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Bulwell Academy Student Wins University of Cambridge Prize

Diego A. Fernandes, a Year 10 student at The Bulwell Academy, Nottingham, has been announced as the winner of the University of Cambridge/First Story creative writing competition...

Emma Oldham Wins Oxford Flash Fiction Prize

In recent years there’s been more recognition that a short story’s impact isn’t limited by its brevity. Flash Fiction has blossomed into its own discrete art form - and we’re now pleased to say that we have a champion of the form among us...

Meet the Holocaust Survivor: Q&a With Simon Winston Bem

An Afternoon With Simon Winston Bem, Holocaust Survivor

Stanley Middleton's Booker Prize finds a new home in Nottingham

Fifty years after he became the first ever joint winner of the Booker prize, we join a celebration of Stanley Middleton at Nottingham Central Library.

Poetry Masterclass With Malika Booker

LeftLion Contributor Scott Oliver Wins Prestigious Cricket Literary Prize

Former LeftLion sports editor, Scott Oliver, has won one of cricket’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Wisden Book of the Year, for his debut book Sticky Dogs & Stardust. The book is a collection of essays detailing the exploits of some of the sport’s bona fide legends – among them the former Notts players Garfield Sobers, Kevin Pietersen, Andre Russell and Imran Tahir - when they turned out in league cricket alongside enthusiastic amateurs who they were expected to dominate. Oliver himself also played at Wollaton CC for a time. To celebrate Scott's success we are delighted to present this extract from the book – covering Pietersen’s troubled stint at Cannock – along with an exclusive discount code.

We Speak to Festival Booker Joe Patten Ahead of This Year’s Beat the Streets

Tomorrow, Beat the Streets Festival will return to the streets of Nottingham. We spoke to festival booker Joe Patten to gain his perspective on the festival’s continued success since 2018...

Manchester Wins Slamovision 2023

Manchester’s Esther Koch is the winner of Slamovision 2023, against the finest spoken word artists across the UNESCO Cities of Literature network...

From Romeo and Juliet to Russell Howard, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week

Comedy, romance, romantic-comedy - Notts has it all...

Interview: The Voice UK's Mark Howard On His Journey To The Final

Our Music Editor Gemma Cockrell chats to Nottingham's Mark Howard about his journey to becoming a The Voice UK Finalist...

National Justice Museum Wins Prestigious Award for Work During Lockdown

The Museum was recognised for its popular 'Make it Yours: Workshops in an Envelope' project...

Man Alive! Readings from Man Booker Prize Shortlist at Lakeside Arts

This October, the best and brightest of the literary world will be celebrated in this year's Man Booker Prize 2017. We decided to head on down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre for a reading from some of this year's shortlisted authors. 

Russell Howard to Headline Nottingham Spiegeltent This October

Yep, you heard us right. The TV funnyman is coming to our humble Nottingham and he's headlining the Spiegeltent

Debbie Bryan Wins Notts Top Indie Shop

The Lace Market-based gift shop and tea room has today been voted as the best independent business by Nottingham BID

Chanel Cresswell Wins TV BAFTA

The This Is England actress wins big at this year's ceremony

Howard Marks as Remembered by Writer Michael Eaton

"He believed in what he did. He never, as far as I know, dealt in any ‘harder’ drugs. He was a champion of free speech and freedom of action. He had a fine mind"

Creative Quarter Nottingham Wins European Enterprise Promotion Award

A lot of people have been confused about what the CQ is, but the company has been doing loads to help the city push forward

Interview: Winston Graham

Equipped with a cheeky grin and a bag full of vinyl, Winston Graham (aka Winnie, DJ Win, and Mr Blender) has been spinning certified Motown, soul, dub and reggae bangers on the Nottingham circuit since 1974. A born and bred Radford lad, and now back on the scene, we had a natter about all things Notts, as well as the iPod and laptop plague.

Mr Stitch Films: Anthony Winson

We interview the Nottingham based filmmaker who has just made a feature film set in a haunted house

Interview: Alison Moore

Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel The Lighthouse explores grief, helplessness and abandonment in a style  that threatens to crash against the rocks at any moment. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it’s the  first glimmer from an important new writer...  

May Contain Notts: Dec 2010-Jan 2011

Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: The Christmas Market, EDL, World Cup stadia, chavs on the bus and Poundland's VAT hit

May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2010

Overview of the last two months with: Goose Fair, Cypress Hill off-licence, Dobby banned by Eastwood school, Broad Marsh revamp goes down the pan

Sideshow 2010 Events

A guide to the fringe events of this years British Art Show, which are on right now in a place near you

Preview: GameCity5

Nottingham kicks off a week-long videogaming sesh with the return of GameCity, but be warned: lolling about on sofas is not encouraged