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Love at first sight: a look inside Southwell's newest vintage boutique

Tue 27 Jan 2026

Fashion editor Addie Kenogbon-Harley catches up with Lottie Baxter, owner of one of Notts’ latest vintage boutiques, Love at First Sight, to find out more about how her teenage dream became a reality in the form of a small but mighty fashion hideaway in Southwell with a cult following.

Winter Tree Identification Walk

Sat 10 Jan 2026

Myths and Legends With the Master at Arms

Sat 20 Dec 2025

The Thompsons on the Southwell Minster Lectern, the County Hotel, and the River Leen

Sun 30 Nov 2025

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on the Southwell Minster Lectern, the County Hotel and the River Leen

Dear England, the National Theatre play about Gareth Southgate and his journey as England manager, arrives at Nottingham's Theatre Royal as part of its 160th birthday celebrations...

Theatre and TV legend James Graham talks bringing Notts to the screen and writing about Gareth Southgate

Tue 02 Sept 2025

James Graham is one of British theatre’s most popular and prolific writers and also the creator of BBC TV drama Sherwood. He was born and brought up in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, in the 1980s -his first job was working the stage door at the Theatre Royal. Twenty years on, James returns to the city with the epic Dear England, a play about football manager Gareth Southgate, which headlines the theatre’s 160th birthday celebrations…

Truth or legend: the case of the Bramley Apple tree

Thu 31 Jul 2025

With this month’s LeftLion cover presenting you lovely readers with a zen looking-tree person, and Sherwood Forest providing inspiration for the latest exhibition at Nottingham Castle, it seems only right to dive into the greener myths and legends Nottingham has nurtured over the last millennium...

The South Asian Arts Show

Sat 19 Jul 2025

Review: Gate To Southwell Festival's 18th Birthday 2025

Mon 07 Jul 2025

The charming Gate To Southwell Festival has become a LeftLion summer favourite: a vibrant, family-friendly event pushing the boundaries of roots and folk music, and only a few miles from Nottingham. We visited the festival's green fields on Saturday to help celebrate its 18th birthday...