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Our Richard Davies from Chud Photography & Digital Design got down to The Square Centre to check out former Misfits frontman Michael Graves, with support from Noise Pollution and The Atoms...

Art Review: Adrift by Harry Martin

Taking some time out for yersen can be something we don't do enough, our Ewan got down to Wessie B to go through a guided meditation with artist Harry Martin, before viewing his new exhibition 'Adrift'...

A Stroke of Ingenious: Chatting Fear and Fantasy with Darius Hinks

Nottingham-native Darius Hinks has been filling the minds of Warhammer enthusiasts for years with his fascinating narratives from the Warhammer 40,000 series. Hinks’ latest novel The Ingenious, however, diverges from the world of Warhammer, focusing instead on the fictional world of Athanor and its gang of rebellious outlaws. With The Ingenious set to hit stores today, we decided to have a chat with Hinks about the novel, his characters and the inspirations he has taken from the city.

Late of the Pier talk Ecstatic Data Sets

They were one of the hottest bands of the noughties, releasing their debut album Fantasy Black Channel to mass critical acclaim. Then they completely vanished, leaving a trail of #BringBackLateOfThePier tweets and campaigns in their wake. A decade on, those rogues from Castle Donnington have come back with a book on Rough Trade's new imprint exploring music of the future....

Under Cover Artist: Carrot

Carrots. If you’re looking, you’ll see them painted all over these streets. We got the notorious graffiti artist Carrot to dob us a cover and pull-out poster for this issue, and asked him what’s up, Doc...

LGBTQ+ Notts: Drag Bingo, LGBTQ+ History Month at Broadway Cinema, and more

Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events. After finding out a bit of LGBTQ+ history at National Justice Museum and playing with some balls at Rough Trade, she’s got her big gay diary out to make plans for February…

X Factor Auditions in Nottingham: This is Not a Drill

Spare your neighbours’ ears and flex your vocal chords in front of a panel of judges instead. X Factor 2019 open auditions are coming to Notts, so it’s time to show ‘em how much talent lies in this citeh.

The Thompson Brothers on the Panto, Gentrification of Sherwood and Notts County Twittergate

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's been rufflin' Ayup Duck's feathers this month?

Live Music Review: TOY at Rough Trade Nottingham

Sun 03 Feb 2019

We love a Rough Trade live + signing gig, so we got down there for TOY...

LeftLion Magazine #110

Fri 01 Feb 2019

Featuring Sleaford Mods, Stonebridge City Farm, The Urban Worm, Luke Radford, Nottingham Fixers, Small Food Bakery, and loads more...

Local Label Leftback is Throwing a Birthday Party

Fri 01 Feb 2019

Leftback turns five this weekend and it’s throwing a tasty party to celebrate. We spoke to owner Dudley Strangeways ahead of the bash…

Light Night 2019: Artist Luke Jerram's Museum of the Moon Installation in the Royal Concert Hall

Thu 31 Jan 2019

It's the closest this installation has ever been to Nottingham, so it's dead exciting...

LeftLion Magazine Appoints Ashley Carter as New Editor

Thu 31 Jan 2019

That’s right readers. As from next month we are having a bit of a shuffle around…

Theatre Review: The House on the Cold Hill

Beware the old house shrouded in local legend

Live Music Review: Beat The Streets 2019

Is there any better cure for the January blues than a day festival? We sent our Becky and Louise down to Beat the Street this Sunday to find out...

The Best Vegetarian and Vegan Food in Nottingham Presented by GorgeUs

Sam Nahirny yams some of the best plant-based scran the city has to offer...

Nusic Future Session: Elliot Williams