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Artist Di Ali-Arab Reclaims Feminine Sexuality Via Cheeky Images With Powerful Messaging
Thu 07 Mar 2024With Friday 8 March marking International Women’s Day, what better way to highlight its importance than spending time with self-proclaimed feminist, artist Di Ali-Arab. The 25-year-old is spreading a message; to turn the archetypal objectification of women on its head, and replacing it with empowering graphics of the female form. LeftLion HQ joined her in RSP Studios, where her work is currently being displayed and sold.
The World’s Most Famous AI-Powered Language Model ChatGPT Answers Our Burning Questions
Tue 21 Nov 2023Love it or hate it, artificial intelligence (AI) has been a huge talking point in the past year. There’s been murmurs that it’s going to ruin creative industries, take away our jobs, and lead to the demise of humanity as we know it. We hear your concerns, and it’s time to provide some much-needed answers. And who better to answer the tricky questions than ChatGPT itself? So, we sat down (sort of) with the world’s most famous AI-powered language model for a somewhat unconventional ‘interview’...
Gig Review: John Power at The Bodega
Tue 17 Oct 2023In addition to a flourishing solo career, John Power had the distinction of being a member of two iconic British bands of the eighties and the nineties, The La’s and Cast. While continuing to work with the La’s, Power resumed his solo career in 2006, releasing an album of hard-stomping folk-rock, Willow She Weeps, in the autumn of that year. Now, he brings music from across his career to The Bodega...
Exhibition Review: Knowledge is Power at Lakeside Arts
Mon 02 Jan 2023Knowledge is Power, the current exhibition at the Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts, describes the history of the pioneering and impactful courses of Adult Education offered by the University of Nottingham during the twentieth century…
A Fifteen-Year-Old's Powerful Speech From Nottingham's COP27 Rally
Tue 15 Nov 2022As world leaders and government negotiators gather in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt for the biggest climate change conference of the year, protestors from Nottingham Coalition for Climate Justice gathered in Trinity Square to demand stronger action to restore our environment and reduce emissions. One speech, from fifteen-year-old Liv Marshal of Nottingham Youth Climate Assembly, stood out from the crowd, and even made a few headlines. Here's that speech in full...
Framework Powers Up New Gaming Fundraising Campaign to Help Fight Homelessness
Wed 03 Aug 2022Fancy topping off some aliens, growing your own virtual utopia, or maybe sitting down for a game of Magic: The Gathering with your mates, but want to raise money to help fight homelessness at the same time? Local charity Framework have just the answer you're looking for. Introducing their new gaming-oriented campaign, Power Up
Meet West Bridgford’s ALT BLK ERA, the Sisters Delivering Powerful Messages Through Their Music
Thu 24 Mar 2022We hear from Nyrobi Beckett-Messam, one half of the Notts duo "defying traditional expectations for young black artists"...
Two Notts Creatives Discuss the Future of Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station
Tue 18 Jan 2022Architectural Designer William Harvey and artist Ryan Boultbee, two creatives obsessed with the built environment, discuss the uncertain future of Ratcliffe-on-Soar (R-o-S) power station - that’s the big’un, with the giant cooling towers, that you can see dominating the landscape on the approach to Notts…
Out of Time: How King Henry VIII’s Reformation Triggered a Rebellion That Put Nottingham at the Heart of a National Power Struggle
Mon 29 Nov 2021In keeping with our Seven Deadly Sins issue, we look back at a definitive turning point in the history of religion in England, exploring how King Henry VIII’s Reformation fuelled the Pilgrimage of Grace, a Northern rebellion that placed Nottingham at the centre of a power struggle for the soul of a nation…
Film Review: The Power of the Dog
Tue 19 Oct 2021Benedict Cumberbatch pulls off a pair of rancher chaps in this career defining performance...
Film Review: Project Power
Tue 18 Aug 2020Jamie Foxx stars as a five-minute superhero in Netflix's Project Power...
Cricket World Cup: Power Chords and Cool West Indians
Fri 07 Jun 2019Week one in Notts was the place in which the Cricket World Cup shot into life, provided unexpected disappointments and the reigning world champions, Australia, paid us a visit.
Art Review: Black Dolls The Power of Representation at Sudbury Hall
Thu 05 Jul 2018Panya Banjoko explores the powerful exhibition about black dolls and how they have been perceived...
Live Music Review: British Sea Power at Rock City
Mon 07 May 2018British Sea Power proved popular enough for their gig to be upgraded from Rescue Rooms to Rock City. We headed down to the new venue to check ‘em out.
Theatre Review: The Power of Darkness
Wed 04 Apr 2018So what happens when Nottingham's talented young actors take on Tolstoy?