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How local football team Fanzines United FC was created from a conversation in Selectadisc record shop
Fri 24 May 2024In 1990 a conversation in Selectadisc record shop led to a group of Notts County and Nottingham Forest fanzine creators putting their rivalries aside to form a football team together. Fanzines United FC was formed and is still going strong to this day. Andy Lowe, founder of the Tricky Tree fanzine explains how it happened…
A vegan market, coffee club, opera and a fair dedicated to records and a love of music: Here’s what’s on in Nottingham this week: 6 May – 12 May 2024
Sun 12 May 2024This week in Nottingham! Get yourself down to a market selling only vegan produce, a vinyl record fair, some opera and a friendly coffee club
Nottingham Resident Diala Isid Talks Us About the Current Situation in Palestine and How She Started a Palestinian Running Campaign
Tue 23 Apr 2024Marhaba! I’m Diala Isid and I’ve been living here in Nottingham for around four years. I moved from Palestine to do my masters at the University of Nottingham and then found a job at a Renewable Energy Company in Beeston called EvoEnergy. I decided to make Nottingham my second home because it felt like one!
LeftLion Contributor Scott Oliver Wins Prestigious Cricket Literary Prize
Thu 18 Apr 2024Former LeftLion sports editor, Scott Oliver, has won one of cricket’s most prestigious literary prizes, the Wisden Book of the Year, for his debut book Sticky Dogs & Stardust. The book is a collection of essays detailing the exploits of some of the sport’s bona fide legends – among them the former Notts players Garfield Sobers, Kevin Pietersen, Andre Russell and Imran Tahir - when they turned out in league cricket alongside enthusiastic amateurs who they were expected to dominate. Oliver himself also played at Wollaton CC for a time. To celebrate Scott's success we are delighted to present this extract from the book – covering Pietersen’s troubled stint at Cannock – along with an exclusive discount code.
A Fashion Revolution is Coming Next Week! We Discovered How To Get Involved
Wed 10 Apr 2024In celebration of the 10th annual Fashion Revolution Week, a national campaign of fashion activism which takes place this year from 15 - 24 April, we delve into how Notts locals can do their bit to support the cause right here in our city.
Epic Drone Display to Tell The Story of Evolution At Nottingham's Trent Bridge Cricket Ground
Wed 06 Mar 2024Next month the skies above Nottingham’s Trent Bridge Cricket Ground will be lit up with an epic drone light show which promises to take audiences on a mesmerising journey through time and space.