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Interview: BalletBoyz directors Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt at Nottingham Playhouse
Thu 23 Apr 2026After 25 years of pushing boundaries, BalletBoyz return to Nottingham with a radical new show celebrating their silver anniversary. Artistic Directors Michael Nunn and Billy Trevitt talk to Leftlion about the story so far...
Free minds: the Notts open mic celebrating poetry's power
Mon 06 Apr 2026In the current climate of economic instability and political discourse, creative communities face bigger threats to remain connected. Poppy Thomason caught up with Caetano Capurro and Jasmine McCallion, the co-hosts of Free Minds – a free poetry open mic night at The King Billy pub – to ask them about the power of expression within accessible creative spaces.
Tattoo artist Maiko Only on her micro-realist designs and inspirations
Mon 01 Dec 2025In this month’s Artworks we hear from tattoo artist Maiko Only...
Concert review: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra with Michael Seal at the Royal Concert Hall
Tue 21 Oct 2025Conducted with an unshowy economy by Michael Seal, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra led an appreciative Nottingham audience through a musical exploration of spaces both literal and liminal, and probed the interrelationship of things within those spaces...
Life Behind Bars: With Jake Henson, bar staff at Angel Microbrewery
Mon 22 Sept 2025For this instalment of Life Behind Bars we reached out to Jake - who works at one of Hockley's most loved alternative pubs: The Angel.
LeftLion's Latest Listens #29: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 15 Aug 2025Summer's not over yet, and the new music just keeps coming, too! In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Blu Syrup, The Doubtfires, Long Pockets, Michael Vickers and Nicole Hannah...
Under the microscope: who won NTU's Images of Research competition 2025?
Mon 11 Aug 2025What is this intriguing image you may ask? No, it’s not a distant vision of our universe or a throwback to an early 2000s screensaver. Each year the talented researchers at Nottingham Trent University – at which 86% of research is classed as world-leading or internationally excellent – are asked to submit one photo of their discoveries to the annual Images of Research competition.
This year’s winner is Shraddha Bajpai, a Research Assistant in the School of Science and Technology, who took viewers deep into our genetic make-up with her image, Last Duct Standing.