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Spilling the tea: Frances Russell on managing the White Rabbit Teahouse through adversity
Fri 12 Jun 2026Serving 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.
Free entry to Rock City and Nottingham painted red: Here's what's on this week 8-14 June
Sun 07 Jun 2026Live music, free exhibitions and artistic workshops, here's what's happening in Nottingham this week.
Red Sea FC: the refugee football team building community through the beautiful game
Sat 23 May 2026Red Sea FC are a hardworking local football team. Founded in 2019, they provide a welcoming found- family and shared cause for refugees living in Nottingham. Freya Peters heads to the Forest Rec to meet founder Ezedin Osman to find out what motivates him and how the players are finding community far away from home…
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 2026This 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...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #44: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 08 May 2026In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews new releases from Bloodworm, No Peeling, People Laughing, Cathedra and Paytron Saint & Emzae…
Rediscovering wild medicines and food with The Nottingham Forager
Wed 01 Apr 2026Nestled in roadside thickets, hidden amongst hedgerows and sprouting from our local playing fields, parks and playgrounds, a world of forgotten foods quietly grow. With shoots spurting from the ground as we move into spring, Sophie Gargett spent some time with Lucy Buckle, aka The Nottingham Forager, to discover more about identifying, picking and eating wild food.
LeftLion's Latest Listens #42: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 27 Mar 2026In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews new releases from Leah Wilcox, Eyre Llew and Origin One & Snowy...
Gig review: Suede stun at Rock City, with support from Notts own Bloodworm
Sun 22 Feb 2026On Thursday night, 90s Brit-pop darlings Suede brought their 'Dancing With The Europeans Tour' to an adoring audience at Rock City, with support from Notts own dark dreamwave trio Bloodworm...
LeftLion's Latest Listens #39: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 13 Feb 2026In this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews new releases from ALT BLK ERA, Book of Churches, The Red Line, People Laughing and Pict...
The Unravelling of Mary Reddish: author David Whitfield talks about his novel which draws from the history of asylums in Notts
Wed 11 Feb 2026Long before madness had a diagnosis, it had consequences. The Unravelling of Mary Reddish takes readers back to Georgian Nottingham, a world where sanity was judged through gender, reputation, and a strict social order. Katie Barr speaks to the author of the novel – David Whitfield – who drew on real asylum records from Nottingham to show how quickly a life can be unmade once those in power decide your mind is the problem.
Tusk 'til dawn: Jim Baron of Crazy P fame on his new musical project White Elephant
Thu 05 Feb 2026Best 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…
Review: Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures - The Red Shoes at the Theatre Royal
Wed 04 Feb 2026A stunning reimagining of the classic film
LeftLion's Latest Listens #38: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 30 Jan 2026With this year off to a great start for new music, in this edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2026, our music team reviews releases from Divorce feat. Marcus Mumford, Blackadder, Bloodworm and Make Strangers...
Undercover Artist: Craig Whitemore shares his journey into professional graphic design and illustration
Tue 20 Jan 2026Our January cover artist Craig Whitemore shares more about his journey into professional graphic design and illustration.
Book review: The Unravelling of Mary Reddish by David Whitfield
Fri 19 Dec 2025We take a look at The Unravelling of Mary Reddish by David Whitfield, a novel about the blurred lines between sanity, control and women's autonomy, which is set against the backdrop of Nottingham General Lunatic Asylum - the first publicly-funded asylum in England.