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Theatre Review: Kiss Me Kate by the West Bridgford Operatic Society at the Squire Performing Arts Centre
Thu 19 Feb 2026The West Bridgford Operatic Society puts on Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's famed musical that juggles a play within a play. Ambitious stuff. So how did they do...
Follow the stickers: Notts filmmaker Matt Watts on the stories behind sticker art on the streets
Mon 08 Sept 2025Hidden amongst the barrage of commercial advertisements and billboards that dominate our city landscape, the more curious among us may be drawn to some unusual markings; the plethora of quirky stickers plastered on lampposts, signs and electrical boxes. Follow the Stickers is a short film by Nottingham-based documentary filmmaker Matt Watts. Here he shares his journey of tangents, discovering artists, events and more obscure messages of the underground sticker world, and telling us why we should keep an eye out for them too…
Nottingham Arena Want Your Photos As Part of Their 25th Birthday Celebrations
Wed 23 Jul 2025As Nottingham’s biggest indoor music and entertainment venue continues to celebrate 25 years of unforgettable shows and memories, they are inviting you to be part of a special celebration…
Film Review: Polite Society
Mon 01 May 2023Is Polite Society one for your watchlist? We politely ask you to read this review and find out...
Film Expert Rich Johnson Muses on the Importance of Cinema to Society
Sun 26 Mar 2023Rich Johnson, film lecturer at Nottingham College and writer for Little White Lies and Arrow Video, takes a look at the importance of cinema to our society - and how the screen industry is constantly changing and challenging us…
Theatre Review: A One-Act Event by the West Bridgford Dramatic Society
Thu 14 Jul 2022This talented stage group continues to prove itself as a hub for up-and-coming talent...
We Chat to Sophie Gargett, the Nottingham-Based Editor of Creative Culture Magazine The Dilettante
Sun 16 Jan 2022Artists, agony aunts and adorable cats - ‘creative culture’ magazine The Dilettante really has it all. We hear from its Nottingham-based editor, Sophie Gargett, about what people can expect from this peculiar publication…
The Nottingham Anime and Manga Society Meet Every Week for Special Screenings, Events and More
Mon 03 Feb 2020Nottingham’s anime and manga society, aka NAMSOC, invited LeftLion to come to one of their weekly meetups to talk all things community, anime, and identity...
Art Works: Helena Tyce
Thu 21 Nov 2019The Savoy piece was created as an ode to an unsung hero of Nottingham architecture...
The Nottingham Comedy Festival Director Helen Stead: "It is important to remember that comedy is an outlet to escape from reality, people like to have a laugh to forget about their troubles."
Mon 28 Oct 2019Since its inception in 2009, The Nottingham Comedy Festival has been consistently bringing the laughs to our city year after year. With 2019 set to be the biggest and best festival yet, we caught up with co-founder and director Helen Stead…
Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Fri 12 Jul 2019Nottingham Shakespeare Company are bringing Oberon, Puck, Bottom and the gang to various locations around the city...
Art Review: Paint a Poppy Challenge and Open Day at The Society of All Artists in Newark
Thu 11 Apr 2019Newark holds the space used by the Society of All Artists, a cultural hub bringing creative people together to work, inspire and promote themselves both nationally and internationally. We headed down for their Open Day, to check out the society’s new group exhibition Paint a Poppy...
The Nottingham Astronomical Society Have Been Scanning the Skies for Decades
Mon 18 Mar 2019Anyone who casts their eyes skyward on the evening of Thursday 21 March might be treated with a view of the supermoon – a phenomenon whereby the moon appears especially large in the sky. One man guaranteed to be watching is John Hurst, chairman of the Nottingham Astronomical Society, a group dedicated to discovering the secrets of space...
Nusic Future Session: The Fine Art Society
Mon 10 Dec 2018New Nottingham music from this bunch of talented boggers...
Celebrating 100 Years of Women Gaining the Vote with Midlands Suffragettes
Fri 23 Nov 20186 February 2018 marked 100 years of 8.5 million women gaining their right to vote. Although it will be another decade before we celebrate 100 years of all women gaining the vote, it was a huge milestone in the step towards women’s rights being achieved...
Film Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Fri 27 Apr 2018Inspired by the 2008 novel of the same name, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society follows writer Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and her relationship with the strangely named book club on Guernsey island.
Nottingham Writers' Studio to Host Joint Networking Event with Society of Authors
Mon 26 Feb 2018Alright you literary lovelies, it’s time to sharpen those pencils and get them typing fingers at the ready — The Nottingham Writers’ Studio and the Society of Authors will be hosting their big networking event for 2018 on Saturday 3 March, following the Writing East Midlands Writer’s Conference. In preparation, we asked journalist, copywriter, and Writers’ Studio alumni Natalie Mills to have a chat with Society of Authors Head of Staff Anna Ganley about what can be expected on the night.
The Dilettante Society on Suffragette Helen Watts
Wed 08 Mar 2017"Votes for women will not be won by drawing-room chatter... it has got to be fought for in the market-places, and if we don't fight for it, no one else will"
Nottingham Secular Society Fracking Debate: INEOS Shale Vs Frackfree Nottinghamshire
Tue 28 Feb 2017With the news that there might be fracking potentially starting in Sherwood Forest still fresh in the mind, Nottingham Secular Society hosted a debate on the subject. Garry Harwood, CEO of INEOS Shale, and Dennis May from Frackfree Nottinghamshire were invited to debate the motion, "This house believes that fracking is intrinsically safe and will be of great benefit to the country"
Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review
Sat 28 Jan 2017We spoke to Ralph Lloyd-Jones about libraries, Lord Byron, and his new role editing together the Newstead Abbey Byron Society Review...
The Dilettante Society on Watson Fothergill
Sat 22 Oct 2016"The enchanting additions Fothergill made to our cityscape were the fruits of a curious mind captivated by beauty and dedicated to cultivating his aesthetic"
The Dilettante Society on Cornelius Brown
Tue 02 Aug 2016A charismatic raconteur, with notes scribbled upon his shirt cuffs, he would regale audiences with his tales both on the stage and around the dinner table