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Nusic Future Session: Super Furniture

Tue 18 Apr 2017

The winners of the 2016 Future Sound of Nottingham competition got in the studio to perform L.A.A and Coloured In Smiles, and to chat to the Nusic crew...

Rapper Scorzayzee on Gangsta Wraps, New EP Illa Scorz, and Nottingham Hip Hop

Mon 17 Apr 2017

Rap’s Robin Hood is back with new EP Illa Scorz, and a ton of new merch designed by his eleven-year-old son to boot. We caught up with Scorzayzee for the lowdown on his latest release, plus the burning question of who’d win in a fight between the most famous fast food mascots…

A Brief History of World Snooker Championships in Nottingham

Mon 17 Apr 2017

We take a dive into the geographical history of the World Snooker Championship, and dig up an old rivalry…

Pint of Science: The Plague, Teaching the Brain to Hear, and Survival of the Sexiest...

Mon 17 Apr 2017

Last year, Nottingham was one of the host cities for the international science festival Pint of Science. This year, it’s back, and the launch night at The Canalhouse saw four speakers give us a taste of what’s to come…

200 Degrees Coffee Shops

Mon 17 Apr 2017

On a wander through town, or on your way past the train station, you may have had a little chortle at the witty A-boards decorating the pavements of Flying Horse Walk and Carrington Street. These are the siren song of 200° Coffee shops, a major player to emerge on the Nottingham coffee scene over the last few years, opening not one, but two cafes within a mile of one another...

Live Music Review: The Big Moon live at Rough Trade

Sun 16 Apr 2017

The hotly tipped band made an in-store appearance at the Nottingham record store to promote the release of their debut album...

Live Music Review: Nathan Fake at Nottingham Contemporary

Sat 15 Apr 2017

The electronic musician was touring in support of his latest album...

16 Bars to Slurp at for Nottingham Loves Cocktails Festival

Fri 14 Apr 2017

This April, Nottingham’s bars are being taken over for a festival to end all festivals – Nottingham Loves Cocktails. If you’re a mixology enthusiast, or simply love the taste of a good booze, then step this way. Each venue has been discerningly paired with a particular brand of liquor, with loads of masterclasses, talks, taster sessions and competitions to get yer cockles warmed right up. Just make sure you bag yourself a wristband before the adventure begins on Monday 24 April...

LeftLion Magazine Appoints Bridie Squires As New Editor

Fri 14 Apr 2017

Big things a gwarn up at LeftLion HQ. We’ve only gone and got oursens a new Editor.

Meet the Man Selling Coffee from a Phonebox in Nottingham

Thu 13 Apr 2017

Luke Thorpe has taken on an unusual venture – selling coffee out of a phonebox. The city’s gone coffee mad recently, so we went down to ask him a few questions about what he’s doing...

Michael Rother Interview

Wed 12 Apr 2017

The legendary German musician on Kraftwerk, Neu!, Harmonia, Bowie and Brexit…

What's on the LeftLion Stereo? Juga-Naut, Grey Hairs, Shelter Point and more

Wed 12 Apr 2017

Our Music Editor picks out some of the best tunes to have come out of our city recently...

Space the Band at Spanky Van Dykes in Photos

Wed 12 Apr 2017

Shock, shock. Horror, horror. Everyone's favourite nineties Britpop (with a twist) band showed up in Nottingham after a lengthy hiatus, with new material as well as some golden oldies. We got down to take some snaps of them and local support band Prime...

Left Panther: The 2017 Elite League Ice Hockey Season Ends

Tue 11 Apr 2017

The Elite League ice hockey season is over for another year. It finished in an exciting way for some teams, but certainly not for the Nottingham Panthers, who failed to qualify for the play-off final weekend at the National Ice Centre (NIC) which was ultimately won by the Sheffield Steelers…

The Thompson Brothers on Sitting at Traffic Lights

Tue 11 Apr 2017

Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on...

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club 2016 Rundown

Mon 10 Apr 2017

To say that 2016 was a mixed season for Nottinghamshire is a bit of an insult to things that usually come mixed, like a bag of nuts with only a couple of cashews...

Can Placenta Be a Model to Study Tumour Invasion? NTU's Dr Sivasubramaniam Explains at SciBar

Mon 10 Apr 2017

Dr Sivasubramaniam from Nottingham Trent University joins us at SciBar to discuss whether placenta can be a model to study tumour invasion...

Director Ben Wheatley on His Gun-Blazing Action Thriller Free Fire

Mon 10 Apr 2017

Following the success of last year’s High Rise, Ben Wheatley was back at Broadway Cinema for a preview screening of his new film, Free Fire. Starring Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley, almost the entire film is centred around a gun deal gone awry in a seventies Boston warehouse. We caught what Wheatley had to say about the flick...