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Founder Paul Cox Tells Us All About Nottz Garden Project: A Volunteer-Led Project Building Community Resilience and Food Growing Skills

Founder Paul Cox tells us all about Nottz Garden Project: a volunteer-led project building community resilience and food growing skills through creative, art-filled green spaces. Welcoming all to stop by and pick ripe veg at their Gamble Street Corner plot, whilst distributing it through Himmah food bank with instructions on how to use it, they’ve started a little fresh food revolution in Radford…

Gig Review: Bob Vylan at Rock City

Bob Vylan are a punk rap duo from London who ripped onto the music scene in 2017, and have been making waves at gigs and festivals ever since. You might not hear them on the radio much, because there’s still some music that upsets advertisers, but that doesn’t make them not one of the most important bands to form in the last decade. And when the drizzle and drain of a Monday night does not deter a gig from being utterly electric, you know it’s been a good one...

We Chat to Author Nicola Monaghan to Discuss Her New Book 'Wish You Were Here'

We caught up with Nicola Monaghan, author of The Killing Jar, Starfishing and The Okinawa Dragon, to discuss becoming a writer, crafting detective novels and her new book Wish You Were Here…

Gig Review: Bobby Lee and Huw Costin at Running Horse

Two heavyweight artists at the same venue and on the same day was an opportunity our Bassey was not going to miss, and a chance to revisit the Running Horse music venue only added to the occasion...

Book Review: Umbilical by Teika Marija Smits

Since local author Teika Marija Smits' new book Umbilical landed on the LeftLion desk, we’ve found it difficult to keep our feet on the ground...

Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 5): The Verruca Moment

Yes, we are back with our fifth annual collection of stupid things we heard people say in the streets of Nottingham. It’s a forty-page Mr-Men-size Secret-Santa-tastic book featuring hundreds of pieces of anti-wisdom, designed to make you and your loved ones chuckle over a turkey dinner...

The World’s Most Famous AI-Powered Language Model ChatGPT Answers Our Burning Questions

Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a huge talking point in the past year. There’s been murmurs that it’s going to ruin creative industries, take away our jobs, and lead to the demise of humanity as we know it. We hear your concerns, and it’s time to provide some much-needed answers. And who better to answer the tricky questions than ChatGPT itself? So, we sat down (sort of) with the world’s most famous AI-powered language model for a somewhat unconventional ‘interview’...

Match Report: Nottingham Panthers vs Manchester Storm 18.11.23 - Adam Johnson Memorial Game

The Nottingham Panthers held a memorial game at the Motorpoint Arena in honour of their player Adam Johnson, playing against Manchester Storm in a friendly match on Saturday night. Natalie Owen was at the game to report for LeftLion. Here's how they got on…

Live Music, Festive Markets, Skating, and Graphic Novels at the New Central Library: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 20 - 26 November

It may still be November but the festive season has kicked off in Notts, with Christmas markets, light switch ons and murder mysteries to get you in the mood. But for those who want to keep Christmas firmly for December, you can brighten up your week with live music and more...

A Therapist in Notts on Navigating Seasonal Affective Disorder This Winter

In Photos: Goya Gumbani and Jayahadadream at Mimm Studios

Brought to us by Can't Stop Won't Stop and Mimm Family, we were treated to an evening of Hip Hop and Jazz fusion in the Mimm Loft with performances by Goya Gumbani and Jayahadadream...

In Photos: Weyes Blood at Rock City

Natalie Mering, AKA Weyes Blood, is known for her psychedelic folk and soft rock sound as a singer and songwriter. While touring her hauntingly beautiful new album And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow, which is her fifth record, she stopped off at Rock City...

Gig Review: Static Dress at The Bodega

Static Dress’ meteoric rise into emo stardom continued on an unsuspecting Thursday night at The Bodega...

Gig Review: Stereolab at Rescue Rooms

Stereolab's devout and large fanbase is very clear from their most recent show in Rescue Rooms, which sold out almost instantly. Even as the first band was setting up the crowd had mostly packed their way in, front to back, ready to see the main act...

We Take a Fresh Look at National Ice Centre - The Big Local Venue With Room for Everyone

Having opened in April 2000, you might think by this point that you know all about the National Ice Centre. But that’s far from all that’s going on at their extensive base on Bolero Square...

Gig Review: Tom A. Smith at The Chameleon

At nineteen years old, most musicians are only just getting started in their music careers – but Tom A. Smith is not most musicians. The young singer-songwriter from Sunderland was born practically with a guitar in his hand, learning how to play from the age of four and then incredibly playing his first ever gig at The Cluny in Newcastle, aged just eight years old. Eleven years on from that monumental first gig, we went to catch him at The Chameleon as part of his mammoth 34-date UK tour...

We Chat to Neville Staple From The Specials Ahead of His Metronome Gig

Neville Staple has had an incredible career in the music industry. During his time with The Specials, they achieved eight top ten singles including two number ones. He then had another bite of the cherry with six top twenty singles with Fun Boy Three. We chat to the 'Original Rude Boy' ahead of his show at Metronome next month...

Standing in This Place: A New Statue Commemorating the Historical Women of Nottingham

In April of 2024, Rachel Carter & The Legacy Makers are due to raise a statue titled Standing in This Place in the rejuvenated Broadmarsh. It depicts two women hand in hand - a white female garment worker and an enslaved African woman. The project is still seeking fundraising so that it can stand life-size and do justice to its inspiration...

We Caught up With the NTU Observatory to Find Out About What Events Are Coming up in the Sky

Nottingham Trent University’s (NTU) Clifton Campus has been home to the Trent Astronomical Observatory since it was built in 2006. We caught up with Daniel Brown, an associate professor of astronomy at NTU who runs the NTU Observatory, to find out about what events are coming up in the sky and how you can get involved in astronomy around Nottingham…

In Photos: Baby Queen at Rescue Rooms

Baby Queen was only in Nottingham back in September, performing at Rough Trade, but less than two months later she returns once again, hot on the heels of the release of her debut album, Quarter Life Crisis, to headline Rescue Rooms...

Gig Review: Baby Tap at Rough Trade

After delving deep into the world of Baby Tap when she interviewed him back in September, Roxann Yus had the pleasure of attending his album release launch party for ENKI at Rough Trade last week...

We Chat to Paguro Upcycle, Nottingham’s Contemporary Upcycled Fashion and Home Accessories Brand

In recent years, sustainability in the fashion world has been a hot topic, but for Nottingham contemporary upcycled fashion and home accessories brand Paguro Upcycle, it’s been the bedrock of the brand since it first launched a decade ago. Paguro Upcycle has made a name for itself with its eye-catching pieces, made out of discarded items such as bike inner tube and wood off-cuts, which have been given a second life as jewellery, homewear, clothing and more.

Theatre Review: Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story

Sam Harvey reviews Diana: The Untold and Untrue Story at Nonsuch...

Film Review: Dream Scenario

Nicholas Cage flexes his comedic skills in Kristoffer Borgli's new absurdist comedy film...

In Photos: Pale Blue Eyes and CIEL at The Bodega

Hailing from Devon, Pale Blue Eyes bring their horizon-wide pop and compelling rhythms, which build on the great German kosmische Musik and on alt-rock sounds at their most artful, to The Bodega...