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Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Four at Rough Trade

Mon 13 Nov 2017

The final day of the Blast Off Festival saw the action relocating back to Rough Trade. A very tired Gav headed down to hear Thee Girl Fridays and The Launderettes.

Film Review: The Acting Class

Mon 13 Nov 2017

We checked out the new documentary that's lifting the lid on the struggles facing working-class and BAME people succeeding in the acting profession...

Film Review: Paddington 2

Mon 13 Nov 2017

Following on from his feature debut in 2014, Paddington Bear returns to cinemas in another rollicking, family-friendly adventure.

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Three at The Irish Centre

Sun 12 Nov 2017

Day three of the Blast Off Festival unleashed the big guns - The Courettes, Hangee V, Muck & The Mires and The Pretty Things.

Live Music Review: Blast Off Festival Day Two at The Irish Centre

Sat 11 Nov 2017

The second day of the Blast Off Festival saw it move across town to The Irish Centre. Gav followed them to check out Thee Eviltones, The Fuzillis and Kaleidoscope...

Live Music Review: Blast Off! Festival Day One at Rough Trade

Fri 10 Nov 2017

The four day Blast Off Festival started on Thursday at Rough Trade, bringing garage-rock bands from all over the world. Our Gav went to check out Leadfoot Tea, Kings Of Hong Kong and The Hipshakes...

Review: The 2017 Jarman Awards

Fri 10 Nov 2017

The 10th anniversary edition of the Jarman Award celebrated a diverse group of artists whose work defies categorisation into any singular genre. We headed down to Nottingham Contemporary to check out the shortlisted artists' work

Film Review: Murder on the Orient Express

Thu 09 Nov 2017

Agatha Christie's classic story has been given the big screen treatment by Kenneth Branagh...

Theatre Review: The Little Mermaid

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Forget Disney, this is much darker and full of despair and longing. It was fabulous.

Art Review: Sounds Like Her at New Art Exchange

Wed 08 Nov 2017

Seven women, from a variety of different backgrounds, have brought their work together to create Sounds Like Her the New Art Exchange. They’re using their voices, language, noise, textures, music, sonic structures and non-sonic materialisations of sound all to grab your attention and make you think about things from new perspectives...

Live Music Review: Kagoule, Catholic Action and Do Nothing at The Bodega

Wed 08 Nov 2017

On a night when it seemed every band in Nottingham was hitting the town to play, we headed to The Bodega to see the return of the mighty Kagoule with touring buddies Catholic Action and mates Do Nothing...

Film Review: The Killing of a Sacred Deer

Tue 07 Nov 2017

Yorgos Lanthimos and Colin Farrell have teamed up again for the follow-up to 2015's The Lobster...

Film Review: Call Me By Your Name

Tue 07 Nov 2017

Luca Guadagnino’s film stands as a reminder of human vulnerability and the sensual, beautiful, heartbreaking journey of falling in love for the first time…

Live Music Review: Fuzzbox at The Chameleon

Mon 06 Nov 2017

The Chameleon holds its second event after re-opening following a major refurbishment as it hosts I'm Not From London's Fuzzbox night, with live music from Nervous Twitch, Diablo Furs, Bus Stop Madonnas and Those Howlin Sounds...

LeftLion Magazine #95

Wed 01 Nov 2017

With DIY Poets, A Toilet Attendant in Notts, Arse Full of Chips, Community Recording Studio, Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Refugee Forum, Georgina Wilding, Alchemilla and more...