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Art works: White Falcon I by Marcus Rowlands

Wed 12 Aug 2026

For this month’s Art Works we heard from Marcus Rowlands, whose intricate wooden mandalas are on display at the New Art Exchange’s Open exhibition throughout this month.

Life Behind Bars: with Craig Pennington-Hayes, Owner of The Lord Roberts

Sat 18 Jul 2026

Craig Pennington-Hayes, wwner of Hockley's Lord Roberts pub, talks community spaces, famous guests and dogs called Robert.

Spilling the tea: Frances Russell on managing the White Rabbit Teahouse through adversity

Fri 12 Jun 2026

Serving tea, cake and scones, White Rabbit Teahouse is a quintessential British tearoom, providing a peaceful setting among the noise and crowds of the city centre. Behind the scenes, owner Frances Russell has weathered many storms to keep the business alive. Food co-editor Lucy Campion sat down with Frances to talk about the evolution of her teahouse, how the hospitality landscape has changed and what the future holds.

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #17: Crazy P’s Jim Baron on international tours and festivals, soundtracking The Sopranos and his new venture White Elephant

Fri 08 May 2026

This episode we are joined by Jim Baron from Crazy P who talks about his career in music, starting a band in Notts that became internationally renown, soundtracking for film and TV and his new venture White Elephant...

Night Creatures Podcast #5: Adam and Rob Perkins from Boho Festival on organising Notts parties from the 90s to now

Fri 13 Feb 2026

Night Creatures is a LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with him two decades of experience of putting on great parties in the city.

Tusk 'til dawn: Jim Baron of Crazy P fame on his new musical project White Elephant

Thu 05 Feb 2026

Best known as one of the founders of Notts electronic music titans Crazy P, Jim Baron (aka Ron Basejam) is a man with his fingers in several musical pies. This month sees the release of World Elephant Day, the first album from White Elephant – a collaborative project with Ben Smith (of Smith & Mudd fame) and fellow Crazy P member Chris Todd. In a wide-ranging catchup, Jim takes us from the halcyon days of nineties Notts to his solo work, and how The Sopranos played a role in the story of Crazy P…

Left Brian: John Robertson, John McGovern and a Kenny Burns Night Supper

Sun 25 Jan 2026

It's Burns Night today, and we've been inviting our regular Notts County, Mansfield Town and Nottingham Forest football columnists to muse on the influence of Scotland in the history of their own clubs. Julie Pritchard - our Nottingham Forest columnist - decides which Forest players she'd invite as guests for a Burns Night supper...

Undercover Artist: Craig Whitemore shares his journey into professional graphic design and illustration

Tue 20 Jan 2026

Our January cover artist Craig Whitemore shares more about his journey into professional graphic design and illustration.

Out of Time: The bank robbers who escaped history

Sat 13 Dec 2025

Back in 1970, two daring heists in the Nottingham area lasted minutes, left clues behind, but never led to arrests – could the two be connected?

Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival Returns to Trent Bridge, for it's fifth year in a row at the venue

Wed 01 Oct 2025

The Robin Hood Beer and Cider Festival returns to Trent Bridge Cricket Ground from Wednesday 8 to Saturday 11 October 2025, bringing with it over 600 beers and 100 ciders and perries from some of the UK’s most celebrated breweries; including Nottinghamshire favourites like Castle Rock, Lincoln Green, Blue Monkey, Batemans, Lenton Lane, and Shipstones

Comedy Review: Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! at the Lord Roberts

Sun 14 Sept 2025

Benthic Zone and Doxxie Phisher are back and with a UFO theme. Will the audience be probed?

Theatre Review: The Last Stand Of Mary Whitehouse at the Nottingham Playhouse

Fri 12 Sept 2025

Today's youth might think Mary Whitehouse was some cartoonish figure-of-fun. A prude and a bigot, leftover from the Victorian era. Not at all. Known as the most dangerous woman in England at the time, she wreaked havoc. The Playhouse's brand new play shares the horror...

Life in Light: catching up with landscape photographer Tracey Whitefoot

Thu 11 Sept 2025

Born and bred in Nottingham, Tracey Whitefoot has spent the last two decades as a freelance photographer. In that time she’s photographed a lot of famous faces, as well as capturing the amazing cityscapes she has become known for. We asked her about her work and her exhibition, My Life In Light, currently on show at Nottingham Central Library…

Life's a drag: we speak to Doxxie Phisher and Benthic Zone about their upcoming show Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!

Fri 05 Sept 2025

Nottingham’s drag scene has exploded in recent years with many new characters. We meet Doxxie Phmorisher and Benthic Zone to talk about queer venues, developing drag characters and what to expect from their show, Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!

Theatre review: Momentos de la Vida at Squire Performing Arts Centre

Fri 05 Sept 2025

The Robin Hood Improv Festival is in full swing in Notts. Our reviewer Sam Harvey went along to check out Momentos de la Vida, a deceptively simple concept inspired by black-and-white photography...

Life behind bars: with Robyn Warwick, General Manager at Queen of Hockley

Fri 22 Aug 2025

For the first instalment of our recurring feature Life Behind Bars we heard from Robyn Warwick, manager at Queen of Hockley.

Playwright Caroline Bird on writing The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse

Thu 21 Aug 2025

The Playhouse continues its streak of consequential new plays with the upcoming The Last Stand Of Mrs Mary Whitehouse, starring Maxine Peake behind those infamous horn-rimmed spectacles. Caroline Bird speaks to Leftlion about how and why she wrote about the 'most dangerous woman in Britain'...

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.

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