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The Lord of Milan: The Story of Nottingham-born AC Milan Founder Herbert Kilpin
Wed 05 Oct 2016Did you know that the founder of AC Milan hails from Nottingham? No, neither did we until recently
Malt Cross Midlands Print Open 2016
Tue 06 Sept 2016Everyone's favourite Victorian music hall, the Malt Cross, is hosting a competition for print-based artwork. With prizes from yours truly, you best get entering
4 Books Nominated for the East Midlands Book Award 2016
Tue 05 Jul 2016Includes a powerful poetry collection, a children's story that champions stories, the winning crime novel, and an emotional wallop from Tom Preston
Winner of the 2016 East Midlands Book Award Steven Dunne
Mon 04 Jul 2016With A Killing Moon winning the award, perhaps it's about time literary snobs take the crime genre seriously
Theatre Review: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: A Play for the Nation
Fri 06 May 2016The most laughter I’ve ever heard at a Shakespeare comedy
Air Raid Sirens in Nottingham This Sunday
Fri 06 May 2016"If you're in town at about 6pm and you hear the wails of warning, don't worry. Everything is under control"
CAMRA - Real Heritage Pubs of the Midlands
Sat 10 Oct 2015Paul Ainsworth and David Birkett of CAMRA speak to LeftLion about the new Midlands beer book that separates the wheat from the chaff
Poetry Is Dead Good <br>Mix It Up Midlands Slam Final
Thu 09 Jul 2015We went to Nottingham Arts Theatre to watch fifteen poets battle it out in a Midlands war. A nice war. With poems
A Midsummers Night's Dream
Mon 04 May 2015The New Theatre and Lakeside Arts' latest collaboration brings a pinch of fairy magic to Nottingham
A Midsummers Night's Dream
Mon 04 May 2015The New Theatre and Lakeside Arts' latest collaboration brings a pinch of fairy magic to Nottingham
Pleasfest: The Donald Pleasence Film Festival
Wed 04 Mar 2015You may know him as the classic Bond villain Blofeld, or maybe Dr Loomis from John Carpenter’s Halloween franchise. One of the most prolific actors in history, even if you’ve been residing under a rock you’ve probably seen Donald Pleasence on the telly or at the cinema. Joey Bell of Kino Klubb explains why three Nottingham film clubs have come together to celebrate his work with Pleasfest.
Gregory Woods: Dream Midnight
Thu 12 Feb 2015Nottingham Trent University's former Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies shares a beautiful poem with us
Gregory Woods: Dream Midnight
Thu 12 Feb 2015Nottingham Trent University's former Professor of Gay and Lesbian Studies shares a beautiful poem with us
Independence for the East Midlands?
Thu 18 Sept 2014Forget Scotland. The real question is whether the East Midlands should go for independence
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
The Lord of Milan - Herbert Kilpin
Tue 18 Mar 2014Did you know that a Lacemaker from Nottingham co-founded AC Milan? Read all about it...
Art Works: Ethan-Carrick Maguire
Tue 11 Feb 2014"As a twelve-year old from St Ann’s, living in the hood equips me with a passion to do well in life"
Interview: Airheads Inflatable Crowds
Thu 06 Feb 2014What to do when you’re making a film and you need a few thousand people for a crowd scene. It’s a logistical nightmare that has plagued directors since the dawn of cinema. But not any more thanks to Airheads who have inflatable extras by the dozen and none of them will let you down…hopefully.
Interview: Peter Bowles
Wed 28 Nov 2012Peter Bowles went from a childhood in Hyson Green to an acting career that spans the early days of television, the golden age of sitcoms and the admiration of Marlon Brando - and he owes much of it to a theatre in town that now carries his name...
Interview: Architects of Air
Fri 06 May 2011Sticking bits of plastic together for Architects of Air is a rite of passage for many a Nottingham arts graduate. The resulting pneumatic sculptures - known as luminaria - have toured the world, celebrating the beauty of light and colour. This June they’ll be drifting down to land at Lakeside, so time for a chat with AoA’s artistic director Alan Parkinson….
Interview: Writing East Midlands
Fri 01 Apr 2011As the Cleggeron takes a hatchet to the arts we decided to have a chat with Henderson Mullin, head of Writing East Midlands (WEM), to see how his organisation may be able to help local writers survive difficult times...
Drawn Together
Thu 01 Oct 2009Since the sixties Nottingham has been very much the capital of the region in terms of contemporary art. LeftLion's Arts Editor takes you through the current scene...
Interview: Juliette Lewis
Tue 05 Dec 2006"Sometimes fights break out and cops get called - this is one of the dangers of Rock n' Roll music"
Interview: Architects of Air
Tue 04 Apr 2006“What interests me is to develop new architectural forms to house the experience of light.”
East Midlands Art Auction
Wed 27 Oct 2004An exhibition and auction of affordable art by East Midlands practitioners at the Lakeside Arts Centre