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What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Nina Smith, Rag Doll, Blood Wizard and more...

Here's what our music editor reckoned to some of Notts' latest releases...

LeftLion Magazine #101

With the Nottinghamshire Wildlife Trust, A Community Gardener in Notts, Bramley Apple Tree Fanclub, Stonebridge City Lambs, Nancy Campbell, Troy Jenkinson, Sara Poyzer, Non-Vegan Vegan Eateries and more...

Film Review: Funny Cow

Maxine Peake laughs through the tears in this grim rags-to-riches drama set in 1970s Britain.

Film Review: Here to be Heard: The Story of the Slits

Miriam Blakemore-Hoy checked out a special screening of the new documentary about legendary all-girl punk band The Slits at Broadway Cinema, at which band members Tessa Pollitt and Palmolive and director William Badgley were present for a Q&A

Film Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Inspired by the 2008 novel of the same name, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society follows writer Juliet Ashton (Lily James) and her relationship with the strangely named book club on Guernsey island.

The Thompson Brothers on LeftLion's 100th Issue

Our favourite green grocers are well happy for us...

After They Left The Lion...

We’ve had thousands of brilliant and interesting people contributing to the mag for fifteen years. Plenty have gone on to do some proper interesting stuff after working with us. Here are a handful of the boggers…

Film Review: Western

Valeska Grisebach takes an unknown cast and crafts a tense drama about German construction workers in remote Bulgaria.

Theatre Review: The Jungle Book

I will fight any child who say they enjoyed this more than I did...

Film Review: 120 BPM

Director Robin Campillo draws on own personal experience in his emotional exploration of homosexuality and the AIDS epidemic in France during the 1990s.

A Look Back at the Glory Days of the LeftLion Forum

Back in the day, our forum was a HIT...

Theatre Review: Holes at Nottingham Playhouse

Live music, scary puppets and breath-taking scenery; Holes had it all...

Film Review: Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist

Before this documentary was even released, Vivienne Westwood publicly denounced it. Nice to see the old girl has a bit of punk still in her.

Film Review: A Quiet Place

Real-life couple Emily Blunt and John Krasinkski (who also directs) star in the horror film where the rules are simple: you make a noise, you die.  

Live Music Review: Halle Classic Movie Thrillers

  A real joy to experience live...

Live Music Review: Rob Green and Eric Bibb at Rescue Rooms Nottingham

“Now that we’re friends, I’m going to take my shoes off. Although, I don’t advise you do that… these floors get very sticky.”

A Look Back at The LeftLion Gigs

As well as running a magazine, we’ve put on hundreds of gigs and events across town. Some readers will be too young to remember ‘em, but many of you will have played and partied at our nights. This one’s for the old-school...

Live Music Review: Cabbage at Rough Trade

Left Duck - Season Preview

2017 was a great year for Nottinghamshire Cricket Club as they were promoted in the County Championship and won both the 50-over cup and the Twenty20 competition. As the new season starts (or not thanks to the rain) we have a look at what 2018 might have in store.

Live Music Review: Acoustickle's 9th Birthday at The Maze

Our Angel chats to promoter Parisa East as they celebrate Acoustickle's 9th birthday in style with great music, delicious food and plenty of fairy lights...

Theatre Review: This House

You could be forgiven for thinking that bin strikes are just around the corner...

Left Panther: End of Season Review

The ice hockey season is over and Nottingham Panthers are left empty handed in terms of silverware for the first time in three years...

Overheard in the LeftLion Office

Ash Dilk’s first contribution to LeftLion was a skateboarding article for issue #6. He started working as the Sales Dude from issue #58, which is when he also started collating all the funny and weird stuff he overheard in the office. Here, he presents his top picks from over the years...

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Bodega

I’m Not From London’s Fuzzbox, a night of dirty garage rock and psych, steps up a notch for its Easter egg-travaganza, moving on up to The Bodega. We went along for a listen.

Theatre Review: Cilla - the Musical

Surprise, surprise, it's Cilla!