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A Beer with the Boys Featuring Luke Fletcher, Samit Patel, Steven Mullaney and Jake Ball
Fri 24 Nov 2023Immersive Listening & Screening: Voices of the Rainforest by Steven Feld, followed by an online in-conversation with Jol Thoms
Sun 25 Jun 2023Sherwood’s Paper Fort Games Discusses Their New Release, Cosmoctopus
Thu 03 Nov 2022A conspiracy theorist’s dream, Cosmoctopus, the new board game from Sherwood-based publisher Paper Fort Games, explores what would happen if octopuses were actually alien. Following the launch of its Kickstarter campaign, Lead Developer Chris Kingsnorth tells us what to expect…
Film Review: Paper Lives
Sat 20 Mar 2021Netflix’s new Turkish-language drama, Paper Lives, is a melodramatic slog…
The Write Ideas: 7 Ways to Put Pen to Paper
Tue 21 Apr 2020Ever yearned to be one of those people who could just put pen to paper? Maybe you struggled to know where to start? We’ve rounded up our best ideas for creative writing at home...
Debris Stevenson on Poet in Da Corner
Sat 15 Feb 2020Debris Stevenson talks Poet in Da Corner, her semi-autobiographical performance piece inspired by Dizzee Rascal's seminal album, ahead of her return to Nottingham Playhouse on in March...
LeftLion Film Podcast #21 - Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke: Mayhem Film Festival 2019
Sun 06 Oct 2019Mayhem Film Festival co-curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke join hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto to give the lowdown on what to expect from the 2019 festival...
Mayhem Film Festival takes place at Broadway Cinema between Thursday 10 - Sunday 14 October. Festival passes are available now from the Mayhem website or the Broadway box office for £70.
Review: Paper Cranes Poetry at Inspire Poetry Festival
Mon 30 Sept 2019My first assumption when almost anyone says ‘spoken word’ is of slam poetry – a shouting twenty something with a beanie, comparing their emotions to a ball of yarn or a revolver. I was, however, very pleasantly surprised, when attending Paper Cranes at the Beeston library, to find it was not a group of twenty somethings in beanies, but a collective of individuals eclectic both in age range, and personality...
"America just doesn’t want to acknowledge it’s dirty little history." Interview with Neither Wolf Nor Dog director Steven Lewis Simpson
Thu 22 Aug 2019We talked to Scottish-born filmmaker Steven Lewis Simpson about his latest film, Neither Wolf Nor Dog, ahead of its upcoming screening at Broadway Cinema…
LeftLion Film Podcast #20 - Neither Wolf Nor Dog director Steven Lewis Simpson
Wed 21 Aug 2019Steven Lewis Simpson, director of Neither Wolf Nor Dog, joins hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto to discuss the history of Native America representation in the cinema, his unique independent distribution methods and his brilliant new film, which is screening at Broadway Cinema from Thursday 22 August...
Socks and Robbers: David Lilley, Kel Webster and AJ Stevenson on the Groundbreaking New Nottingham Short Film
Mon 10 Jun 2019After over two years in production, the highly anticipated Socks and Robbers, a Notts’ short film about a gang of sock-headed bank robbers, is almost ready to be released into the world. We caught up with director David Lilley, producer Kel Webster and actor AJ Stevenson to find out how they managed to pull it all off…
Clare Stevens Launches Blue Tide Rising at Waterstones Nottingham
Thu 04 Apr 2019Sunday 31 March saw Waterstones hold an inspirational day of talks, poetry and music, as well as an interview with local writer Clare Stevens, as part of the launch for her debut novel Blue Tide Rising…
LeftLion Film Podcast #1 - Mayhem Co-Curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke
Mon 09 Oct 2017Here's the first episode of the brand new LeftLion Film Podcast hosted by Derry Shillitto and Ashley Carter. The monthly show will interview different people in the Nottingham film community, starting with Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil - the co-curators of Mayhem Film Festival.
The Voice In Your Head Is Not The Real You
Sun 07 May 2017Steven Heath, 37, suffered with anxiety and depression for years. He now works as a Mental Health Coach. We caught up with him in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about his own experience with mental health, in the hopes that it will encourage others to open up themselves.
Poet Lydia Towsey Brings The Venus Papers to Nottingham Writers' Studio
Wed 19 Oct 2016"Lydia Towsey explores what it means to be a female in the 21st century with her one-woman show, touring her thoughts in a load of different cities"
Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil on Mayhem Film Festival
Fri 30 Sept 2016We spoke to the organisers of the festival about it's 12th edition on the 13-16 October
Winner of the 2016 East Midlands Book Award Steven Dunne
Mon 04 Jul 2016With A Killing Moon winning the award, perhaps it's about time literary snobs take the crime genre seriously
Mashing Up Grime and Poetry with Debris Stevenson
Tue 07 Jun 2016Repetition is so inherent with grime, it beats you around the head with it. And that is far more intrinsic to form