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Pick Six: playwright and actor William Ivory

Tue 07 Jul 2026

For this month’s Pick Six we turned to Notts born screenwriter, playwright and actor William Ivory ahead of his play The Market Deeping Model Railway Club, which runs at the Nottingham Playhouse until Saturday 25 July.

Theatre Review: Kiss Me Kate by the West Bridgford Operatic Society at the Squire Performing Arts Centre

Thu 19 Feb 2026

The West Bridgford Operatic Society puts on Kiss Me Kate, Cole Porter's famed musical that juggles a play within a play. Ambitious stuff. So how did they do...

Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse

Wed 16 Oct 2024

The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...

A Deep Dive into William ‘Bendigo’ Thompson - Nottingham's 19th Century Bareknuckle Boxer

Sat 20 Apr 2024

This month we take you on a trip back to the early 19th century, to paint a picture of a very different Nottingham, where prize-fighter turned evangelist Bendigo rose from the slums to become a national hero in the ring.

We Chat to Holly Williams About Her Highly Anticipated New Novel

Wed 21 Feb 2024

A seasoned freelance journalist, Holly Williams has embarked upon another career as a novelist. As NTU WRAP's featured author for this spring she was in town at the new Central Library, so we thought we'd catch up with her...

We Chat to Honey Williams About Being a Black Woman in the World of Art

Mon 09 Oct 2023

Working as an artist, graphic designer, DJ and musical performer, it seems Honey Williams’ creativity holds no bounds, but the glamour of being a full-time artist comes with its ups and downs. Especially when your work centres on race, size and gender. We dropped in to see Honey at City Arts where she has a studio, to discuss art, creativity and being a Black woman in the art world.

Left Magpie: September 2023

Tue 26 Sept 2023

A run-down of another month of goals and wins at Meadow Lane...

Film Review: Polite Society

Mon 01 May 2023

Is Polite Society one for your watchlist? We politely ask you to read this review and find out...

Film Expert Rich Johnson Muses on the Importance of Cinema to Society

Sun 26 Mar 2023

Rich Johnson, film lecturer at Nottingham College and writer for Little White Lies and Arrow Video, takes a look at the importance of cinema to our society - and how the screen industry is constantly changing and challenging us…

Mimm Studios' Amy Williams Chats Representation in the Creative Industry and Her Upcoming Event

Fri 03 Mar 2023

We sit down with Amy Williams ahead of her event exploring the black experience in the fashion industry, coming to Mimm Studios this weekend...

Out of Time: William Collins and the Andersonville Raiders

Wed 28 Sept 2022

Considered one of the darkest chapters of the American Civil War, the Andersonville Raiders were an organised mob of thieves and murders who preyed on their fellow prisoners at Andersonville prisoner of war Camp. Led by William Collins, a former knitter born in Nottingham, they created a reign of terror amidst the already miserable conditions, and paid the ultimate price…

Theatre Review: A One-Act Event by the West Bridgford Dramatic Society

Thu 14 Jul 2022

This talented stage group continues to prove itself as a hub for up-and-coming talent...

We Chat to Sophie Gargett, the Nottingham-Based Editor of Creative Culture Magazine The Dilettante

Sun 16 Jan 2022

Artists, agony aunts and adorable cats - ‘creative culture’ magazine The Dilettante really has it all. We hear from its Nottingham-based editor, Sophie Gargett, about what people can expect from this peculiar publication…

Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson on Staying Angry, Iggy Pop's Parrot and Their First Time Headlining the Motorpoint Arena

Wed 29 Sept 2021

That famous rage might have dimmed ever-so-slightly, but it’s clear to see that Jason Williamson is still a man with a lot to say. With their most recent album, Spare Ribs, being their most successful to date, and a first headlining arena performance happening next month, we chat to Sleaford Mods’ charismatic frontman about capitalism, getting older and seeing Iggy Pop’s parrot dancing to his music...

Out of Time: Sir William Neville and Sir John Clanvowe, the Medieval Knights Who May Have Had a Same-Sex Union

Sun 11 Jul 2021

During the 1913 renovation of a mosque in modern-day Istanbul, a fourteenth century tomb was rediscovered bearing the names of two men. The first was Sir William Neville, a former Constable of Nottingham Castle, while the second was Sir John Clanvowe, the man said to have penned the Robin Hood ballad upon which all later iterations of the legend are based. But the nature of the tomb, and other recorded evidence, suggests that Neville and Clanvowe could have been bonded in an early example of a same-sex union…

The Thompson Brothers on Euro 2021, Venus Williams and The Jab

Tue 08 Jun 2021

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Grandad: A Photo Series Showing The Isolation of the Older Generation During Lockdown By Photographer Naomi Williams

Mon 26 Apr 2021

It was a single beam of light which inspired Notts-born and Bristol-based photographer Naomi Williams’ Grandad, a series which explores the feeling of loneliness during a global pandemic, and how the interiors of a house represent a person through their belongings...

Notts Screenwriter William Ivory on the Films That Influenced His Success

Wed 14 Apr 2021

Southwell’s own William Ivory, BAFTA-nominated screenwriter of Made in Dagenham and Burton and Taylor, discusses the films that have influenced him throughout the years – from the scarring impact of Bambi to the rage-inducing absurdity of The Lighthouse...

Honey Williams on her July 2020 Cover, Representation and Her Career

Sun 05 Jul 2020

Our cover artist, Honey Williams, talks to our Art co-Editor, LJ Vaughan, about making art, her role as a choir director, and what it’s like to be a big black woman living in Nottingham...

Video: Sleaford Mods on Alan Sillitoe

Sat 25 Apr 2020

Arthur Seaton discovers a different type of Pussy Riot on a Saturday night...

The Nottingham Anime and Manga Society Meet Every Week for Special Screenings, Events and More

Mon 03 Feb 2020

Nottingham’s anime and manga society, aka NAMSOC, invited LeftLion to come to one of their weekly meetups to talk all things community, anime, and identity...

Out of Time: Southwell’s William Williams and the First Māori Dictionary

Fri 27 Dec 2019

As New Zealand prepares to remember the 250th anniversary of Captain James Cook’s arrival in the country, we take a look back at the life of WIlliam Williams, the Nottingham Bishop and linguist who created the first Māori to English dictionary, grammar book and Bible...

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