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LeftLion Film Podcast #18 - Bella Ramsey: Game of Thrones
Wed 01 May 2019Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are delighted to be joined by actress Bella Ramsey, fresh from her role as Lady Lyanna Mormont in the final series of Game of Thrones. They talk about being the number one trending person on Twitter this week, filming her final scenes for the show and her new role as an Ambassador for The Prince William Award through Nottingham charity SkillForce...
And for the first time in LeftLion Film Podcast history, we've got a prize to give away: You can get your hands on a brand new, official Game of Thrones Monopoly set hand signed by Bella by listening...
Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 3 - The Long Night
Mon 29 Apr 2019Winter came for our heroes at Winterfell in an intense, claustrophobic battle that will leave you watching from the edge of the wall...
Game of Thrones star Bella Ramsey visits Nottingham School
Mon 29 Apr 2019Pupils at Our Lady and St Edwards School in St. Anns were treated with a visit from Lady Lyanna Mormont herself, who was in town to promote the Prince William Award...
Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 2 - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Wed 24 Apr 2019Episode one might have been a bit of a set-up, but things are starting to get moving in episode two...
Game of Thrones Review: Season 8, Episode 1 - Winterfell
Tue 23 Apr 2019The longest wait in history is finally over. Those dragon-riding, sister-kissing, wedding-ruining buggers are finally back in the final season of Game of Thrones...
Emily Leary on Her Cookbook Get Your Kids to Eat Anything and Her Five-phase Programme
Sat 13 Apr 2019Local woman Emily Leary has written Get Your Kids to Eat Anything to help parents do exactly what it says on the tin with her five-phase programme...
Interview: Rough Trade Nottingham Turns Five
Tue 09 Apr 2019It’s hard to remember Broad Street without Rough Trade as an occupant. The record store, bar and gig venue turns five later this year, and over the past half-decade has earned its stripes as an integral part of Nottingham’s music scene. We caught up with bar manager, Sam Allison, to talk Drag Bingo, Record Store Day, and footprints on the ceiling…
History of the Weird Midlands Episode Five: The Great Nottingham Curio Show!
Thu 04 Apr 2019Roll up, roll up! In the season two premiere, the gang take a look at the remarkable and infamous curiosity show, including exploitative entertainers of Goose Fair, the perennial jokester William Wallet, and the world-famous Joseph Merrick, A.K.A. the Elephant Man! Warning: Contains strong language and some serious spookiness.
All Spent For Lent: Why our Fashion Editor Is Giving Up Shopping
Tue 05 Mar 2019A Fashion Editor giving up shopping? Yer what?
Notts-based Metal Band The Five Hundred on Personal Demons, Moscow and Their Debut Album
Wed 27 Feb 2019Since forming in 2014, devastatingly heavy Notts-based metal outfit The Five Hundred are making their mark on the UK scene, with their unholy blend of crushing eight-string guitar breakdowns, soaring yet haunting vocal melodies and pummelling drums. Following the release of their EP, Mirrors, in 2015 and their debut album, Bleed Red, last year, the band have been picking up some serious momentum. We spoke to bassist Andy Crawford discuss their bleak lyrics, the current Nottingham metal scene and their plans for the future….
Board Game Cafes in Nottingham
Thu 10 Jan 2019The trend of board-game cafes started up in Britain around 2014 with the opening of Draughts in London, and Notts eventually followed with three offerings of its own. Our dice-rolling correspondent Toby Johnston has tested the waters of each local gaming gaff, and is here to report back with his findings...
10 Times Nottingham Folk Made National News for Stupid Reasons
Fri 16 Nov 2018Look, we love the people of Notts. But even your lot can't deny your stupidity sometimes...
Notts Hosts 2018 Games of Remembrance
Sun 11 Nov 2018Many of you will know the story of the Christmas truce, where both British and German soldiers temporarily cease-fired to play a football match during World War One. Perhaps it’s fitting that with 2018 marking 100 years since the end of the First World War, that a football match between British and German soldiers took place.
5 Films To See At Mayhem 2018
Wed 10 Oct 2018With the opening night drawing ever closer, our Screen Editor cast his wry eye over the Mayhem 2018 schedule to pick out five films you simply cannot afford to miss...
1st Blood Release Creativity Crisis After a Five-Year Album Hiatus
Tue 25 Sept 2018Pete Chilvers is the man behind Nottingham hip hop camp 1st Blood. His day-ones include Ty Healy, Louis Cypher, Liam Bailey and Cappo, to name just a few, and in his younger years he was under the wing of Bristolian monolith Tricky as a label signee. After a five-year release hiatus, 1st Blood have stuck a new album into the airwaves, so we thought we’d catch up with the man on the buttons...
Clearing The Gap: Nottingham Skateboarders on Why Age Means Nowt
Mon 24 Sept 2018On the face of it, skateboarding can seem scary; like some secret club you can only join with a kickflip password. But it’s for anyone and everyone, no matter how old you are. There’s no line that says you can’t be a part of the culture.
Why Nottingham Needs Skateboarding
Sat 08 Sept 2018Nottingham is one of the original homes of UK skateboarding with a large skate community that helps feed the city’s art, music and fashion scenes with a DIY sensibility. Skate Nottingham are a not-for-profit community organisation dedicated to changing perceptions of skateboarding and raising its profile as a positive, healthy culture and community that can help the city we love become more active and inclusive.
Liam Bailey Talks Depression, His New Single and Touring with Paloma Faith
Tue 10 Jul 2018Liam Bailey is a singer-songwriter from Nottingham, loved for his jazz and blues-style sound. Best known for his collaborations with DJ Fresh and Chase & Status, his reggae undertones have seen him dubbed as the young Bob Marley. But with over a decade of musical endeavours under his belt, this guy’s sound is as varied as they come.
Things are heating up once again for Liam. With a host of new music, collaborations and tours with Paloma Faith coming up, his diary is jam-packed. After we managed to wake him up from his McDonalds-induced nap, we caught up with Liam ahead of the release of his newest single.
Theatre Review: Flashdance the Musical
Tue 08 May 2018There’s a rift in space and time leading back to the 1980s...
6 Reasons to Get Yourself Down to the Nottingham Canal
Mon 09 Apr 2018Nottingham provides plenty of natural beauty. There’s the deer-filled grounds of Wollo Park, the city’s oldest public park The Arboretum, and the lakes of Colwick County Park, to name just a few. But there's another top contender for the list: Nottingham & Beeston Canal. Here are a few reasons why everyone should be checking out this waterway…
10 Nottingham Pubs Where You Can Get Your Game On
Tue 27 Feb 2018We checked out the ancient, the retro and the downright filthy. Get right competitive with your mates, just try not to punch each other...
Talent, Talks and Tapes at Five Leaves McGregor Launch
Wed 14 Feb 2018Not content to take it easy, author, storyteller, and long-time friend of the mag Jon McGregor has just released his new collection The Reservoir Tapes, hot off the heels of their initial airing on BBC Radio 4. Last Tuesday he made an appearance at Five Leaves Bookshop to launch the collection, so we thought we'd send our Chloe Campbell down to see what he had to say for himself.
6 Games to Play with the Family This Christmas
Wed 20 Dec 2017Christmas is a time of love, joy and wonder. And blazing rows with estranged relatives and late-afternoon boredom. Find remedy for the latter and fuel for the former in this article, as this year, we're gifting you with a comprehensive list of the only games you'll wanna play this December 25...
Theatre Review: Five Years
Wed 11 Oct 2017A story of coming of age in the 90s raises the curtain on the Playground festival.
10 Reasons to Visit the Nottingham Spiegeltent This Year
Mon 02 Oct 2017In October, Old Market Square once again plays host to the magnificent Spiegeltent for a festival full of merriment. These glitzy pavilions were a popular haunt during the twenties to help people forget all the doom and gloom brought by the war, and now it’s returning to Nottingham to brighten up our dull and dreary October days. Here are ten reasons you should get yersen down to the tent as soon as possible.