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LeftLion Magazine #152
Mon 03 Oct 2022Our October issue features Georgianna Scurfield's Cattle Market Project, Nottingham Panthers captain Matt Myers, Six Notts Businesses on the Cost of Living Crisis, Nottingham Coffee Culture, The Wombats' Told Øverland-Knudsen, Yello Yard, Five Leaves Bookshop, Notts Bad Movie Club, Stealth, Tom Blower and loads more...
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LeftLion Magazine Appoint George White As New Editor
Tue 13 Sept 2022LeftLion are delighted to announce the appointment of George White as our new editor. He will take over the role from Ashley Carter from the beginning of October...
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Women in Tandem’s Lily Beaven Explains How They’re Helping to Tackle the Gender Imbalance in Cycling
Thu 08 Sept 2022We chat to Women in Tandem’s founder and managing director, Lily Beaven, about the activities that the Nottingham based community bike collective organise and how they are helping women overcome the barriers they face within the cycling world…
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Disniversity Co-host Ben Travis Chats Bambi, Empire Magazine and His Love of Nottingham
Tue 06 Sept 2022From doing work experience at the Nottingham Post (look, we’re not all perfect) to becoming Deputy Online Editor at Empire magazine, Nottingham’s Ben Travis has become a leading voice in the screen world. Yet his passion for cinema doesn’t end with his day job - he’s also set up Disniversity, a podcast diving into the history of, you guessed it, Disney. We chat to the film fanatic ahead of his live show at the London Podcast Festival…
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LeftLion Screen Podcast #7 - Clelia McElroy, Monstrous Flesh: Women's Bodies in Horror Course Facilitator
Fri 02 Sept 2022The Screen Podcast is back with two special guests: Editorial Assistant Lizzy O'Riordan and film expert Clelia McElroy...
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LeftLion Magazine #151
Thu 01 Sept 2022Our cycling issue features What Made Raleigh Iconic, Women in Tandem, Cycling Stories, Adrian Scarborough, Ben Travis, Boca Lima, Henry Normal, a tribute to Roger Knott-Fayle and plenty more...
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Uni of Nottingham Graduate Hanna Flint Chats the Importance of Filmmaking, Representation in Cinema and Her New Book Strong Female Character
Wed 31 Aug 2022After graduating from the University of Nottingham, Hanna Flint has gone from strength-to-strength as a film journalist, working at publications like Empire, Time Out and The Guardian. Now we catch up with her about her debut book, Strong Female Character…
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We Sit Down With Ford & Guy Founder Suzanne Ford to Hear All About Her Eye-Catching Fashion Brand
Wed 24 Aug 2022Combining stunning silhouettes, sustainable fabric and eye-catching graphics, Nottingham fashion brand Ford & Guy may be relatively new on the scene, but they’re already proving to be ones to watch with their designs already being worn by some big names and top social media influencers with a huge following, such as Astrid Zeegen. We catch up with owner Suzanne (Suzie) Ford to find out more about her iconic designs…
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We Visit Katharina Fitz’s Nottingham Studio and Learn All About Her Groundbreaking Work
Thu 18 Aug 2022We had the pleasure of visiting artist Katharina Fitz’s Nottingham art studio to speak to her about her motivations, ideas and art practice. Having already exhibited in Nottingham and across the globe, we can only wonder how the grinding, crunching cogs of her work will turn in the next ten years…
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LeftLion Magazine #150
Wed 03 Aug 2022Our 150th issue is a celebration of the past, present and future of LeftLion. Featuring Editors' Roundtable with Jared Wilson, Bridie Squires and Ashley Carter, Nottingham's Next Generation of Talent, Agony Ash, 150 Moments that Made LeftLion and a city-wide treasure hunt for prizes worth over £700...
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Nottingham Author Georgina Wilding Lifts the Lid on Her New Book Hag Stone
Thu 14 Jul 2022Named Nottingham’s first young poet laureate in 2017, Georgina Wilding isn’t new to the poetry scene. But despite being involved in the art for over ten years, she’s only just released her first poetry collection - Hag Stone. Pulling childhood memories through a surrealist lens, the book, which muses on the grittiness and joys of growing up, has been met with great acclaim from authors including Henry Normal and Cathy Grindrod. We chat to Wilding about girlhood, being a working class poet and what her writing process is like…
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We Chat to Rising Star Harleighblu About Her New Album, Hideout, and What the Future Has in Store for the Notts Artist
Tue 12 Jul 2022For quite some time now, neo soul queen Harleighblu has been making a name for herself across Nottingham, the UK, Europe and the US, with her iconic dreads, signature style and soulful vocals. Last month saw the launch of her new album Hideout, made in collaboration with American rapper, singer, producer and songwriter, Illa J. Fresh off the back of the album launch, her new video for one of the record’s tracks, Soulsearching, and the launch of her new Nottingham DJ night, Milkshake, we caught up with Harleighblu to find out more about her whirlwind year so far…
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Author Rosie Wilby on Queer the Shelves, Her New Book and Being Known as The Queen of Breakups
Mon 11 Jul 2022Last month saw Queer the Shelves, a two-day celebration of LGBTQ+ books and writers, take place at Waterstones in the city centre. Organised by local editing and publishing company, Global Wordsmiths, and funded by Arts Council England, the event saw over twenty international LGBTQ+ writers taking part in Q&A panels, readings and mingling with readers at an after party held at Nottingham’s oldest – and only – LGBTQ+ pub, the New Foresters. Some writers were well known, others on their first published work, with every genre covered. The keynote speaker was comedian and author Rosie Wilby, known for her stand up, podcast, and now two books on the theme of relationships. We caught up with her just as the busy weekend drew to a close...
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Nottingham Artist Victoria Hayward Discusses Pysanky, the Traditional Egg-Decorating Technique She's Using to Raise Money for Ukraine
Mon 11 Jul 2022Victoria Hayward explains how she is using her artist residency at City Arts to decorate 100 eggs using a traditional Ukrainian batik dye technique, raising money for the Ukraine DEC appeal in the process
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LeftLion Magazine #149
Fri 01 Jul 2022Our July sports-themed issue, featuring Forest in the Premier League, She's Got Game, Richard Whitehead MBE, Building Notts' Greatest Athlete, the Nottingham Lions, WWE Wrestler Joseph Conners, Kendo, Footfalls & Heartbeats, Big City Reads, Georgina Wilding, Harleighblu, Art of Football, Andy Reid, Nadia Whittome on Palestine and the Notts' soldiers who were at the Battle of Rorke's Drift...
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We Took a Trip to 200 Degrees’ New Milton Street Store - Here’s What We Thought
Mon 20 Jun 2022200 Degrees is one of Nottingham's most successful businesses - rapidly becoming big players in the coffee scene. We took a trip to their new store opposite Victoria Centre to see what all the fuss is about...
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Anna Kent Spills All About Her New Book: Frontline Midwife
Fri 10 Jun 2022While still only in her twenties, Nottingham’s own Anna Kent left her job at the NHS, packed a bag and travelled to Sudan - then an active war zone - to offer her medical expertise to those in need. Now back in the UK and working as a midwife, the 41-year-old has written about her unbelievable experiences in Frontline Midwife: My Story of Survival and Keeping Others Safe, which provides a powerful story of perseverance, activism, and lessons learned…
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LeftLion Magazine #148
Mon 30 May 2022Our Fear issue, featuring Dr Chris Terrell-Nield on spiders, the Haunted Museum, the Victoria Centre Market, the Uncanny, Graham Caveney on Agoraphobia, Dr John Woolf on the Victorian Freak Show, Nottingham Craft Beer Week, Sauce Shop, Fearless Dressing, Big Swap Events, Newark Book Festival, Anna Kent, Middle Street Resource Centre, Climate Anxiety, Jimmy Rocket & LVNDLXRD, Kendal Mountain Festival, Jay Digga, Angelo Murphy, Nadia Whittome on the Politics of Fear, A Skydiver in Notts, and loads more...
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Notts CrossFit Athlete and Coach Lucy Campbell Discusses Women in Strength Training and Putting Two Fingers Up to Stereotypes
Sat 21 May 2022Combining strength training, gymnastics and high intensity workouts, Nottingham’s CrossFit box has attracted quite a cult following. We caught up with CrossFit athlete and coach Lucy Campbell to talk about women in strength training, the camaraderie of group workouts and letting go of weight-loss goals…
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The Kooks Drummer Alex Nunez on his Notts heritage, Prince and playing Meadowlands next month...
Wed 11 May 2022Ahead of their top slot at the city’s newest festival - Meadowlands - on Friday 3 June, we speak to The Kooks drummer Alex Nunez about his Notts lineage, Prince and touring the world…
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We Catch Up With Marcus Brown to Learn All About Food as a Subculture and His New Culture Magazine Picnic
Mon 09 May 2022Founded by Ilkeston lad Marcus Brown, Picnic is the culture magazine celebrating all things culinary. In preparation for its first ever release we catch up with Marcus about food as a subculture, hanging out with chefs and the Nottingham food scene…
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LeftLion Magazine #147
Mon 02 May 2022The Mythology Issue. Featuring The Nottingham Gods, The Nottingham Caesars, 400 Rabbits, blacksmith David Gill, Joelle Taylor, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Lucy Campbell, The Curse of King Tut and loads more...
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