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A Canadian on the British Christmas

"Why do you do this to yourselves?"

Art Works: Trace by Trish Evans

"I’m one of those people who loves really rubbish-looking architecture, boarded-up buildings and decaying concrete"

May Contain Notts: Oct - Nov 2011

Masturbatory Gesture Goat is DEAD, garden-pilfery, and Derby's Xmas lights get nicked...

Interview: Hot Japanese Girl

"He offers us this contract and cuts his hand open, drizzles blood all over it and signs his name. I’m not a Christian, but I’m pretty sure that’s wrong"

Interview: Baby Godzilla

"Smoke started coming out of the back of the van just as we got our tickets from the Eurostar. About ten yards later, the engine just stalled"

Can Trent Sound Bring Back The Good Old Radio Trent FM Days?

Trent Sound: a heroic attempt to bring back the glory days of local commercial radio. But can it stay alive long enough to get an FM licence in 2013?

Bantum TV: With Dick Venom and the Terrortones

Our roving reporter Simeon gets caught in a sticky pants trance

Women in Nottingham Music

Lou Barnell from Royal Gala takes us through some of the female musical talent in Nottingham...

Poddingham Presents... Nina Smith,Poddingham

An early Christmas present for you all, courtesy of the Poddingham team

Behind the scenes: LeftLion #44 photoshoot 4

Gallery 4 of 4 from the LeftLion #44 cover shoot, this time Jemma Cox was on photo duties

SOLD OUT: The Notts Music Photo

Your chance to buy a 16 x 12 inch high-quality copy of the LeftLion Notts Music Photo that adorns the cover of Issue 44

Bantum TV: With Will of I'm Not From London

Our cheeky roving reporter Simeon catches Will Robinson with his trousers down

The Revamped Sneinton Market and Orchard

"Even if people don't respond to art, they can understand and enjoy an apple tree in blossom"

Bantum TV: With Nina Smith and Lou from Royal Gala

What happens when Simeon Bantum, Jared LeftLion, Lou from Royal Gala and Nina Smith all get together in a girls toilet?

Interview: Will Robinson of I'm Not From London

Riots, cagefighting, Hollywood actresses, ghost buses, Mexican wrestling and contracts signed in blood. It's all in a night's work for promoter Will Robinson and the three bands signed to his I'm Not From London Label...

Behind the scenes: LeftLion #44 photoshoot 3

I'm Not From London Photoshoot

Ralph Barklam went on the buses with Will Robinson and the three bands signed to his I'm Not From London label

Behind the scenes: LeftLion #44 photoshoot 2

The second in our 'behind the scenes' galleries of the cover shoot involving nearly 500 of the city's musicians - this time by Ralph Barklam

Behind the scenes: LeftLion #44 photoshoot

When we took on the mammoth task of getting nearly 500 Notts musicians into one photograph, Carla Mundy was at Rock City to document it

LeftLion Photographer teams up with Paul Smith

Our boy David Baird creates limited edition series of music prints to be sold on the Paul Smith website in aid of The Music Exchange

LeftLion Magazine #44

The Nottingham music special featuring I'm Not From London, Chris Summerlin, The Grey Topper, Hot Japanese Girl, Captain Dangerous, Baby Godzilla, Kirk Spencer, Docta D and DJ Razor, Roger Caney, Manière des Bohémiens, Harleighblu, The Maze and The Chameleon, Trent Sound and more...

Public sector strikes

City centre protest - in pictures

Jitterbug in Photos

Photo action from Jitterbug, Nottingham's vintage loving electro swing night

Interview: Smallkid

From creating iconic flyers for Detonate to massive pieces at Glastonbury, Nathan Bainbridge - under the nom de spray of Kid 30 (Smallkid) – has become one of the city’s premier street artists. Here’s a chance to have a nose through his scrapbook...

Sounddhism at the Bodega

Photos from live performances by Zero DB, Harleighblu, Kirk Spencer and more