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We built this city: celebrating twenty years of I'm Not From London with head promoter Will Robinson

Fri 11 Jul 2025

Man about town, creature of the night, gig aficionado, and master of mayhem Will Robinson has been keeping Nottingham’s music scene alive and kicking for twenty years with promotion company I’m Not From London. As the fifteenth Waterfront Festival draws close on Saturday 2 August at the Canalhouse, anniversary celebrations in the works and a great roster of gigs coming up, we caught up with Will to hear some highlights from two decades of gigs.

Scott Bennett - Blood Sugar Baby

Sat 07 Jun 2025

"I'm the one with the torch": local boxer Ezra Taylor's journey to fighting at Motorpoint Arena

Sat 24 May 2025

While the headline story from Queensberry Promotions’ recent Nottingham show may have been Leigh Wood’s unfortunate defeat to Anthony Cacace, in the same arena Ezra Taylor stepped into the spotlight - not just to win, but to announce himself. While it didn’t have the exclamation mark moment, it was a solid performance that marked a quieter moment of transition - a fighter beginning to find his rhythm on the big stage - and in doing so, offering Nottingham a glimpse of his next chapter. LeftLion was fortunate to be in the Taylor camp in the weeks leading up to, and on, fight night...

We had high hopes for Halina Reijn’s Babygirl, the seductive and daring film about a married CEO who has an affair with an intern at her company and… drinks some milk?

Gig review: Pete Doherty at The Grove

Thu 24 Oct 2024

Did you hear? The Libertines came to Nottingham this week to perform at Rock City. However, Pete Doherty also played a small intimate solo set at Nottingham's newest music venue The Grove a few hours before...

Comedian and doctor Michael Akadiri talks fatherhood, politics and the Wollaton vida loca

Wed 02 Oct 2024

As award-winning comedian Michael Akadiri brings his new show Trust Me, I'm a Daddy to the Canalhouse, he speaks to Leftlion about his journey this far...

Baby Bushka

Wed 02 Oct 2024

I'm Every Whitney Live

Sat 14 Sept 2024

Babylonia and historical fiction with Times bestselling author Costanza Casati

Sat 07 Sept 2024

Young Italian author Costanza Casati shot into The Times’ bestsellers list with her first novel Clytemnestra, respinning mythology through a woman’s eyes. Her follow-up Babylonia is doing just as well, so we caught up with her in Nottingham during her recent book tour to brush up on our Bronze Age…

Get Your Gladrags On: We Chat to Baby Tap, DJ Boz, Marilyn Sane, and Nana Arthole

Thu 08 Feb 2024

Nottingham has a colourful palette of local, committed and diverse LGBTQ+ artists and creatives. Baby Tap, DJ Boz, Marilyn Sane, and Nana Arthole are all part of the Nottingham club night Gladrags, a welcoming space that hosts DJs, live music, drag and burlesque performers, where all people can get their Gladrags on and be authentic without judgement. They told us more about who they are, the events that are happening across the city, and the new wave of LGBTQ+ identifying musicians who are emerging from Nottingham…

In Photos: Baby Queen at Rescue Rooms

Wed 15 Nov 2023

Baby Queen was only in Nottingham back in September, performing at Rough Trade, but less than two months later she returns once again, hot on the heels of the release of her debut album, Quarter Life Crisis, to headline Rescue Rooms...

Gig Review: Baby Tap at Rough Trade

Wed 15 Nov 2023

After delving deep into the world of Baby Tap when she interviewed him back in September, Roxann Yus had the pleasure of attending his album release launch party for ENKI at Rough Trade last week...

Baby Queen

Mon 13 Nov 2023

Chris O'neill: When I'm 64

Sat 04 Nov 2023

Phil Wang: Wang In There Baby

Sun 29 Oct 2023

We Talk To Baby Tap About His Upcoming Album ‘Enki’ And Its Release Party at Rough Trade

Tue 26 Sept 2023

A key figure in the Notts LGBTQ+ scene, Baby Tap's new album Enki is out at the end of October, with an album release show shortly after on 8 November at Rough Trade. We caught up with them all about the album and the Notts queer scene...