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Interview: Rough Trade Nottingham Turns Five
Tue 09 Apr 2019It’s hard to remember Broad Street without Rough Trade as an occupant. The record store, bar and gig venue turns five later this year, and over the past half-decade has earned its stripes as an integral part of Nottingham’s music scene. We caught up with bar manager, Sam Allison, to talk Drag Bingo, Record Store Day, and footprints on the ceiling…
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Study Skills: BA (Hons) Graphic Design
Wed 03 Apr 2019We chat to a current Nottingham Trent University student about their studies and how their university course develops their creativity. This month, it's graphic designer Emily McCarthy...
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Soundin' Off: The Last Poets come to Peggy's Skylight
Sun 24 Mar 2019The Last Poets were the first wordsmiths that preceded hip-hop. Our Will had a fascinating chat with original Poets member Abiodun Oyewole ahead of their performance at Peggy's Skylight on 27 March.
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Interview: Things Get Quakey With Brad
Tue 12 Mar 2019We chat with the founder of Nottingham's alternative dance night before its event this Friday...
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Perennial Punks The Stranglers return to Notts
Sun 10 Mar 2019Since their early days as seventies punk rock rabble-rousers, The Stranglers have been mainstays of the British music scene. Now over 45 years on, the lads are still finding the time to hit the road and make music. Back in Nottingham for their latest UK tour this month, we sent our man LP Mills for a chat with guitarist and frontman Baz Warne, to find out what these perennial punks have been up to.
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Interview: Mary Ocher is coming to The Chameleon
Fri 01 Mar 2019Soothe the hump day blues with avant-pop singer-songwriter Mary Ocher, who comes to The Chameleon on Wednesday 6 March.
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Self Esteem is bursting onto the scene with personal songwriting and a big live show
Mon 25 Feb 2019Relatability is having a moment. But artist and musician Rebecca Taylor doesn’t even need to try. Going under the name of Self Esteem and with her debut album Compliments Please out on in March, we caught up with Rebecca to talk touring, Instagram and Kanye…
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Queen Zee Want to Glitz Up the Current Music Scene
Sun 17 Feb 2019There is no denying that the genres of rock and punk have seen one heck of a revival recently, with Queen Zee leading the way. The rowdy Liverpool-based band, deemed 'an unavoidably loud force for good', are not only renowned for their explosive live shows, but also for championing the LGBTQ+ community. We caught up with lead singer Zee ahead of their gig at The Bodega this Friday…
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The Orielles are Bringing Post-Dance Funk to Rescue Rooms
Fri 15 Feb 2019Hailing from Halifax, The Orielles have caused quite a stir over the past year, scoring in at number 16 on Rough Trade’s Top 100 Albums of the Year list in 2018 for their debut album Silver Dollar Moment. Ahead of their show at Rescue Rooms, we grabbed singer and bass player Esmé for a chat...
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Interview: Trekkah Benjamin Introduces us to ONEAM
Fri 15 Feb 2019Many might know local creative Trekkah Benjamin for his label, Phlexx records, but he’s recently announced his latest musical project that has got us pretty excited.
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Desire, Love, Identity: An LGBTQ exhibition at the National Justice Museum
Mon 11 Feb 2019It’s fair to say that most Nottingham folk still call it the Galleries of Justice and associate it with ghost tours and a family day out in a scary old prison, but there have been new developments at the rebranded National Justice Museum lately. This includes making more innovative use of the temporary exhibition space, accessible for free. Our Rebecca headed on over to check out their newest exhibition...
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LeftLion Clothes Swap at Design Junction and Sustainability Discussion Panel at Fox & Grapes
Wed 06 Feb 2019Support Sharewear Clothing Scheme by getting down to Design Junction on Sunday 17 February, 12pm - 4pm...
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Interview: The Staircase lawyer David Rudolf
Mon 28 Jan 2019We caught up with David Rudolf, Michael Peterson’s criminal defence lawyer from the compelling Netflix documentary series The Staircase, as he arrives in the UK for a series of speaking engagements...
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Broken Witt Rebels Talk Recording Albums and Gigging in Nottingham
Thu 10 Jan 2019We spoke to Brummie band Broken Witt Rebels about making music and gigging in Nottingham...
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The Nottingham Hidden History Team Have Saved Many a Cave From Destruction
Fri 07 Dec 2018The Nottingham Hidden History Team, fittingly, have been around for yonks. Uncovering all sorts of tales about this city of ours, the organisation has saved caves from being destroyed in local redevelopment, and has held the torch up to many-a past goings-on. LeftLion Street Tales columnist and current member of the organisation, Joe Earp, gives us a little look-in to the origins of the team, and what’s driven them to lift the lid on Notts, for the past fifty years...
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Director Jack Bond on Latest Documentary An Artist's Eyes
Tue 27 Nov 2018We caught up with the legendary director ahead of the release of his latest documentary, An Artist's Eyes...
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School of Hard Notts Catch up with Stixx
Wed 21 Nov 2018Stixx is Nottingham’s very own HHH; a technician, brawler, trainer and promoter. He has contributed massively to Nottingham wrestling’s ongoing rejuvenation and has fought and trained some of the best in the world. Whilst Stixx benevolently left mainstream recognition to his protégés, to those in the know, there can be no doubt he is he is one of the linchpins of wrestling in the midlands. Sitting in the post-show wreckage after another bruising bout, LeftLion hangs out under the tree of woe with Notts’ most garrulous gigantic grappler.
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PubhD Preview: An Interview with Vivyan Lisewski-Hobson
Tue 20 Nov 2018PubhD's November event is a tree special - we had a chat with one of the speakers, Vivyan Lisewski-Hobson, to learn about how she's been getting ready for this tree-mendous event
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Interview: A
Tue 20 Nov 2018Having played Rock City countless times, rock band ‘A’ have a certain attachment to our citeh. We managed to have a chat with A’s busy front man, Jason Perry, abaht the band’s history, playing Rock City and what they hope to see from their crowds...
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Karoline Sofie Lee on the London Korean Film Festival
Mon 19 Nov 2018We sat down for a chat with the lovely Karoline Sofie Lee, star of The Return, which is screening at Broadway Cinema on Saturday 24 November as part of the 2018 London Korean Film Festival...
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Kalidou - Interview with Aria Shahrokhshahi
Sat 03 Nov 2018Aria Shahrokhshahi is a photographer who explores people and cultures through his work. While on a trip to The Gambia he met an extraordinary young man called Kalidou who was struggling with a degenerative eye condition. Determined to help, he produced a photography series of Kalidou and set up a Go Fund Me campaign to get him the medical treatment he needs. LeftLion caught up with Aria for a chat about the project…
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Interview: Spitfire director David Fairhead
Wed 24 Oct 2018We caught up with David Fairhead, co-director of the new documentary Spitfire, ahead of its screening at Broadway Cinema...
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Notts Poet and Austerity Opposer Lytisha Tunbridge Tells Her Story
Tue 23 Oct 2018Lytisha Tunbridge won the Expanding Horizons Award 2018 at Nottingham Writers’ Studio, for her work supporting World Jam, DIY Poets, Poetry Aloud, Poets Against Racism, Social Model Writers, Sisterhood and Solidarity, Support the NHS, Young Voices, Reading with Dementia, and We Shall Overcome. Somehow she managed to find the time to share some words with us, and tell us her story...
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‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ Interview with Paul Sng
Mon 22 Oct 2018‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ gives a narrative to those forgotten by the media and government in modern Britain.
The book features the work of several accomplished documentary photographers, to show the untold stories of those affected by issues such as Brexit, austerity, de-industrialisation and social upheaval.
The Broadway are hosting a screening of the Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods film with a panel Q&A to discuss the book with director/editor Paul Sng, Carl Phillips and photographers David Severn and Laura Dicken.
We sat down with Paul Sng, to talk about the book...
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Foretell Your Destiny with These Nottingham-Themed Tarot Cards
Sat 20 Oct 2018The ancient wisdoms of tarot have been utilised in the foretelling of soul destiny for bleddy yonks. We hath dug out some of Nottingham’s occult cards for yorn ducks to cut out and play with in the last remaining local boozers, or Temples of the Divine, if you like. Pay heed to the stories told, interpret the knowledge imparted in your own, true way. Just mek sure you charge a decent few quid for any readings given, and sling us 10%...
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