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Interview: Des Coleman

"There’s nothing worse than not trying things your way, and failing. Fail on your own terms, mate."

Chas n Dave @ the Maze

We joined The Cockney duo on the Nottingham leg of their last ever tour before they hang up their hats and retire.

Poddingham #1

The latest addition to the LeftLion Podcast stable - much more to follow

Nottingham Ghosts

In the build up to Halloween we look at some pant-soilingly scary ghosts from Nottingham past...

Seven rising stars from Television Workshop

Samantha Morton might get all the press, but here are seven other rising stars from the Television Workshop in Nottingham...

LeftLion Radio #7

The podcast that gets all peas down its best shirt and doesn't give a toss who knows it is BACK

CSS @ The Rescue Rooms

The Brazilian indie / pop troupe did what they do best and put on an energetic set with bags of stage presence.

Interview: Late of The Pier

"When you don’t really know how to play an instrument, in some ways, you end up being more creative or at least experimental"

Hockley Hustle 2008

Photos from the 2008 Hockley Hustle festival, photos by Matt Dalton, Dom Henry and Tom Quigley (c).

Interview: Darrell Martin of Just The Tonic

Just The Tonic Comedy Club relaunched in Nottingham this month. We put some questions to owner and founder Darrell Martin...

Interview: Chuck Palahniuk

"Every book represents a portion of your life, kind of like a scrapbook. Fight Club is like reading a journal from fifteen years ago"

Nottingham Playhouse Turns Sixty

Nottingham Playhouse: into its sixtieth year, and more than just the building that wears the Sky Mirror like a big earring

A Canadian in New Basford Does Alternative Freshers Week

An alternative freshers' week, designed to help students blend in with the locals. Each day, you will take on the habits of a local...

Students Who Stayed

Apparently, Nottingham has the highest level of student retention in the UK – our students are more likely to stay here after they graduate than anywhere else. Lazy-arsed wasters trying to cling onto their halcyon days of cheap booze, or indisputable proof that Nottingham is ace? We spoke to three people who decided to stick around after their course…

May Contain Notts: Aug-Sept 2008

Robin Hood quits, Council buy Jaguars, Adlington wins gold medal, DG installs CCTV, 73-year-old jailed for concrete attack and Forest fans banned

LeftLion Magazine #25

Featuring Des Coleman, Chuck Palahniuk, Late Of The Pier, Notts For The Faint-Hearted, Nottingham Playhouse, Pixel Perfect and more. 

Interview: Vent Media

"When it comes to VJing, I haven’t got a problem with cutting up films that people know because it is just like musical sampling"

Preview: Hockley Hustle 2008

LeftLion's top ten recommendations of bands and artists you should check out at Hockley Hustle 2008 (apart from those at our gig of course)...

Interview: Jimmy Sirrel

Legendary Notts County manager Jimmy Sirrel has died. Here's an interview we did with him last year...

Bar Wars: Revenge of the Staff

This is what happens when you piss off the bar staff on a Saturday night...

Street art photos from Tom Quigley

Tania Glyde on Binge Drinking

"We must be one of the few societies in the world where two people can go on a first date, get so drunk they puke and end up getting married"

May Contain Notts: June-July 2008

Kris Commons and Robert Earnshaw swap clubs, NTU unveil Parky as new Chancellor, Steve Green retires

S. Mark Gubb

"The eighties was possibly one of the crappest decades, with The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, the miners strike, Thatcher’s Britain..."

Can You Finish Your Drinks, Please?

"It seems that every initiative taken by the government runs into the brick wall of our ingrained desire to get kaylide"