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New Film Group Brings the Best of Eastern European Cinema to Notts
Fri 08 Sept 2023Kino Koło Notts is taking over St John’s Centre in Mansfield on Friday 22 September, with a screening of cult classic The Cruise kicking off the action...
How to Apply to the Middle Way Mentoring Project, Aimed at BAME Writers
Wed 22 Feb 2023Offering support to black, asian and ethnic minority writers from the Midlands, we learn more about Middle Way Mentoring...
Author Julie Malone Talks Us Through Middleway Words Festival
Fri 04 Nov 2022Middleway Words is a new festival with ambitions to share Midlands authors with the world. A mix of online and live events, the jewel in Middleway’s crown is a celebration at Waterstones for Nottingham’s literary talents. Ahead of the event, LeftLion talks to Julie Malone, one of the festival organisers, about her personal journey to authordom…
We Hear All About How the Middle Street Resource Centre Is Celebrating Its Fiftieth Anniversary With an Exciting New Project
Mon 20 Jun 2022For the past fifty years, Middle Street Resource Centre has been a source of help and advice for Nottingham residents, providing a variety of support groups and volunteering opportunities to promote mental health wellbeing. To celebrate this golden landmark, researchers from Nottingham Trent University will work with past and present service users, staff, volunteers, peer support groups and local residents to record and document stories and experiences. Leading the project is Dr Verusca Calabria who tells us more…
Preview: Middleway Words Book Festival
Sun 05 Sept 2021Churning out authors like Alan Sillitoe and D.H. Lawrence, the Midlands has a long history with literature. It’s therefore unsurprising (but still exciting) that we have a Midlands book festival to look forward to this September.
Viral Infection: One Middle Aged Man on His Changing Relationship with Social Media
Mon 12 Apr 2021Our Editor Ashley Carter explores his changing relationship with social media, and whether it might not be the right place for a middle-aged man to exist any more...
Overheard in... The Comments Section
Fri 29 Jan 2021With town being a bit deserted of late, Big Baby decided to dip into the comment sections on our social media accounts to find some of the odd things you lot write to us…
Overheard in... Our Comments Section
Mon 01 Jun 2020Town has been a bit quiet as of late, so we’ve had a peek at all of the goofy, weird and wonderful comments you lot leave on our social media pages and picked out some of our highlights…
Crazy P's Danielle Moore on Throwing the Middle Finger to the Establishment
Sun 28 Apr 2019Crazy P’s singer might have ‘blagged’ her way into a twenty year career, but they’re about to release new album, Age of the Ego, kicking off the tour at Brickworks for a rare live performance in the band’s hometown.
Middle Kids at The Bodega in Photos
Mon 03 Dec 2018We got down to see Middle Kids at The Bodega, and took some snaps...
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: A Hostile Time, A Hostile Place
Fri 28 Sept 2018It's no secret: Things are a bit tense at the minute. Here's our man in Beijing James Kramer weighing in on the currently bonkers socio-political climate, the mind-numbing bureaucracy of immigration control, and the malleability of time and place in an increasingly messy and frustrating world.
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Three Men Make a Tiger
Wed 20 Jun 2018Our man James chats air pollution in this month’s edition of Notes from the Middle Kingdom.
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Just Add Oil
Tue 22 May 2018Here at LeftLion, we believe that the ultimate summer body should refer to anything that is capable of efficiently devouring ice cream down Skeggy Beach. However, if you're looking to whip your bod into shape, look no further than our man in Beijing James Kramer, who has a load of advice to get yourself fit and healthy in time for your jolly holidays.
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Heated Seats, Housing & Hutongs
Fri 13 Apr 2018Our guy James keeps us up to date with all things housing now that he's back in Notts...
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: Trotters of Love and Respect
Fri 23 Mar 2018Spring is here, and with it comes celebrations of all things feminine. Our man in Beijing, the one and only James Kramer, has sent us correspondence about the importance of womanhood, equality, and International Women's Day in China.
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: In This Our Year of Dog
Mon 19 Feb 2018The dog days have just begun, and James Kramer, our main man in Beijing, has dropped in to wish us a happy new year. 恭喜發財, Notts!
Stanley Middleton Was My Form Tutor
Thu 11 Jan 2018Basia Zamorska is a fashion stylist in New York, who has worked with Mohammad Ali, Grandmaster Flash, Mariah Carey and Natalie Portman. She was born and bred in Nottingham and had the honour of being one of Stanley’s pupils...
David Belbin on the Life and Works of Stanley Middleton
Thu 11 Jan 2018Novelist and chair of UNESCO City of Literature David Belbin on the late, great Stanley Middleton...
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: A Beijinger in a Lion's Den
Tue 02 Jan 2018Our man in Beijing is back in Notts, and he recently spent a week in the LeftLion office…
Advertising Sectioned: The Modern Way to Loveliness (Woman’s Magazine, 1948)
Sun 10 Dec 2017The last ever installment of Wayne Burrows' marvelously dry series...
Notes from the Middle Kingdom: An Asymmetrical Blade Runner looks for temp work in Nottingham
Tue 05 Dec 2017Finding work is tough, ain't it? Signing on at the job centre is a pain and there just aren't enough coffee shops in town to support all of us. Thankfully our wandering prodigal son James Kramer is here to give you some sure-fire tips to get yourself into the weird world of employment in Beijing.
Advertising Sectioned: The Store in Which We Both Enjoy Shopping: Pearson Bros
Sun 05 Nov 2017Local adverts, ripped from the pages of history...