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Sheriff of Nottingham Shuguftah Quddoos on the Nottingham cuts and her suspension from the Labour Party
Fri 08 Mar 2024Following on from famous film depictions by the likes of Alan Rickman and Matthew MacFadyen, Shuguftah Quddoos is the current Sheriff of Nottingham, a role which stretches back to the Norman conquest. We caught up with her on what has been quite a week on the council…
We Spoke With Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s First Black Female High Sheriff
Fri 13 Oct 2023Everyone has heard of the High Sheriff of Nottingham, but what does the job entail in the modern age? We spoke with Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s first Black female High Sheriff, about her truly fascinating career journey, her international and local community work, the changing nature of the public sector, and what she likes to do in her free time…
Poet Anthony Anaxagorou on Surrealism and Nottingham Poetry Festival 2020
Thu 12 Nov 2020As part of this year’s stellar online Nottingham Poetry Festival line-up, we chat to Anthony Anaxagorou: publisher, writer, poetry educator, Eliot Prize nominee and all-round prolific wordsmith. We talk lockdown, surrealism and his new book How To Write It...
Art Works: Colin Anthony Robson
Sat 07 Mar 2020Painter and designer Colin Anthony Robson tells us about his work, Prelude...
The LeftLion Football Podcast #3: Lyndsey Harkin & Precious Hamilton
Sat 19 Oct 2019Hosts Colin Sisson and Gareth Watts bring Episode Three of the LeftLion Football Podcast, featuring interviews with Nottingham Forest Ladies' captain Lyndsey Harkin and top goalscorer Precious Hamilton
Robin Hood Vs Sheriff of Nottingham Rap Battle and Mark Grist at Nottingham Poetry Festival in Photos
Thu 03 May 2018It was absolute carnage down at the Fox and Grapes for Poetry is Dead Good, as part of the Nottingham Poetry Festival...
Art Works: Anthony Freeman's Grungy Lion Illustration
Sun 16 Apr 2017A local artist lets us in on his artistic process..
Learning Mixed Martial Arts? There's an App for That - Robin Hamilton Talks Fighter Training
Fri 04 Mar 2016"More and more people are starting martial arts from a younger age. Parents are becoming more aware of the huge benefits it has in fitness and self-discipline"
Mr Stitch Films: Anthony Winson
Mon 10 Nov 2014We interview the Nottingham based filmmaker who has just made a feature film set in a haunted house
Interview: Anthony Hopwood Nottingham's Bicycle Boom Box
Tue 04 Nov 2014Anthony Hopwood is a hard man to miss. Partly because he’s a tall, beefy bloke with long hair, a beard and baseball cap, but mostly because he rides around town on a bike with a massive sound system thumping out dub reggae at high decibel levels...
Interview: Anthony Hamilton
Tue 06 May 2014Known for his break building, Anthony ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’ Hamilton has made over two hundred competitive century breaks in his career. Currently ranked 42nd in the world, we chatted to him about having one of the silliest careers out there...
Interview: Duncan Hamilton
Sun 25 Nov 2007The winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2007 talks to the 'Lion about his experiences with Brian Clough...
Interview: Sheriff of Nottingham Jeannie Packer
Tue 01 Aug 2006"A previous Sheriff had to ride on horseback from the Council House up to the Castle as part of his duties. That doesn’t have to happen every year, but it’s something I’d be very happy to do if it came up."