LeftLion Magazine #86

Words: LeftLion
Wednesday 01 February 2017
reading time: min, words

Featuring hip hop legends De La Soul, Saziso Phiri, Six by Seven frontman Chris Olley, Grey Hairs, Trekkah, Stewart Coates and Darrell Martin on texting while driving...


Street Tales
With Advertising Sectioned, Overheard in Notts, The Thompson Brothers and What Notts

LeftEyeOn: Nottingham in Photos
Photographs of the city that will drive away those February blues in no time

In Focus: Grey Hairs
The morose and mad punkers get busy with cameras in light of their new album

Overnight Success
Six by Seven’s frontman Chris Olley takes us back through the band’s long journey

Untitled
Larry Achiampong and David Blandy talk the latest New Art Exchange exhibition

De La La Land
Catching up with hip hop legends De La Soul about going off-label and collaborating

Anti Matter
Saziso Phiri of The Anti Gallery talks local art that won’t sit down and shut up

Star Trekkah
What do sea-monkeys and album releases have in common? Trekkah reveals all

Upton Girl
Jane Upton chats about the personal side of playwriting and delving into darkness

The Man Who Knows the Ropes
Rooting around Nottingham’s 200-year-old rope shop with owner Stewart Coates

Bright Lights, Big City
Ten years of Light Nights, summed up in your snaps, ahead of Friday 10 February

Drive The Message Home
Darrell Martin explains why being on your phone while driving can be fatal

Think Outside the Box
Business and bites with the women behind Cobden Chambers’ new creative haven

Art Works
With doodles from Billy Partridge, and photography from Mariano Doronzo

Listings
Twiddling yer thumbs? Bored as bob? Stuck for summat to do? Not anymore, you’re not. Plus, news from Last Chance Saloon, Bras Not Bombs, Karl Collaborative Sharing Space, and UKET Film Festival

Write Lion
The usual dose of wordy goods, including Byron fever and a not-so-minor character. Plus, The Endless Rage of DH Lawrence

Music Reviews
Bang these tunes in your earholes, shake your tail feavvah, and get happy. Plus, LeftLion Stereo

Noshingham
Getting our fill of Nottingham’s eats at Junkyard, Chin Chin and Curious Tavern

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