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Interview: Midsynth
Mon 19 Jun 2023There's something new in the Midlands Electronic Music scene and it's happening right here in Nottingham...
Gig Review: Midge Ure at Rock City
Fri 02 Jun 2023Midge Ure returns to Rock City for the postponed Voices & Visions tour...
We Chat to Surf Pop Sextet Midnight Rodeo Before Their Dot To Dot Debut
Fri 19 May 2023Midnight Rodeo, Nottingham’s genre-bending, boundary-pushing “woozy surf pop sextet” (as they put it), are debuting Dot To Dot Festival as a band this year. We catch up with them ahead of their sure-to-be-a-sell-out show…
In Photos: Steve Mason, Caleb Harris and Midnight Rodeo
Mon 08 May 2023With support from Midnight Rodeo and Caleb Harris, Steve Mason brings his solo project to Rescue Rooms...
Film Review: Air
Mon 10 Apr 2023The Good Will Hunting duo of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck have teamed up once again - but do they deliver a slam-dunk?
Bella Ramsey, Nottingham-Born Star of The Last of Us, Visits LeftLion to Chat Projects, Platforms and Perfecting Performances
Fri 31 Mar 2023Cool. Calm. Composed. The LeftLion team were none of these things when Bella Ramsey, the Nottingham-born star of global HBO sensation The Last of Us, swung by the office recently. Yet all three of these words perfectly describe the nineteen-year-old, who chats openly about fame versus celebrity, taking on beloved characters, and choosing the right projects. Here’s what the super-talented Television Workshopper had to say during an hour-long interview in Sneinton Market…
In Photos: Nottingham Trent University Mid-Year Exhibition at Malt Cross
Fri 24 Feb 2023For the next few weeks, if you venture to The Malt Cross on St. James’s Street, you’ll notice a wide variety of photography adorning the wall. These photographs belong to a group of students at Nottingham Trent University, and the exhibition comprises part of their final assignment. There’s a type of photography for everyone, from documentation of glass blowers in the Venetian Lagoon to architectural shots of some of Nottingham’s most notable buildings. Our own photography expert, Nathan Langman, stopped by to check it out...
How to Apply to the Middle Way Mentoring Project, Aimed at BAME Writers
Wed 22 Feb 2023Offering support to black, asian and ethnic minority writers from the Midlands, we learn more about Middle Way Mentoring...
We Catch Up With Midge Ure Ahead of His Rock City Show
Sun 19 Feb 2023After a lengthy hiatus, Midge Ure is back on the road to celebrate forty years of Rage In Eden and Quartet. The tour lands at Rock City in May, so we talked all things Nottingham, Yamaha and almost ‘being’ Johnny Rotten…
Author Julie Malone Talks Us Through Middleway Words Festival
Fri 04 Nov 2022Middleway Words is a new festival with ambitions to share Midlands authors with the world. A mix of online and live events, the jewel in Middleway’s crown is a celebration at Waterstones for Nottingham’s literary talents. Ahead of the event, LeftLion talks to Julie Malone, one of the festival organisers, about her personal journey to authordom…
Big City Book Review: Ibi Zoboi’s Punching the Air
Wed 03 Aug 2022Interested in getting your hands on four free books? Well you’re in luck, because Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature are offering just that through their Big City Reads campaign. With stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every reader. Four young writers give us their run down of the books, continuing with Zach Omitowoju's take on Punching the Air...
Out of Time: How Two Ruddington-Born Soldiers Played Their Part in the Infamous Battle of Rorke’s Drift
Sat 30 Jul 2022While most of us will be familiar with the events of Rorke’s Drift from Zulu - the 1964 film that made a star out of Michael Caine - there is much more to the story than the Hollywood portrayal, including the presence of two Ruddington-born soldiers at the battle. In what has been described as amongst the most famous military actions in British history, the twelve-hour long battle demonstrated both the best of British bravery and the worst of the Empire’s seemingly limitless horrors…