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If there was any doubt that the Yorkshire band Deadletter have become one of the UK's most exciting live bands, their sold-out Rescue Rooms show on Friday night quickly changed the storytelling...

Pick Six: Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode

Mon 01 Jun 2026

For this month’s Pick Six we turned to award-winning Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode who will be performing at Lakeside Arts on 11 June as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival.

Red Sea FC: the refugee football team building community through the beautiful game

Sat 23 May 2026

Red Sea FC are a hardworking local football team. Founded in 2019, they provide a welcoming found- family and shared cause for refugees living in Nottingham. Freya Peters heads to the Forest Rec to meet founder Ezedin Osman to find out what motivates him and how the players are finding community far away from home…

Competition: Win A Family Pass for Gloworm Festival 2026

Tue 05 May 2026

We’ve teamed up with Gloworm Festival to give two lucky familes a truly magical adventure at Gloworm Festival, taking place at Thoresby Park this summer...

Boo the bad guy: the wacky cinematic world of local promoter Will Bailey

Mon 04 May 2026

Will Bailey is a Nottingham film and events promoter, producing just about anything you could imagine (and a few things which only he could imagine), from Stars In Their Eyes all-dayers to so-bad-it’s-good movies screened at the Notts Bad Movie Club. His latest venture – Boo the Bad Guy – is a new multi-activity celebration of cult cinema, taking place in multiple venues which, more often than not, aren’t cinemas. He tells us more about it, while also reminiscing on past moments of movie magic he’s brought to Notts…

Family Fest

Mon 04 May 2026

Theatre Interview: Sam Harry Macgregor actor and writer from Hold The Line at Nottingham Arts Theatre

Wed 08 Apr 2026

Hold the Line is a new play coming to the Nottingham Arts Theatre that lifts the lid on life and work at the NHS 111 telephone service. Rising star Sam Harry Macgregor, who wrote and stars in the play, talks to Leftlion about the journey...

Notts County goalkeeper James Belshaw on his storied life in football

Tue 31 Mar 2026

Born and raised in Clifton in a Notts County-supporting household, James Belshaw took a circular route to finally becoming Notts County’s goalkeeper. After dropping out of the Magpies youth system in 2005, at the age of 35 he finally signed for the club last January. This followed a journey via the USA, the English National Leagues, two play-off final wins for Harrogate (including one against Notts), and player of the season award at the Bristol Rovers…

Paul Draper

Sat 28 Mar 2026

Gig review: St. Paul & the Broken Bones at Rock City, with Tyler Ballgame

Sun 01 Feb 2026

Birmingham, Alabama became a whole lot closer as Nottingham's Rock City played host to the eight-piece whirlwind that is St. Paul and the Broken Bones...

Evil Scarecrow, sing-a-longs, family theatre and late night parties: here's what's on this week in Notts 15-21 December 2025

Mon 15 Dec 2025

Twas the week before Christmas and all through Notts, festive parties and happenings are afoot! Here's some of our top picks of the week...

Fact to Fiction: From Journalism to Crime Writer

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Bon journal: writer Andrew Tucker Leavis on launching the New Nottingham Journal

Wed 03 Dec 2025

All that Nottingham’s literary scene was missing, said poet Rory Waterman, was a “name-brand literary journal”. Grace Sanders speaks to Andrew Tucker Leavis, Editor-in-Chief of the New Nottingham Journal, about how he decided to rectify that issue, with LeftLion’s help…