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Lloyd Cole

Film Review: Small Body

Themes of faith and loss are explored to great effect in this fairy tale-like Italian drama…

10 Years Later: The Avengers

We like to cover movies that may otherwise be overlooked here at LeftLion, so we thought we'd shine a light on this hidden gem a decade after its release...

Gig Review: The Mission at Rock City

One of the country's finest gothic rock bands at one of the city's greatest rock venues? You can't go wrong...

Film Review: Morbius

As another super hero hits our screen, we ask whether we’re tired of watching the same film over
and over...

Review: Nottingham International Film Festival 2022

Back at full capacity, and in an earlier time slot in the year than usual, Nottingham International Film Festival returned to take over Savoy Cinema and Nottingham Contemporary. We sent Kieran Burt over to check out some of the highlights...

Overhead in Notts

You lot do come out with some absolute rammel...

Dua Lipa

David Ramirez

Film Review: Benedetta

If there's one thing Paul Verhoeven is known for, it's causing controversy. Is his latest release, Benedetta, any different? Hell no...

6 of the Best Fantasy Films of All Time (That Aren't Lord of the Rings)

5 Great Things to Do in Nottingham This Week: People Person, Broadway Mystery Film and More

From ice hockey to books on isolation, we've got a proper varied week in Nottingham coming up...

Food Review: Sea and Earth

Vegan battered sausage, 'Vish' cakes and banana blossom fried 'fish'? Sign us up...

Rachel Chinouriri

My Pet Fauxes

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

We Explore the Rise of Magic Practices in Nottingham, From Wicca to Paganism

From the success of cult classic films like The Craft and Sabrina The Teenage Witch, to modern flicks like The Love Witch, our media suggests we’re thoroughly intrigued by magic, and those practising it. But, aside from campy movies, what do you actually know about witchcraft, Wicca and Paganism? On a mission to find out more, our writers George White and Lizzy O’Riordan joined together to learn about the history of witchcraft and how it’s practised in the modern day. Talking to Dr Thomas Waters about the persecutions of the past, and magic shop owner Soroya Cordery about the thriving present, they discover why the practice holds such a powerful grasp on our zeitgeist…

JUST THE TONIC COMEDY CLUB - NOTTINGHAM

Monuments

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

Exhibition Review: Editing DH Lawrence at Weston Gallery, Lakeside Arts

A new exhibition at Lakeside’s Weston Gallery explores DH Lawrence’s struggles with censorship, and the changes Nottingham has seen since it produced one of its most famous authors. Hannah Beresford takes a closer look into Lawrence’s salacious personal life.

The Thompsons on Croquet, TV Magicians and The Commodore

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on...

Holy Fuck

These Wicked Rivers

Bambara