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Comedy, Music, Dance and Ethical Fashion: Here’s What’s On in Nottingham this week 26 Feb - 3 March 2024

Sun 25 Feb 2024

Whether you fancy being amused with comedy, moved by ballet, inspired by fashion, there's plenty happening in Notts this week!

Left Magpie: Jan/Feb 2024

Mon 19 Feb 2024

Revolving doors, open windows but same Notts...

LeftLion Issue #168 February 2024

Fri 02 Feb 2024

A special musically themed issue of LeftLion, in this edition we find out the wonderful stories behind local band names, take a look at the LGBTQI+ events scene and delve into the history of Nottingham music halls. Also featuring interviews with THePETEBOX, Bill Bailey, Parisa East/Rastarella (founders of Acoustickle/Cultural Vibrations) and The Chameleon. This edition was guest-edited by LeftLion Assistant Editor/Music Editor Gemma Cockrell.

Left Stag: January 2024

Thu 01 Feb 2024

On an amber wall, in one of the entrances that opens into the Quarry Lane End, is a quote by the great former-Liverpool manager, Bob Paisley – “If you’re in the penalty area and don’t know what to do with the ball, put it in the net and we’ll discuss the options later”. How true these words now ring with Stags having done so only three times in the four January games since their triumphant away win at Stockport, on New Year’s Day...

Left Brian: January 2024

Thu 25 Jan 2024

As grateful as I am for the chance to write about Forest in LeftLion each month, we seem to be in a period of the club’s history where even a daily column would struggle to cover all the various triumphs, tragedies, scandals and melodramas. So how to do this past month justice and resist the siren call of the bullet point list? Strap in, here goes...

LeftLion Issue #167 January 2024

Thu 04 Jan 2024

2024 is here and so is the January DIY-themed issue of LeftLion! With a cover designed by Louis Cypher, inside you will find lots of Nottingham's DIY creatives, including Ricky Jamaraz, Sugar Stealers, Nottingham Hackspace, JT Soar, Studio Leatham and more...

Louis Cypher Tells Us How He Created LeftLion’s DIY-Themed January Cover

Wed 03 Jan 2024

Hip-Hop artist and collage-maker Louis Cypher designed the cover of this DIY-themed issue of LeftLion. Here’s the story behind it…

LeftLion to Launch New Stand-alone Nottingham Events Platform

Mon 01 Jan 2024

For over a decade we at LeftLion have run an online events directory offering a service to events promoters, organisations and venues across the city. We are delighted to let you know we’ll soon be seriously upping our game…

Left Stag: December 2023

Sun 31 Dec 2023

After the turbulence of November, our first defeat and then several more in different competitions, it’s safe to say the Stags have categorically consigned that sequence of bad results to history and bounced back in imperious fashion...

Left Brian: December 2023

Thu 14 Dec 2023

If Steve Cooper is relieved of his duties, I won’t be heartbroken at the prospect of losing his brand of football, writes our Forest columnist Gareth Watts. But I will be heartbroken for pretty much every other reason...

Left Magpie: December 2023

Mon 11 Dec 2023

Ever since Notts returned to the Football League, there has been the determination to make an impact. Of “putting on a show” as the terrace favourite goes. And, as anyone reflecting on the previous month at Meadow Lane will testify, it’s certainly lived up to that billing…

Gig Review: The Silver Lines at The Chameleon

Mon 11 Dec 2023

On a wet and windy Thursday evening there was no better place to retreat to than The Chameleon, to see exactly what a line-up of new and local artists had to offer...

Our December Cover Artist Chris Rickels Tells Us the Inspiration Behind His Festive LeftLion Cover

Tue 05 Dec 2023

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And so is the cover of our December issue by Chris Rickels. We find out more about him and his work...

Left Stag: November 2023

Sat 02 Dec 2023

After an unseasonably long harvest of points in August, September and October and an unbeaten run that will live long in the memories of Stags fans (particularly if this is to eventually end up a successful campaign), the winds finally changed and brought a turbulent November...

LeftLion Issue #166 December 2023

Fri 01 Dec 2023

As December rolls around once again, we have a lovely festive themed mag for you. Check out some zero-waste gift ideas, hear about the best cheese in town, and take a look back at the cultural events in Nottingham of 2023. We also delve into the issue of loneliness over the Christmas period, speak to Doctor Who star Karl Collins, Safia Oakley-Green and local band Divorce, plus a brief look at the etymology of some local place names...

We Catch Up With the Line-up of Tunnel 54, a Gallery Sounds-Ultrasound-In Deep Collaboration Taking Place in November

Mon 30 Oct 2023

We caught up with Glasgow-based DJ and producer Al Kent to hear his thoughts on disco dynamics and coming to play in our city at Tunnel 54, alongside some of Nottingham’s finest dance music devotees...

LeftLion Issue #165 November 2023

Mon 30 Oct 2023

In Issue #165 we take a dip into the not so distant future to explore A.I., astronomy, and genetic engineering. You can also read about the art of letter writing, the ethics behind good coffee, seasonal affective disorder, and guinea pigs...

Left Stag October: The Nottinghamshire Derby

Fri 20 Oct 2023

What could possess someone to get up at 7.30am on a Saturday morning, head into town and drink Guinness out of a plastic cup surrounded by men with neck tattoos and Stone Island clobber? An away day, of course!

Left Brian: October 2023

Thu 19 Oct 2023

Another month at the City Ground, this time featuring international breaks, away at Man City, Chelsea and Crystal Palace, home to Brentford and why anxiety is freedom...

Here’s the Inspiration Behind Laura Decorum’s Black History Month LeftLion Cover

Wed 04 Oct 2023

Laura Decorum designed the beautiful cover for Issue #164 of LeftLion. Here's what she had to say about it...

20 Great LeftLion Interviews You Should Re-Read

Thu 28 Sep 2023

Over the last two decades we’ve interviewed a lot of people within our pages. It’s not easy to pick out favourites, but we love you so much we’ve given it a go. Here are twenty of our best interviews, listed in chronological order, that we think you should take a second look at…

Left Brian: September

Thu 28 Sep 2023

Our columnist reflects on another month at the City Ground with a look over their transfer window activity and more...

LeftLion Issue #164 October 2023

Wed 27 Sep 2023

Our October Black History Month issue is out now! Guest edited by Addie Kenogbon, with a gorgeous cover by Laura Decorum, this issue features Nottingham's Windrush Generation, Veronica Pickering, Jorja Smith, Melonyx, Jah Digga, Honey Williams, and more...

A History of the Films of Leftlion

Tue 26 Sep 2023

Over the last decade, as well as producing lots of written journalism, LeftLion have also made a few films. To celebrate our 20th Birthday, we’ve decided to release some of the best things knocking around in our video archives for free on our website and Youtube channel so you - and the whole world - can all view them at your leisure. Here’s a few favourites we’d like to point you to…

Left Magpie: September 2023

Tue 26 Sep 2023

A run-down of another month of goals and wins at Meadow Lane...

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