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8 of the Best Films Coming Out in 2022

From Martin Scorsese to the MCU, the next twelve months will see plenty of exciting releases come to the big screen. Here are some of the best... 

FELIX RABIN & ELIANA CARGNELUTTI

Blood Red Shoes

Two Notts Creatives Discuss the Future of Ratcliffe-On-Soar Power Station

Architectural Designer William Harvey and artist Ryan Boultbee, two creatives obsessed with the built environment, discuss the uncertain future of Ratcliffe-on-Soar (R-o-S) power station - that’s the big’un, with the giant cooling towers, that you can see dominating the landscape on the approach to Notts…

Film Review: Memoria

It has 92% on Rotten Tomatoes, but does Memoria get the much-coveted LeftLion seal of approval? Yes, as it turns out...

Film Review: Scream

The fifth film in the Scream franchise, um, Scream, is in cinemas now - and it is well worth a watch...

We Chat to Sophie Gargett, the Nottingham-Based Editor of Creative Culture Magazine The Dilettante

Artists, agony aunts and adorable cats - ‘creative culture’ magazine The Dilettante really has it all. We hear from its Nottingham-based editor, Sophie Gargett, about what people can expect from this peculiar publication…

POTW 17-23 January

From rap legend Jay Electronica to a night of classical music, this week has something for everyone... 

Spector

Tommy Alexander

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

Exhibition Review: John Newling in the Studio at Beam

In this online exhibition, John Newling explores the Earth and ecology through the medium of soil, followed by a short essay. We discuss some of the most poignant works on display…

Just the Tonic Comedy Club - Nottingham

Deco

TITUS: T.Rex is King Exhibition

A Tribute To Colin Slater MBE 1934-2022

Colin Slater MBE, the BBC Radio Nottingham Sports Broadcaster who spent over half a century covering the fortunes of Notts County FC, died on Monday 10 January at the age of 87.

50 Years Later: A Clockwork Orange

He wasn't a bad filmmaker, that Stanley...

We Hear All About New Book Follow the Moon and Stars: A Literary Journey Through Nottinghamshire

Approached by Five Leaves Publications, John Baird set off on a mission to uncover Nottinghamshire’s literary history. We catch up with the author about his new book Follow the Moon and Stars: A Literary Journey Through Nottinghamshire…

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We Are Recruiting: Marketing and Editorial Assistant

We are delighted to announce that we are offering another paid role at LeftLion as part of the Department of Work & Pensions Kickstart Scheme.

Hetain Patel’s Exhibition Trinity Comes to the New Art Exchange This January

Showcasing the largest solo exhibition by Hetain Patel, Trinity is coming to the New Art Exchange this January...

Theatre Review: How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found

After a two-year delay due to COVID, Fin Kennedy’s How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found is finally at Lace Market Theatre for a five-day run. Theatre Editor Rebecca Buck headed down there to see if it was worth the wait...