Site search

Notts County Cricket: April Round-Up

Our Gav gives us the cricket rundown of the month past...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Find out what's been going off around and about Nottingham city for the past month...

Gigantic's Mark Gasson on His Ticketing Empire

Our Mark has been selling gig and festival tickets from his base in Nottingham for almost 25 years. We caught up with him to find out more about sneaking into Glastonbury and ticket touts...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

Overheard in Notts

We've heard some things, man...

10 Things To Do in Nottingham This Week

Socks up, shoes on. Plenty to be getting on with...

Every Notts Act Playing This Year's Dot To Dot Festival

The definitive rundown of every local artist performing. Clue: It's long...

Nusic Podcast 152

10 Events to get to for Nottingham Poetry Festival

After wiggling their toes in the water back in 2015, Nottingham Poetry Festival is back. Mixing it up with over fifty events, there are local poets of all genres, backgrounds and disciplines, as well as workshops to get wordy in, and plenty of chances for you to get on the mic and give it a go yersen. Plus they’ve got some national treasures popping down – in the form of Britain’s Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, the inimitable John Cooper Clarke, and the lyrical John Hegley. If you don’t think poetry is your thing, think again. If you’re already a fan... well, as you were.

Notts Coach Takes Over World’s Worst International Football Team

Chris Smith, a Nottingham-based football coach, who has worked previously with the likes of Nottingham Forest and Lincoln City, is picking up his passport this month to head to Micronesia, a country spread over 600 islands off the Western Pacific Ocean, to embark on one spectacular footballing journey...

I'm Not From London On A Decade Of Distortion

It's been two years in the making, but INFL are finally ready to unleash the beast...

9 Things To Do In Nottingham This Week

C'mon our kids, plenty to be gerrin on with...

16 Bars to Slurp at for Nottingham Loves Cocktails Festival

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...

10 Nottingham Dessert Gaffs to Try

Are your tegs so sweet that yer Tuth Fairy’s gone bust? Are you one of those weirdos who orders pudding for tea? Yes? Then have we got some treats for you. Our Sally Thurlow explains what’s hot in the Notts dessert world...

NottsMan at The Angel Microbrewery: Local Poets and The Cockleman in Photos

On Sunday, NottsMan whacked on a community-filled day of music, poetry and activities in a bid to raise funds for Dave Bartram aka The Cockleman – the man who has been selling fish from his basket to Nottingham pub punters, for over 56 years. Recently, Dave was attacked which led to the discovery of early-stage cancer, which means he will be out of work for a while. So NottsMan organisers raised funds and showed support, all in a grand day of creativity...

Overheard in Notts

Here's what your lot have been chuntering on abaht over the past month...

Future Sound of Nottingham 2017 Finalists Revealed in the New Nusic Podcast

Every year, the new Notts music champions host a showcase of the best upcoming talent the city has to offer. In the latest Nusic podcast, you can find out who's been selected for the final...

10 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

There's loads to be cracking on with this week...

9 Things to do as a Notts Newbie

Have you found yourself in a city surrounded by big gobs shouting 'Ayup duck!' and suchlike phrases? Are you confused and bewildered by all these new sounds and smells? Fear not, us owd mucker. Our favourite Notts newbie Alex Kuster has compiled a foolproof list of things to check out if you're new to the city, just as she did, with a hop, skip, and a stomp...

9 Notts Music Albums, Reviewed: Scorzayzee, Clay Shaped Boy, Damn Craters and more

If you're from Nottingham and you want your tunes reviewed, hit up leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic...

Advertising Sectioned: Wine, Dine and Dance at The Parkside Club, c.1964

Nottingham adverts ripped from the pages of history...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Find out what's been going on around and about the city for the past month...

Nottingham Trent Win Notts Varsity Ice Hockey Match Two Years on the Trot

Once again, Trent trumps UoN on the ice with a score of 5-4. At Motorpoint Arena, Nottingham holds one of the biggest university events of the year...

Tommy Scott from Space Talks Playing Spanky Van Dyke's This Friday

Calling all Space cadets. We had a little chat with Tommy Scott, lead singer and lyrical master of the nineties-famous Liverpool legends Space, about the band’s new album, getting back together, their tip-top moments as a band and their upcoming gig in Spanky van Dykes...