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In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from The Littlemen feat. Hector Moralez, Lucy Crisp, Darling I Dreamt and Kid Spirit...

Boutique chic: a look inside Flying Horse Walk's high fashion outlet Gigi Bottega

Wed 10 Dec 2025

Nestled in the heart of the city centre at Flying Horse Walk, Gigi Bottega has quietly clothed a range of stars and fashion-savvy style lovers for ten years. As thousands of shoppers gear up to hit the city and get their hands on Christmas treasures, we talk to owners Gabriella Trivigno and her mum Debra Trivigno about how this hidden boutique is flying the flag for independent luxury fashion in Notts.

It’s up for debate when exactly Grandma’s House last played in Nottingham. With a little help from the crowd, it’s narrowed down to sometime in 2021 that they last occupied The Bodega stage. The intervening four years have seen the group iterate and further define their sound, moving the needle from post-punk to what feels tonight more like garage-rock, leading to a barnstorming gig that's a throwback to the early-00s, as fun as it is fierce...

The Pumping House Wedding Fair

Sun 05 Oct 2025

Theatre Review: Inspector Morse House of Ghosts at Theatre Royal

Wed 01 Oct 2025

The iconic 80s and 90s TV detective is back for a new live theatre mystery involving a delve through his own past and a play-in-a-play plot...

Inspector Morse - House Of Ghosts

Tue 30 Sept 2025

Peggy’s House Band Ft. Rachel Foster – the Music Of Peggy Lee

Sun 28 Sept 2025

Waste Nott want not: the Sherwood zero-waste outlet flying the flag for sustainable shopping

Fri 26 Sept 2025

We may be used to the blaring brands and excess packaging of supermarkets, but in many neighbourhoods in Nottingham a more sustainable option exists for buying groceries in independent zero waste shops. We spoke to Liz Thomas, a director and volunteer at Sherwood’s Waste Nott, to learn how the small not-for-profit is making an impact by cutting down unnecessary packaging and waste.

Kelham House Country Manor Wedding Fair

Sun 21 Sept 2025

Flying colours: a look inside legendary local paint shop Montana

Sat 06 Sept 2025

A cornerstone of Nottingham’s creative scene, Montana has made a name for itself as not just a paints shop, but a hub for local artists of all kinds – thanks to partners Sylvia and Dilk behind the business. Whilst Dilk is a well-known local artist Sylvia’s recently been taking the lead on some exciting collaborative projects. We sat down with her to chat about the importance of the local creative community, and the shop’s international reach…

Peggy’s House Band Play Blues & Ballads

Sun 24 Aug 2025

Agitating the Lawless Rabble

Sat 09 Aug 2025

Our house: inside the communities who are bringing co-operative living to Nottingham

Sat 28 Jun 2025

Established in 2001, Neds is a housing co-operative in Nottingham, where members live in a large Victorian house and former pikelet factory. There’s a good chance that sentence raised a few questions for you… What is a housing co-operative? Is it a commune? Who’s Ned? … and what’s a pikelet? We’ll get to most of these questions shortly. But to answer the last one: it is a thin crumpet. Matteo D’Alesio finds out more…

The Under the Bridge Walking Music Festival 2025

Sat 21 Jun 2025

Lost in the Stacks: we visit Nottingham’s secret Library, Bromley House

Thu 17 Apr 2025

Every city has their hidden gems, for those who are curious enough to seek them out. Just off the Market Square, Nottingham boasts its very own secret library in a preserved Georgian townhouse. A cornucopia of local history, volumes of fiction and non-fiction, and one of the only walled gardens left in the city, Bromley House Library is a bibliophile’s dream waiting to be explored…

We heard from the director of Nottingham Playhouse production Animal Farm at Bromley House Library

Fri 04 Apr 2025

The director of a new Olivier Award-nominated stage production of George Orwell’s Animal Farm has described the “vibrant, visceral, youthful” experience awaiting Nottingham audiences. Speaking at a special ‘Meet the Director’ event at Bromley House Library on Wednesday afternoon, Amy Leach said that the play offers “the kind of experience you can only have in the theatre” and feels “very much like it’s set now”.