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Theatre Review: The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal

It delivers more genuine fear than most big-budget horrors...

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…

Night Creatures Podcast #2: Laurence and Steve from Smokescreen Soundsystem on thirty years of club nights, free parties, police, gangsters and more

Night Creatures is a new 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 over twenty years of experience of putting on great parties in the city...

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Remembering LGBTQ+ and woman's rights solicitor Laraine Del Buono

While Laraine Del Buono is remembered for her strong advocacy for LGBTQ+ and women's right her friends, Julian Griffiths and Carrie Salzedo recalls her commitment and passion towards work alongside her sense of humour and soprano voice.

Have you ever felt unsafe as a woman in Nottinghamshire? Your voice is needed

In a new campaign, Nottinghamshire Police are surveying women’s experience of feeling unsafe in public to drive positive change. 

Theatre Review: (the) Woman at Nottingham Playhouse

The triumph of M’s hit play is hijacked by motherhood. What happens now? This play gives the truths society would prefer not to know about...

Theatre maker Natalie Bellingham brings her one woman show to Nottingham

Ahead of her upcoming solo performance at Lakeside Arts, where comedy meets life’s biggest transitions, Emma Oldham caught up with Natalie Bellingham to uncover the hidden layers behind Look After Your Knees...

Local playwright Jane Upton on her brand new play (the) woman

Written by Nottingham’s own Jane Upton and shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize, (the) Woman is coming to Nottingham Playhouse this month. Following a woman struggling to balance her potential as a playwright with her responsibilities as a mother, it tackles hard truths about motherhood and conflicting identities. Jane was able to take the time out of her day to talk to us at LeftLion, having raced back from picking up arts and craft supplies for her children. But, as Jane herself puts it: “Sums it up, doesn’t it?”

Gig review: Man/Woman/Chainsaw at The Bodega

Let's face it: Man/Woman/Chainsaw should be on your ones-to-watch list. Hailing from London, the talented five-piece have been a true come-of-age story. Upheld in a vibrant and supportive DIY community, their debut EP Eazy Peazy has been snatching headlines with its theatrical beauty and joyous experimental frolics. During a celebratory tour, the band hit up Nottingham's beloved Bodega with a point to prove...

Notts actress Aisling Loftus talks about her one-woman play Girls and Boys currently at Nottingham Playhouse

Nottingham’s own Aisling Loftus comes to Nottingham Playhouse with one-woman play Girls and Boys, an award-winning depiction of how love can go badly wrong. She shares her journey with LeftLion…

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In photos: Deadletter at Rescue Rooms, with Modern Woman

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Joanna Eden [jazz]

Icelandic Weekend - Woman at War

A Working-class Woman Is Something to Be

Dr Rose Thompson: A Tribute to a Remarkable Woman

The life of Dr. Rose Thompson touched many, she would stop at nothing in trying to help those in need. Since her death in June 2023, the numerous communities and support groups she started as well as The Rose Thompson Foundation have continued to support those in times of need. Today we remember her with this tribute.

Theatre Review: The Woman in Black at Theatre Royal

Ian Kingsbury went along to The Woman in Black, a 'a nigh on perfect ghost story' currently showing at the Theatre Royal...

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Repulsive Woman + Saffron + Alice Weatherall

We Chat to Honey Williams About Being a Black Woman in the World of Art

Working as an artist, graphic designer, DJ and musical performer, it seems Honey Williams’ creativity holds no bounds, but the glamour of being a full-time artist comes with its ups and downs. Especially when your work centres on race, size and gender. We dropped in to see Honey at City Arts where she has a studio, to discuss art, creativity and being a Black woman in the art world.

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Newark Book Festival 2023 - Joanna Cannon, Will You Read This, Please?

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