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Gig Review: Softcult at The Bodega
Fri 14 Apr 2023Softcult took to the Bodega stage on their first ever UK tour...
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Gig Review: DVNE at The Bodega
Fri 14 Apr 2023Rich Davies took a trip down to Bodega to see DVNE and Pijn in action...
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In Photos: Mamas Gun and MT Jones
Fri 14 Apr 2023Mamas Gun returned to Peggy’s Skylight to promote the undiluted soul music and meaningful lyrics of their latest album Cure The Jones alongside support from MT Jones’ distinct crooning vocals…
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Theatre Review: Steel Magnolias
Thu 13 Apr 2023After all, we all love a bit of gossip at the hairdressers don’t we.
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In Photos: Left Hand Lane, Lilac Grove and Part Time Animals
Wed 12 Apr 2023We sent Rae down to take some snaps of this trio of local bands as they took over The Bodega...
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Gig Review: Billie Marten at Rough Trade
Wed 12 Apr 2023LeftLion’s music co-editor Amrit Virdi took a trip to Nottingham’s Rough Trade to see Billie Marten…
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Everything You Need to Know About Splendour Festival 2023
Wed 12 Apr 2023Despite the current challenges facing pretty much everyone in the country bar the top 1%, DHP Family, and its stable in Nottingham, London and Bristol, continue to go from strength to strength - surviving the triple threat of the pandemic, a cost-of-living crisis, and pressures from major corporate organisations with extensive industry know-how. We catch up with head honcho George Akins to find out more and discuss the finer details of their annual blue ribboned event, Splendour Festival, fifteen years on from when it all began…
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Beeston Film Festival Returns to The Arc Cinema With an Exciting International Line-up
Wed 12 Apr 2023We hear from the event's organisers about everything from A Last Resort to Vicky McClure...
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We Look Back at the Mushroom, Nottingham’s Groundbreaking Anti-War Bookstore
Wed 12 Apr 2023Cast your mind back to the early 1970s and you might remember the opening of a certain radical bookshop just outside of Nottingham city centre. Named Mushroom, in reference to the Jefferson Airplane song White Rabbit, it was a staple to the city’s anarchists up until its closure in 2000. But what made it so significant? And why do so many people still have fond memories to this day? We catch up with co-founder Chris Cook Cann, alongside former worker Ross Bradshaw, to learn more about the Mushroom’s history, including the times they were raided by a group of fifty fascists and had stock confiscated by the police…
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