Site search

Drawing On Photo Slides Workshop

LeftLion Contributor Scott Oliver Wins Prestigious Cricket Literary Prize

Former 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.

Sketchy Shrooms - Fungi Drawing Workshop

Drawing It Out

Floral Arranging and Mindful Drawing

Aurora Prize for Writing 2023

The Drawing Dead: Zombie Life Drawing

From Zombie Life Drawing to a Poetry Festival, Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week

With three different festivals to choose from, you'll have to make a tough decision this week...

We Hear From 2022 Mercury Prize nominee Fergus McCreadie Ahead of His Appearance at Peggy's Skylight

We catch up with one of the most exciting young talents out of Glasgow and the new UK jazz scene before he visits Peggy’s Skylight this month...

Join the Hunt for Gilby's Gold and Win Notts Prizes Worth Over £700

Nottingham's most notorious criminal, Al 'Gator' Gilby, has made off with a chest full of Notts prizes worth over £700. We need you to help track him down and recover the goods...

We Chat to Notts Artist Angelo Murphy About His Fascinating Oil Paintings and Winning an Amateur Jackson’s Prize

Nottingham-based artist Angelo Murphy has a special way of capturing the mundane and making it beautiful. His still life pieces are reminiscent of Baroque paintings from the seventeenth century, only he’ll throw in a tin of golden syrup to remind us that this is, in fact, the 21st. The soft colours in his oil paints draw your eyes in, giving you a hazy sense of serenity, and his stunning piece Citrus with Blue Paper has just won the Amateur Jackson’s Painting Prize. We caught up with him to hear about his creative journey so far… 

Out of Time: Sir Peter Mansfield, The Nobel Prize Winning Notts Lecturer Who Pioneered MRI Scans

From becoming a University of Nottingham lecturer to winning a Nobel Prize for his work on the technology behind MRI scans, Sir Peter Mansfield is one of the finest minds in Nottingham’s history. On what would have been his 88th birthday, we celebrate the life and legacy of a true genius who, despite his incredible achievements, always remained humble…

Illustrator Kate Sharp talks Children's Books, Lockdown and Drawing Animals

After catching our eye with a sweet illustration of our magazine stands you can find around town, we’ve had the pleasure of working with recent-graduate illustrator Kate Sharp for our spot-the-difference series and many other illustrations featured in our past few issues. After she bagged a Young Creative Award for her children’s book, Lion’s Hate Pigeons, we took a deep dive into Kate’s colourful world, discussing her past, present and future plans…

We Went to a Zombie Life-Drawing Class and it was Awesome

Man Alive! Readings from Man Booker Prize Shortlist at Lakeside Arts

This October, the best and brightest of the literary world will be celebrated in this year's Man Booker Prize 2017. We decided to head on down to Lakeside's Djanogly Theatre for a reading from some of this year's shortlisted authors. 

Aurora Poetry and Short Fiction Open Competition 2017 Prize Awards

Competition for coffee lovers - big, big prizes

The GOA Choir Cover Mercury Prize Nominees

Get your tabs round this lovely lot in anticipation of the winner being revealed later tonight

Raphael Blake - The Prize

A local poet, armed with a video camera, got well mouthy while he was legging it around Nottingham Castle

Raphael Blake - The Prize

A local poet, armed with a video camera, got well mouthy while he was legging it around Nottingham Castle

Interview: Jeremy Deller

Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s work is chock-full of the politics of working class Britain, from the miners’ strike and riots to the effects of the Industrial Revolution on popular culture. Mark Patterson remembers his own experiences of riots, before trying to pin down the evasive Deller for a few answers...

Mercury Music Prize

Twelve of the best albums from the last year go head to head