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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.
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Documentary Filmmaker Jay Martin on Redt'Blue: The Film that Examines Why Mansfield Turned Tory
Wed 03 Jun 2020After decades as a Labour stronghold, Mansfield decided to elect a Conservative MP in the 2017 General Election. The result, which came as a shock to many, led local filmmaker Jay Martin to make Red’tBlue, his upcoming documentary which explores why the ex-mining town turned Tory…
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The Battle of Stoke Field: The Story Behind Nottinghamshire's Only Registered Battlefield
Mon 01 Jun 2020It was the battle that finally ended the War of the Roses, the bloody civil struggle for control of the throne that plagued England for decades, and has been described as one of the defining moments in the country’s history. With this month marking the 533rd anniversary of the events that took place on Nottinghamshire’s only registered battlefield, we take a look at the story behind The Battle of Stoke Field…
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10 Years Later: How to Train Your Dragon
Sat 04 Apr 2020As it reaches its tenth anniversary, this action-packed Viking comedy proves it itself to be an age-old family classic...
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Brass Monkey Turns 20: Manager John McDermott Shares How…
Fri 13 Mar 2020We track down the general manager of the bar that’s open ‘till the early hours seven days a week, to learn why it hasn’t run out of steam, or rum, just yet…
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Return to Sender: How We Managed to Track Down the Author of a Postcard from 1908
Sat 07 Mar 2020Postcards were the “u ok hun?” texts of their day. Used by past generations to check in on their distant siblings, and by more recent ones to boast about exotic holidays to their friends, they’ve never really been blessed with messages worth a third or forth glance. Which is why our Assistant Editor, Emily, was shocked to discover cards dating back to 1908 sitting on the shelf of Hopkinson Vintage, Antiques and Art Centre. She decided to track down the families of their senders, to ask them why…
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Art Review: Crying Shadows, Flesh and Bones at Surface Gallery
Tue 25 Feb 2020Our writer Shaw had a lot of thoughts about this...
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The Nottingham Anime and Manga Society Meet Every Week for Special Screenings, Events and More
Mon 03 Feb 2020Nottingham’s anime and manga society, aka NAMSOC, invited LeftLion to come to one of their weekly meetups to talk all things community, anime, and identity...
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LeftLion Football Podcast Episode 5: Jim McRae on the Managerial Change at Mansfield
Fri 03 Jan 2020Colin and Gareth are joined on the line by Jim McRae to discuss the managerial change at Mansfield. Largely positive festive results at both Forest and Notts PLUS why ‘The Snowman’ is to blame...
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The History of Sneinton Market
Mon 18 Nov 2019Take a walk through Sneinton Market today, and you’ll find fancy coffee, football fan-art and luxury vegan chocolates. Not only are the Sneinton Market Avenues now home to over twenty creative businesses, but it’s also the headquarters of a certain culture magazine you’ve been reading for the past few minutes. Throw it back seventy years or so, and this place was the site of a booming wholesale market, and a real pillar of city life...
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Author Kristina Adams: "If you're not willing to market your book, you're not going to get anywhere."
Thu 31 Oct 2019Local author Kristina Adams on her latest novel Behind the Spotlight, self-publishing, and what it’s like to deal with fibromyalgia as a writer…
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Robert Lindsay on His New Show, The Golden Age of Hollywood, and Singing at Derby County
Fri 18 Oct 2019From studying drama at Nottingham College – then known as Clarendon College – in the sixties, Robert Lindsay has gone on to become one of the most respected and well-loved stage and screen actors of his generation, picking up a BAFTA, a Tony Award and three Olivier Awards along the way. Not too shabby for the boy from Ilkeston. We caught up with the actor as he prepares to head back to the local stage with a starring role in Prism, the story of legendary Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack Cardiff…
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Out of Time: Fred Karno, the Man Who Discovered Charlie Chaplin
Fri 11 Oct 2019From growing up on the streets of Nottingham to becoming a pioneer of British comedy, few people made as great an impact on the entertainment industry as Fred Karno. Credited with discovering Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, his meteoric rise to fame was only matched by his rapid fall from grace with the advent of film…
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RE:PRESENT – Neil Roberts at Surface Gallery
Tue 27 Aug 2019Painting punters should get their skates on to catch the last few days of this excellent show of a brush-master’s craft. Adrian Shaw got down to Surface to catch the tail end of it...
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Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates Produce Healthy, Ethical and Delicious Sweet Treats in Sneinton Market
Wed 07 Aug 2019The only chocolate maker in Nottingham, Luisa from Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates, produces award-winning chocolate at her outlet in Sneinton Market, using a traditional artisan process to transform directly-sourced cocoa beans from bean to bar.
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The Waco Siege: How a Man from Nottingham Became Part of an American Tragedy
Wed 24 Jul 201926 years ago, a religious centre in Texas was home to one of the most brutal massacres in US history. Among the survivors was Livingstone Fagan, a young man from Nottingham – but how did he get there, and what part did he have to play in the infamous and calamitous Waco siege?
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Film Review: Spider-Man - Far From Home
Wed 10 Jul 2019While Endgame was an excellent conclusion to the first decade of the Avengers saga, it left moviegoers with a lot of questions regarding the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The big task of answering these just so happens to fall on the shoulders of our friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man - but is Far From Home a satisfying follow-up to this year’s biggest film?
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Outlawed: The True Story Behind Nottingham's Craziest Action Film
Thu 13 Jun 2019Seven years, over three hundred crewmembers, one Chinook helicopter, no budget and two directors learning how to make a film as they went along. For anyone that has worked in the Nottingham film industry over the last decade, the production of Outlawed took on something of a mythological status. Everyone knew someone that had been involved at some point, many doubted it would ever get completed, and the stories of firearms, exploding buildings and pissed off Council officials quickly became the stuff of legend. With the film now picked up for distribution, including a Netflix deal in the United States and a worldwide DVD release, we caught up with co-directors Adam Collins and Luke Radford to find out the truth about the most insane film production in Nottingham’s history...
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Win Two Tickets to Splendour Festival 2019 with Manic Street Preachers, Rag'n'Bone Man, All Saints and More...
Tue 04 Jun 2019There'll be plenty of local acts taking to the stage too...
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Film Review: The Man Who Killed Hitler and then The Bigfoot
Mon 03 Jun 2019Robert D. Krzykowski's slightly surreal American drama delivers exactly what it says on the tin...
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Author Russ Swan on The Physics Behind...
Sat 01 Jun 2019We caught up with local author Russ Swan to talk about his fascinating book The Physics Behind, as well as the new definition of a kilogram...
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Football Fanzones Return to Sneinton Market
Mon 20 May 2019The fine folk at Art of Football are bringing the football fun times back to Sneinton Market this summer...
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Nottingham Forest: The Miracle Men of 1979
Sat 18 May 2019One scored six goals on the route to the final, one had been at the club since the Second Division days, one was described by Brian Clough as the “Picasso of our game,” and the other was the captain that lifted the trophy on that famous night in Munich. Together, Garry Birtles, Tony Woodcock, John Robertson and John McGovern formed an integral part of that legendary Nottingham Forest side that beat Malmö to win the European Cup for the first time forty years ago…
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Tom Quigley's Weekends and Everything In Between Exhibition is a Behind the Scenes Look at Nottingham's Skate Scene
Fri 01 Mar 2019As a member of Nottingham’s skateboard scene, photographer Tom Quigley has developed a reputation for brilliantly capturing candid moments of the subculture. An advocate of creating art that his audience wants to see, his work has been praised for its authentic portrayal of life as a skateboarder in the city, striking a balance between the everyday and the sublime. Following on from his 2014 and 2015 shows, his latest exhibition, Weekends And Everything In Between, is at Surface Gallery until Saturday 9 March…
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