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Nottingham's St Patrick's Day 2019 Celebrations in Photos

Photographer Mann Hans got down to Old Market Square on Sunday to snap some picks of your lot...

Happy Dough Lucky Serves Authentic, Napoli-Style Pizza in the Heart of The City

Dough yer really like it...

School of Hard Notts: Face Time with Visage

Meet Visage - Nottingham’s Wrestlin’ Bitch Face. Another House of Pain alumnus building momentum on the UK’s grappling scene Visage is a flamboyant and instantly recognisable character. He’s also proper nails - mock his collection of amazing wigs and he’ll slap the taste out of your mouth. Visage’s blend of humour, innuendo and merciless bludgeoning is an unusual in-ring fusion invoking classic performers like Gorgeous George and Cassandro. We cornered Visage for a chat in a pleasingly kitsch tiki-bar.

Film Review: Triple Frontier

After years in production hell, Triple Frontier has finally been released on Netflix. We gave it a gander to see if it was worth the wait... 

Live Music Review: Fantastic Worlds

A thrilling film score binge from a top orchestra

Gentleman's Dub Club on Bringing Their Lost In Space Tour to Nottingham

Renowned for raucous live shows and a coalescent approach to making music, Gentleman’s Dub Club are a nine-man force to be reckoned with. This month sees them return to Nottingham, hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Lost In Space. We grabbed vocalist, Johnny Scratchley, for a chat about his band’s sound, their intergalactic ambitions and the possibility of an alien abduction…

The Nottingham Astronomical Society Have Been Scanning the Skies for Decades

Anyone who casts their eyes skyward on the evening of Thursday 21 March might be treated with a view of the supermoon – a phenomenon whereby the moon appears especially large in the sky. One man guaranteed to be watching is John Hurst, chairman of the Nottingham Astronomical Society, a group dedicated to discovering the secrets of space...

Rock With a Western Twist: Red Rum Club

Our Tina Sherwood spoke with the band before they take over Rough Trade this March.

Soft Girls & Boys Club Are Releasing New Tunes

Addie Kenogbon has a chat with Soft Girls & Boys Club as they prepare to launch their latest EP with a knees-up this March.

Live Music Review: Self Esteem at The Bodega

The people flocked down to The Bodega last week for Self Esteem's inaugural tour. Here's what our Emily reckoned..

Under Cover Artist: Alex Traska

What do Nottingham and outer space have in common? Well, if you’ve got the creative skills of Alex Traska, quite a bit. We had a chinwag with the Nottingham artist to find out how he managed to put together such a cracking cover and pull-out poster...

Louisey Rider Cup: Local Charity Sports Event Comes Back Brighter Than Ever

Nottingham’s brightest sports event, the Louisey Rider Cup, is back for its fourth year on March 30th and is going to be bigger, better and more fun than ever before.

EXCLUSIVE: Leader of Nottingham City Council Steps Down

He’s been a fixture in local politics for many people’s lifetimes. To date Jon Collins has served for 32 years as councillor of St Ann’s, and for sixteen years as Nottingham City Council leader. 

Now, in an exclusive and frank interview with LeftLion, he reveals that from May he will leave our local authority behind forever. He also gives his thoughts on the council going forward, how our city has changed, how local government should be reorganised, the shambolic state of national politics, Brexit and a whole lot more. Read on...

Nusic Future Session: Soft Girls and Boys Club

New Nottingham music from these talented boggers...

Art Works: David Smee

David gives us the lowdown on his illustrations...

Live Music Review: James at Royal Concert Hall

We got our glad rags on and hot footed down to the Concert Hall for Manchester alt rock icons James…

Art Review: Familiar Machines at BACKLIT

Familiar Machines brings together works which explore the movement of body and machine through public and online space. The exhibition presents mechanisms of power and feminine governance that question patriarchal systems, and reinforce ideas around social disobedience. Our Caroline got down on International Women's Day to see the exhibition...

Theatre Review: The Gilded Merkin at The Glee Club

Boobies and tassels and dancers…oh my!

Is Cornerstone Pizza Any Good?

It's a big hit with Sherwood folk...

Interview: Things Get Quakey With Brad

We chat with the founder of Nottingham's alternative dance night before its event this Friday...

Dr Julian Onions Attempts to Answer Complex Questions About The Universe in His Role as an Astrophysicist

For most of us, thoughts about where the Universe ends and what’s really out there are confined to the early hours of the morning when you’re desperately trying to sleep. But for Dr. Julian Onions, answering life’s most challenging questions is simply part of his day job. We caught up with the University of Nottingham astrophysicist to talk galaxy formation, Sandra Bullock and everything in-between…

LeftLion Film Podcast #14 - Tom Stade

Film Review: Border

Are you human? Can you be sure? And what's your definition of humanity? Swedish movie Border delves into these questions and comes up with some pretty murky answers...

Nottingham Music Hub Want All Local Kids to Make Music

City Stylin' #11

We searched high and low for the most stylish of Notts heads with summat to say...