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Left Duck: 2020 Season Preview
Fri 31 Jul 2020With the 2020 cricket season about to start, we take a look at how Nottinghamshire are shaping up to take on the COVID-impacted schedule.
Left Magpie: Home Improvements
Wed 29 Jul 2020During Lockdown, I became particularly partial to home improvement programmes. There was something quite therapeutic, during a time of intense instability and incoherence, watching someone making sense out of chaos by turning a decommissioned Soviet missile into a glamping pod.
Support LeftLion Magazine on Patreon
Fri 24 Jul 2020For seventeen years and 127 printed issues, LeftLion magazine has shone a light on Nottingham’s culture and entertainment scene. Now we’re asking our readers for a bit of help to get back on our feet...
LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 9: Paul Severn
Wed 22 Jul 2020Gareth, Colin and Jim welcome Paul Severn to try to make sense of Forest's meltdown as they lose a grip on their playoff place. The team look forward to Notts County's upcoming playoff match as well as get excited by new signings at Mansfield. As well as continuing to reflect on lockdown mental health issues, there's also discussion on the situation at Wigan and the murky world of FFP.
LeftLion Film Podcast #28 - The Lockdown Tapes: Part 1
Mon 13 Jul 2020Separated due to lockdown, hosts Ash and Derry virtually reminisce over some of their favourite and most humiliating moments from three years of the LeftLion Film Podcast. Featuring getting pied off by Vicky McClure, stalking Emilio Estevez, grilling Nick Frost about Captain Pugwash and plenty more...
LeftLion Magazine #127
Wed 01 Jul 2020Featuring Next Gen Movement, Anti-Racism Resources, The Pythian Club, Pride 2020, LGBTQA+ Venues throughout the years, Nottingham's Comedy Scene and more...
LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 8: Football is Back
Fri 26 Jun 2020Gareth, Colin and Jim discuss the return to Championship action for Forest, play-off promise for Notts County and a new face in the boardroom at Mansfield. They also explore the role of coaching during lockdown and reflect on the ways the Black Lives Matter movement has been received in Nottingham.
Author Rich Fisher Reflects on His Involvement with the Brian Clough Statue Fundraiser
Fri 05 Jun 2020As we celebrate the genius of Cloughie through LeftLion’s #CloughChallenge campaign, Rich Fisher explains how Nottingham’s Brian Clough statue came to exist…
LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 7: Lockdown with Jim McCrae
Fri 05 Jun 2020Colin and Gareth are joined by Jim McRae to discuss the effect of lockdown on County, Mansfield and Forest, whilst also looking at the role football plays in our lives and the mental health challenges we all face in lockdown.
LeftLion Magazine #126
Mon 01 Jun 2020Featuring Nottingham's Twin Cities, the history of Broadmarsh, a Professional Footballer in Notts and more...
The Thompson Brothers on Brian Clough and Their Favourite Pub in Town
Mon 01 Jun 2020Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Notts Rebels: Brian Clough
Wed 27 May 2020In celebration of the Nottingham Castle Trust’s #VoicesofToday campaign, our Notts Rebels series continues with a man who needs no introduction: Brian Clough ...
Into the Archives: What LeftLion and Overall... Were Printing In Mays Gone By
Sun 24 May 2020Our new regular feature delves back into the LeftLion and Overall There is a Smell of Fried Onions archives to find what Notts was up to back in the day...
LeftLion Broadcasts at Nottstopping Festival
Thu 21 May 2020This weekend we are part of Nottstopping Festival, a Bank Holiday extravaganza celebrating and connecting Nottinghamshire. Here’s what you will see over the weekend on our Facebook page…
Get involved in the #CloughChallenge
Tue 12 May 2020It's time to show your love on social media for Brian Clough, one of Nottingham's best-loved rebels. May 2020 marks the anniversary of his two greatest achievements. Please join us in celebrating his life by taking part in the #CloughChallenge...
Introducing Our New Art Editors...
Thu 07 May 2020One of the last things we did before the world went all Walking Dead was to appoint two brand-new Art Editors. But sadly for us, them and the entire artistic community in Nottingham, all of the galleries in the city closed their doors soon after. So by means of an introduction, we thought it might be nice for Laura-Jade Vaughan and Rachel Willcocks to write about an exhibition that made a big impression on them...
LeftLion Magazine #125
Fri 01 May 2020Our second online only issue, designed to keep you lot comforted and entertained through these uncertain times...
Get Busy: The Ultimate Self-Isolation To Do List
Mon 13 Apr 2020We don’t know how long this self-isolation lark is going to last, so we may as well make the best of a bad situation. After all, there’s only so much Netflix you can watch. While we appreciate that this is a time of stress for many, we’ve come up with some suggestions for how those who are feeling the strain of being stuck indoors can fight the boredom...
COMPETITION: Create Your Own LeftLion Cover
Mon 06 Apr 2020Ever fancied having a crack at a LeftLion cover? Well now's your chance...
LeftLion Magazine #124
Wed 01 Apr 2020Our first-ever online only issue, designed to keep you lot comforted and entertained through these uncertain times...
LeftLion Sofa Sessions
Mon 23 Mar 2020While we're all stuck at home, we’ve decided to open up our channels and for artists and performers to perform a live gig on our Facebook channel at 8pm each evening...
Stay Strong Notts: LeftLion Covid-19 Update
Tue 17 Mar 2020Firstly, we’d like to express our sympathy and solidarity to all of you going through a tough time at the moment. Foremost, we wish you and all friends and family the best of health throughout. Stay strong Nottingham...
LeftLion Magazine #123
Sun 01 Mar 2020The history special, featuring an archaeologist in Notts, Men of War podcast, vintage postcards, magnet fishing, Byron's wicked family tree, Mark Thomas, Bone Cult and more...
LeftLion Film Podcast #27 - Moonlight and Magnolias
Sat 29 Feb 2020Ash and Derry visit the set of Moonlight and Magnolias at the Nottingham Playhouse where they talk to actors Joe Alessi, who plays legendary Hollywood producer David O. Selznick and Hayley Doherty, who plays his long-suffering secretary Mss Poppenghul
Art Review: Crying Shadows, Flesh and Bones at Surface Gallery
Tue 25 Feb 2020Our writer Shaw had a lot of thoughts about this...