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LeftLion Presents September 2007

Things We Loved About 80's Holidays in Skeggy

Chips, weeing in buckets, being sick down the back of your Dad's neck and the Jolly Fisherman. A tribute to our spiritual homeland in its darkest hour...

Mark Hodkinson interview

There is a northern light that never goes out. He is the man behind Pomona and he's just published a cracking memoir.

The Variety Club in Radford

"Jesus would be horrified to be considered as a racist"

A Canadian on Fantasy League Football

"Here are a few tips on winning Fantasy Football when you know exactly two things about football; 'Jack' and 'Shit'"

Interview: Athlete

"It’s that weird thing in a band that your life is so dependent on what your next record does, in terms of where you’ll be, what you’re doing"

Interview: Video Mat

"It started by accident, just with one picture."

LeftLion Magazine #18

Featuring Sean Ryder, Jonathan Glazer, Scout Niblett, Football season previews, Paul Kaye, Computerman, Chris Summerlin, The Variety Club and more...

Interview: Tim McDonald

He may have moved away, but he just cannot stay away from Hoodtown...

Interview: David Blayze

We put a few questions to the talented musician about his new solo career...

Interview: Swimming

"After branching out from recorder club I got really into making weird and wonderful sounds and writing songs."

Interview: Computerman

"I had an original Sega Master System and an Amiga 500+... I was jealous of anyone who owned a Mega Drive with Sonic..."

The Coral Interview

"By learning it the hard way we now never take anything for granted. We’ve come through it and we’ve learned a lot"

Shelter From the Storm

What do fish and chips, Marks & Spencer, the Mini and the Bank of England have in common? Refugees...

Interview: Momentum Festival

We'll be seeing some of the finest playwriting talent heading to Nottingham very soon thanks to this dandy little festival...

Chris Summerlin

We've admired his work for some time now, so we put a few pressing questions to the artist behind Damn You!'s amazing artwork

Interview: Scout Niblett

Scout Niblett (aka Emma Louise Niblett) grew up in Nottingham, but moved away to America and became an international success...

Interview: Happy Mondays

"We’ve been followed around since we were eighteen. I’m forty five in August and a bit of an old fart now. I just did what most of the kids where I come from did"

Interview: Zoe Johnston

Zoe Johnston spent over a decade in electronica with the likes of Above and Beyond, Bent and Delerium. We found out what she's up to now...

Nottingham Forest and Notts County 2007-2008 Season Preview

After a short break running paper shops, icing down knees and chatting up gormless birds in Geisha, our city’s lower division footballers prepare for another season of cloggery and huffing. We asked NFFC Blog and Martin Naylor – our regular contributors to Left Brian and Left ‘Pie-On – to give us a rundown on what a gwan on both sides of t’Trent…

Tintinnabulum June 2007

The 2007 Smoking Ban

The cigarette, the 'oily rag', the 'coffin nail'. The suffusion of pleasure and relief as you take that first draw...

Interview: Nicola Monaghan

Nicola Monaghan discusses her debut novel The Killing Jar, set on a Nottingham council estate...

UK Takeover 5

Organised by producer Joe Buhdha and 1xtra's Mista Jam, this was yet another showcase of everything that's good about the UK hiphop scene.

Dot to Dot 07 - Part 3: live bands