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Notts Street Art: A Checklist for Your Daily Walk

Hands up if you're missing the whole heap of real-world culture that Notts has to offer? I think it's safe to say we all are. But while we stay safe and stay home, there is one artistic offering still available from this city. So the next time you’re on your daily walk, run or cycle, take a minute to look around at the art pieces that aren’t in galleries or on our screens, but sit on Nottingham’s walls, buildings and side streets...

Film Review: The Half of It

Sexuality, race and religion battle it out in this supremely accessible Cyrano update...

Nottingham DJs Invited to Join Global Charity Stream in Aid of Covid-19

Local selectors can play their part in dance music history this weekend by playing a set for what aims to be the world’s largest-ever simultaneous live stream DJ event in aid of the Last Night A DJ Saved My Life (LNADJ) Covid-19 Emergency Appeal.

Film Review: The Assistant

Roshan Chandy reviews this unblinking insight into the haunted house horrors of harassment...

Nadia Whittome Loses Care Job During Fallout Over PPE Comments

Nadia Whittome has faced criticism over her comments about inadequate PPE for care workers, leading to Lark Hill Retirement Village telling the Nottingham East MP that her services were no longer required. As she faces a backlash across social media and the wider press, Ashley Carter looks back at the recent interview Whittome gave to LeftLion, and explores the reasoning behind the care home’s decision to fire her…

Splendour Festival 2020 Cancelled

Nottingham's annual music festival at Wollaton Park has been cancelled due to coronavirus, but a 2021 date has been announced.

Introducing Our New Art Editors...

One of the last things we did before the world went all Walking Dead was to appoint two brand-new Art Editors. But sadly for us, them and the entire artistic community in Nottingham, all of the galleries in the city closed their doors soon after. So by means of an introduction, we thought it might be nice for Laura-Jade Vaughan and Rachel Willcocks to write about an exhibition that made a big impression on them...

15 Years Later: Kingdom of Heaven

With the film set to mark its 15th anniversary, Ashley Carter looks back at the legacy of Ridley Scott’s overlooked historical epic Kingdom of Heaven...

City Stylin' #25

Our woman about town couldn't - for obvious reasons - take to the street's this month, so instead gives you a look at how she is handling lockdown... 

Notts Rebels: Henry Garnet and the Gunpowder Plot

In celebration of the Nottingham Castle Trust’s #VoicesofToday campaign, our Notts Rebels series continues with David Yancy's exploration of local-lad Henry Garnet and his involvement in the Gunpowder Plot...

Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome on the Government's Response to COVID-19, Returning to Care Work and Being a Female MP

In a time when politicians are regularly accused of being out of touch with everyday life, Nadia Whittome showed why her constituents in Nottingham East were right to place their trust in her during the last General Election. While no one would have blamed her for stocking up on essentials and hunkering down in safety, Britain’s youngest MP made the decision to put herself on the frontline of COVID-19 by returning to care work, the profession in which she worked prior to her election victory last December. With a unique, first-hand perspective on the devastating impact of the virus on the country’s most vulnerable people, we talked to the Labour MP about the ongoing lack of personal protective equipment, the impact of cuts to health and social care services and the Government’s response to coronavirus…

How to Sleep Well During a Global Pandemic

In one year, your average adult will sleep for just under 3,000 hours. But 2020 hasn’t exactly been a normal year, and a lot of us are grappling with changes to our normal sleeping schedule – whether that’s an extra afternoon nap to combat the constant feelings of lethargy, or a loss of night-time hours due to anxiety triggered by watching the news. To help put your mind at ease when it comes to quarantine shut-eye, we’ve delved deep into the world of sleep to (hopefully) help you lot get a better slumber...

My First... Month in Isolation

We hear your anonymous stories about adapting to life in a pandemic...

40 Years Later: The Empire Strikes Back

It has been four decades since the most iconic Star Wars movie came out in cinemas across the world. George White takes a look at why it remains so popular all these years later...

The Thompson Brothers on Nottingham Rebels

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Under Cover Artist: Beane

We talk to competition winner Beane about the inspiration behind his beauteous cover...

LeftLion Magazine #125

Our second online only issue, designed to keep you lot comforted and entertained through these uncertain times... 

Just The Tonic Launch Online Comedy Night

Nottingham comedy club Just the Tonic have launched new digital live comedy night This Glorious Lockdown and there's an exclusive discount for LeftLion readers...

Nottstopping Festival: Everything You Need to Know About the 150 Hour Live Stream

The creative, charitable, community loving bunch at Light Hustle are back with another virtual fundraising festival to entertain us lot living through lockdown - this time it’s in support of our key workers. Keep checking this page for updates from the team as we get them, ahead of the event on 23 and 24 May. 

Notts Rebels: Lucy Hutchinson

To celebrate the Nottingham Castle Trust's Voices of Today campaign, our weekly look at the rebellious people, acts and events from Nottingham's past continues with the story of 17th century trailblazer Lucy Hutchinson...

Nusic New Music Podcast #225 with Fast Car to Florence, Jimi Mack, Tori Sheard and More...

Nusic Advice Video: Tik Tok for Musicians

Tik Tok is the most important new platform of recent years. In this video we tell you why it's important, give you examples of artists that have smashed it, and tell ya why you need to get on it A$AP Rocky to save big dollar.

BioCity Company Launch ‘Masks For The Masses' Campaign

A company based at Nottingham’s BioCity, has launched a ‘masks for the masses’ campaign...

Ye Olde Trip Now Covered in Rainbows

Following a BBC news story earlier this month expressing sadness at England's oldest inn being boarded up, we're pleased to report that the place is now covered in rainbows...

80 Years Later: Gone with the Wind

Hollie Anderson says this is a part of Hollywood’s history that needs to be viewed with caution...