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40 Years Later: Blade Runner

You might have heard of this one... After bombing at the box office, Blade Runner has become one of the most famous films of all time - but is it worthy of its iconic status? 

Meet Circus Hub, the Notts Specialists in Aerial Hoop, Silks and Trapeze

Teaching everything under the banner of aerial fitness, Circus Hub have made a name for themselves giving lessons in aerial hoop, silks, trapeze and sling and rope. But what first attracted them to this unusual hobby? And how can you have a try? We chat to Circus Hub’s Ria Ashcroft and Kay Monrose about  cirque du soleil, the adrenaline of being high in the air and increasing your flexibility…

Exhibition Review: Catching Matter at Beam Gallery

A series of lime plaster boards with interwoven patterns and inky shapes have the appearance of stone tablets with galaxies and constellations on them. They are the product of experiments from the past several years with traditional craft techniques and natural materials in a meditation on the meaning of material and form. This is artist Geoff Diego Litherland’s latest series of work Catching Matter, which is now presented at Beam Gallery

5 Fun Things to Check Out This Week: From Newark Book Festival to Repton Filmfest

With book fairs, film festivals and celebrations for Nottingham's freshest musical talent, there really is something for everyone around here this week...

VLTIMAS

You Can Get Your Hands on Four Free Books in Nottingham This Month, All Thanks to City of Literature

Interested in four free books? Well then you’re in luck, because Nottingham’s City of Literature are giving away just that as part of their Big City Reads campaign. And with stories ranging from loneliness to police injustice, and styles varying from prose to graphic novel, there’s something for every kind of reader. Set to take place this summer, our Literature Editor catches up with Matt Turpin and Eleanor Flowerday from City of Literature to find out more…

Together Pangea

Darden Smith

Sneinton Street Food Club on the 3rd July

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

We Dive Into Nottingham Forest’s History-Making Season, Which Saw Them Return to the Premier League for the First Time in 8,414 Days

A kebab shop with a firework-fuelled marketing masterstroke. Depeche Mode blaring from passing cars. Our right-back’s mother carried shoulder high in her Calippo-fluorescent replica shirt rhyming ‘shite’ with ‘dynamite’. Red smoke. Handwritten plans taped to a water bottle wrapped in a towel. Que sera, sera…

Waterfront Festival 2022

Robin Hood Town Tour

JD & The FDCs + The Hip Priests

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

How Repton Filmfest ‘22 Is Bringing the Best of Global Cinema to the East Midlands

If you’re up for a short trip to our beloved neighbouring county, Derbyshire, you can stop by The Repton Filmfest ‘22 this month. An extension of the popular Repton Literary Festival, this three-day event will bring short films from across the globe, legendary filmmakers from across the UK, and cinema fans from across the East Midlands to this quaint historical village. We talk to Tom Craig, film expert and one of the festival’s organisers, all about it…

LeftLion Magazine #149

Our July sports-themed issue, featuring Forest in the Premier League, She's Got Game, Richard Whitehead MBE, Building Notts' Greatest Athlete, the Nottingham Lions, WWE Wrestler Joseph Conners, Kendo, Footfalls & Heartbeats, Big City Reads, Georgina Wilding, Harleighblu, Art of Football, Andy Reid, Nadia Whittome on Palestine and the Notts' soldiers who were at the Battle of Rorke's Drift...

5 of the Best Films in Nottingham Cinemas in July 2022

With highlights including the god of thunder and the king of horror, we've got some belters coming up on the big screen this month...

Champyun Clouds

Courtney Barnett

Preview: Forbidden Forest 2022

This weekend the renowned electronic music festival Forbidden Forest comes to the East Midlands, with a fantastic line-up all taking to the stage within the stunning grounds of Belvoir Estate…

The Bobby Lees

Kate Bush Tribute - Cloudbusting