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Professor Elemental + Mr B The Gentleman Rhymer + Thomas Benjamin Wild Esq.

Boomslang Live At The Mist Rolling Inn

Stirring things up: meeting the voices behind local chronic illness and business podcast 3Spoonies

Running a successful podcast is quite the task in itself, but what happens when you pair it with chronic illness, fluctuating energy levels, and times when you feel like your body is fighting against you? Emily Davies sat down to talk to the minds behind 3Spoonies, a Nottinghamshire-based podcast hosted by Karen Duncan, Claire Napper, and Jo O’Neil, about everything from balancing their work and home lives to how we can make entrepreneurship more inclusive.

Me & Mr Jones Quartet [jazz/soul/blues]

Love, Anger & Betrayal, With Jonathon Porritt

Love, Anger & Betrayal, With Jonathon Porritt

Southwell Scriptorium Writers Meeting- Online/ In-person

The Boom Yeh [ Jazz Funk]

Southwell Scriptorium Writers Meeting- Online/ In-person

Gig review: The Boomtown Rats at the Royal Concert Hall

The Boomtown Rats demonstrated they are still very much a force to be reckoned with in today’s music scene with a powerful performance at Nottingham’s Royal Concert Hall - the opening date of the band's 50th birthday tour...

A laughing matter: meeting four performers at the Nottingham Comedy Festival 2025

The Nottingham Comedy Festival returns between Friday 31 October - Sunday 9 November for its 17th year, and will see a diversity of comedians from across the country visit Notts for ten days of unparalleled fun and laughter. Wondering what to expect? Below we meet four performers featured on the festival line-up…

The Horn / the Boomtown Rats

Southwell Scriptorium Writers Meeting- Online/ In-person

The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse

Meeting local actor Charles Evans, who's running a backwards marathon for charity

In an effort to raise money for Autism East Midlands, a local charity supporting autistic people and their families, Notts local - Charles Evans - a creative, an actor, and autistic person himself takes on part challenge, part statement: a backwards marathon that’s as much about community and visibility as it is about proving that difference is strength. We spoke to Charles about his mission to celebrate neurodiversity and Out Of Order, a documentary being made about his training and self-discovery…

Feeling supersonic: how Sonic Boom Festival is boosting the arts in Burton-on-Trent

Sonic Boom Festival might only be in its second year, but it’s already made a mighty bang in the nearby Burton-on-Trent — and if founders and organisers Chris Baldwin and Andi Jepson have anything to do with it, the aftershocks are just getting started.

Playwright Caroline Bird on writing The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse

The Playhouse continues its streak of consequential new plays with the upcoming The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse, starring Maxine Peake behind those infamous horn-rimmed spectacles. Caroline Bird speaks to Leftlion about how and why she wrote about the 'most dangerous woman in Britain'... 

Walk With an Expert: Beeston: Street Art Central

Stand Up to Racism Public Meeting With Guest Speakers

Me & Mr Jones Quartet [jazz/soul/blues]

In photos: Mr.B The Gentleman Rhymer at JT Soar, with Revenge of Calculon

Revenge Of Calculon Vs Mr B the Gentleman Rhymer.

Mr.Bison

93-year-old Edna Owen recounts meeting her husband at The Palais in 1950

This month's cover, illustrated by our designer Natalie Owen, draws inspiration from the generations of dance at The Palais. Adding a personal touch, Natalie spoke to her grandma, Edna Owen, about how her grandparents first met there.

Me & Mr Jones Quartet [jazz/soul/blues]