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Interview: Rankin

Fri 18 Jul 2014

Rankin is a portrait and fashion photographer behind the inception of magazines Dazed and Confused, Another and Hunger. Throughout his career, he’s pointed his lens at a dream list of celebrities, including Madonna, Kate Moss and David Bowie. He even got the Queen to crack a smile. As part of the Museums at Night project, he came to St Ann’s Allotments to shoot the people who call it a home away from home. We popped down to the event and caught a few words of wisdom from the mononymous man...

Live: Ady Suleiman, Noah and Phoebe Ball

Fri 18 Jul 2014

A night of Notts talent at the Rescue Rooms headlined by the future poster boy for British Soul music

Photos: Future Sound of Nottingham Final

Wed 16 Jul 2014

All the acts that vied for the enviable opening slot of Splendour's main stage

Swan Canaries

Wed 16 Jul 2014

"It masterfully examines the camaraderie between women from a small village working together for the good of the country"

Live: Suspect Alibi, Vanity Box, Baybo Squaybo and Samuel J Lawrence

Mon 14 Jul 2014

Notts clothing company Prisma lined up four up and coming acts for a night at Spankys

Si5 Spy Missions

Sun 13 Jul 2014

Do you have what it takes to save the world? There's only one way to find out

City Ground World Cup All-Stars

Fri 11 Jul 2014

Think Forest are no match for World Cup footballers? Well here's a full squad of players from Brazil 2014 who have played at the City Ground

Meadow Lane World Cup All-Stars

Thu 10 Jul 2014

Don't think you see many World Cup footballers at Notts County? Well you might be surprised. Here's a full squad seen at Brazil 2014

Future Session 64 - Molly & Jack

Sat 05 Jul 2014

New music, live in session, from Nottingham. The latest artist in the Nusic studio is

Notts TV: The First Six Weeks

Sat 05 Jul 2014

We have a look at our local telly channel's first month and a half on air

Spin4

Tue 01 Jul 2014

Three NTU alumni have gone and made a site full of things you never knew you wanted. Brace your wallets

Interview: David Flint talks Sheer Filth

Mon 30 Jun 2014

When it comes to low-budget eighties horror and ‘weirdiana’, writer David Flint is the man to go to. With a new book, Sheer Filth, just hitting the shelves, we spoke to him about his early fanzine days, getting arrested over possession of video nasties (twice), his campaign for Nottingham fetish clubs, and why they just don’t make porn like they used to...

Live: Hhymn, 94 Gunships and We Show Up On Radar

Sun 29 Jun 2014

Three bands, chilled out sounds and an identity crisis (sort of) fixed with a post-it note ballot

Push Button Wait For Signal

Sat 28 Jun 2014

The product of last year's BFI Film Academy that ran at Broadway Cinema

Interview: Nottingham Outlaws

Wed 25 Jun 2014

Nottingham Outlaws are one of the Midlands’ top rugby league clubs, boasting more than 200 players across their various senior, academy and junior teams. We caught up with captain and prop forward George Strachan, and committee member and club stalwart Richard Johnson, to talk club history and explain the difference between league and union, as well as bus fires, boozing and bingo...

Future Session 63 - Suspect Alibi

Sat 21 Jun 2014

New music, live in session, from Nottingham. The latest artist in the Nusic studio is

Interview: Kogumaza

Wed 18 Jun 2014

Our music is about finding patterns, bending and pulling, twisting, distorting and invertingWith a name that roughly translates from Japanese in to English as Ursa Minor, a constellation in the Northern Sky, it’s apt that Kogumaza have spent the best part of five years creating hypnotic, beguiling music that can often feel otherworldly. Between them Chris, Katy, Mark and Neil have been involved in the local music scene for twenty years, from playing in numerous bands, putting on shows, designing posters, and even hosting a show on Radio Trent. On the eve of the release of their second full length album, three of the band speak to LeftLion...

The Sneinton Art Scene

Tue 17 Jun 2014

Nottingham will never be mistaken for Paris but it is slowly being reorganised into French-style ‘quarters.’ In April the city council approved plans for Royal, Canal and Castle quarters to go with the business-orientated Creative Quarter that is based in and around Hockley. While LeftLion understand that there are as yet no plans to actually reorganise residential areas of Nottingham into arrondissements, readers may be wondering if there are also plans afoot to create the equivalent of Paris’ bohemian Left Bank.