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Write Queer: a monthly writing group for LGBTQ+ people in Notts

Tue 14 Jul 2026

Open to the LGBTQ+ community and allies, Write Queer is a monthly collective who share and progress their writing, while connecting with other writers in a supportive environment – online, or at Nottingham Central Library. We speak to organiser Richard Gidlow about the sessions, zines, Notts Pride, and the unspoken heroes of pigeons.

Pick Six: Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode

Mon 01 Jun 2026

For this month’s Pick Six we turned to award-winning Nigerian-British writer Yomi Sode who will be performing at Lakeside Arts on 11 June as part of Nottingham Poetry Festival.

Buy: Three Left Lions 2026 World Cup T-shirt

Tue 12 May 2026

Rep Nottingham while you watch the World Cup 2026! Our iconic three left lion’s t-shirts are back this summer, with a new range of colours and sizes...

Theatre Interview: Sam Harry Macgregor actor and writer from Hold The Line at Nottingham Arts Theatre

Wed 08 Apr 2026

Hold the Line is a new play coming to the Nottingham Arts Theatre that lifts the lid on life and work at the NHS 111 telephone service. Rising star Sam Harry Macgregor, who wrote and stars in the play, talks to Leftlion about the journey...

Gig review: St. Paul & the Broken Bones at Rock City, with Tyler Ballgame

Sun 01 Feb 2026

Birmingham, Alabama became a whole lot closer as Nottingham's Rock City played host to the eight-piece whirlwind that is St. Paul and the Broken Bones...

Bon journal: writer Andrew Tucker Leavis on launching the New Nottingham Journal

Wed 03 Dec 2025

All that Nottingham’s literary scene was missing, said poet Rory Waterman, was a “name-brand literary journal”. Grace Sanders speaks to Andrew Tucker Leavis, Editor-in-Chief of the New Nottingham Journal, about how he decided to rectify that issue, with LeftLion’s help…

Theatre review: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe at Nottingham's Theatre Royal

Thu 06 Nov 2025

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe came to Nottingham's Theatre Royal this week, bringing dazzling theatrics, humour and heart...

Actor, Writer and Director Ryan Symons on The Void: Thunder Road’s chilling new sci-fi horror

Mon 08 Sept 2025

We caught up with writer, director and actor, Ryan Simons, about Thunder Road’s chilling new sci-fi horror, The Void. Catch it at Mansfield Palace Theatre on Monday 22 and Tuesday 23 September...

LeftLion Interviews Podcast #12: Writer James Graham on Dear England, Sherwood, Broadway, London theatre and writing for stage and screen

Mon 25 Aug 2025

Our latest episode is a conversation with the Notts-born Showrunner of BBC TV's Sherwood, who is taking Notts to New York stages and returning home to celebrate the 160th Birthday of Nottingham's Theatre Royal...

Theatre Review: Murder She Didn't Write

Sat 26 Apr 2025

A hilarious evening of improvised murder mystery mayhem

We head to 'The Writers' Conference 2025'

Thu 24 Apr 2025

We head out on a day-trip to attend Writing East Midlands' yearly jamboree.

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

Tue 08 Apr 2025

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…

Notts writer Hongwei Bao on the poetics of queer and diasporic experiences

Mon 17 Mar 2025

Raised in Inner Mongolia, Dr. Hongwei Bao is now a Director of Research at the University of Nottingham and the industrious community organiser of events like the Queer Chinese Arts Festival, Poetics of Migration, Ode to Notts, plus many more. He’s also one of our most exciting creative writers, so we decided to invite him for a coffee…

Film Review: Companion

Mon 10 Feb 2025

A Barbie girl, living in a non-Barbie world...

Write black to the beginning: Panya Banjoko on the 15 year anniversary of Nottingham Black Archive

Sat 09 Nov 2024

This year Nottingham writer and archivist Panya Banjoko celebrated fifteen years as head of the Nottingham Black Archive: a community project that enlivens black cultural history in Notts. We caught up with Panya to talk about her residency this summer at the New Art Exchange and her long career as one of Nottingham’s foremost creative individuals.

Writing while Muslim: writer and activist A.M. Dassu on her upcoming panel

Tue 15 Oct 2024

Award-winning Midlands writer and activist A.M. Dassu is heading to Nottingham to present her panel, Writing while Muslim, at Nottingham Central Library. We got the scoop behind her inspiring journey…

Pick Six: Actor, writer and comedian Colin Hoult

Fri 04 Oct 2024

This month’s Pick Six is chosen by Nottingham-born actor, writer and comedian Colin Hoult

Actor and Comedian Colin Hoult on ADHD, Mapperley Hospital and Being a Vampire

Thu 19 Sept 2024

He's worked with vampires, ghosts and Ricky Gervais. Now Colin Hoult is bringing his new comedy show to Nottingham and reveals to us how it all began, as a child, in the shadows of Mapperley...

We chat to writer LS Evans about his new novel Pleasantly Disturbed

Thu 22 Aug 2024

Notts writer L. S. Evans was the late great Sean Lock’s staff writer for fifteen years, racking up credits on shows like 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and gaining acclaim from names like Harry Hill. Now he’s back with a comic coming-of-age story…

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