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F For Film: Metronome, The Venue Now in Full Swing

Our Screen Editor has summat to say about the city's new venue...

Artist Tristram Aver is Raising Awareness of Austerity and Autism Through His Native British Trees Series

Tristram Aver is a father, artist and curator who recently used lino-printing techniques to create 1,000 prints in one day, all on his tod, to raise money and awareness for Autism East Midlands and The Woodland Trust. An extension of his Native British Trees series, the project delves into topics ranging from austerity and war, to sustainability and mental health. We sat down with Tristram beneath the yellowing Victoria Park leaves to find out what's rustling in his brain crevices...

Notts Lad Lewis Doherty on His Sell-Out Edinburgh Fringe Show Wolf

Notts lad, Lewis Doherty, brings his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show back to his homeland

Tommy K on the Side: Condiments on the Continent

Ketchup on Tommy's European adventures...

Left Magpie: Fans Crave More Than Cheap Chocolate and Stamps

Every week there seems to be gloomy headlines of some aged standard bearer of the British high street stumbling into crisis. Debenhams seem to be the latest victim, with a reported 50 stores set to close nationwide.

5 Sober Group Activities in Nottingham

Whether you’re trying to save money, or you’re sick of waking up to a cold pizza slice stuck to your cheek and you’re just looking for summat to do that doesn’t involve goin aht in tahn, this is the list for you...

Theatre Review: Rebus - Long Shadows

The past comes to haunt the Scottish detective in his retirement

Interview: Spitfire director David Fairhead

We caught up with David Fairhead, co-director of the new documentary Spitfire, ahead of its screening at Broadway Cinema...

Notts Poet and Austerity Opposer Lytisha Tunbridge Tells Her Story

Lytisha Tunbridge won the Expanding Horizons Award 2018 at Nottingham Writers’ Studio, for her work supporting World Jam, DIY Poets, Poetry Aloud, Poets Against Racism, Social Model Writers, Sisterhood and Solidarity, Support the NHS, Young Voices, Reading with Dementia, and We Shall Overcome. Somehow she managed to find the time to share some words with us, and tell us her story...

Nottingham Sees Absurdist Theatre in Maison Foo's A Thing Mislaid

Bea Udeh went to see A Thing Mislaid at Nottingham Lakeside Arts' Djanogly Theatre...

The Secret Basement Party (with Zines) Lives on in Notts with Wild Brunch

Our Eileen got down to rave with the city's secret party-goers at Wild Brunch...

Nusic Podcast #190 with Emily Makis, Super Furniture, Tilly Greentree, Jah Digga and more...

Remembering Baby: Life, Loss and Post-Mortem at Surface Gallery

In October, Surface Gallery welcomed Remembering Baby; an exhibition which sensitively explores what happens when a baby dies, from the view of a parent and medical professionals. Adrian was deeply moved...

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ Interview with Paul Sng

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ gives a narrative to those forgotten by the media and government in modern Britain.

The book features the work of several accomplished documentary photographers, to show the untold stories of those affected by issues such as Brexit, austerity, de-industrialisation and social upheaval.

The Broadway are hosting a screening of the Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods film with a panel Q&A to discuss the book with director/editor Paul Sng, Carl Phillips and photographers David Severn and Laura Dicken.

We sat down with Paul Sng, to talk about the book...

We're Celebrating National Stammer Awareness Day

The British Stammering association have estimated that around 700,000 people in the UK have a stammer, yet so many people are not aware of it. International Stammering Awareness Day happens every year on the 22 October, where stammering associations, individuals, and groups around the world organise events to mark the day and raise awareness for people who stammer...

Film Review: Science Fair

Nine high school science geeks give us an important revision session on why we should love science in this extremely likeable documentary...

Flo Skatepark Returns!

Our Skateboarding special issue hadn’t been out five minutes when we got the sad news that Flo had been forced to shut up shop; the barmy summer heatwave had taken its toll on another small business. Fast forward a few weeks and it’s a different story, with local skaters, BMX riders, parents and organisations banding together, making Hood Townesque efforts to see the venue open again from tomorrow.

David Severn Documents Whitby Goth Weekend in New Photobook

Party with all the seaside spirit your black little heart can muster this Halloween season, with David Severn's Whitby Goth Weekend photograph book launch at Nottingham Contemporary's Ottar Cafebar on Thursday 1 November, from 7pm. In the meantime, check out some of the photos featured in the book, and have a read of our chat with David himsen...

SOLD OUT: LeftLion 100 Covers Book

Celebrating the artwork and history of LeftLion magazine via the medium of our covers. Sorry but this item is now sold out.

The Kean's Head Serves the Best Pork Pie in Town

You don't wanna miss out on their triple-cut chips, either...

Nusic Future Session: Tilly Greentree

New Nottingham music from Tilly Greentree...

Nottingham Comic Con Mastermind Kevin Brett on the UK Scene

Kev Brett is the mastermind behind Nottingham Comic Convention, and the artist behind Piddley Pix and The Monkey and the Mouse, to name a couple. Ahead of his fifth consecutive Comicon which, according to his book The Making of a Comic Con, should have given him roughly five heart-attacks by now, Kev answered a few questions for LeftLion…

The Wigflex Cave Rave was Sick

Whether sneaking underneath damp, dark tunnels, edging into abandoned warehouses or taking over an artist’s studio, the world of electronic music has an obsession with partying in places it’s just not meant to. Let’s face it, being naughty is fun and getting ready to rave in an obscure place adds a whole new dimension to a Friday night out...

Documentary Preview: They Shall Not Grow Old

The World Premiere of director Peter Jackson's extraordinary new World War One documentary is being live-streamed in several venues across Nottingham... 

DogDaze: Take a Trip to Nottingham's Alternate Reality

"A brass-clasped door opens, and through it comes the brooding figure of the pug-faced bishop."