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How Dale Harvey's 'Great British Pub Crawl' became a social media sensation

Dale Harvey is a man on a mission to champion and save British Pubs. A former publican, in March 2022 he, alongside his partner Holly Booth, set themselves the challenge to visit every pub in Notts. A year or two later, having completed this, they expanded to covering all the pubs in England, Scotland and Wales too. Thus the social media sensation The Great British Pub Crawl was born. Four years, 9500+ beers and over 300k social media followers later ‘Professional Drinker’ Dale is fast closing in on visiting his 10,000th pub…

Pick Six: Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode

For this month’s Pick Six we turned to award-winning Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode who will be performing at Lakeside Arts on 11 June as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival.

Binks Yard Film Club - The Greatest Showman

14 great music festivals in and around Nottingham for 2026

You can feel it starting... The evenings are lighter and the first warm weekends spark everybody into optimism, and suddenly someone shares a line-up in a group chat and writes, ‘We have to go!’

Across Nottinghamshire and the wider east midlands, 2026 is shaping up to be another packed one. Big-name headliners, grassroots weekends, city takeovers and quieter escapes all sit side-by-side. If you want to start planning your festival season soon, here are some suggestions. 

Ben Martin Quartet Presents Full Gas [ the Great American Songbook]

Sunday Service: eight great spots in Notts for a roast

As we move through winter, the season of traditional British roast dinners is upon us. Here we’ve picked out eight of our favourite city centre spots to hide away for a feast with your friends and family…

Audience… With Professor Peter Murphy

Black Grape - It's Great When You're Straight... Yeah! @ 30

The Great Nottingham Christmas Singalong! With Crazy Little Sing Called Pub

Audience… Gen Next

Beeston Civic Design Awards 2025

Artist and actor Heather Agyepong on her latest exhibition at New Art Exchange

Heather Agyepong is a British-Ghanaian photographer, visual artist and actor based in London. In 2024 she entered her work into the New Art Exchange Open and won one of the awards. This led to her current solo exhibition From Sunrise to Sunset, She Worked to Reform Herself: Part 1 which is on show in the city until January. She told us more about her intriguing art practice, finding space for rest and life as an actor…

Audience… With Alan Simpson + Chris Carter

Volbeat: Greatest Of All Tours

Ben Martin Quartet Presents Full Gas [the Great American Songbook]

Oily Cart & Polyglot Theatre Present Great Big Tiny World

Deacon Blue | the Great Western Road Trip

Seven great Notts spots for thrifted and vintage fashion

In celebration of Second Hand September, fashion editor, Addie Kenogbon-Harley gives us the lowdown on how to grab a bargain, look after the planet and get your hands on the best thrifted treasures this month.

How to Build Heritage: Architectural Legacy, Today + Tomorrow

Paw Patrol Live - the Great Pirate Adventure

How the Queer Adventure Collective are connecting the LGBTQ+ community in the great outdoors

As much as we don’t endorse stereotypes at LeftLion, there is something to be said about the correlation between a large proportion of the Queer community, and the outdoors – we bloody love a hike! Queer Adventure Collective (QAC) began in March and is the Midlands’ new (and rapidly growing) LGBTQIA+ group. LeftLion caught up with founder Meg Atkinson, to talk about everything adventure. 

The Influencer Presents Bingo Bonanza! - Disco Bingo-Quiz-Karaoke

The Influencer Presents Bingo Bonanza! - Disco Bingo - Quiz - Karaoke!

Binks Yard Film Club - The Greatest Showman

The Great Green Wall