Nottingham Art and Culture Magazine

LeftLion Magazine #149

Our July sports-themed issue, featuring Forest in the Premier League, She's Got Game, Richard Whitehead MBE, Building Notts'...

LeftLion Magazine #148

30 May 22

Our Fear issue, featuring Dr Chris Terrell-Nield on spiders, the Haunted Museum, the Victoria Centre Market, the Uncanny, Graham Caveney on Agoraphobia, Dr John Woolf on the Victorian Freak Show, Nottingham Craft Beer Week, Sauce Shop, Fearless Dressing, Big Swap Events, Newark Book Festival, Anna Kent, Middle Street Resource Centre, Climate Anxiety, Jimmy Rocket & LVNDLXRD, Kendal Mountain Festival, Jay Digga, Angelo Murphy, Nadia Whittome on the Politics of Fear, A Skydiver in Notts, and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #147

02 May 22

The Mythology Issue. Featuring The Nottingham Gods, The Nottingham Caesars, 400 Rabbits, blacksmith David Gill, Joelle Taylor, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Lucy Campbell, The Curse of King Tut and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #146

01 April 22

Our April issue is a celebration of all things magic, featuring Magic Goes Wrong, modern day witchcraft, The Nottingham Guild of Magicians, Victoria Louise on moon yoga, A Dungeon Master in Notts, Nadia Whittome on the magic of football, Little Bricks, Magic Storybook, Hannah Bourn's jewellery, Incredible Edible Beeston, The New Foresters, the history of the Hemlock Stone and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #145

01 March 22

Fashion is the name of the game for our March mag, which has been guest-edited by new Fashion Editor Addie Kenogbon. Inside you can find: White Rose, Nottingham's sneaker scene, I Didn't Ask for It, A Personal Shopper in Notts, Kitty Tray on Drag Fashion, The Last Lace Maker, Rebekah Peters, Omid Djalili, Evie Ashwin, greenwashing and Reggie Kray's old prison shirt...

LeftLion Magazine #144

31 January 22

Our February issue is a celebration of all things scientific, featuring the Festival of Science and Curiosity, Professor Martin Poliakoff CBE, the Nottingham effort to curb COVID, An Anatomist in Notts, Excel in Science, Green Innovators, John Russell Hind, Erasmus Darwin and a pickle mystery for the ages...

LeftLion Magazine #143

04 January 22

Our first mag of the new year features Christian Weaver on The Law in 60 Seconds, Mesopotamia, Local High Streets, Nadia Whittome, Veganuary Delivered, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Rebecca Grant, Kingdom Rapper, The Dilettante Gazette, Sir Francis Willoughby and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #142

29 November 21

Featuring our annual independent Christmas shopping guide, Bill Bailey, the Cultural Review of 2021, Nadia Whittome, A Nun in Notts, Christmas at Wollaton, The Roundhouse, Mark Lewandowski, Breaking the Mould, Lord Byron in Greece and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #141

01 November 21

Our Seven Deadly Sins themed issue features Nottingham's reality TV stars (Pride), the true story of the Mansfield landscape murderers (Greed), reclaiming Lust as a positive think (Lust), Luisa's Vegan Chocolate (Gluttony), the history of the Gunn Gang (Wrath) and slow living with Martin Somerville (Sloth). Plus Nadia Whittome on corporate greed, Pick Six with Satan himself, An Exorcist in Notts, the story of Saddam Hussein's former personal physician Ala Bashir, Deconstruction podcast Nomad, Rich Bell, Hockley Brew Co., Words for Wellbeing, Blue Barrel Cider, The Loft Movie Theatre, Chloe Rodgers, The Joy of Sculpture, The Oral History Project and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #140

01 October 21

Featuring Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson, Paralympic Gold medalists Tully Kearney and Charlotte Henshaw, Roger Van Schaick of Host Nottingham, Nadia Whittome on the refugee crisis, Dan Schreiber of the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast, Simon Amstell, Paul Kaye, Mocky-D, Good Grief, Detonate's James Busby, Witness at the National Justice Museum, The Nottingham Horror Collective and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #139

01 September 21

Our September issue features Paul Smith, legendary boxer Steve Ward, Asad Fazil MBE of Al-Hurraya, XR Notts, Major Labia, Feline and Wildlife Rescue, The Anxiety Map Project, Hopewood Hospital, Scalarama X, Liam Bailey, Leanne Moden and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #138

02 August 21

Our August issue is a Food and Drink special, featuring Wild Card Brewery Head Brewer Jaega Wise, Masterchef winner Laurence Henry, Clemie's Vegan Cakes, No Homers Vegan Deli, George White taking on the Sneinton Vegan Market challenge, Loki actress Sophia Di Martino, Marvel and DC Comics illustrator Rich Perotta, Daniel Allen's Pub Sketches, Nottingham's Olympians, Nottingham Craft Beer Week, A Coffee Roaster in Notts, Magpie Brewery, Diana Drill and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #137

02 July 21

Our July issue is a Nottingham Castle takeover, guest edited by Gareth Morgan of the Nottingham Castle Trust and celebrating everything to do with their reopening following a £30 million renovation. Including an interview with Nottingham Castle Trust CEO Sara Manning, the history of Rebellion at the Castle, a nose around their new museum exhibitions, a celebration of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves turning 30, the hunt for Kevin Costner, the history of Robin Hood on film and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #136

04 June 21

Featuring Raleigh Bicycle Company, Nottingham Castle reopening, Forest vs. Derby European Championship XIs, A Vaccinator in Notts, Face Your Fears, Don't Fear the Reaper, Phoebe Boswell, Art Exhibitions to Check Out, Golden Handshake, Poet Anne Holloway, John Shaw at the Battle of Waterloo and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #135

06 May 21

Our wellbeing issue takes you on a journey of making yourself feel a little bit better, including Skate Nottingham, Wild Swimming, Meditation, Tentickle Toys, MyHouse, Your House, Loudspeaker, Vork Pies, Notts Creatives, Rich and Ed's Excellent Adventure, Joshua Judson, James Sadler, Nadia Whittome on Mental Health, A Yoga Instructor in Notts and more...

LeftLion Magazine #134

02 April 21

Our generations-themed issue takes you through the course of a life, from A Midwife in Notts to the story of the Pierrepoint hangmen, and everything in between. Featuring an exploration of Baby Loss, Toddlers on the Pandemic, Keeping Creative, No Fake Orgasms, Students during COVID, Level Up, Leaving Religion Behind, Shekayla Muragh, NTU's Art Alumni, William Ivory on the films that defined him, a Tribute to Sophia Ramcharan and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #133

29 January 21

A love-themed Feb/March issue featuring your Love Letters to Notts, the Nottingham duo who became the first married couple to reach the North and South Poles, our Valentine's Day Dating Game, author Mhairi McFarlane on why Valentine's Day stinks, The Colour of Love, A Decade of Black Iris, The Festival of Science and Curiosity and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #132

08 December 20

A double issue featuring Framework Housing Association's 20th birthday, Rock City's 40th birthday, Nottingham's independent Christmas guide, The Nottingham Culture Review of 2020, Nottingham Playhouse's Cinderella and more...

LeftLion Magazine #131

02 November 20

Featuring a tribute to the late Pete Woosh, the gentrification of Sneinton Market, Nottingham Poetry Festival, A Reverend on Notts, Nottingham BID, Christmas at Wollaton Hall, My Photo Moment, Bone Arrow, Tony Bates, Dekker, The Carousel, Lone, Tawn-19, MOIST and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #130

05 October 20

Featuring Nadia Whittome's first column, The History of the Goose Fair, a Paranormal Investigator in Notts, Nottingham Contemporary's Grace Jones Exhibition, Hogs of War, Most Haunted revisited, Wild Clothing Store and more...

LeftLion Magazine #129

01 September 20

Featuring Nottingham's OnlyFans creators, I'm Not From London at 15, Nottingham BID, Young Hustlers, POW, Moan Zine, Brazil's Wauja Indigenous Community, Kate Sharp, Witch from the East, Green Hustle, Ben Rose, Bon Idle, Shreya Sen-Handley, Future Bubblers and loads more

LeftLion Magazine #128

03 August 20

Featuring The Nottingham Project's Greg Nugent, a catch up with some of Nottingham's independent businesses, an XR Rebel in Notts, Nottingham Arts Mela preview, BACKLIT, Nottingham Refugee Forum at 20, Sally Longford on Notts being carbon neutral by 2028, Feixue Huangdu, Natalie Duncan and a treasure hunt of puzzles that could lead you to a free escape room...

LeftLion Magazine #127

01 July 20

Featuring Next Gen Movement, Anti-Racism Resources, The Pythian Club, Pride 2020, LGBTQA+ Venues throughout the years, Nottingham's Comedy Scene and more...

LeftLion Magazine #126

01 June 20

Featuring Nottingham's Twin Cities, the history of Broadmarsh, a Professional Footballer in Notts and more...

LeftLion Magazine #125

01 May 20

Our second online only issue, designed to keep you lot comforted and entertained through these uncertain times...