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Our Favourite Moments from Light Hustle
Sun 05 Apr 2020Yesterday, over £5500 was raised by our friends at Circle of Light and Hockley Hustle with their mammoth 8-hour online music festival. If you missed it here's our guide to the highlights and how to watch them back...
10 Years Later: How to Train Your Dragon
Sat 04 Apr 2020As it reaches its tenth anniversary, this action-packed Viking comedy proves it itself to be an age-old family classic...
From Beijing to Boris
Fri 03 Apr 2020Having lived in China for ten years, Chris Ainsworth returned to Nottingham in January with the impending threat of COVID-19 looming. Here he shares his thoughts on how the two countries are dealing the global health crisis differently...
Nottingham City Council Now Offering Food Parcel Service
Thu 02 Apr 2020An army of council workers has begun distributing food parcels to vulnerable people isolating in their homes in Nottingham...
50 Years Later: Patton
Thu 02 Apr 2020Franklin’s J. Schaffner’s Oscar-winning epic celebrates its 50th anniversary this year…
LeftLion Magazine #124
Wed 01 Apr 2020Our first-ever online only issue, designed to keep you lot comforted and entertained through these uncertain times...
25 Years Later: Before Sunrise
Wed 01 Apr 2020It's been over two decades since Richard Linklater began his Before trilogy, starting off with that fateful meeting on a train in Vienna...
Nottingham Castle Trust Launches Voices of Today
Wed 01 Apr 2020Nottingham Castle Trust are celebrating the city's proud history of rebellion, and want you to get involved...
20 Years Later: X-Men
Tue 31 Mar 2020It's been 20 years since a group of mutants teamed up to save the universe in 2000's X-Men. Nathan Warby discusses how they also changed the world of comic-book movies forever...
Framework Urgently Seeking Volunteers and Donations
Mon 30 Mar 2020Nottingham homeless-helping heroes are looking for a bit of help. If you have time to volunteer or some items you don't need you can put their way, please read on for details...
5 Notts Things You Can Do From Home This Week
Mon 30 Mar 2020We normally bring you our pick of events that you can pop along to in Nottingham - however, for obvious reasons we can’t do that. Instead, we’ve rounded up some cracking stuff you can do from the comfort of your home…
Download Festival 2020 Cancelled Due to Coronavirus
Fri 27 Mar 2020Download Festival, the annual rock and metal event held at nearby Castle Donington has been cancelled this year because of Coronavirus.
6 Items to Buy for Your Nottingham-Themed Cheeseboard
Thu 26 Mar 2020With every passing day we're getting closure to sunshine and picnic weather. This year, we're gonna pass on shop-bought spreads and create our own, locally-sourced board full of Notts goodies. Here's what we'll be plucking from the shelves...
Nottingham City Council are urgently recruiting for Care Workers.
Thu 26 Mar 2020These roles are on a Casual Assignment Basis and pay is £9.94/hour plus casual enhancement of 12.04%...
Ghost Town: Video of Nottingham City Centre During Coronavirus
Wed 25 Mar 2020This video of a Nottingham City Centre publican walking his dog around the deserted city centre is strangely mesmerising...
10 Ways You Can Enter the Young Creative Awards at Home
Wed 25 Mar 2020Want to do something creative and positive at home during the lockdown? Aged 11-24 and live, work or study in Nottingham? Enter this totally free competition to win cash prizes and life-changing opportunities...
Notes from a Mental Health Nurse: Letting Go of the Past
Tue 24 Mar 2020Each month, our anonymous mental nurse, who has over two decades on experience working in Nottingham, will deal with a specific mental health issue with practical, accessible advice. This month, they offer tips on how to let go of the past...
Circle of Light and Hockley Hustle are Putting on a Livestream Music Bonanza
Tue 24 Mar 2020Light Hustle – a marvellous collab between the Circle of Light and Hockley Hustle – was gonna take place on Saturday 4 April as part of the Youth Music Give a Gig Week initiative. However, it’s now going digital…
Nottingham in Lockdown
Tue 24 Mar 2020Here's what all those busy streets in Nottingham City Centre look like when hardly anyone is in them...
Electronic Duo Bone Cult on Masks, World Tours and Their Debut Album
Tue 24 Mar 2020Formed in 2013, Bone Cult began after two members of a rock band decided they’d had enough. Time spent experimenting with productions in the studio – using synths, drum machines and more – led to the electronic duo, consisting of No.1 and Day2, finding that unique, fresh sound they were in search of, and settling on a new musical identity. Never showing their faces publicly, their only distinguishing feature comes in the form of artful tattoos covering their torsos. Even their tracked vocals are distorted beyond recognition. With an impressive cult following that has seen them perform across the globe and a debut album set for release this month, we talked to the Notts-based duo to uncover more about the minds that lie beneath the masks...
Nottingham City Council pledges to support businesses during COVID 19 pandemic
Mon 23 Mar 2020A message from Nottingham City Council to businesses in Nottingham at this time (and a few useful links so you know where to get the latest info from them)...
LeftLion Sofa Sessions
Mon 23 Mar 2020While we're all stuck at home, we’ve decided to open up our channels and for artists and performers to perform a live gig on our Facebook channel at 8pm each evening...
Bygone Byrons: The Weird and Wonderful Characters from Lord Byron's Family Tree
Sat 21 Mar 2020In the complex, meandering maze of English history, few people that aren’t members of the Royal family are able to trace their ancestry all the way back to the Battle of Hastings. But luckily for Notts’ own Lord Byron, his family tree has roots that go all the way back to 1066, and branches that were every bit as weird and wonderful as he was...
Beeston Film Festival Moves Online
Fri 20 Mar 2020After the coronavirus outbreak the Beeston Film Festival will now be hosted on Facebook, meaning all the best international indie films will still be available for your viewing pleasure. We talk to John Currie, festival director, about what people can expect...
15 Netflix Hidden Gems To Keep You Entertained
Fri 20 Mar 2020Already blitzed through your favourite films, series and documentaries? Fear not self-isolators and social-distancers, we've got you covered with sixteen Netflix hidden gems that you may have missed...