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LeftLion's Latest Listens #28: Notts music we're currently spinning

Sun 10 Aug 2025

With summer at its height, here's what our music team has been listening to recently. In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, we review releases from Antonio Panzera, Marvin's Revenge, Richard Snow and EMiDORA & Darling I Dreamt

Behind the curtain of Niche Artefact: the Notts collective combining cabaret, art, and storytelling

Fri 08 Aug 2025

Studio 54, surrealism, mythology, erotica, the Golden Age of Hollywood… These are just a few of the intriguing themes of Niche Artefact, an artist showcase combining drag, cabaret, circus, art, and storytelling. Ahead of their two-year anniversary showcase next month, we spoke to founder Robin Da Silva to find out how they are bringing flamboyance, inclusivity, and creativity to the city’s creative LGBTQI+ scene…

Art Works: Solomon Lewis Hunter, leader and costume maker at Inspire Urself carnival troupe

Wed 06 Aug 2025

For this month’s Artworks, ahead of Nottingham Carnival, we spoke to Solomon Lewis Hunter, who leads and designs costumes for the local carnival troupe Inspire Urself.

Left Magpie: August 2025 The First Match

Tue 05 Aug 2025

Julian McDougall is back with his thoughts on the opening game of the season (Notts County v Newport)...

Street photographer Charlie Valentine talks Nottingham: Urban Decline, her series currently displayed at New Art Exchange

Tue 05 Aug 2025

When it comes to versatile photographers, Charlie Valentine certainly stands out in Notts, having made her name with grimy, analogue street photography, printmaking, and photography workshops. Currently, her series Nottingham: Urban Decline is featured at the ongoing Open exhibition at the New Art Exchange - she tells us all about this series, plus life as a photographer.

Art auctions, fundraisers and gigs: Here's what's on in Notts this week, 28 July- 3 Aug

Tue 29 Jul 2025

This week is packed full of summer fun for all ages. The creative scene is busy with auctions, gigs, yard parties and more to keep you on your toes and soaking up the summer sun. Here are our picks for this week...

Art Works: digital and canvas artist Abby Prior

Mon 28 Jul 2025

For this month’s Artworks we spoke to Abby Prior, whose digital-inspired works are part of the currently ongoing New Art Exchange Open exhibition.

Our July cover artist Beth Gillespie on her Major Oak inspired cover

Sat 26 Jul 2025

This month’s cover artist Beth Gillespie talks about art, folklore and finding fantasy in reality.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #27: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 25 Jul 2025

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Davoli & Jess Beer, Vona Vella, LYVIA, Dirt Bloom and Hallowed Men...

Not(t) Art: the arts and crafts pub night bringing people together

Tue 22 Jul 2025

Aiming to take the ‘art out of the gallery and into the community’, the Not(t) Art Collective is a new project that hopes to provoke interest from people who wouldn’t necessarily ‘do’ art. Taking place at The Barley Twist pub on Carrington Street, the collective looks to engage people in a range of social creative activities; from portrait drawing socials, to bring your own arts-and-crafts evenings, to the bare essentials - life drawing! We spoke to Matt Smith, founder of the Collective about his motivations for starting the group.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #26: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 18 Jul 2025

In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, we take a deep dive into the new album from Midnight Rodeo...

Counselling, community, and café cosiness: inside Maid Marian Way's new Pride Shop

Thu 17 Jul 2025

This year will be the first Nottingham Pride since The Pride Shop on Maid Marian Way opened its doors to the public. More than just a shop, it offers a safe space to the LGTBQ+ community in Nottingham through support groups, events and counselling, as well as a cosy café. We spoke to founder Jake Hook about his motivations for setting up the business and its impact on the city.

Nottingham's new print journal launches crowdfunding campaign

Wed 09 Jul 2025

Founded by LeftLion literature editor Andrew Tucker Leavis, the New Nottingham Journal is an upcoming print journal, set to showcase the work of writers from both Nottingham and further afield. With a crowdfunding campaign now launched, Andrew tells us more about this exciting new project.

Nature's song: artist and academic Caroline Locke on her work with Sherwood Forest's Major Oak

Mon 07 Jul 2025

Artist and Derby Uni’s Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Arts, Caroline Locke is known throughout the country for her imaginative work with sculpture, light, and sound. Six of her creations are currently featured in FOREST: an ongoing exhibition at Nottingham Castle - in light of that she told us more about how forests ( particularly Sherwood Forest and the Major Oak) have become a central part of her art practice in recent years.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #25: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 04 Jul 2025

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Parisa East, Torn Sail, Those Once Loyal and Mollie Ralph...

Cherelle Fulton tells us about Behind Closed Doors: a program spotlighting creative women in Notts

Tue 01 Jul 2025

Over at New Art Exchange, Behind Closed Doors is creating a new space for women in the creative industries to connect, collaborate and reshape the scene in Nottingham. Co-ordinator Cherelle Fulton discusses what fuelled her projects, including live music night Can’t Stand The Rain, the importance of community and connectivity, and creating safe spaces for women.

Stage review: a beautiful night of drag, burlesque and art with Niche Artefact

Mon 30 Jun 2025

Thursday night saw a flamboyant jamboree of creativity and performance as Niche Artefact returned to Revolución de Cuba for a beautiful night of drag, burlesque and art...

Out of Time: the lost history of Nottingham revealed in a new book by Joseph Earp

Tue 24 Jun 2025

Having recently published a new book that tracks the peculiar history of lost Nottingham buildings, Nottingham Hidden History team leader Joseph Earp told history editor CJ De Barra about how he took a detailed trip through time, discovering many of the stories hidden in our city streets.

Review: 28 Years Later

Mon 23 Jun 2025

We review the sequel to Danny Boyle's classic, 28 Weeks Later. We ask ourselves, 'What if zombies, but pretentious..?'

Theatre Review: The Nottingham Drag Pageant at The Nottingham Arts Theatre

Sun 22 Jun 2025

It’s official- Nottingham cannot get enough of drag- and it knows how to do it better than most cities!...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #24: Notts music we're currently spinning

Fri 20 Jun 2025

In the latest edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Cappo, Dorothy Ella. GIRLBAND!, The Doctor's Orders Collective and We Are Sovereign...

Our June cover artist Lily Keogh talks festivals and perfectionism

Thu 19 Jun 2025

This month’s cover artist Lily Keogh talks about festivals, neurodivergence and perfectionism.

Exhibition Review: Country Lives at Lakeside Arts

Tue 17 Jun 2025

Over at Lakeside Arts, the current exhibition ‘Country Lives’ explores the use and depiction of the English countryside over the last 200 years. We went down to check it out…

Setting the stage: catching up with the Nottingham Playhouse's artistic director Adam Penford

Thu 12 Jun 2025

Over the last few years the Nottingham Playhouse has become one of the most buzzing regional theatres in the UK. Originally established in 1948, the venue has a long history of attracting quality actors like Sir Ian McKellen, Dame Judi Dench, Hugh Grant, Vicky McClure and Mark Gatiss to perform its stage. With a clutch of new awards and accolades over the last couple of years, we thought it high time to catch up with their artistic director Adam Penford…

We chat to filmmaker Naphat Boonyaprapa about his newest short Blossoming Hearts

Mon 09 Jun 2025

I sat down in a Notts cafe with Naphat Boonyaprapa, a young writer, director, and filmmaker, based in Nottingham, to chat about his latest short film, Blossoming Hearts.

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