham Dialect and Mining Culture Documentary to be Broadcast on BBC Radio 4

James Walker blathers on about dialect and mining culture for a BBC Radio 4 series called Talk and Tongue.

Preview: The Silent Child Screening - Part of Deaf Awareness Week at Broadway Cinema

Oscar winners Rachel Shenton and Chris Overton to present award-winning film The Silent Child at Broadway Cinema as part of Deaf Awareness Week 2018 short film showcase

Art Review: Zanele Muholi's Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness at New Art Exchange

We got down to New Art Exchange's latest exhibition Zanele Muholi: Somnyama Ngonyama, Hail The Dark Lioness

Lucy Does Stonebridge City Farm

Sometimes, despite its best efforts to the contrary, life smiles at you. It recognises your best efforts to make the little bogger worthwhile, and sends a hiccup of happy your way. This month, I was gifted with an involuntary spasm of joy when I was sent to spend the day at Stonebridge City Farm to muck in, and muck out, with the barnyard beings that reside there. Buzz-ing.

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News and Updates

April means the kick-off of the cricket season and Nottinghamshire's first three matches featured the full range of English "spring" weather. We have a look back at how they got on out on the pitch.

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Ay Up Duck has lept from the pages of our magazine, and found himsen a seat behind a news desk...

Don't Be So Soft! Sit-Down Chat with Psychedelic Dream-Pop Band Soft Girls and Boys Club

Known for their groovy licks and mellow atmosphere, those cheeky chaps at Soft Girls and Boys Club are some of Nottingham’s most entertaining up-and-comers. We had a sit-down with them over a cup of tea at their shared flat in Sneinton ahead of their new release Treadmill, set for May 10^th, 2018.

Poetry Profile: Translating Activism Workshop with Kalyani Thakur, Sipra Mukherjee, and Jo Dixon

If you thought that we'd be sick of poetry after last week's festival, you'd be dead wrong. Today we're highlighting the incredible work of Kalyani Thakur, a Dalit poet and political activist from West Bengal, following her appearance at the Translating Activism workshop hosted by the Postcolonial Studies Centre at Nottingham Trent University. 

What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Nina Smith, Rag Doll, Blood Wizard and more...

Here's what our music editor reckoned to some of Notts' latest releases...

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...

Nottingham Roller Derby: What Went Down at 2018's Louisey Rider Cup?

Following the skater’s tragic death in the summer of 2014, Louise Wright’s family felt that contributions to her team Nottingham Roller Derby would be a more fitting tribute than flowers. Many months passed before members would find the strength to move forward and contemplate her legacy; still, one night in the room above The Organ Grinder pub, they gathered in full force and the vision that would eventually become the Louisey Rider Cup was born...

A Catch Up with Joe Dempsie

You’ll most likely recognise Joe Dempsie from his role as Gendry in HBO’s Game of Thrones, but the Television Workshop alumni has appeared in everything from Skins, to Doctors, to This is England ‘86 and ‘90, and then some. The West Bridgford lad’s come a long way since we first interviewed him for issue #49 back in 2010, so we grabbed a chat with him as we anticipate his potential scoop of the Iron Throne...