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LeftLion's Latest Listens #45: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this week's edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our music team reviews new releases from The Littlemen feat. Hector Moralez, Lucy Crisp, Darling I Dreamt and Kid Spirit...

The Letters Page: The Art of Letters and the Intimate Stories of Identity and Connection Found Within Them

It’s no secret that letter writing has now become a thing of the past, long since replaced by our ability to instantly communicate with each other via text message or phone call. But there is still a certain charm to letter writing, that literary lovers amongst us will never quite get past, and for good reason. Grace Sanders sat down with Zoe, Soha, Arwyn and Elodie, interns working at The Letters Page, to find out more about the latest issue, the work they do and how the purpose of letter writing has evolved from an essential form of communication to an intimate art form.

From The Jam 'Sound Affects' 45th Anniversary

Gandeys Circus

Secret Walled Garden Tours

Theatre Review: The Nottingham Drag Pageant at The Nottingham Arts Theatre

It’s official- Nottingham cannot get enough of drag- and it knows how to do it better than most cities!...

Theatre Interview: The Nottingham Drag Pageant Contestants

Meet the competitors in the Nottingham Drag Pageant 2025. Queens and kings slug it out in a feast of jaw-dropping costumes and laugh out loud humour. But there can only be one and who will win the coveted crown...?   

The Drag Pageant 2025

Turning a new page: How Meadows Library escaped closure

Set up to support the library in the Meadows, Friends of Meadows Library has provided an essential hub for almost 100 years. Thanks to community togetherness and smart campaigning, the Meadows Library was recently saved from closure. We met Jackie and Di from the group, to find out what Friends of Meadows Library is there for, and why this special library was so worth saving.

Chapters of history: author Simon Smalley turns the pages on Nottingham’s queer past

The history of St. Ann’s has always been a fascinating one. Today, the idea that the council could bulldoze entire areas of communities separating neighbours and friends is one that is difficult to imagine. However, for those who lived it, it’s still all too real. CJ De Barra speaks to St Ann’s born-and-bred author Simon Smalley about growing up in the area as a young gay man in the 60s and 70s.

Hidden History Tour

Nottingham Drag Pageant 2024

We Catch Up With Jon McGregor, Chief Editor of The Letters Page, About the Evergreen Tradition of Letter Writing

As The Letters Page journal turns ten, chief editor Jon McGregor looks back at the beginnings of his journal and delves into how the evergreen tradition of letter writing weaves into the digital age as he sheds light on what makes the appeal of finding a letter in your postbox forever greater than a ping on a screen…

A Pageant Contestant in Notts

Forget what you think you know about pageants - our Pageant Contestant in Notts is here to tell you they’re not all they seem… 

Meet Stephen L. Holland, Owner of Nottingham's Page 45 Comic Book Shop

Meet Stephen L. Holland, the owner of Page 45 who’s changing perceptions about what comics can be…

45 Years Later: Star Wars

We look back on the legacy of one of cinema's most iconic franchises with the one that started it all...

45 Years Later: Close Encounters of the Third Kind

For a big-budget sci-fi epic, this is still surprisingly down-to-earth... 

45 Years Later: Eraserhead

In March 1977, the world was introduced to David Lynch – and cinema was never the same…

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

40 Years Later: Ms .45

Ms .45, the second feature film by the controversial cult icon Abel Ferrara, is a powerful and haunting descent into trauma and revenge, writes Sebastian Mann…

45 Years Later: All the President's Men

In the era of fake news and disillusion, there has never been a better time to discover Alan J. Pakula’s Oscar-winning retelling of the Washington Post’s famous investigation into the Watergate scandal...

Support LeftLion Magazine on Patreon

For seventeen years and 127 printed issues, LeftLion magazine has shone a light on Nottingham’s culture and entertainment scene. Now we’re asking our readers for a bit of help to get back on our feet...

12 Stories and Poetry Collections You Should Read During Lockdown

Our Literature Editor runs down some of the books that have kept her busy during these times...

Thank You Key Workers Colouring Page

Our Emily Catherine has kindly whipped up a peach of an illustration for you lot to colour in – all you need to do is click the link below to download a printable PDF. So grab your pens, pencils and crayons, turn off your phone, ignore the outside world and relax. Happy doodling…

Nusic Podcast #194 with Page Three Boys, Indiana, Soft Girls and Boys Club, Nebula and More...