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LeftLion Film Podcast #21 - Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke: Mayhem Film Festival 2019

Mayhem Film Festival co-curators Steven Sheil and Chris Cooke join hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto to give the lowdown on what to expect from the 2019 festival...

LeftLion Magazine #118

Featuring Robert Lindsey, Sir Trevor Nunn, Scott Bennett, Nottingham Comedy Festival, Just The Tonic and more...

The LeftLion Football Podcast - Episode 2: August Review

Hosts Colin Sisson and Gareth Watts bring Episode Two of the LeftLion Football Podcast, covering all the happenings from Forest, County and Mansfield Town. 

LeftLion Magazine #117

Featuring Life on the Canals, Mermaid Cove, Children of Chernobyl, Megatrain, Nottingham Green Festival, Nottingham Contemporary's Tenth Anniversary and more...

The Moonshine Sessions: Piece by Motormouf

The Moonshine Sessions are a collaboration between Gigantic Tickets and Alchemistic Records borne out of a shared commitment to live music. They aim to provide a platform for cutting edge global talent as well as showcase the best of the vibrant music scene in our home city. This week's release sees Motormouf perform Piece...

The LeftLion Football Podcast - Episode 1

Hosts Colin Sisson and Gareth Watts bring you the brand new LeftLion Football Podcast, covering all the happenings from Forest, County and Mansfield Town. 

LeftLion Film Podcast #20 - Neither Wolf Nor Dog director Steven Lewis Simpson

Steven Lewis Simpson, director of Neither Wolf Nor Dog, joins hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto to discuss the history of Native America representation in the cinema, his unique independent distribution methods and his brilliant new film, which is screening at Broadway Cinema from Thursday 22 August...

LeftLion Magazine #116

Featuring Jason Singh, Dr Tim Gregory, Indy Kiemel-Greene, Nottingham's music promotors, Hoodwinked, Nin Magazine, Nottingham Contemporary and more...

Left Brian: Can Sab Lamouch do the Fandango

Last year during our family holiday in North Wales (sorry Skeggy!) we met a lot of West Midlanders at the holiday camp, most notably Wolves fans. The joy and pride at their recent promotion to the top flight was matched only by their generosity in seeing my son in the Garibaldi red. To paraphrase them, “You’ll be up next year, lad. Can’t go wrong with young Portuguese talent. See you in the Prem!”

Left Magpie: Moneyball Arrives at Meadow Lane?

The arrival of Alexander and Christoffer Reedtz as new owners of Notts County has been celebrated by fans as a welcome, fresh start for our beloved and beleaguered club. But what makes this all the more exciting is that they seem determined to finally put an end to the debilitating behaviours of the past.

Live Music Review: The St. Pierre Snake Invasion, EGO and a-tota-so at JT Soar

Not even this heatwave can keep us away from JT Soar. We sent Rob down for another raucous trio of bands, brought to Notts by expert promoter Buttonpusher...

LeftLion Magazine #115

Featuring Margaret Humphries CBE, Rob Green, Etienne Stott MBE, National Holocaust Centre and Museum, National Justice Museum, Nonsuch Theatre, and loads more...

Win Pizza For Two With the LeftLion Food and Drink Survey

Here at LeftLion, we are always looking to improve and meet our readers’ interests, which is why we are relaunching and redesigning our food and drink section...

Left Lionesses: The Notts Players Repping England

England’s World Cup opener against Scotland kicks off at 5pm today and promises to be quite the showdown; but did you know that, not one, but two of the Lionesses hail from Notts? We find out more about Mary Earps and Jade Moore.

LeftLion Magazine #114

Featuring Jeanie Finlay, Game of Thrones, Socks and Robbers, Outlawed, Talent 1st, Host Nottingham, Mental Health and more...

LeftLion Film Podcast #19 - Game of Thrones: The Final Episode

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto watch the final episode of Game of Thrones, providing ill-researched, ill-informed and largely uneccessary commentary...

Laft Magpie: The Folly of #Faith and #Trust

To deliberately misquote Sinead O’Connor, it’s been half an hour and 8 days since Notts County lost its league status for the first time in its proud history. 

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... 

LeftLion Magazine #113

Featuring Nottingham Forest, Jonny Owens, A Referee in Notts, Bill Bailey, Art of Football and loads more...

LeftLion Film Podcast #17 - Jonny Owen

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto talk to actor and filmmaker Jonny Owen about his 2015 documentary I Believe in Miracles, and his new role as director at Nottingham Forest

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.

LeftLion Magazine #112

Featuring Nick Frost, Jessica Hynes, Reginald D Hunter, Jon Collins, The Pythian Club, Nottingham Poetry Festival, Max Cooper, Rough Trade and loads more...