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Euro 2021: England vs Quarter Final

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

40 Years Later: Clash of the Titans

Special effects wizard Ray Harryhausen’s swansong still delivers excitement and awe four decades later…

LeftLion Magazine #137

Our July issue is a Nottingham Castle takeover, guest edited by Gareth Morgan of the Nottingham Castle Trust and celebrating everything to do with their reopening following a £30 million renovation. Including an interview with Nottingham Castle Trust CEO Sara Manning, the history of Rebellion at the Castle, a nose around their new museum exhibitions, a celebration of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves turning 30, the hunt for Kevin Costner, the history of Robin Hood on film and loads more...

Overheard in Notts

What you been chattin'? 

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 2nd July

The LeftLion Sustainability Review

At the beginning of 2021 we began a sustainability review across the whole LeftLion operation, because we want you to be confident we’re doing everything we can to face up to the climate crisis. We want to have as little negative impact on the environment as possible, and we’re committed to working towards a future where we have a net positive impact. 

Review: Cauldron Born: How Long I Have Thirsted to be a God Among Men

We take a look at Amelia Seren Roberts' latest work, on display at Surface Gallery... 

Theatre Review: Father Brown

A Very Unholy Triangle

10 Years Later: Green Lantern

It's remembered as being so bad that it's become meme material. But is there anything to enjoy about Green Lantern? We take a look 10 years on... 

Nusic Future Session: Bee-Sides

The next Nusic Future Session features Bee-Sides, ahead of their 23 July gig at Rough Trade...

Review: Artery at Nottingham Contemporary

Nottingham Contemporary showcases twelve paintings from artist Allison Katz in her new exhibition, Artery... 

Euro 2021: England vs Round of 16

Film Review: In the Earth

The latest from British director Ben Wheatley is a sore disappointment considering its
brilliant potential…

Wonders with Grimm

I AM LONO

Robin Hood Town Tour

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 26th June

Wild Music

Nottingham Poetry Festival's Creative Director Anne Holloway on Her Career Highlights and What You Can Expect from This Year's Festival

As Creative Director for Nottingham Poetry Festival, founding editor of Big White Shed and a former member of Mouthy Poets, Anne Holloway has just about seen and done it all on the Notts poetry scene. She talked to Bridie Squires about her work, career and what to expect from the upcoming festival...

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 25th June

Short Film Golden Handshake Sheds Light on the Midlands' Dedicated Skateboarding Community

From split balls to Sneinton market, Golden Handshake – a new short film from skate organisation Hooked – shines a light on the Midlands’ dedicated and expanding skateboarding community. George White chats to founder Dave Ford about the project, which is now available to watch on YouTube… 

"People in record stores didn’t think I was cool enough. So I opened up my own - Take Away Jazz Records

Machine Woman moved from releasing records to selling them via her pop-up shop at Nottingham’s The Carousel this spring. As she closes the door for now and considers the next move, she reflects on the experience, explaining it was always about much more than simply having music for sale… 

Euro 2021: Czech Republic vs England

Phoebe Boswell's Here is Finally Opening at the New Art Exchange After a Year's Delay

Phoebe Boswell's exhibition Here sat half-put together at New Art Exchange from April 2020, unable to open for just over a year while we on the outside battled with lockdown and months of separation. But in early May, the award-winning artist was back in Nottingham putting the finishing touches together, to finally prepare to open her show.

Here is a beautiful accumulation of the nuances and complexities of communities, voices, hearts, and histories which, like her own, are often systematically marginalised, simplified, pacified, homogenised, or side-lined as 'other'. These different perspectives collide and become monumental together. Combining draftswomanship and digital technology, layering drawing, animation, sound, video, and interactivity, the exhibition brings together new and existing artworks, some of which have not been seen in the UK before. Rachel Willcocks caught up with Phoebe to find out about her work, and how she’s found the past year...