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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
Thu 27 Oct 2022Until 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
Thu 27 Oct 2022Our 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...
How Nottinghamshire Bat Group Are Standing up for Our Misunderstood Critters
Wed 26 Oct 2022With 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…
9 of the Best Horror Films of All Time
Tue 25 Oct 2022From quiet places to ghostfaced killers, here are some of the greatest horrors to grace the big screen...
In Photos: Ayrtn at The Bodega
Tue 25 Oct 2022We 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
Tue 25 Oct 2022For 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…
Interview: The Voice UK's Mark Howard On His Journey To The Final
Mon 24 Oct 2022Our 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
Mon 24 Oct 2022They'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
Mon 24 Oct 2022Harry 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
Mon 24 Oct 2022Wargasm 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
Mon 24 Oct 2022Zombies? Fireworks? Bob Dylan? What's piquing your interest this week?
Film Review: Decision to Leave
Sun 23 Oct 2022Park Chan-wook is back - and his work is as enthralling as ever...
Gig Review: Peaness at The Bodega
Sat 22 Oct 2022We sent Michael Prince down to The Bodega for the Peaness gig... question is, can he make it through this review without making an innuendo?
In Photos: Hollie Cook at Rescue Rooms
Sat 22 Oct 2022Our Alicia Tamlyn took a trip to Rescue Rooms to grab some shots of Hollie Cook and her support act Concrete Rose...
Film Review: The Banshees of Inisherin
Sat 22 Oct 2022Martin McDonagh reunites with Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson for this powerful tale of a broken friendship...
A Booklover's Dream, Five Leaves Shed Light On Their Regular Bookclub
Sat 22 Oct 2022With its radical reputation, Five Leaves is a bookshop beloved by you Notts lot. But did you know that, alongside stocking all the best and rarest titles, the store hosts a regular book club? With recent titles including The Book of Form and Emptiness and Elena Knows, this month you can look forward to diving into Selby Wynn Schwartz’s After Sappho - the novel which reimagines the stories of feminists, artists, writers and sapphics from the 19th and 20th century. Before the event on Thursday 27 October, we catch up with Five Leaves’ Ross Bradshaw and Jane Anger to learn more…