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Under the Rainbow - Documents and Artefacts From Five Decades Of Lgbtq+ Struggle and Liberation
Thu 25 Jul 2024The Thompsons on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses
Tue 30 Apr 2024Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on April Fools, Rainbow and Buses
Rainbow Puppeteer Ronnie le Drew Talks About Bringing Zippy to Life Ahead of His Nottingham Show
Mon 01 Apr 2024The Nottingham Puppet Festival takes over the city centre this month once again, and when we saw Rainbow puppeteer Ronnie le Drew was on the line up, we pulled some strings to get a chat with the man who brought Zippy to life…
The Lost City Adventure Golf’s Birthday Fiesta in a Rainforest
Tue 22 Aug 2023With LeftLion turning twenty next month, we've been on the hunt for other birthday celebrations going on in Notts. It turns out our pals at The Lost City Adventure Golf is turning ten years old on Saturday 26 August. To celebrate, they’re putting on a Birthday Fiesta in their stunning rainforest venue, right in the heart of Nottingham.
Immersive Listening & Screening: Voices of the Rainforest by Steven Feld, followed by an online in-conversation with Jol Thoms
Sun 25 Jun 2023Film Review: Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Tue 22 Dec 2020Miriam Blakemore-Hoy reviews the final film to star the late great Chadwick Boseman...
Nottinghamshire's Rainbow Heritage's David Edgley on Our City's LGBTQ+ History
Sun 19 Jul 2020Established in 2008, Nottinghamshire’s Rainbow Heritage aims to preserve the area’s lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender history. With many of the city’s venues under threat of closure due to COVID-19, Caroline Barry talks to the project’s David Edgley about Nottingham’s LGBTQ+ history, the dangers of complacent activism and what can be done to preserve the city’s safe spaces.
Ye Olde Trip Now Covered in Rainbows
Wed 29 Apr 2020Following a BBC news story earlier this month expressing sadness at England's oldest inn being boarded up, we're pleased to report that the place is now covered in rainbows...
Nottingham's Write Pride 2019 is Ready to Paint the Town Rainbow Again
Mon 08 Jul 2019The second year of Write Pride will take place in Nottingham from Monday 22 – Friday 26 July 2019.
Framework, Forest, Rain and Feet: A Poem for Nottingham's Homeless Community
Fri 23 Nov 2018With the new charity partnership between Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association, Nottingham's High Sheriff Nick Ebbs commissioned LeftLion Editor Bridie Squires to write a poem about the relationship, and how it might help our city's homeless community going forward...
Live Music Review: Johnny and the Raindrops at The Polish Eagle Club
Wed 03 Oct 2018After entertaining families for ten years, Johnny and the Raindrops celebrated by playing a packed-out show at The Polish Eagle Club in Sherwood. Our writer Adrian Shaw went along to join in on all the fun...
Notts Kids Band Johnny and the Raindrops Turn Ten
Tue 11 Sept 2018Johnny and the Raindrops have been on the Nottingham music scene for yonks. Ten years this September, to be precise. But rather than dropping drum 'n' bass to goggle-eyed twenty-somethings down Brickworks, or titillating silver tabs with jazz in dimly-lit bars, the band cater to the city's musical nippers. We sat down with founder, musical director and long-time little-fish-shape thrower Liam Maloy...
The Raincoats 33 1/3 Book Launch at Rough Trade
Wed 25 Oct 2017Rough Trade hosts the launch of the 33 1/3 book on the eponymous debut album by The Raincoats. Author Jenn Pelly was joined by band members Ana da Silva and Gina Birch and friend of the band Shirley O'Loughlin who was at Rough Trade when they released the album...
Music Video: DH Lawrence & The Vaudeville Skiffle Show - Black Rain
Sun 31 Jul 2016A collaborative arts project with Korean-Australian artist Eugenie Lee
Interview: Shide Boss
Wed 24 Oct 2012One of the most successful musicians in Notts right now has won TV talent shows, is up for two music awards, has worked with the President of Def Jam South and has someone from Hollyoaks on his video. He’s Shide Boss, and it’s about time you recognised him...