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Overheard in Notts

Sat 30 Mar 2019

Big Baby heard some right tripe this month...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

Fri 29 Mar 2019

What's ruffled his feathers this month?

LeftLion Film Podcast #16 - Nick Frost

Thu 28 Mar 2019

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto chat to Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz star Nick Frost about his new film Fighting with my Family and his upcoming appearance at EM-Con Nottingham on May 4-5.

For more information or to book tickets to EM-Con Nottingham, visit their website

LeftLion Film Podcast #15 - Jessica Hynes

Thu 21 Mar 2019

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto chat to BAFTA Award winning actress Jessica Hynes, star of Spaced, Twenty Twelve and W1A, about her new film The Fight. The film, which marks Hynes' directorial debut, is the story of a mother of three who steps into the boxing ring as a method of dealing with the anger that stems from her dysfunctional family and a dark period in her past.

LeftLion Film Podcast #14 - Tom Stade

Mon 11 Mar 2019

Hosts Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto caught up with stand up comedian Tom Stade to talk comedy, films and being offended ahead of his performance at Glee Club Nottingham on Tuesday 26 March...

We Raised £165 for Sharewear Clothing Scheme at the LeftLion Clothes Swap

Fri 01 Mar 2019

Us lot over at the 'Lion were inspired by all the sustainability talk included in our February issue, so we put our bonces together and came up with the LeftLion Clothes Swap, a way to trade your trash for treasure, rags to... well, different rags. In our bid to put a finger up to the fast fashion industry, we raised £165 for Sharewear Clothing Scheme, a local charity who provide clothing to those in desperate need. Here's a few snaps from the day...

LeftLion Magazine #111

Fri 01 Mar 2019

Featuring Dr Julian Onions, UFO Sightings in Nottingham, Gentleman's Dub Club, Nottingham Astronomical Society, Mnozil Brass and loads more...

LeftLion Film Podcast #13 - LIVE* from the Oscars 2019

Tue 26 Feb 2019

In a very special episode of the LeftLion Film Podcast, Ashley Carter & Derry Shillitto are live* at the 2019 Academy Awards ceremony, running down the entire event from start to finish.

*not live.

LeftLion Clothes Swap at Design Junction and Sustainability Discussion Panel at Fox & Grapes

Wed 06 Feb 2019

Support Sharewear Clothing Scheme by getting down to Design Junction on Sunday 17 February, 12pm - 4pm...

Left Brian: Notes from the Virtual Dugout

Wed 06 Feb 2019

It’s been the best part of two decades since I last played Championship Manager (or Football Manager as it’s now known) but recent events at Nottingham Forest have rekindled boyhood memories of the classic management simulation computer game.

Late of the Pier talk Ecstatic Data Sets

Tue 05 Feb 2019

They were one of the hottest bands of the noughties, releasing their debut album Fantasy Black Channel to mass critical acclaim. Then they completely vanished, leaving a trail of #BringBackLateOfThePier tweets and campaigns in their wake. A decade on, those rogues from Castle Donnington have come back with a book on Rough Trade's new imprint exploring music of the future....

LeftLion Magazine #110

Fri 01 Feb 2019

Featuring Sleaford Mods, Stonebridge City Farm, The Urban Worm, Luke Radford, Nottingham Fixers, Small Food Bakery, and loads more...

Local Label Leftback is Throwing a Birthday Party

Fri 01 Feb 2019

Leftback turns five this weekend and it’s throwing a tasty party to celebrate. We spoke to owner Dudley Strangeways ahead of the bash…

LeftLion Magazine Appoints Ashley Carter as New Editor

Thu 31 Jan 2019

That’s right readers. As from next month we are having a bit of a shuffle around…

Left Magpie: Dracula has a Better Record Against Crosses...

Sat 26 Jan 2019

Kübler-Ross may sound like the type of enigmatic signing Notts need to pull themselves out of the bleakness that has befallen the season, but its presence at Meadow Lane is almost as significant.

LeftLion Magazine #109

Tue 01 Jan 2019

Featuring House of Pain, Humans of Nottingham, the Cattle Market, TrueMendous, David Severn, board-game cafes in Notts, Becky Goddard's Create Your Own Happy, Manu Delago's Parasol Peak, and loads more...

LeftLion Film Podcast #11 - Best and Worst Films of 2018 Part Two

Sun 30 Dec 2018

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by Daniel Turner for a two-part episode on the best and worst films of 2018. In Part Two, they discuss some of the terrible films that were released this year...

LeftLion Film Podcast #11 - Best and Worst Films of 2018 Part One

Sun 30 Dec 2018

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by Daniel Turner for a two-part episode on the best and worst films of 2018. In Part One, they discuss their favourite films released this year...

left Brian: Discovering Fire

Sat 22 Dec 2018

In his excellent book Sapiens, Yuval Noah Harari explains that with the discovery of fire, humans leapt from mid-table in the natural food chain to top of the league, seemingly overnight. And although the physical benefits of this were obvious in terms of our diet and ability to tame the natural world, psychologically humans had evolved to fear predators and therefore subsequently struggled (and indeed, may still be struggling) to adapt to a life which no longer involved checking over our shoulders every five minutes for a peckish lion. Deep in our nature is a fear of the unknown and a natural predilection to suspect you could get eaten at any moment.