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LeftLion Film Podcast #10 - Ben Wheatley

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by director Ben Wheatley to discuss his brilliant new film Happy New Year, Colin...

Middle Kids at The Bodega in Photos

03 December 18

Theatre Review: Entanglement! An Entropic Tale at Djanogly Theatre

03 December 18

We got down to Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre to see Infinite Opera's Entanglement! An Entropic Tale...

Live Music Review: Henge at The Bodega

03 December 18

City Stylin' #8

02 December 18

We took to the streets to find some of Notts' best dressed...

The Thompson Brothers Are Full of Christmas Spirit

02 December 18

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

01 December 18

What the bob happened last month?

Overheard in Notts

01 December 18

Another month, another loada tripe from your lot...

Blather #8

01 December 18

Prick your tabs. The sound is thick in the air...

Film Review: Suspiria

30 November 18

Does Luca Guadagnino's Suspiria remake live up to Dario Argento's beloved original film? 

A List of Food Banks in Nottingham

30 November 18

We’ve made a list of all the registered food banks in Nottinghamshire, to make it easy for you and yours to donate this season...

Art Works: Woodworker Martin Sommerville at By Our Hands We Make Our Way

25 November 18

Martin Sommerville talks to us abaht his wooden puppet, Hobo...

Otis Williams of The Temptations Talks New Music, Touring the UK and Listening to Beyoncé

28 November 18

Formed in 1961 and named by Billboard as the most successful r'n'b act of all time, The Temptations have produced a hit in nearly every decade since their inception with ubiquitous singles like My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone. We grabbed Otis Williams for a word on the blower...

Whip the Cat Rapper and Clog Feature at Dancing England at Nottingham Playhouse

28 November 18

After being reinstated last year, Dancing England will be coming to the Nottingham Playhouse stage on Saturday 26 January 2019 to showcase the finest in traditional dancing. With it, comes Nottingham’s own Whip the Cat Rapper and Clog…

Director Jack Bond on Latest Documentary An Artist's Eyes

27 November 18

We caught up with the legendary director ahead of the release of his latest documentary, An Artist's Eyes...

Live Music Review: Pitchshifter at Rock City

27 November 18

Celebrating twenty years since the release of their seminal album www.pitchshifter.com, the almighty Pitchshifter reunited to play their first shows in over a decade. The six-date tour saw the band supported by an all-Notts lineup, with post-hardcore band The Blueprint and alt-metallers Earthtone9 warming the crowd up nicely, all culminating with an intimate show in the Mecca that is Rock City...

Film Review: The Grinch

25 November 18

That grumpy old green sod is back again, this time for a feature-length animated version starring Benedict Cumberbatch... 

Film Review: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

25 November 18

The Coen Brothers' stunning anthology of short stories from the Old West is on Netflix now... 

Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association Have Formed a Charity Partnership

19 November 18

The leaves have started to fall from the trees, and while it might be a beautiful sight, it’s a sign of the inevitable impending added pressures that come with being vulnerable and homeless in winter. In a move that could help to power services, Nottingham Forest FC and Framework Housing Association have been making moves to form the first official charity partnership of the football club...

Celebrate Tree Charter Day This November

24 November 18

Tree Charter Day is Saturday 24 November. Sign the Tree Charter to show your support for a world that we can breathe happily in...

Live Music Review: Reckless Yes present Chorusgirl, Mammoth Penguins and Fightmilk at Rough Trade

23 November 18

If you haven’t heard of Reckless Yes before, listen up: they’re a Derbyshire-based record label and promoter, with a habit of unearthing and supporting top-notch bands. So when we got wind of their triple bill takeover at Rough Trade, we couldn’t resist heading down.

Framework, Forest, Rain and Feet: A Poem for Nottingham's Homeless Community

23 November 18

With 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...

The Americans at Rock City in Photos

23 November 18

Celebrating 100 Years of Women Gaining the Vote with Midlands Suffragettes

23 November 18

6 February 2018 marked 100 years of 8.5 million women gaining their right to vote. Although it will be another decade before we celebrate 100 years of all women gaining the vote, it was a huge milestone in the step towards women’s rights being achieved...

Art Review: The Luminous at Surface Gallery

22 November 18

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder, which can be difficult to determine in a day and age where we have social media ramming it’s notion of a ‘perfect’ woman down our throats left right and center. What if we knocked down those barriers and took a look at the extraordinary ordinary and gave them a platform to shine, to be luminous. That is what photographer Laura Dicken and The Renewal Trust have worked to complete alongside several of our very own women from Sneinton…