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Scribal Gathering
Thu 01 Oct 2009It can be crap and lonely being a poet, scriptwriter or author - but the Nottingham Writers’ Studio can help make it better
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Want to be a paperback writer?
Thu 01 Oct 2009Got a loft full of manuscripts and don’t know what to do with them? Need advice on getting an agent?
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A fistful of tips for Nottingham bands
Thu 01 Oct 2009So, you’ve got your mates together, you’ve hacked out a few tunes in a garage in Sneinton, and you’re absolutely gagging to climb to the top of the ladder. But how do you get from here to there?
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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...
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Easely Does It
Thu 01 Oct 2009Nottingham artists talk about ways to make the best out of your work and practice in this town...
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Five Years of Nottingham Coverage
Wed 02 Sept 2009On the fifth birthday of our printed magazine, we look at the stories behind the covers
Nottingham City Beautiful
Mon 24 Aug 2009Check out some of the images from Sarah Davis's new book which explores Nottingham in 500 photographs
The Art of Chris Summerlin
Fri 07 Aug 2009We take a look back at the work of one of our favourite local artists, with a gallery of some of his best gig posters
2018: A Space Oddity
Sat 01 Aug 2009"Nottingham 2018 risks benefiting everyone for a month at the long-term expense of the very people who actually go to watch football in Notts"
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Interview: Dave Green from Nottingham Castle
Sat 01 Aug 2009"I think it’s really important to remember that not everything in a museum has to have a high value in terms of finance"
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Interview: John Knight
Sat 01 Aug 2009John Knight’s era-spanning work encapsulates the fragile beauty of Pre-Raphaelite art with cutting-edge photography, creating a fascinating twist on art history...
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ICC World Twenty20 Cricket 2009 in Nottingham
Tue 09 Jun 2009The world comes to town as Trent Bridge hosts the 2009 ICC Twenty20 World Cup, bringing with it some of the world's best cricketers...
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Interview: Questionmarc
Sat 06 Jun 2009“Smashing a window or kicking down a fence is vandalism. Raising a smile through an imaginative use of public space is creativity.”
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A Canadian Visits Hooters Restaurant
Thu 21 May 2009Rob Cutforth visits the only Hooters Restaurant left in the UK
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Nottingham Street Photography
Sat 18 Apr 2009A gallery of Stephen Wright's photos from the pavements of hood town
Alexei Sayle Interview
Tue 17 Mar 2009"People often recollect me using foul language, but I never did on television. It wasn’t the language but the attitude which was unsettling them"
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Our Style Is Legendary: The Art of LeftLion
Sun 08 Mar 2009Like our website and our magazine? Well come and have a look at our first exhibition...
The Nottingham Eye
Fri 13 Feb 2009"A warning should have been issued that you were going to be subjected to the moronic tones of Jo and Twiggy"
Interview: The Cockleman
Wed 31 Dec 2008"I'm not too keen on the whelks meself, but they’re very good for keeping your wife quiet for a bit"
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Crappest Jobs in Nottingham
Wed 31 Dec 2008Crap jobs in the City of Nottingham, 600AD - 2008AD: A Retrospective
24-Hour Arty People
Mon 29 Dec 2008BritFilms gathered 30 film crews and set them the task of creating and delivering a short film in just 24 hours. LeftLion were there to follow one plucky team throughout
the process, blogging live via mobile phone. Here’s what happened...
Interview: Thompson Brothers
Mon 22 Dec 2008"We’ve seen the world. We’ve been to Ireland and we’ve been to Crete, and we don’t want to see the rest"
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P Brothers
Mon 01 Dec 2008"You have to have a strong reason for putting any kind of music out there, don’t just dash it out for the sake of it!"
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Why Nottingham's Football Rivalry Is Rubbish
Mon 01 Dec 2008"Nottingham’s football rivalry is probably the weakest in the country, which is pretty strange when you consider it's also the oldest"
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Nottingham Ghosts
Sun 26 Oct 2008In the build up to Halloween we look at some pant-soilingly scary ghosts from Nottingham past...
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