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Readers, prepare your confetti. 2025 marks our first decade as a UNESCO City of Literature - with many more, we hope, to come. Since 2015, Nottingham City of Literature has been honouring their commitment to building better futures with words, especially for our young people. This has included working with local educational institutions to enhance literacy, facilitating career events for blossoming creatives, and fostering global connections with Nottingham’s UNESCO sister cities. We took a look at what they’ve achieved so far….
Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary gatherings, and how did they fit into the politics of the time? We asked the individuals who lived out those joyful days firsthand about the history of sound-systems in Nottinghamshire and beyond.
What do fried chicken and fine dining have in common? More than you might think if you know where to look. From the Michelin-star menus of Alchemilla to a Mollis takeover of the kitchens at Saltbox bar, Alex Bond is on a mission to elevate the Nottingham dining scene. We took a trip down to Derby Road for a chat with the star chef.
This summer Nottingham's favourite fried chicken masters Mollis are bringing their banging burgers, wings, and tenders to gig-goers and hockey fans with a takeover of the kitchens at live music and sports bar Saltbox in Bolero Square.
Way back in the sixties, Doctor Who hit the big screen with a double-whammy of Dr. Who and the Daleks and Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. - we see if they hold up in the 21st century...
The Hallé's treatment of Bond themes from the 1950s to 2020s will leave you shaken with emotion and stirred by passion...
As they get set to celebrate their 25th anniversary with a long-overdue reunion, Elizabeth O'Riordan looks back on the impact of Quadrant Sound System...
We caught up with the legendary director ahead of the release of his latest documentary, An Artist's Eyes...
Here in Nottingham, fine dining can be a bit up its own arse. If you’re looking for a ten-course summat special to treat your main squeeze to, you can expect to remortgage your house around these parts. Now, though, there’s a new restaurant on the block that aims to take the stuffiness out of the whole experience. Previous employee of Sat Bains and head chef at Turners, Alex Bond has opened Alchemilla on Derby Road following a few supper clubs at Wired Cafe on Pelham Street, and it’s got the local gums flapping. With chatter about the restaurant’s potential to be graced with a Michelin star, we hit up Alex to find out why he doesn’t give a toss…
It was mackerel, miso-baked aubergine and pork belly, among other delicious treats, for us as we headed down to Pelham Street’s Wired Cafe...
A major part of the Bond experience, everyone's got a favourite. With the nitty gritty about every one of them, plus some 'lost' ones, we're sold
You may know him as the classic Bond villain Blofeld, or maybe Dr Loomis from John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise. One of the most prolific actors in history, even if you’ve been residing under a rock you’ve probably seen Donald Pleasence on the telly or at the cinema. Joey Bell of Kino Klubb explains why three Nottingham film clubs have come together to celebrate his work with Pleasfest.
Love him or loathe him, Tarantino has made an indelible mark on cinema's history
With The Dark Knight Rises about to explode, we trawl through the history of Batman films...
Photos from Dilk's collection and from behind the scenes at the LeftLion #46 cover shoot
Crap jobs in the City of Nottingham, 600AD - 2008AD: A Retrospective
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