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Interview: INJ Culbard
Thu 13 Nov 2014INJ Culbard has drawn Sherlock Holmes, the unknowable and unnameable horrors of HP Lovecraft, clockwork universes, medieval mercenaries battling horrors, animals fighting aliens, Japanese Oni demons on the rampage and a crime fighting Edwardian vampire. Intrigued, we sat down with him for a cuppa and a chat...
Music Reviews: October 2014
Sat 18 Oct 2014With Indiana, The Hip Priests, Can B, Electric Baths, Neil Ward, Cappo, Gold Codes and White Finger
Interview: Alex from Ideas on Paper
Tue 14 Oct 2014Despite the digital revolution, reading a magazine on a device is never quite as good as the real thing. It’s not all nostalgia - although yes, there is something wonderful about flicking through pages at leisure while getting a hit of the distinctive smell of ink and paper - physical print is actually easier to read. We spoke to Alex Smith, the man behind the independent magazine shop Ideas On Paper, about why print is here to stay...
Book Reviews: October 2014
Fri 10 Oct 2014This month's review featuring Hunted by Hawks, DH Lawrence: Zombie Hunter, Influence and A Brief History of Whistling
Music Reviews: August - September 2014
Thu 11 Sept 2014With 1st Blood, Joel Baker, Nadir, Flaming Fields, Lone, The Idolins, Frazer Lowrie, Mannequin and more
Book Reviews August - September 2014
Wed 27 Aug 2014Featuring conditional love, a retiring detective, a ramshackle package of poems, a literary Frankenstein, and more
Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli
Tue 12 Aug 2014Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...
Music Reviews: June - July 2014
Tue 24 Jun 2014With Bru-C, Michael A Grammar, Ryan Thomas, Garton, Opie Deino, Simon Waldram, Grey Hairs, Privateers and more
Book Reviews: June - July 2014
Fri 20 Jun 2014A corrupt detective inspector, a post-war love affair, a cub who can't sleep in the dark, and more
Winner of the 2014 East Midlands Book Award
Tue 03 Jun 2014"It’s important that we highlight the value of storytelling in an increasingly fragmented, technology-driven society." Alison McQueen
Onlion Book Reviews
Mon 21 Apr 2014With Ross Bradshaw's collection of essays surrounding crime, The Artist and The Engineer, Seven Daze and more
Katie Half-Price: Issue 56
Fri 10 Jan 2014"I can summarise it in five words: don’t believe other people’s shite. Bit like meh reviews"
Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014
Tue 17 Dec 2013Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more
Interview: Ross Bradshaw from Five Leaves Bookshop
Thu 12 Dec 2013We’re in the middle of a recession. People can barely afford to put on their heating let alone buy something as luxurious as a book. Yet Five Leaves publisher Ross Bradshaw has taken the brave decision to open an independent bookshop. Thank goodness someone has got some balls… and books.
Katie Half-Price: Issue 53
Thu 04 Jul 2013"Thatcha may ‘ave divided the nation through her policies but we can all agree that her quiff worra lot better than Morrissey’s"
Katie Half-Price: Issue 52
Sat 18 May 2013"If JK Rowling were to squeeze outta turd onto a page and prod it wi’ a stick so it made pretty brown patterns, publishers would offer her millions fer it"
Homelessness in Nottingham
Wed 17 Apr 2013Nottingham has kept its ‘rough sleeping’ numbers well below the national average. What’s happening differently here to elsewhere?
Katie Half-Price: Issue 51
Sat 13 Apr 2013"The opening chapters tell of her humble Towie upbringing when her smacky mates got higher than Felix Baumgartner and her brother ended up in clink."
Katie Half-Price: Issue 50
Wed 30 Jan 2013"Christian is a violent bulleh, but Ana dunt mind cuz he’s gorra bell-end the size o’ Jay Leno’s head."
Interview: Alison Moore
Sat 12 Jan 2013Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel The Lighthouse explores grief, helplessness and abandonment in a style that threatens to crash against the rocks at any moment. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it’s the first glimmer from an important new writer...
Katie Half-Price: Issue 45
Wed 07 Mar 2012"Susie has ter confront an arsh truth: she’s married to a nob"
Behind the scenes: LeftLion #44 photoshoot 4
Sat 10 Dec 2011Gallery 4 of 4 from the LeftLion #44 cover shoot, this time Jemma Cox was on photo duties