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LeftLion Magazine #145
Tue 01 Mar 2022Fashion is the name of the game for our March mag, which has been guest-edited by new Fashion Editor Addie Kenogbon. Inside you can find: White Rose, Nottingham's sneaker scene, I Didn't Ask for It, A Personal Shopper in Notts, Kitty Tray on Drag Fashion, The Last Lace Maker, Rebekah Peters, Omid Djalili, Evie Ashwin, greenwashing and Reggie Kray's old prison shirt...
LeftLion Screen Podcast 2.2 - Koko Basigara, Star of Jersey Boys
Fri 25 Feb 2022The second episode of the new LeftLion Screen Podcast takes a dip into the world of the West End, with Nottingham's Jersey Boys star Koko Basigara - who also featured in the big screen version of Aladdin - joining us for a chat...
Squire PAC Announce Their Performing Arts Lineup
Wed 23 Feb 2022Featuring comedian Scott Bennett and poet John Hegley, The Squire Performing Arts Centre boast an impressive lineup...
LeftLion Magazine #144
Mon 31 Jan 2022Our February issue is a celebration of all things scientific, featuring the Festival of Science and Curiosity, Professor Martin Poliakoff CBE, the Nottingham effort to curb COVID, An Anatomist in Notts, Excel in Science, Green Innovators, John Russell Hind, Erasmus Darwin and a pickle mystery for the ages...
LeftLion Screen Podcast 2.1: Luke Gentry, The Wheel of Time Sound Designer
Fri 28 Jan 2022The LeftLion Screen Podcast returns with new hosts and new interviews, starting with The Wheel of Time's Luke Gentry...
We Are Recruiting: Marketing and Editorial Assistant
Wed 12 Jan 2022We are delighted to announce that we are offering another paid role at LeftLion as part of the Department of Work & Pensions Kickstart Scheme.
Rebecca Grant Chats BBC’s Showtrial, Working With Line of Duty Producers and Growing Up in Nottingham
Wed 05 Jan 2022Actress, singer, dancer and artist – Rebecca Grant has done a lot since growing up in Nottingham and beginning her career in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s hit musical Bombay Dreams, aged just nineteen. We chat to the talented all-rounder about her time in Notts, passion projects and her most recent appearance in BBC’s Showtrial…
LeftLion Magazine #143
Tue 04 Jan 2022Our first mag of the new year features Christian Weaver on The Law in 60 Seconds, Mesopotamia, Local High Streets, Nadia Whittome, Veganuary Delivered, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Rebecca Grant, Kingdom Rapper, The Dilettante Gazette, Sir Francis Willoughby and loads more...
LeftLion Film Podcast #29: Part 2 - The Worst Films of 2021
Thu 30 Dec 2021After three years and about as many listenable episodes, hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto sign off on their final LeftLion Film Podcast where they are joined by new hosts George White and Jamie Morris to discuss the worst films of 2021...
LeftLion Film Podcast #29: Part 1 - The Best Films of 2021
Wed 29 Dec 2021After three years and about as many listenable episodes, hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto sign off on their final LeftLion Film Podcast where they are joined by new hosts George White and Jamie Morris to discuss the best films of 2021. One of the films is Get Back, which is definitely a film.
5 Underrated Films You May Have Missed in 2021
Tue 28 Dec 2021It’s been a fast and furious year filled with cinematic marvels – but here are five great films you might just have had no time to dive into…
LeftLion Magazine #142
Mon 29 Nov 2021Featuring our annual independent Christmas shopping guide, Bill Bailey, the Cultural Review of 2021, Nadia Whittome, A Nun in Notts, Christmas at Wollaton, The Roundhouse, Mark Lewandowski, Breaking the Mould, Lord Byron in Greece and loads more...
LeftLion Magazine #141
Mon 01 Nov 2021Our Deadly Sins themed issue features Nottingham's reality TV stars (Pride), the true story of the Mansfield landscape murderers (Greed), reclaiming Lust as a positive think (Lust), Luisa's Vegan Chocolate (Gluttony), and slow living with Martin Somerville (Sloth). Plus Nadia Whittome on corporate greed, Pick Six with Satan himself, An Exorcist in Notts, the story of Saddam Hussein's former personal physician Ala Bashir, Deconstruction podcast Nomad, Rich Bell, Hockley Brew Co., Words for Wellbeing, Blue Barrel Cider, The Loft Movie Theatre, Chloe Rodgers, The Joy of Sculpture, The Oral History Project and loads more...
Review: Mayhem Film Festival 2021
Mon 18 Oct 2021The famous Mayhem Film Festival took over Broadway Cinema last week. Here's what we thought to this year's eclectic horror event...
Catching up with Mayhem Film Festival as the Cult Cinema Weekend Returns To Broadway
Wed 06 Oct 2021Mayhem Film Festival returns from beyond the grave this month with a gloriously gory line-up of contemporary cult cinema – Screen co-Editor Jamie Morris speaks to programmers Steven Sheil, Chris Cooke and Melissa Gueneau about what they’re most looking forward to...
LeftLion Magazine #140
Fri 01 Oct 2021Featuring Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson, Paralympic Gold medalists Tully Kearney and Charlotte Henshaw, Roger Van Schaick of Host Nottingham, Nadia Whittome on the refugee crisis, Dan Schreiber of the No Such Thing as a Fish podcast, Simon Amstell, Paul Kaye, Mocky-D, Good Grief, Detonate's James Busby, Witness at the National Justice Museum, The Nottingham Horror Collective and loads more...
LeftLion Magazine #139
Wed 01 Sep 2021Our September issue features Paul Smith, legendary boxer Steve Ward, Asad Fazil MBE of Al-Hurraya, XR Notts, Major Labia, Feline and Wildlife Rescue, The Anxiety Map Project, Hopewood Hospital, Scalarama X, Liam Bailey, Leanne Moden and loads more...
LeftLion Magazine #138
Mon 02 Aug 2021Our August issue is a Food and Drink special, featuring Wild Card Brewery Head Brewer Jaega Wise, Masterchef winner Laurence Henry, Clemie's Vegan Cakes, No Homers Vegan Deli, George White taking on the Sneinton Vegan Market challenge, Loki actress Sophia Di Martino, Marvel and DC Comics illustrator Rich Perotta, Daniel Allen's Pub Sketches, Nottingham's Olympians, Nottingham Craft Beer Week, A Coffee Roaster in Notts, Magpie Brewery, Diana Drill and loads more...
Hockley Hustle and LeftLion Present: Witch of the East Live at Metronome
Fri 23 Jul 2021The third and final instalment of a series of live sets featuring some of our favourite Nottingham artists with interviews conducted by our very own Bridie Squires...
Hockley Hustle and LeftLion Present: Jah Digga and Poets off the Endz Live at Metronome
Fri 16 Jul 2021The second instalment in a series of live sets and interviews featuring some of our favourite Nottingham artists with interviews conducted by our very own Bridie Squires...
Out of Time: Sir William Neville and Sir John Clanvowe, the Medieval Knights Who May Have Had a Same-Sex Union
Sun 11 Jul 2021During the 1913 renovation of a mosque in modern-day Istanbul, a fourteenth century tomb was rediscovered bearing the names of two men. The first was Sir William Neville, a former Constable of Nottingham Castle, while the second was Sir John Clanvowe, the man said to have penned the Robin Hood ballad upon which all later iterations of the legend are based. But the nature of the tomb, and other recorded evidence, suggests that Neville and Clanvowe could have been bonded in an early example of a same-sex union…
Hockley Hustle and LeftLion Present: Ella Knight Live at Metronome
Fri 09 Jul 2021The first instalment in a series of live sets featuring some of our favourite Nottingham artists with interviews conducted by our very own Bridie Squires...
Arboretum Sunsets Offers an Exciting Line-Up of Musicians, Comedians and More
Wed 07 Jul 2021The series of outdoor events is taking place throughout the summer, and there's a bit of something for everyone...
LeftLion Magazine #137
Fri 02 Jul 2021Our July issue is a Nottingham Castle takeover, guest edited by Gareth Morgan of the Nottingham Castle Trust and celebrating everything to do with their reopening following a £30 million renovation. Including an interview with Nottingham Castle Trust CEO Sara Manning, the history of Rebellion at the Castle, a nose around their new museum exhibitions, a celebration of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves turning 30, the hunt for Kevin Costner, the history of Robin Hood on film and loads more...
The LeftLion Sustainability Review
Thu 01 Jul 2021At the beginning of 2021 we began a sustainability review across the whole LeftLion operation, because we want you to be confident we’re doing everything we can to face up to the climate crisis. We want to have as little negative impact on the environment as possible, and we’re committed to working towards a future where we have a net positive impact.
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