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Art Works: Marcus Clarke
Fri 13 Feb 2015"It's a pet dog's coat that I've then imbued with puppetry, irreverence and the illusion of life"
All Schools Should Be Art Schools
Thu 15 Jan 2015NTU’s School of Art and Design celebrates their 170th anniversary with a specially commissioned performance at Nottingham Castle
All Schools Should Be Art Schools
Thu 15 Jan 2015NTU’s School of Art and Design celebrates their 170th anniversary with a specially commissioned performance at Nottingham Castle
City Arts Move From Radford Into City Centre
Mon 12 Jan 2015The newest face in town is City Arts. Parked next door to the Writers’ Studio on the border of Sneinton, the new office and creative space is the most centrally located in the organisation’s nearly forty-year history…
Top 14 LeftLion Articles of the Year
Tue 30 Dec 2014We get all nostalgic and have a look back at the cream of our wordy crop from the past twelve months
Art Works: Corrina Rothwell
Tue 30 Dec 2014'There's nothing more rewarding than engaging people and getting a reaction: it could be laughter, or recognition, or "Ewww"
Interview: Bob Robinson
Thu 11 Dec 2014Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.
Art Works: Kit Anderson
Fri 28 Nov 2014A local artist reveals all her secrets of fusing her photographs onto ceramics...
Art Works: Adrian Tasker
Tue 25 Nov 2014"The cardinal sin for any designer is to not research your subject"
Being Arthur
Fri 21 Nov 2014The first ever live 24 hour Twitter presentation of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning happens this weekend as part of the Being Human humanities festival
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...
Art Works: Barney Melton
Wed 29 Oct 2014We're talked through the art of a one-of-a-kind portrait that puts the selfie fad to shame
Lyric Lounge: Storytelling Workshop
Tue 21 Oct 2014An evening of talented rattle from the travelling spoken word festival with a close look at Sophie Snell's tale-telling workshop
Writing Workshops at the Festival of Words
Mon 20 Oct 2014Lara Elena Donnelly and Judith Allnatt examine the power of words
Art Works: Josie McGilvray
Thu 09 Oct 2014We're talked through the processes of making steampunk-style jewellery with a delicate edge
Art Works: Stuart Akroyd
Wed 17 Sept 2014The glass blowing wizard lets us in his studio to find out what it takes to create his work...
Art Works: Hedboy
Fri 12 Sept 2014Pro-doodler Jonathon Upton (aka Hedboy) lets us in on his illustrative secrets...
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...
Art Works: Susi Henson
Wed 30 Jul 2014We speak to the lady who's made corsets for the likes of Dita Von Teese about her favourite piece
Art Works: Helen Taylor
Tue 08 Jul 2014Have you seen that bed filled with wildflowers knocking about in Notts? The lady behind it gave us an insight into the project
The Sneinton Art Scene
Tue 17 Jun 2014Nottingham will never be mistaken for Paris but it is slowly being reorganised into French-style ‘quarters.’ In April the city council approved plans for Royal, Canal and Castle quarters to go with the business-orientated Creative Quarter that is based in and around Hockley. While LeftLion understand that there are as yet no plans to actually reorganise residential areas of Nottingham into arrondissements, readers may be wondering if there are also plans afoot to create the equivalent of Paris’ bohemian Left Bank.
Six Brazilian Artists to Watch Out For
Fri 13 Jun 2014Forget the cheesy tunes you're offered up over the course of the World Cup, we've picked out six amazing artists in Brazil
Art Works: Ian Jones
Wed 28 May 2014"I have brushes made from Aztec symbols, from fish bones, from floorboards. It’s such a powerful tool - I like the freedom of it"
New Art Club: Hercules
Mon 19 May 2014Award-winning comedy and dance duo New Art Club performed their new production, Hercules – a dance cabaret
Marian Clayden: A Dyer's Journey Through Art and Fashion
Sun 11 May 2014The lady who taught in St Ann's and studied at Nottingham School of Art before inventing 'boho chic' fashion for A-listers