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Interview: 1st Blood

This fresh and funky hip hop band have just been signed by Tricky and play LeftLion Presents at the Orange Tree on Saturday...

May Contain Notts: June-July 2006

Forest and Notts both appoint new managers, Drop In The Ocean raises £27,000, Freemasons come out, Granny drops sandwich

Interview: Highness Sound System

"Our crowd is a mixed one, different classes, different ages - even the old Rastas"

Miles Hunt: A Letter to John Lydon

"You are the one male that has affected my life, outside of family members, more than any other"

Sir Garfield Sobers

We take a look at the career of the complete cricket master...

Mark Askwith: 1954-2006

"His band, in its variously amended line-ups, was to frustrate and confound the Nottingham music scene throughout the eighties"

Interview: Simon Ellis

"I don’t like anything on the telly, so I thought I’d make my own stuff"

Interview: Sheriff of Nottingham Jeannie Packer

"A previous Sheriff had to ride on horseback from the Council House up to the Castle as part of his duties. That doesn’t have to happen every year, but it’s something I’d be very happy to do if it came up."

SOLD OUT: Buy A LeftLion World Cup T-Shirt

Want to rep Notts as well as England?

Interview: Kids in Tracksuits

"I remember some really nasty Diadora tracksuits from when I was at primary school. Really ugly purple ones"

Red Hot Chili Peppers 05/07/06

LeftLion Presents - June 06

Drop In The Ocean 2006 - 2

Drop In The Ocean 2006 - 1

Interview: Rob Smith of Rob's Records Mart

"We’re over-stocked, really. But if someone brings stuff in, you’ve got to buy it"

Inside The Council House

Dot To Dot Festival

Interview: The Elementz

"One Christmas in a hall way in Bilborough, Little Zoutr played a Christmas carol on his brand new £5 Bontempi organ."

LeftLion Magazine #11

Featuring the Nottingham World Cup, Elementz, First Blood, Nottingham City Council Leader Jon Collins, BrianJonestownMassacre, Damian Marley and more.

Interview: Jim Cooke, Manager of Selectadisc

We had a chat with the long serving manager of Nottingham's favourite independent record store...

Interview: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

We had a chat with Anton Newcombe of The BJTM about the real reasons he's in the band...

Interview: Majik

New name, new tunes, same hair. Majik (formerly The Magic Heroes) play Leftlion Unplugged this Tuesday...

May Contain Notts: April-May 2006

First slab laid in the new Market Square, German riot policeman nips over, mass hugging in the Arboretum, fried chicken place employs a bouncer

Miles Hunt: Who Does He Think He Is?

"My 89 year old Grandmother shared with me, in recent years, that she has not experienced any remarkable differences in her ’self’ since she was a sixteen year old girl. I was at first rather alarmed at this comment."

Interview: Stephen Lowe

We have a word with the writer and director entrusted to bring the story of legendary Nottingham Forest manager Brian Clough to the stage...