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Meriel Does Nottingham in Parliament Day

Loads of people and organisations from our city went down to the capital to show them what's what when it comes to Nottingham. Luckily, our Meriel was on hand to give us some commentary...

How Comedian Josh Howie Spends A Day in Notts

The international comedian tells us how he likes to kill time in our fair city before making with the funny in the evening…

Mayhem Film Festival 2016: Day Four

Don't Kill It, Creepy, I Am Not a Serial Killer, and The Void kept us busy on the final day

Mayhem Film Festival 2016: Day Three

A packed Saturday of features kept our fragile little minds occupied

Mayhem Film Festival 2016: Day Two

A Friday evening of We Are The Flesh, The Rezort, The Greasy Strangler and Planet of the Vampires

Mayhem Film Festival 2016: Day One

The opening evening gave us a live performance, Raw, and the UK premiere of Headshot

Live Music Review: The Nottingham Pop All-Dayer at The Maze

celebrating ten years of all things jingly and jangly

National Poetry Day: Henry Normal and Matthew Welton Poems

Two previously unpublished poems from the Godfathers of poetry, especially for National Poetry Day

National Poetry Day: Henry Normal and Matthew Welton

We spoke to the two Nottingham poets about their upcoming collaboration

7 Wordy Endeavours for National Poetry Day in Nottingham

There's loads of stuff to be getting up to, reading, and listening in on for National Poetry Day in Nottingham

Football Documentary: Shaun Barker: 1,065 Days

Local filmmaker Ashley Carter is documenting the story of a Derby County player's rehabilitation after a horrific knee injury...

Nottingham Pop All-Dayer 2016

Returning to The Maze on 1 October for its tenth annual event, and it's a cornucopia of indie pop loveliness

Motormouf Goes To The National Videogame Arcade

We sent our vlogger Alex 'Motormouf' Young to the National Videogame Arcade to play loads of games and reminisce about his childhood

Nottingham: A Day in the Life - A Poem by Carol Savage

Molly Goes To The Launch of Nottingham in Parliament Day

We sent our awesome vlogger Molly to the launch of Nottingham in Parliament Day up at the castle

7 Reasons To Visit The National Videogame Arcade

Stuck for what to do today? Not anymore, yer not

Abigail Parry: The National Videogame Arcade's Poet-in Residence

"I'm amused by the perception of poetry as a vague, airy-fairy thing, all fine sentiment and swooning over the daffodils. Poems have always felt quite dangerous to me"

Green Day's American Idiot

It’s a bit like watching Grease on Speed. At times some of it might seem a little saccharine, but frankly you’d have to be churlish to not enjoy the spectacle

Pint of Science Day Two - The Future of Food

Getting stuck into the science surrounding issues with food, including conservation, sustainability and a good bit of mould

Pint of Science Day One - Mind Psychology

Peeling back the layers of the mind that lead to addiction, the way we vote and what leads us to kill

Review: D. H Lawrence, By Night and Day

"Lawrence isn’t capable of writing a comedy. He’s far to up his own arse. But he does have a gift for dialogue and like all writers worth their salt he can pin down the motivations of characters"

National Vegetarian Week

We're never going to tell you how to live your life here at LeftLion, but we love a good opinion

Record Store Day 2016 in Nottingham

"It was with a heavy heart that we had to say goodbye to The Music Exchange last month. It's never nice to see another record store closing its doors, especially during a time when vinyl is supposedly in such rude health that even Sainsbury's are considering stocking it"

8 Nottingham Restaurants to Take Your Main Squeeze on Valentine's Day

We've broken down some of the best places in Notts to grab a bite with your loved one this Valentine's Day...

I Believe in Miracles: The New Nottingham Forest Documentary Revelling in the Glory Days

We review the Nottingham Forest documentary, showing at Broadway Cinema this week