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LeftLion's Latest Listens #55: Notts music we're currently spinning

Welcome to edition 55 of LeftLion's Latest Listens! This week, our music team reviews new releases from Panchiko, Keane Baldwin, Cathedra and Emily Ashberry...

Gig review: Panchiko at Rock City

The legend of Panchiko came to life at Rock City as the elusive local band made a homecoming, and filled the floor with local and out-of-town fans alike...

Gig review: Sancho Panza vs Wizards Can't Be Lawyers at The Boat Club

Nottingham's Boat Club in West Bridgford hosted a varied array of creative, captivating local talent for an eager audience, as Sancho Panza and Wizards Can't Be Lawyers (WCBL) shared the stage with support from Filter Sequence, ok lady, and Kez...

Truth or Legend: the case of Peter Pan and the Arboretum

This month, our resident history sleuth dives into the murky links between Peter Pan and Nottingham's Arboretum...

Catching up with Nottingham poet and cultural historian Panya Banjoko

Panya Banjoko is a Nottingham-born poet and cultural historian and a tour de force in our local literature scene. She’s also the keeper of the Nottingham Black Archive and has been a Patron of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature since it first received the accolade in 2015. We talk to Panya about past and current projects, her new StoryArcs fellowship and why mature ladies get more done…

From painting, to our Panthers and gigs in between: Here's what's on this week in Nottingham, 2 - 8 March

We're welcoming march in true Notts fashion: a week filled with live music, creative meet-ups, and a celebration of positive change...

Theatre Review : I’m Muslamic, Don’t Panik at the Lakeside Arts Theatre

From Bristol to Tehran and back again, Bobak invites the audience on a journey to accept his own heritage, in the face of a hostile western media...

Pantomines, plays, art, and singing: Here's what's on in Nottingham during Christmas 2025

Season's greetings everybody! We know that around now is the time when lots of us get off work for a bit, and look for new, festive things to do around Notts with people that we care about. With that in mind, here are eight events happening through Christmas and New Year, in Nottingham, which we're certain are worth attending... 

Game on: two Nottingham Panthers talk the upcoming ice hockey season

Luca Sheldon and Jordan Kelsall are the two local players on the 25/26 Nottingham Panthers roster. We sat down with them to explore what it means to wear the Panthers jersey, as Nottingham lads, and how they’re feeling about the 2025/26 campaign.

In photos: Panic Shack at Rescue Rooms

Little more than five months after they stunned a packed-out Bodega, Welsh punk five-piece Panic Shack returned to Nottingham for an ever bigger and more triumphant show at Rescue Rooms...

Ballet Black founder Cassa Pancho on growing an inclusive dance company and bringing it to Nottingham's Theatre Royal

Ballet Black was set up in 2001, in response to a lack of black and Asian dancers working in professional ballet across the UK. It has since emerged as a pivotal force in altering the landscape of British ballet. With a new show heading to Nottingham’s Theatre Royal this month, we put some questions to Ballet Black founder Cassa Pancho…

From the Kitchen: With Luke Matterson, chef at The Pudding Pantry

For this instalment of From the Kitchen we reached out to Luke Mattherson, who works at The Pudding Pantry - an independent, coffee and desserts restaurant popular across the city.

LeftLion's Latest Listens #31: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from Sancho Panza, Parisa East, Fools & Sages and Blackadder...

Gig review: Sancho Panza at The Bodega

On Saturday, The Bodega set the stage for a funk-soaked evening in celebration of Sancho Panza's latest single, Your place or mine?. Headlining the night, the band delivered a performance that felt like a milestone moment for Nottingham’s live music scene. Supported by two other local bands, Stone Black Witches and Soft Serve, the lineup showcased our city’s thriving wave of talent. And of course, LeftLion was there too...

Gig review: Luke Haines & Peter Buck at Metronome

Intrigued by the prospect of witnessing former R.E.M member Peter Buck and  Auteurs frontman Luke Haines performing on the same stage, we hurried down to Metronome for what turned out to be a unique, sometimes surreal, and always captivating evening...

LeftLion's Latest Listens #28: Notts music we're currently spinning

With summer at its height, here's what our music team has been listening to recently. In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, we review releases from Antonio Panzera, Marvin's Revenge, Richard Snow and EMiDORA & Darling I Dreamt

Blue Peter stars, football tournaments, and immersive adventures: Gloworm Festival unveils its most expansive lineup yet

Gloworm Festival is one of the most well loved fixtures in Nottingham's summer calendar - a dedicated family event that each year welcomes 20,000 visitors to Thoresby Park, in the heart of Nottinghamshire. With their most jam-packed line-up yet recently unveiled, we've provided you with some highlights at this year's instalment. 

Concert Review: MIRABILÉ at St Peter’s Church, Ruddington

Mirabilé, a Nottingham based all-female vocal ensemble, perform at Ruddington.

In photos: Panic Shack at The Bodega, with The Pill

Book Review: 'Manfishing' by Peter Pheasant

Callum Minford reviews a journalistic thriller nearly fifty years in the making.

Gig review: Panchiko at Rough Trade Nottingham

Going from an internet mystery that looked like it was never going to be solved to a well-known cult classic band across the UK, there isn’t any other Nottingham outfit that has been on as much of a journey as Panchiko…

The Claw's January Recap & February Preview for the Nottingham Panthers

Catch up on all the action from January as we break down the season so far, plus a look ahead at what’s in store for the Nottingham Panthers in February…

Pick Six: Pudding Pantry’s Emma Quinn

For this month’s Pick Six, we turned to Pudding Pantry co-owners Anthony and Emma Quinn, with Emma telling us about her favourite things…

Thrills, spills, and non-stop jokes at the Playhouse panto

The much-beloved Nottingham Playhouse pantomime reaches new heights this year with a giant of a show. Yes, it's Jack and the Beanstalk... 

Ballet, arena gigs and Christmas pantomines: Here's what's on in Nottingham this week, 25 -31 November

As the festive season fast approaches, Nottingham sees some Christmassy occasions this week, alongside an art exhibition and the arrival at Motorpoint of the band-of-the-moment...