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5 Fun Things to Check Out This Week: From Newark Book Festival to Repton Filmfest

With book fairs, film festivals and celebrations for Nottingham's freshest musical talent, there really is something for everyone around here this week...

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You Can Get Your Hands on Four Free Books in Nottingham This Month, All Thanks to City of Literature

Interested in four free books? Well then you’re in luck, because Nottingham’s City of Literature are giving away just that as part of their Big City Reads campaign. And with stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every kind of reader. Set to take place this summer, our Literature Editor catches up with Matt Turpin and Eleanor Flowerday from City of Literature to find out more…

Together Pangea

Darden Smith

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 3rd July

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

We Dive Into Nottingham Forest’s History-Making Season, Which Saw Them Return to the Premier League for the First Time in 8,414 Days

A kebab shop with a firework-fuelled marketing masterstroke. Depeche Mode blaring from passing cars. Our right-back’s mother carried shoulder high in her Calippo-fluorescent replica shirt rhyming ‘shite’ with ‘dynamite’. Red smoke. Handwritten plans taped to a water bottle wrapped in a towel. Que sera, sera…

Waterfront Festival 2022

Robin Hood Town Tour

JD & The FDCs + The Hip Priests

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

How Repton Filmfest ‘22 Is Bringing the Best of Global Cinema to the East Midlands

If you’re up for a short trip to our beloved neighbouring county, Derbyshire, you can stop by The Repton Filmfest ‘22 this month. An extension of the popular Repton Literary Festival, this three-day event will bring short films from across the globe, legendary filmmakers from across the UK, and cinema fans from across the East Midlands to this quaint historical village. We talk to Tom Craig, film expert and one of the festival’s organisers, all about it…

LeftLion Magazine #149

Our July sports-themed issue, featuring Forest in the Premier League, She's Got Game, Richard Whitehead MBE, Building Notts' Greatest Athlete, the Nottingham Lions, WWE Wrestler Joseph Conners, Kendo, Footfalls & Heartbeats, Big City Reads, Georgina Wilding, Harleighblu, Art of Football, Andy Reid, Nadia Whittome on Palestine and the Notts' soldiers who were at the Battle of Rorke's Drift...

5 of the Best Films in Nottingham Cinemas in July 2022

With highlights including the god of thunder and the king of horror, we've got some belters coming up on the big screen this month...

Champyun Clouds

Courtney Barnett

Preview: Forbidden Forest 2022

This weekend the renowned electronic music festival Forbidden Forest comes to the East Midlands, with a fantastic line-up all taking to the stage within the stunning grounds of Belvoir Estate…

The Bobby Lees

Kate Bush Tribute - Cloudbusting

Marcus King

Film Review: Elvis

Baz Luhrmann’s biopic is a whirlwind of glitter and extravagance, writes George Dunbar…

Under Cover Artist: Maxrock of Totally Brewed

Creating edgy artwork for the Nottingham-based brewery Totally Brewed, Maxrock has always felt a pull toward the scary and dystopian. That’s why he seemed the perfect fit for our fear edition. Combining his love for beer with our theme, we couldn’t be happier with the outcome…

The Felice Brothers

Congi