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Free Skateboarding Lessons This Half Term
Mon 14 Feb 2022In a collaboration with Free Movement Skateboarding and Concrete Jungle Foundation, Skate Nottingham are providing free skateboarding lessons for young people this half term...
40 Years Later: Ms .45
Sun 18 Apr 2021Ms .45, the second feature film by the controversial cult icon Abel Ferrara, is a powerful and haunting descent into trauma and revenge, writes Sebastian Mann…
How To Get Hold of Issue #134
Sat 03 Apr 2021Once again we'll mainly be stocked in branches of Sainsbury’s, ASDA, Morrisons and Tesco. Plus local libraries and some lovely local delivery people.
Under Cover Artist: Kev Grey
Mon 01 Feb 2021You might recognise his style if you’ve picked up a can from Notts brewery Black Iris, and now Kev Grey has turned his talented hands to create our cover art...
45 Years Later: All the President's Men
Wed 20 Jan 2021In the era of fake news and disillusion, there has never been a better time to discover Alan J. Pakula’s Oscar-winning retelling of the Washington Post’s famous investigation into the Watergate scandal...
Under Cover Artist: Rob White
Thu 17 Dec 2020Multidisciplinary artist Rob White takes us inside his sixth LeftLion cover, an ode to putting 2020 behind us for good...
A Big Issue Vendor in Notts
Tue 08 Dec 2020"You’ve got to be a positive person in this job; at least, I think you do. You want people to buy mags from you because they want to, not because they feel guilty."
The Island: Trekkah Benjamin on His New Project with Nottingham Community Arts Network Aiming to Support Young Males with Mental Health Issues
Fri 23 Oct 2020Through his charity organisation C.A.N, artist Trekkah Benjamin has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a program that aims to help young men in communicating mental health issues...
Film Review: The Half of It
Sat 09 May 2020Sexuality, race and religion battle it out in this supremely accessible Cyrano update...
Beatboxer Jason Singh: "If you can't sing, or don't want to speak about your issues, it gives you an ability to communicate something with your voice."
Sat 17 Aug 2019In taking inspiration from the natural world, Jason Singh has established himself as one of the most innovative and well-respected beatboxers in the country, with his vocal recreations of birdsongs and entire forestry environments leading to his work being featured on BBC shows Imagine, Springwatch and CountryFile. We sent Notts beatboxer Alex Motormouf Young to catch up with Singh...
Nusic Podcast #200 with The Half Eight, Juganaut, Nactus Kunan, Josh Wheatley and more...
Fri 22 Mar 2019This week’s New Music Podcast features a Rolling Stone that’s fallen in love with a Notts artist, the band supporting Fall Out Boy (maybe), plus how you can get some Radio One and Spotify wisdom. This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned...
Elizabeth Price: FELT TIP at The Nottingham Contemporary
Wed 20 Mar 2019A spectre is haunting Nottingham Contemporary… After weeks of technical difficulties, Elizabeth Price’s new solo show FELT TIP is finally open to the public in its entirety. Our writer Daniel Welton shares his thoughts...
LeftLion Ran The IKANO Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018 to Raise Money for Lee from The Elementz
Sat 06 Oct 2018Three lions got down to Victoria Embankment to complete the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018. It was a bit of a feat, because us lot are a lot more well trained in running our mouths over several IPAs more than anything else, but we bleddy did it, and lived to tell the tale...
6 Tips to Conquer the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon
Wed 15 Aug 2018The Ikano Bank Robin Hood Marathon Events are trotting round again on Saturday 29 and Sunday 30 September, this year with a half marathon, mini marathon, mile challenge and corporate challenge to choose from. That means there’s not too long now to get your training in, especially if you’re still recovering from a long, hot summer of lazing in a hammock or pub beer garden...
Art Works: Nicola Halford
Mon 09 Jul 2018Nottingham artist Nicola Halford gives us the lowdown on her glass panel painting...
The Thompson Brothers on LeftLion's 100th Issue
Fri 27 Apr 2018Our favourite green grocers are well happy for us...
Nusic Podcast #169 with Katie Cooper, Amulet, Joey Costello, Truhvas and more...
Mon 18 Dec 2017On this week’s New Music Podcast, it’s our Christmas special… with hardly any Christmas songs. Plus new music with a very tenuous link to Barack Obama, and a Christmas dinosaur. This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned...
LL Stereo: With Bru-C, Katie Cooper, April Towers and more...
Thu 17 Aug 2017What you need in your ear holes this month...
Mental Health Issues Can Affect Anyone
Sun 07 May 2017Simon is 37, and works as a Healthcare Professional and a Musician. He also has lived experience of an eating disorder, self harm, depression and anxiety. We caught up with him in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about his own experience with mental health, in the hopes that it will encourage others to open up themselves.
Nusic Future Session: Katie Cooper - Y O U and T I M E
Sat 25 Mar 2017Some new local music from the finest purveyors in the citeh...
The Roy Stone Foundation Supports Young Musicians with Mental Health Issues
Tue 20 Dec 2016When Roy Foster, aka Roy Stone, died in October last year, it was not only a devastating loss to those close to him, but also to the city he had entertained for over twenty years as a singer and frontman of the band Performance. The Roy Stone Foundation has been set up to honour his memory. We spoke to one of the organisers, Sally Jackson, to find out more…
Katie Half-Price Says Goodbye
Mon 05 Dec 2016Nottingham’s orangest reviewer writes her last words for the ‘Lion cuz ‘moticons have made her redundant…