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Interview: Alex Farquharson

Sat 07 Nov 2009

"Nottingham Contemporary will generate £1 million from day visits in our first season. So it’s an investment rather than a cost"

Marcus Clarke interview

Wed 04 Nov 2009

Marcus Clarke left school with no qualifications. He is now a Bafta nominated puppeteer who prefers foam and fabric over rubber...

Interview: Mathew Horne

Sun 01 Nov 2009

"A lot of people think I’m from Essex, because that’s where Gavin is from. I’m always very quick to point out that I’m a Midlander"

May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2009

Sun 01 Nov 2009

Overview of the last two months with: Libertys, Sol Campbell, LeftLion Circus Extravaganza, Carl Froch's weigh-in, stero-nicking and bonfire night

Hockley Hustle 2009

Tue 27 Oct 2009

Photos from the Nottingham music scene's annual fundraising shindig

Notts County 2 Crewe Alexandra 0

Sun 25 Oct 2009

Managerless Notts County outclassed Dario Gradi's Crewe side, with goals from Luke Rodgers and Craig Westcarr

LeftLion Animation

Fri 23 Oct 2009

Foremost Films put together a LeftLion animation for us, we thank them!

Preview: Hockley Hustle 2009

Sun 18 Oct 2009

For a mere ten of your English Pounds (or less in advance) you get a wristband that allows entry into twenty of Nottingham's finest venues

Interview: Bent

Wed 14 Oct 2009

After four albums of aural euphoria, and a couple of years off, Nottingham's finest purveyors of electronica are back...

Notts County 2 Torquay 2

Mon 12 Oct 2009

Ian McParland's last game in charge of the Magpies was a frustrating evening as Notts dropped two points at home

Robert Pitt's music photography

Sat 03 Oct 2009

A selection of photos of local bands and musicians by a Nottingham-based music photographer

Independent theatre in Nottingham

Thu 01 Oct 2009

There’s far more to theatre in Notts than just the Playhouse, Theatre Royal, and AmDram productions involving middle-aged men running around with their trousers round their ankles...

Independent Publishers in Nottingham

Thu 01 Oct 2009

Independent self-publishers might just be the way forward – and Nottingham is full of ‘em...

Scribal Gathering

Thu 01 Oct 2009

It can be crap and lonely being a poet, scriptwriter or author - but the Nottingham Writers’ Studio can help make it better

Drawn Together

Thu 01 Oct 2009

Since the sixties Nottingham has been very much the capital of the region in terms of contemporary art. LeftLion's Arts Editor takes you through the current scene...