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Blather #7

Left Panther: Stuttering Start for New Look Panthers

After a summer of rebuilding, and an unbeaten pre-season campaign, the Nottingham Panthers are now two months into the league season, and it has been a period of inconsistency.

Handmade Theatre Have Found a Home at Arnold Bizspace

The kid's entertainers have finally found a permanent home...

BACKLIT: Same as it Never Was / 10 year anniversary review

Backlit have just celebrated their 10^thanniversary, which coincided with the new ‘Same as it Never Was’ exhibition. The exhibition reflects upon the journey of the organisation over the last decade. We got down to check it out...

City Stylin' #7

We took to the streets to find some of Notts' best dressed...

Peggy's Skylight Brings Jazz Vibes and Persian Cuisine to Hockley

Their menu is dead fancy... 

Live Music Review: Nactus Kunan at The Bodega

Nactus Kunan have been making waves in the local scene, and on Friday night they launched their latest single, Grievous Bodily Calm with their biggest show yet. The gang were joined at The Bodega by fellow Notts bands Megatrain and Shiftwork, treating the audience to a melting pot of a gig by covering a broad range of styles and sounds...

Photographer Emily Andersen on the Release of Her New Book and Photographing Celebrities

From photographing well-known artists, musicians, writers, directors and actors - including Helen Mirren, Bella Freud and Nico - to exhibiting at some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, Emily Andersen has forged a fascinating photography career. Carefully balancing her craft while lecturing part time at NTU, she has recently published her second book, entitled Portraits: Black & White. We caught up with Emily ahead of her book launch and exhibition at Bonington Gallery later this week…  

Live Music Review: International Teachers of Pop at Metronome

Sheffield’s freshest musical project – International Teachers of Pop – took to Nottingham’s brand-new 350-capacity venue, Metronome, to educate their captivated students at their debut Nottingham gig...

8 Cocktail Happy Hours in Nottingham

A list of some cocktail bars that've got dead good happy hour deals for your lot tuck into...

LeftLion Magazine #107

The Tree Special featuring Nottingham Forest FC, The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest, Eco-mindfulness, Tristram Aver's Native British Trees, The Art File, Nina Smith, Cosmic American, Pitchshifter, and loads more...

F For Film: Metronome, The Venue Now in Full Swing

Our Screen Editor has summat to say about the city's new venue...

Overheard in Notts

Big Baby has been on the prowl...

Film Review: New Halloween, Old Halloween and the Donald Pleasence factor

Gemma Finch gives her two cents on the Halloween franchise, including the new remake and the Nottingham connection to the 1978 original... 

Cosmic American Are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Cosmic American are some of Nottingham’s finest promoters, bringing folk, rock, blues, country, and the rest, to humble Notts. Since their twentieth-anniversary celebrations have just gone, we thought it was only right to have a good natter with head honchos Glenn Sayward and James Windsor about the last twenty years of bringing quality local and international musicians to our city’s stages...

Under Cover Artist: Leosaysays

Our cover and poster artist for the month, Leosaysays, chats to us about his work...

Discotech x The Waves Bring Kelper Home at Rough Trade This Friday

Our Eileen gives us the lowdown on what to expect from Discotech and The Waves at Rough Trade this Friday...

The Thompson Brothers on Bonfire Night, Freddy Mercury and Quinces

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Artist Tristram Aver is Raising Awareness of Austerity and Autism Through His Native British Trees Series

Tristram Aver is a father, artist and curator who recently used lino-printing techniques to create 1,000 prints in one day, all on his tod, to raise money and awareness for Autism East Midlands and The Woodland Trust. An extension of his Native British Trees series, the project delves into topics ranging from austerity and war, to sustainability and mental health. We sat down with Tristram beneath the yellowing Victoria Park leaves to find out what's rustling in his brain crevices...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's been rufflin' Ayup Duck's feathers this month? 

Notts Lad Lewis Doherty on His Sell-Out Edinburgh Fringe Show Wolf

Notts lad, Lewis Doherty, brings his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show back to his homeland

Tommy K on the Side: Condiments on the Continent

Ketchup on Tommy's European adventures...

Left Magpie: Fans Crave More Than Cheap Chocolate and Stamps

Every week there seems to be gloomy headlines of some aged standard bearer of the British high street stumbling into crisis. Debenhams seem to be the latest victim, with a reported 50 stores set to close nationwide.

There's Astronomical Amounts of Food at COSMO World Buffet

Sampling food from around the world never felt so easy...

5 Notts Albums to Listen to This October

Listen to these lot to prepare yersen for a spot of trick-or-treatin'