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National Refugee Week 2019

The theme of this years’ Refugee Week is you, me and those that have gone before...

Pick Six: Chris Cooke, Mayhem Film Festival

Chris Cooke, one half of the curation team behind Mayhem Film Festival, picks a few of his favourite things...

LeftLion Film Podcast #18 - Bella Ramsey: Game of Thrones

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are delighted to be joined by actress Bella Ramsey, fresh from her role as Lady Lyanna Mormont in the final series of Game of Thrones. They talk about being the number one trending person on Twitter this week, filming her final scenes for the show and her new role as an Ambassador for The Prince William Award through Nottingham charity SkillForce... 

And for the first time in LeftLion Film Podcast history, we've got a prize to give away: You can get your hands on a brand new, official Game of Thrones Monopoly set hand signed by Bella by listening... 

The Nottingham Poetry Festival is Returning This April

Now in its fourth year, Nottingham Poetry Festival 2019 looks set to be the biggest and busiest yet, with an eclectic array of events, workshops and performances filling a jam-packed ten-day schedule between 26 April - 5 May, filling venues like Lakeside Arts Centre, New Art Exchange and Metronome. Our Poetry Editor Chris McLoughlin gives us a run down of some of the highlights...

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This Month

Featuring Ty Healy, Dad Nap, Origin One and more... 

NottsShop: April 2019

Hello! Welcome to the first in a monthly series on the best fashiony bits Notts has to offer. We're putting Nottingham under a style microscope and this month: we're focusing on “The Gram” with, like any good primary school story, a side eye to the who, what, where and when.

Got someone or something that you think we should know about? Drop us a line at anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk...

Prepare to Play the Pro!

I mean, we’ve all been there right? Ping-Pong table at Das Kino; there’s an atmosphere, you’re on your game, things are going well, so well you decide to tweet a Commonwealth table tennis champion and challenge them to a match.

Overheard in Notts

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month... 

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's ruffled his feathers this month?

Tom Quigley's Weekends and Everything In Between Exhibition is a Behind the Scenes Look at Nottingham's Skate Scene

As a member of Nottingham’s skateboard scene, photographer Tom Quigley has developed a reputation for brilliantly capturing candid moments of the subculture. An advocate of creating art that his audience wants to see, his work has been praised for its authentic portrayal of life as a skateboarder in the city, striking a balance between the everyday and the sublime. Following on from his 2014 and 2015 shows, his latest exhibition, Weekends And Everything In Between, is at Surface Gallery until Saturday 9 March…

Workshops Extend Wigflex City Festival to Entire Bank Holiday Weekend

With headliners such as Honey Dijon, Midland, DJ Stingray and Call Super, there’s no doubt that there’s going to be a lot of sweating taking place at stalwart Nottingham promoter Wigflex’s debut festival. However, the recent announcements outlining panel discussions, workshops and art installations hint that there’s much, much more than just sore feet to be gained from the most exciting community gathering to hit Notts this year.    

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

We've got everything from theatre shows, to single launches, to Ruby Wax's philosophical musings. Goo on then.

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...

Nusic Podcast #189 with Primal, Nina Smith, Hashtagobi, Camille Christel and more...

This week’s New Music Podcast features info on how you can hand your demo to a bunch of A&R’s, new music with a strong Bastille influence, plus the artist living the dream – playing Paris, Barcelone and… Bradford.

This podcast may contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty to keep you on yer toes...

Nusic Podcast 188 with Silver Wilson, Jetlines, Bone Cult, Roe Green and more...

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Fingers crossed the bleddy rain stays away... 

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Fingers crossed the bleddy rain stays away... 

5 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Plenty of stuff to be getting on with over the coming days, duck...

7 Things to do in Nottingham This Weekend

Stuff and bits to get stuck into...

And the winner of Nottingham Cocktail Week is…

Nottingham has gone bleddy mixed-drink mad this week. Here's the best of the best according to It's In Nottingham...

5 Things to do in Nottingham This Week

Our calendars are jam packed…

LeftLion's Feature-Length Documentary The Lord of Milan Goes To China

Last year, we at LeftLion released our first feature-length documentary, telling the tale of the Notts man who founded AC Milan. In August our Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson went out to show The Lord of Milan in two of China’s biggest sports arenas. It seems a long way from that pokey little Mansfield Road house our Herbert was born in…

5 Things to Do in Nottingham This Weekend

Start the month off good and proper...

Nusic Podcast #186 with The Elementz, Re Teu, Silver Wilson and more...

This week’s New Music Podcast features news on our next banging Workshop lineup, as well as some really angry loved up music. This podcast may also contain some fruity language. Sensitive ears – you have been warned.