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Huey Morgan, The Fun Lovin’ Criminal: 2026 Autumn Tour

The Official Red Dwarf Convention - Autographs and Photoshoots

Em-Con Nottingham 2026 - Autographs and Photoshoots

Joel Sarakula (AUS) at The Grove, Nottingham

Night Creatures Podcast #6: Oli Gibbons from Tumble Audio, Risque Rhodes and Build Beats on Notts and Rave Culture

Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city.

In photos: Au Pairs at Metronome, with Gina Birch

Legendary post-punk band Au Pairs took the roof off Metronome as they celebrated 45 years of their album Playing with a Different Sex. Support came from a special guest: Nottingham-born Gina Birch...

Beyond Van Gogh and Beyond Monet launches yoga sessions alongside their immersive Nottingham summer exhibition

Fancy doing some stretches to a backdrop of Van Gogh's Starry Night? Or perfecting your balance while staring at Monet's The Beach at Sainte-Adresse? Nottingham art lovers have the opportunity take part in a unique series of yoga sessions this summer set amid some of the world’s most mesmerising masterpieces.

Au Pairs

Au Pairs

The Unravelling of Mary Reddish: author David Whitfield talks about his novel which draws from the history of asylums in Notts

Long before madness had a diagnosis, it had consequences. The Unravelling of Mary Reddish takes readers back to Georgian Nottingham, a world where sanity was judged through gender, reputation, and a strict social order. Katie Barr speaks to the author of the novel – David Whitfield – who drew on real asylum records from Nottingham to show how quickly a life can be unmade once those in power decide your mind is the problem. 

Audience… With Professor Peter Murphy

Audience… Gen Next

Miss Fletcher's War - Auditions

Classical Music Review: The Aurora Orchestra at the Royal Concert Hall

The Aurora Orchestra returned to Nottingham with four outstanding but contrasting classics. They also gave a demonstration of their unique performance style...  

Aurora Prize for Writing 2025 Award Ceremony

Audience… With Alan Simpson + Chris Carter

Audition for 'the Glad Game'

Journalist and author Frances Ryan on her new book and life as a woman with disabilities

Nottingham journalist and author Frances Ryan is Britain’s leading writer and activist for disabled people. She has spent years calling out reckless government policies and social ignorance towards disability, and been a beacon for people living with disabilities. This year she released a new book describing the daily differences of living with a disability. We caught up with her for a chat…

Free, Online Creative Writing Groups for Autistic Writers In the North

Creative writing workshop with children's author Ruth Quayle

Free, Online Creative Writing Group for Autistic Young Poets

Artist Hetain Patel on his new audio visual show and his early career spent in Notts

Hetain Patel is an English visual artist specialising in performance, sculpture, video and photography. Born and brought up in Bolton, his work is influenced by identity, his family's Indian heritage and mainstream Western pop culture. Hetain came to Nottingham in 2000 as a Fine Art student and spent more than a decade here before spreading his wings; exhibiting in Norway, India, Belgium and more. He’s back with his latest work as part of nottdance Festival 2025…

Free, Online Creative Writing Workshops for Global Majority, Autistic Writers

Bonniesongs (australia), Natalie Evans & Hexcut

John Lewis Autumn/winter 2025 Showcase