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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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LeftLion Magazine #146
Fri 01 Apr 2022Our April issue is a celebration of all things magic, featuring Magic Goes Wrong, modern day witchcraft, The Nottingham Guild of Magicians, Victoria Louise on moon yoga, A Dungeon Master in Notts, Nadia Whittome on the magic of football, Little Bricks, Magic Storybook, Hannah Bourn's jewellery, Incredible Edible Beeston, The New Foresters, the history of the Hemlock Stone and loads more...
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Nottingham’s Anjli Mohindra Talks Vigil, the Television Workshop and What’s Next for Her Career
Wed 30 Mar 2022Fresh from starring in Vigil, one of the BBC’s most popular series ever, and Munich: The Edge of War, one of Netflix’s most popular films of the last year, West Bridgford’s Anjli Mohindra chats to us about her love for Notts, her time at the Television Workshop and what’s next for her career…
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Nottingham Fashion Designer Rebekah Peters Lifts the Lid on Her Iconic Clothing Made From Preloved Bedsheets and Curtains
Tue 22 Mar 2022Notts' own Rebekah Peters is helping to lead the way in the preloved fashion game. We catch up with her to find out more…
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Artist Caroline Walker on A Female Gaze, the new Nottingham Castle Exhibition Showcasing Her Work Alongside Dame Laura Knight's
Wed 16 Mar 2022With A Female Gaze, Nottingham Castle are celebrating the work of two generational talents from the art world. The first is Dame Laura Knight, who, as the first woman elected to the Royal Academy in 1936, was a critically acclaimed and much loved painter who created some of her most iconic work here in Nottingham. The second is Caroline Walker, a renowned British contemporary artist whose rich, atmospheric oil paintings reveal the diverse social, cultural and economic experiences of women living in contemporary society. Despite being born almost a century apart, A Female Gaze celebrates the work of both women, while exploring the developments of women artists over the past hundred years. We caught up with Walker ahead of the exhibition's opening to find out more...
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LeftLion Magazine #145
Tue 01 Mar 2022Fashion is the name of the game for our March mag, which has been guest-edited by new Fashion Editor Addie Kenogbon. Inside you can find: White Rose, Nottingham's sneaker scene, I Didn't Ask for It, A Personal Shopper in Notts, Kitty Tray on Drag Fashion, The Last Lace Maker, Rebekah Peters, Omid Djalili, Evie Ashwin, greenwashing and Reggie Kray's old prison shirt...
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Notts Goes Green: Challenges and Opportunities For Heritage Buildings
Wed 09 Feb 2022Nottingham City Council's Carbon Neutral 2028 plan has spurred many local businesses toward going eco-friendly, but what does that mean for our heritage buildings such as those in the historic Lace Market? Becky Valentine, Co-Owner and sustainability lead at property management company Spenbeck takes a deep dive into the issues
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How Nottingham’s Monstrous Flesh: Women’s Bodies in Horror Film Course is Exploring the Genre Through a Feminist Lens
Thu 03 Feb 2022New to Nottingham and determined to find herself among like-minded people, Clelia McElroy set up a film course diving into the horror genre through a feminist lens. We chat with her all about Monstrous Flesh: Women's Bodies in Horror, female directors, and the future of horror…
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LeftLion Magazine #144
Mon 31 Jan 2022Our February issue is a celebration of all things scientific, featuring the Festival of Science and Curiosity, Professor Martin Poliakoff CBE, the Nottingham effort to curb COVID, An Anatomist in Notts, Excel in Science, Green Innovators, John Russell Hind, Erasmus Darwin and a pickle mystery for the ages...
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We Chat to Sophie Gargett, the Nottingham-Based Editor of Creative Culture Magazine The Dilettante
Sun 16 Jan 2022Artists, agony aunts and adorable cats - ‘creative culture’ magazine The Dilettante really has it all. We hear from its Nottingham-based editor, Sophie Gargett, about what people can expect from this peculiar publication…
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LeftLion Magazine #143
Tue 04 Jan 2022Our first mag of the new year features Christian Weaver on The Law in 60 Seconds, Mesopotamia, Local High Streets, Nadia Whittome, Veganuary Delivered, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Rebecca Grant, Kingdom Rapper, The Dilettante Gazette, Sir Francis Willoughby and loads more...
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LeftLion Magazine #142
Mon 29 Nov 2021Featuring our annual independent Christmas shopping guide, Bill Bailey, the Cultural Review of 2021, Nadia Whittome, A Nun in Notts, Christmas at Wollaton, The Roundhouse, Mark Lewandowski, Breaking the Mould, Lord Byron in Greece and loads more...
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Gig Review: Holly Humberstone at Rescue Rooms
Fri 12 Nov 2021Grantham-raised singer songwriter Holly Humberstone ascended to the stage of Rescue Rooms completely solo for her long-awaited headline tour, providing an evening of honest, warm and tender songs…
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Words for Wellbeing Coach Samantha Gray on Her Work With Nottingham Writers’ Studio and Why You Should Get a Journal
Wed 03 Nov 2021Writing can be a transformative experience. For this month’s Wellness Section, we chat with Words for Wellbeing coach Samantha Gray about therapeutic writing, her work with Nottingham Writers’ Studio, and why you should get a journal…
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Nottingham’s Chloe Rodgers Chats Debut EP Back To The Quay, Campervan Mishaps and Performing in Her Home City
Tue 02 Nov 2021With stunningly eerie vocal tones and a broad musical style that ranges from jazz to folk, Nottingham singer-songwriter Chloe Rodgers is set to release her debut EP Back To The Quay this month. We sit down with the rising artist to chat about the record and her upcoming headline slot at The Bodega…
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LeftLion Magazine #141
Mon 01 Nov 2021Our Deadly Sins themed issue features Nottingham's reality TV stars (Pride), the true story of the Mansfield landscape murderers (Greed), reclaiming Lust as a positive think (Lust), Luisa's Vegan Chocolate (Gluttony), and slow living with Martin Somerville (Sloth). Plus Nadia Whittome on corporate greed, Pick Six with Satan himself, An Exorcist in Notts, the story of Saddam Hussein's former personal physician Ala Bashir, Deconstruction podcast Nomad, Rich Bell, Hockley Brew Co., Words for Wellbeing, Blue Barrel Cider, The Loft Movie Theatre, Chloe Rodgers, The Joy of Sculpture, The Oral History Project and loads more...
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Comedian Shazia Mirza Talks Her Upcoming Tour Coconut
Mon 18 Oct 2021After a year in lockdown, Shazia Mirza is back in Nottingham with her new show Coconut. We chat to her about Bear Grylls’ The Island, crying in Poundland, and what she’s most excited about for her tour.
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LeftLion Magazine #140
Fri 01 Oct 2021Featuring Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson, Paralympic Gold medalists Tully Kearney and Charlotte Henshaw, Roger Van Schaick of Host Nottingham, Nadia Whittome on the refugee crisis, Dan Schreiber of the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast, Simon Amstell, Paul Kaye, Mocky-D, Good Grief, Detonate's James Busby, Witness at the National Justice Museum, The Nottingham Horror Collective and loads more...
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Notts Author and Teaching Assistant Roza Bazrafshan Discusses Her Children's Book Big Squeeze Little Squeeze
Sun 19 Sept 2021Roza Bazrafshan is combining her biggest passions, writing and teaching, to share an important message. Having recently released a unique children’s book, the teaching assistant discusses what it's like to inspire the next generation of budding writers…
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Film Journalist Hanna Ines Flint Discusses Interviewing Stellan Skarsgård, The First Film Club and Her Time in Nottingham
Mon 13 Sept 2021Screen journalist Hanna Ines Flint has had an enviable career since graduating from the University of Nottingham with a degree in English and American Studies in 2009. This time, she experiences some role reversal as she answers our questions about the film industry and her career path…
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20 Years On: Artist Iryna Muha on Losing Her Father in 9/11 and New Project My America
Sat 11 Sept 2021On the twentieth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, we talk to Nottingham musician and artist Iryna Muha - who lost her father on that day - about her new project My America, being a 9/11 family, and American nationalism.
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LeftLion Magazine #139
Wed 01 Sept 2021Our September issue features Paul Smith, legendary boxer Steve Ward, Asad Fazil MBE of Al-Hurraya, XR Notts, Major Labia, Feline and Wildlife Rescue, The Anxiety Map Project, Hopewood Hospital, Scalarama X, Liam Bailey, Leanne Moden and loads more...
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