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Irish Book Club: Ghost In the Throat by Doireann Ni Ghriofa

Odd Birds, Author Talk and In-store Musical Performance

Mother Animal, With Helen Jukes

D’unbelievable Irish Comedy Of Jon Kenny (1957-2024)

Creative Survival: Books Really Can Save Lives

Louise Doughty (plus Support)

But – Life’s Not Like That, Is It?, With Boff Whalley

Shoulder to Shoulder, With Jake Hall

February Book Group: Mammals, I Think We Are Called With Giselle Leeb

Michael Eaton, an Illustrated Talk On the Film Chinatown

Non-fiction Book Group: Seeing Like a State, How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed

Book Launch: Lincolnshire Folk Tales

Rebel Music, a Sound-illustrated Talk by Joe Mulhall

An open conversation: journalist Gary Younge tells us about a public assembly on issues facing minority communities coming up in Nottingham

Well known for his twenty years at The Guardian and a current position as Professor of Sociology at the University of Manchester, journalist, author and broadcaster Gary Younge has led conversations on minority experiences and systematic racism for decades. Those conversations have become all-the-more pertinent since 2020, so Mr Younge is planning new measures to address the issues facing minority communities. 

This will take the form of public assemblies in four cities, one of which will be Nottingham. In January, Mr Younge arrived here to meet the local community who inform the substance of that assembly. Here he presents an open letter, explaining what people can expect from the meeting.

LeftLion Issue #180 February 2025

This month featuring Gary Younge, Aisling Loftus, Revinyl Sessions, Tom Dale and Barret Hodgson on Light Night, Sobar, Nottingham Cinema Round Table, Notts County photographer John Anderson, Sarah Bard, Bellydancer Marija Zinkevica, Girl Scout, House of Pain Wrestling, Linden Archives and lots more...

Nottingham Pagan Book Club: Welsh Witchcraft by Mhara Starling

Adventures In Poetry: Alan Baker and Carrie Etter

Fiction Book Group: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier

LeftLion's Latest Listens #14: Notts music we're currently spinning

In this, the first edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens for 2025, our music team reviews new releases from Rainbow Frog Biscuits, Bad Milk Blood Robot, Eleanor McGregor and Divorce...

How to Make the Changes We Need, With John Page and Others

LeftLion Issue #179 January 2025

In this month's magazine we speak to Marcellus Baz, Nottingham Gig Buddies, sculptor Rachel Carter, ALT BLK ERA, Evil Scarecrow, Pretty Polly Tights, and author and human rights lawyer Christian Weaver. We also look at the history of The Garage club, Union Road, and hear about growing up as a trans man in Nottingham. Plus lots more!

Dandelions at the Bookshop

Five Leaves Open Book Group Discusses Orbital by Samantha Harvey

Queering the Asian Diaspora, With Hongwei Bao