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LeftLion Magazine #113
Wed 01 May 2019Featuring Nottingham Forest, Jonny Owens, A Referee in Notts, Bill Bailey, Art of Football and loads more...
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Emily Leary on Her Cookbook Get Your Kids to Eat Anything and Her Five-phase Programme
Sat 13 Apr 2019Local woman Emily Leary has written Get Your Kids to Eat Anything to help parents do exactly what it says on the tin with her five-phase programme...
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BAFTA-Winning Actress Jessica Hynes on Her Directorial Feature Film Debut
Mon 01 Apr 2019As an actress, Jessica Hynes has been a mainstay of British film and television since her breakthrough role alongside Simon Pegg and Nick Frost in Spaced. Since then, she’s gone on to star in The Royle Family, Son of Rambow and W1A, for which she won a BAFTA Award in 2015. This year saw her step into the ring as a director for the first time with The Fight, a drama about a mother of three who uses boxing as a way of facing her demons…
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LeftLion Magazine #112
Mon 01 Apr 2019Featuring Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, Reginald D Hunter, Jon Collins, The Pythian Club, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Max Cooper, Rough Trade and loads more...
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Artist and Curator Diana Ali on Her Role as Mentor on BBC's The Big Painting Challenge
Sat 09 Mar 2019This month sees The Big Painting Challenge back on our screens for a third series. We caught up with artist, curator and Nottingham resident Diana Ali to talk about her career and role as a mentor on the BBC One show…
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A Breakdown of Bras Not Bombs IWD Festival 2019
Thu 07 Mar 2019Here’s what to expect from the festival in Hockley that some leading local ladies launched this International Women’s Day.
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Life's Rich Tapestry: The Creative Textile Project Encouraging Women to Use Their Voice
Wed 06 Mar 2019Life's Rich Tapestry is a collaboration between Offshoots East Midlands C.I.C and Ignite futures and funded by the Big Lottery, The Arts Council and Nottingham Women's Centre, with the aim of using the creative arts to empower women to use their voice...
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LGBTQ+ Notts: Queer Noise Club and International Women's Day
Tue 05 Mar 2019Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events...
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LeftLion Magazine #111
Fri 01 Mar 2019Featuring Dr Julian Onions, UFO Sightings in Nottingham, Gentleman's Dub Club, Nottingham Astronomical Society, Mnozil Brass and loads more...
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Clean Yoga: The Women Combining Yoga with Eco-Friendliness
Thu 14 Feb 2019Clean Yoga sessions are run by two local fitness instructors, Victoria Douglas and Hannah Appleton, who combine their skills with a love for the environment. At each event, yogis take part in a stretching session, followed by an activity designed to inspire eco-friendliness…
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LeftLion Magazine #110
Fri 01 Feb 2019Featuring Sleaford Mods, Stonebridge City Farm, The Urban Worm, Luke Radford, Nottingham Fixers, Small Food Bakery, and loads more...
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LeftLion Magazine Appoints Ashley Carter as New Editor
Thu 31 Jan 2019That’s right readers. As from next month we are having a bit of a shuffle around…
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Nusic Podcast #196 with Fast Car to Florence, Indiana, Holly Fallon, Haggard Cat and More...
Wed 23 Jan 2019This week’s New Music Podcast is a Beat the Streets special – featuring artists playing the charity festival that’s raised over £100k for Framework. Plus, the best advert you’ve ever heard for cough sweets, and new Nottingham music straight from the Laundrette.
This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.
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Create Your Own Happy: Children’s Author Becky Goddard on Her Mission to Make the Little’uns Smile
Sat 19 Jan 2019According to studies by The Children’s Society and Pisa, young people in England are among the unhappiest in the world. With internet bullying, endless school tests and cuts to services, it can be bleddy hard being a kid. However, help is at hand. Together with Penny Alexander, West Bridgford’s Becky Goddard-Hill has devised Create Your Own Happy, a workbook that aims to empower children.
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LeftLion Magazine #109
Tue 01 Jan 2019Featuring House of Pain, Humans of Nottingham, the Cattle Market, TrueMendous, David Severn, board-game cafes in Notts, Becky Goddard's Create Your Own Happy, Manu Delago's Parasol Peak, and loads more...
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Christmas Without Abuse and Violence: A Campaign for Midland Women’s Aid
Fri 07 Dec 2018Midland Women’s Aid are running a campaign to raise funds for Christmas presents that'll go to 26 children escaping domestic abuse…
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LeftLion Magazine #108
Sat 01 Dec 2018The History Special, with Canning Circus, J.M. Barrie, old Nottingham photos, A Former Coal Miner in Notts, Nottingham factories, local scientific discoveries, the Franklin Expedition, and loads more...
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Celebrating 100 Years of Women Gaining the Vote with Midlands Suffragettes
Fri 23 Nov 20186 February 2018 marked 100 years of 8.5 million women gaining their right to vote. Although it will be another decade before we celebrate 100 years of all women gaining the vote, it was a huge milestone in the step towards women’s rights being achieved...
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Nina Smith on Her Long-Awaited Debut Album White Feather
Thu 08 Nov 2018After years of writing and recording, Nina Smith is releasing her long-awaited debut album, White Feather. Slick and beautifully produced by Yoad Nevo (Sia, Goldfrapp), the record is emotional, with classic r’n’b sprinkled throughout for good measure. We grabbed Nina for a chat and a congratulations…
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Photographer Emily Andersen on the Release of Her New Book and Photographing Celebrities
Thu 01 Nov 2018From photographing well-known artists, musicians, writers, directors and actors - including Helen Mirren, Bella Freud and Nico - to exhibiting at some of the world’s most prestigious galleries, Emily Andersen has forged a fascinating photography career. Carefully balancing her craft while lecturing part time at NTU, she has recently published her second book, entitled Portraits: Black & White. We caught up with Emily ahead of her book launch and exhibition at Bonington Gallery later this week…
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LeftLion Magazine #107
Thu 01 Nov 2018The Tree Special featuring Nottingham Forest FC, The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest, Eco-mindfulness, Tristram Aver's Native British Trees, The Art File, Nina Smith, Cosmic American, Pitchshifter, and loads more...
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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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DHP’s Women In Music Discussion Panel at Rescue Rooms
Fri 12 Oct 2018We headed down to Rescue Rooms for DHP’s second Women in Music discussion panel…
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Women in Music: London In Stereo Editor Jess Partridge Talks Gender Equality in the Industry
Wed 10 Oct 2018From establishing her own music magazine to managing an international PRS Foundation initiative, Jess Partridge has forged a successful and multi-faceted career in the music industry, and is a firm believer in going your own way. This evening she will be part of the panel at DHP’s Women in Music event at Rescue Rooms, the second in a series of events in Nottingham aiming to unpick gender imbalance in the music industry...
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From Notts to UEFA: Polly Bancroft
Tue 02 Oct 2018Despite being based 700 miles away in Nyon, Switzerland, Polly Bancroft’s thoughts will be very firmly fixed on her hometown this Saturday, as England Women take on their Brazilian counterparts at Meadow Lane. For it was an England Women’s fixture nearly 30 years ago that led to her prestigious role at Europe’s footballing heart, UEFA.
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