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LeftLion's Latest Listens #8: Notts music we're currently spinning
Fri 18 Oct 2024In this week's bumper edition of LeftLion's Latest Listens, our picks of the latest and greatest sounds from all around Nottingham and the Midlands, our team reviews new releases from Gender Envy, Set in Motion, The Chase, Marvin's Revenge, Cracked Hands, John Hardy and Stan Buckroyd...
Gig review: Becky Hill at Motorpoint Arena
Fri 18 Oct 2024Watching festival favourite and Brit award winner Becky Hill perform her headline show at the Motorpoint area in Nottingham turned a normal Tuesday into a very special night for LeftLion's Charlotte Gould...
Comedy and community at the Lord Roberts
Fri 18 Oct 2024Dan Webber shares the inspiration behind the LOL-GBTQ+ festival coming soon to the Lord Roberts...
Beccy D'Souza turns up the volume for our local talent
Fri 18 Oct 2024We caught up with Beccy D’Souza, Artist Development Producer at Nottingham Playhouse, for a peek behind the curtain at this year’s Amplify Festival line-up...
LeftLion Interviews Podcast #5: Shane Meadows on This Is England, Virtues, Stone Roses, Injuries, Notts County FC and more
Fri 18 Oct 2024For our fifth podcast we are delighted to welcome a true legend of British film and television, the director and screenwriter Shane Meadows...
From bean to bar: we tried a chocolate making workshop at Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates
Fri 18 Oct 2024Few foods have the emotional pull of chocolate. Just one bite of your favourite bar has the power to transport you back to the care-free days of childhood on a wave of chocolate-fuelled nostalgia. But what are the origins of this beloved sweet treat? Right here in Notts you can learn the story of bean to bar at Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates based in Sneinton Market. Lucy Campion went along to one of their chocolate workshops to discover more.
Theatre Review: Birdsong
Thu 17 Oct 2024A moving story of one man's journey of love and loss during the horror of WWI
Film Review: Timestalker
Thu 17 Oct 2024Join us as we apply our critical eye to Alice Lowe's 'Timestalker' - a film that probes society's fixation on heteronormative romance.
Harriet Walter & Friends: Shakespeare’s Women Speak!
Thu 17 Oct 2024Dame Harriet Walter is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. She came to the Playhouse to breath fresh life into Shakespeare's words for women...
Gig Review: Soft Launch at Rough Trade, with Lizzie Esau
Wed 16 Oct 2024But there’s no bad blood 'cause Soft Launch look too good on the Rough Trade stage. LeftLion's Talia Robinson headed to the record store's legendary upstairs stage to find out why the new kids on the block are so hotly anticipated by critics...
Review: An Audience with Sir Paul Smith at Nottingham Playhouse
Wed 16 Oct 2024The Beeston-born fashion guru took time out from his busy schedule to support Nottingham Playhouse with an evening of conversation...
Locating Lawrence: October 1924
Wed 16 Oct 2024Lawrence feels the urge to head southwards to Mexico where a mammoth drinking session awaits him.
Refreshing research: How Co(l)laboratory is putting communities at the front of the academic field
Wed 16 Oct 2024Nottingham boasts two top universities, but how often do most of us come across their work? Who is able to decide what gets researched, and what tangible results does it all deliver for local people? We find out more about Universities for Nottingham’s Co(l)laboratory project, which aims to close the gap between academia and communities.
Queer Up Duck! New LGBTQ+ Arts Festival Takes Over Nottingham
Wed 16 Oct 2024A brand new LGBTQ+ Arts Festival is taking place across Nottingham from 21 October to 2 November, celebrating the diversity and creativity of LGBTQ+ artists and communities. We took a closer look at some highlights of this very special celebration of queer arts and culture.