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Theatre Review: Hot in Here at Nonsuch Studios

The coming apocalypse and how to avoid it

Theatre review: Hunchback of Notre Dame

The bells! The bells! Quasimodo's in town

Review: Hockley Hustle 2022

We sent a bunch of the LeftLion music crew down to Hockley to get involved with the hustle and bustle as one of Nottingham’s staple festivals returned after a three-year hiatus…

Out of Time: All About 'Torpedo' Tom Blower, the Nottingham Man Who Became the First Person to Swim the North Channel of the Irish Sea

Until 1947, no one had ever successfully swam the North Channel of the Irish Sea - a 21-mile stretch of icy cold, choppy water between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Then came Tom Blower, the Notts-born gentle giant who could snap six inch nails and lift two people at a time…

LeftLion Magazine #153

Our November issue is all about astrology, and features A Fortune Teller in Notts, horoscopes for Nottingham, a deep dive into why astrology is so popular right now, tarot card readings for members of the LeftLion office and tons of other cosmic treasures. Plus, you can find Julie Malone, The Nottingham Food Guide, The Crying Violets, Frances Poletti, Jim Gibson and Kid30, and loads more...

Dystopian Future Movies

JYOTY

How Nottinghamshire Bat Group Are Standing up for Our Misunderstood Critters

With Halloween just around the corner, we wanted to take a furry close look at one of our most feared and mythologised critters - bats. Angelena Efstathiou of Nottinghamshire Bat Group tells us about the work they do to better understand our local bats, and how you can help protect them…

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SHEAFS

Saint Asonia

9 of the Best Horror Films of All Time

From quiet places to ghostfaced killers, here are some of the greatest horrors to grace the big screen...

In Photos: Ayrtn at The Bodega

We stopped by The Bodega to check out ayrtn as he made the journey up from South London... 

How Notts Filmmaker Georgianna Scurfield Is Celebrating the City’s Iconic Cattle Market

For 136 years, Nottingham Cattle Market has been a bedrock of the community. As a livestock market and, much later, a home for market stalls and Arthur Johnson & Sons auctioneers, it’s an eclectic ecosystem of stories, experience and big personalities tucked behind Meadow Lane near Trent Bridge. With a view to cataloguing the past and present of the market’s history for future generations, filmmaker Georgianna Scurfield launched The Cattle Market Project, a Heritage Lottery-funded documentary, photography, animation, oral history and historical archive project aimed at celebrating a Nottingham institution…

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Skid Row

Interview: The Voice UK's Mark Howard On His Journey To The Final

Our Music Editor Gemma Cockrell chats to Nottingham's Mark Howard about his journey to becoming a The Voice UK Finalist...

Gig Review: The Wombats at Rock City

They're back in Nottingham, and everything feels the same - even after nineteen years, The Wombats remain one of the most exciting acts in the indie scene...

Film Review: My Policeman

Harry Styles takes the lead in new 1950s melodrama about the love triangle between a schoolteacher, a museum curator, and a policeman…

Gig Review: Wargasm at Rescue Rooms

Wargasm are one of the most exciting and energetic acts on the scene right now, so we sent Iulia Matei to check out their Rescue Rooms show...

6 Great Things to Check Out in Notts This Week: Halloween at Hickings, Nottingham Fireworks and More

Zombies? Fireworks? Bob Dylan? What's piquing your interest this week? 

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Kyla La Grange

Film Review: Decision to Leave

Park Chan-wook is back - and his work is as enthralling as ever...