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Live: Origin One, K.O.G & The Zongo Brigade, Unknown Era and Bud

A night that mixed reggae, hip hop and good vibes at The Maze

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood's film about the most lethal sniper in US military history is dividing viewers

American Sniper

Clint Eastwood's film about the most lethal sniper in US military history is dividing viewers

Notts What I Call Music Vol. 2 - Submissions Open

Calling all Notts musicians. Want your music on the 2015 'Best of Notts' compilation from LeftLion?

Notts What I Call Music Vol. 2 - Submissions Open

Calling all Notts musicians. Want your music on the 2015 'Best of Notts' compilation from LeftLion?

City Arts Move From Radford Into City Centre

The newest face in town is City Arts. Parked next door to the Writers’ Studio on the border of Sneinton, the new office and creative space is the most centrally located in the organisation’s nearly forty-year history…

How to Make a Comic with Amanda Tribble

These aren't the drawings you're looking for... or are they?

How to Make a Comic with Amanda Tribble

These aren't the drawings you're looking for... or are they?

LeftLion illustrators in support of Charlie Hebdo

In the light of the horrific events in Paris, some of our illustrators have felt the need to put pencil to paper

LeftLion illustrators in support of Charlie Hebdo

In the light of the horrific events in Paris, some of our illustrators have felt the need to put pencil to paper

Interview: Amber Run

The University of Nottingham-formed band Amber Run have been one of the city’s rising stars in recent months, releasing two strong EPs this year as well as touring, writing, and recording their debut album. Joe Keogh and Will Jones took time out of their busy schedule to tell us about their new music, performing, and baking...

Interview: Laughing Matters

Taking the old adage that laughter is the best medicine, Kirstie MacDonald and Mark Christian set up Laughing Matters, a social enterprise project that aims to help people who’re having a hard time by getting them to learn a few tricks from the people who make a crust from chuckles…

Interview: Machine-free Tattooist Boff Konkerz

"I didn't get into it with the idea that it would be a good way to tattoo, I started tattooing like that and then I worked out why it was a good way"

Street Tales: The Bubonic Bell Inn

Find out more about the plagued history of that owd pub on Angel Row from a man who tells Nottingham stories you've never heard before...

In Focus: I'm Not From The Farmyard

Two of the city's most musical men joined forces to tell us a few secrets in disturbing, pictorial form

Interview: Joe Buhdha

Producer, promoter, label boss, rapper, DJ, lecturer, Joe Buhdha has held down just about every job in hip-hop, bar leather trackies inventor. As Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’s first release hits stereos, he told us about how it all started, and why he’s got no plans to let up anytime soon…

Interview: Ian Douglas

"The children's book industry looks down its nose on the digital world and is stuck in the past"

Interview: Bob Robinson

Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.

Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

Stephen Godfroy, director and co-owner of Rough Trade, is credited with revitalising the company after joining a decade ago. Firstly he introduced the subscription-based ‘Album Club’ and then helped develop Rough Trade East, the company’s flagship store on trendier-than-thou Brick Lane. After setting up Rough Trade New York last October, the independent record store has opened its first UK store outside of London on Broad Street. He came to Nottingham for the store’s opening, so we nipped in for a chat…

Interview: Owl Man Frank Shelton

You might have seen Frank Shelton walking around town with a majestic bird and cute little hound but, like us, probably refer to him as his more sophisticated alias – Owl Man. We grabbed a cuppa with him at the Malt Cross, along with his dog Lucy and barn owl Kim…

I'm Not From London Studios

I'm Not From London have branched out and opened a brand spanking new recording suite

Marketing & Business Administration Apprenticeship

Bang! Short Film Festival Is Calling It A Day

Short films are perfect. Perfect for the filmmaker wanting to showcase what they can do, perfect for the YouTube generation struggling to concentrate on anything for more than an hour, perfect for creating some of the most diverse film festivals out there. Bang! Short Film Festival started off small but, as the digital age took hold and their audiences got bigger, it grew into a beast of a festival. Unfortunately, after fifteen years of filling Broadway’s screens with bite-sized reels, they’ve called it a day. We get all nostalgic and look at what the festival meant to filmmakers and audiences alike...

Music Reviews: November 2014

With Amber Run, Origin One, Separation Anxiety, Trekkah, The Madeline Rust, Rattle, Merrick's Trust, and The Wild Man of Europe

Defending the Indefensible

Members of Fists and Cantaloupe tell us why these albums are misunderstood gems and deserved to be listened to again with fresh ears