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Nottingham Comedy Festival 2026: chatting to the performers

Wed 21 Oct 2026

Starting Friday 30 October, the Nottingham Comedy Festival is back, bringing ten days of national talent and hilarity to bars, pubs and clubs of Nottingham. We spoke to a few comedians involved to find out what’s so funny…

Nadia on… Pride in Place

Wed 07 Oct 2026

Nadia Whittome, Labour MP for Nottingham East, discusses the Pride in Place community engagement and the Pride in Place programme in St Ann’s East, Broxtowe/Cinderhill and Clifton....

Exhibition Review: Rosemary Wels, A Retrospective at the Nottingham Society of Artists

Fri 02 Oct 2026

Rosemary Wels’ final exhibition at the Nottingham Society of Artists is as educational as it is impressive as you walk through the story of her career from school sketches to Nottingham rainy-night landscapes.

Gig review: Sports Team at Metronome

Thu 01 Oct 2026

The news this past week has all been about one sports team, one that has been up to all sorts of things, creating chaos in the process. No, this isn’t the biggest scandal in the history of sport, but a chaos brought about by the end of a storming tour. Tonight was the final leg, and, as the cliché goes, you save the best till last. Sports Team’s chaos was being put to good use, better than the dishonourable chaos that a certain other sports team has been found guilty of…

Comedy Interview: Ben Macpherson from Nottingham Comedy Festival

Wed 30 Sept 2026

Ben is a familiar face on the Nottingham comedy circuit, including Club Wormhole and Apple of Discord. And in November he's one of the acts at the Nottingham Comedy Festival. He shares some of his comedy secrets with Left Lion...

Gig review: Gurriers at Rough Trade

Wed 30 Sept 2026

The confines of the Rough Trade stage proved to be no barrier for Gurriers and their signature manic energy...

Gig review: The Sisters of Mercy at Rock City

Tue 29 Sept 2026

The Sisters of Mercy proved beyond any shadow of doubt that they are still at the forefront of the Gothic music scene, with a breathtaking and flawless performance at a packed Rock City, that will likely linger in the memory of the those there for a long time to come...