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From the Kitchen with Rose Colyer, Head Chef at the Malt Cross

We popped into the Malt Cross to chat to Head Chef Rose Colyer about favourite chefs and their catch of the day...

The Clone Roses

Rosecage

The Total Stone Roses

Gig review: Alessi Rose at Rock City

Alessi Rose is becoming a more and more familiar name in the pop landscape. On the tail end of a year that’s included tours with Dua Lipa, she leans wholesale into the trend toward hyper-authenticity in pop, condensing thoughts of love and loss, of joy and mundanity, of disappointment and optimism into finely honed, irresistibly catchy tunes. Rock City played host to her Nottingham tour date...

Alessi Rose

Alessi Rose shares her secrets ahead of her Rock City show

Ahead of her 'homecoming' Rock City date on the Voyeur Tour, breakout pop singer-songwriter Alessi Rose spared some time to chat to LeftLion about the value of human connections, favourite Nottingham spots, and the road from the Derby to the rest of the world...

Rosecage

The New Roses

The Clone Roses

Guns 2 Roses + Nirvanah

The Rose Thompson Charity Dinner & Ball

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #5: Shane Meadows on This Is England, Virtues, Stone Roses, Injuries, Notts County FC and more

For our fifth podcast we are delighted to welcome a true legend of British film and television, the director and screenwriter Shane Meadows...

Total Stone Roses

We catch up with landlord Ben Rose as The Angel Microbrewery opens a new upstairs lounge

There are few publicans as busy as Ben Rose. Having owned the beloved Hockley food and music hotspot The Angel Microbrewery since 2016, he’s continuously evolving the historic pub and its adjoining live music venue The Chapel through new events and an exciting seasonal menu. With the opening of a new, multi-purpose space upstairs called The Chesterfield Lounge, we caught up with Ben on his ethos for running a pub, his plans for The Angel, and the small historical discoveries he continues to make there.

History, style and roses: we visited The Bath Inn in Sneinton Market

Among Nottingham’s huge array of historical pubs, The Bath Inn, near the LeftLion offices in Sneinton Market, is one of our favourites, distinctive for its quasi-Egyptian decor, beautiful flower arrangements and the rich sense of history that hits you from the first step you take through the door. We visited for a chat with the Nottingham-born landlord Piers Baker, previously a rose grower by trade, to find out how the 19th century bar became the unique spot that it is today. 

Wars Of the Roses Weekend

Competition: Win A Pair of Tickets to Boho Family Festival with Martin Kemp, Ben Volpierre-Pierrot and Jeremy Healy

Boho is a three-day family festival taking place from July 26 – 28 2024 at Millview Glamping and Events site in Newton, a 30minute drive from the city centre. The line-up includes Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet, Ben Volpierre-Pierrot from Curiosity Killed the Cat and singer Jeremy Healy as well as plenty of local talent.

We have two pairs of tickets to give away. To enter just fill out your details in the form below. This competition is open until Weds 19 June 2024. Our winners will be chosen at random on Thursday 20 June and notified by email soon after. Note these competition dates have been extended by a week.

Martin Kemp to Headline Notts' Boho Festival in July, with Tickets Starting at £35 for Adults

You don't have to travel halfway across the country, or blow half your savings, to get that festival feeling - Notts' own Boho Festival is one offer closer to home that hopes to tick all your boxes...

The Clone Roses

Dr Rose Thompson: A Tribute to a Remarkable Woman

The life of Dr. Rose Thompson touched many, she would stop at nothing in trying to help those in need. Since her death in June 2023, the numerous communities and support groups she started as well as The Rose Thompson Foundation have continued to support those in times of need. Today we remember her with this tribute.

NTU and White Rose Offer Free Professional Wardrobes for Students

Nottingham Trent University has joined forces with popular charity clothing shop chain, White Rose, to launch the UK’s first ever professional student wardrobe, aimed at helping to empower students to get out into the working world. But what does a wardrobe have to do with career support? We popped along to a very special launch event and fashion show at NTU to find out more.

Blue Rose Code

Jeff Rosenstock

In Photos: The Sleeping Souls, Sean McGohan & Hannah Rose at Rescue Rooms

Without Frank Turner in the mix, Oxford alt/rockers The Sleeping Souls take their new tunes from Just Before The World Starts Burning out on the road for the first time...