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Pick six: Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire's Lord-Lieutenant

To celebrate International Women’s Day we put some questions to Veronica Pickering, the first woman to be appointed as Lord-Lieutenant of Nottinghamshire, a former High Sheriff, and a champion of our local communities.

The Lord of Milan screening + Q&A

Lord Christian Brighty: an Apology to the Good People Of Nottingham @ Wormhole Weekend

Comedy Review: Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! at the Lord Roberts

Benthic Zone and Doxxie Phisher are back and with a UFO theme. Will the audience be probed?  

Life's a drag: we speak to Doxxie Phisher and Benthic Zone about their upcoming show Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!

Nottingham’s drag scene has exploded in recent years with many new characters. We meet Doxxie Phmorisher and Benthic Zone to talk about queer venues, developing drag characters and what to expect from their show, Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill!

Revisiting the legend of the Lord of Milan with author Robert Nieri

Back in 2016 Author Robert Nieri released a book The Lord of Milan about Herbert Kilpin, the 19th century Notts-born butchers son who emigrated to Italy and went on to found AC Milan football club. A crew from LeftLion joined him out there for its release and ended up making an award-winning film too. Here he updates us on what’s happened since, including a reburial for Herbert and another influx of Italian visitors to Nottingham…

Comedy Review: Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! at the Lord Roberts

Ahoy there! Drag artists Benthic Zone and Doxxie Phisher launch their latest show and it's all hands on deck. 

Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! Drag Variety Show With Benthic Zone, Doxxie Phisher and Binjuice

The Thompsons on Wollaton Hall, Drones, and the Lord Mayor's Rolls Royce

This Christmas we chatted to Nottingham's most opinionated grocers about Wollaton Hall (in particular, George the Gorilla), Drones, and the Lord Mayor's Rolls Royce.

Comedy Review: Nightmare Nightmare Kill Kill at the Lord Roberts

Experimental drag comes to the city...

Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! Drag Variety Show With Benthic Zone, Doxxie Phisher and Beta Max!

Comedy Review: Juliette Burton in the LOL-GBTQ+ at the Lord Roberts Comedy Festival

Juliette Burton offers more than just laughs in her stand-up performances... 

Comedy and community at the Lord Roberts

Dan Webber shares the inspiration behind the LOL-GBTQ+ festival coming soon to the Lord Roberts...

Hitchcock meets Lord of the Flies in this exciting comedy-thriller at the Nottingham Playhouse

Rotten is a comedy about the Instagram generation that is as dark as it is funny. Its creator, Josie White, speaks with Leftlion about terrible things and how she came to write them... 

Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! Drag Variety Show - With Benthic Zone and Doxxie Phisher

Films In the Forest: the Lord Of the Rings - the Fellowship Of the Ring

The Society Of Authors Presents Christy Fearn On Lord Byron

An Evening With Lord Ian Botham

Nana Knows Best

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on Lord Byron, fanzines, and JT Soar

Nottingham's Greek-born Councillor Explains Why Lord Byron Is A Folk Hero In Greece

As Nottingham celebrates the 200th anniversary of the death of Lord Byron, we put some questions to Councillor Pavlos Kotsonis, Nottingham City Council’s Greek-born Portfolio Holder for Leisure and Culture,  about Nottingham's Byron 200 celebrations and why Byron is a hero in Greece…

Benthic Zone's Nightmare! Nightmare! Kill! Kill! Drag Variety Show Ft. Doxxie Phisher

Review: Müllraum at The Lord Roberts Basement

Beneath the streets of Nottingham lie many secrets. We have all heard of the labyrinthian networks of secret caves, places where our ancestors ate, worshipped and presumably also celebrated. It seems fitting therefore that the pilot event for brand new Techno party “MÜLLRAUM” would take place in a hallowed, subterranean space. A Nottingham tradition… 

In Photos: Lord Of The Lost at Rescue Rooms

Internationally successful genre-fluid German gothic band Lord Of The Lost brought their newest surprise album ‘BLOOD & GLITTER’ to Rescue Rooms...

Lord Of The Lost