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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014

Wed 23 Apr 2014

Broadway Cinema are part of the contemporary French film festival this week

Onlion Book Reviews

Mon 21 Apr 2014

With Ross Bradshaw's collection of essays surrounding crime, The Artist and The Engineer, Seven Daze and more

LeftLion Reader Survey 2014 (Closed)

Tue 01 Apr 2014

Authors Favourite Kids Books

Tue 04 Mar 2014

"Which books rocked your world growing up?"

A History of Women and Feminism in Nottingham 1903-2014

Fri 28 Feb 2014

In Celebration of International Women's Day 2014, WoLAN take us through the history of women's rights in the 20th and 21st century and Nottingham's part in the movement...

Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014

Tue 17 Dec 2013

Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more

Interview: Ross Bradshaw from Five Leaves Bookshop

Thu 12 Dec 2013

We’re in the middle of a recession. People can barely afford to put on their heating let alone buy something as luxurious as a book. Yet Five Leaves publisher Ross Bradshaw has taken the brave decision to open an independent bookshop. Thank goodness someone has got some balls… and books.

Interview: Alison Moore

Sat 12 Jan 2013

Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel The Lighthouse explores grief, helplessness and abandonment in a style that threatens to crash against the rocks at any moment. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it’s the first glimmer from an important new writer...

Non-League Football Teams in Notts

Sun 19 Aug 2012

There's more than two football teams in Nottinghamshire: maybe you ought to adopt one

Interview: Marcus Clarke

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Marcus Clarke and his wife Helena Smee have spent the last twenty years in a Sherwood house full of dismembered body parts. Calm down, Officer – they’re only keeping their hands in as one of the UK’s foremost puppet-based production companies with a list of credits as long as, well, your arm…

Interview: Writing East Midlands

Fri 01 Apr 2011

As the Cleggeron takes a hatchet to the arts we decided to have a chat with Henderson Mullin, head of Writing East Midlands (WEM), to see how his organisation may be able to help local writers survive difficult times...

Interview: Ace Bhatti

Tue 22 Feb 2011

With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…

Katie Half-Price & The Book of Matthew

Wed 22 Dec 2010

This Chrimbo I met a poet who's the lovechild of Johnny Ball..and he can blow up cars! LOL!

Interview: Jane Streeter

Sun 25 Jul 2010

"I hoped someone would open a bookshop so that I could get a part-time job. That someone turned out to be me"

The Evolution of Robin Hood 1262-2010

Mon 12 Apr 2010

The full run-down on the evolution of England's greatest folk legend in books, films and television

Interview: Des Coleman

Thu 30 Oct 2008

"There’s nothing worse than not trying things your way, and failing. Fail on your own terms, mate."

Interview: Late of The Pier

Tue 07 Oct 2008

"When you don’t really know how to play an instrument, in some ways, you end up being more creative or at least experimental"

Book Review: My Father and Other Working Class Heroes

Mon 23 Oct 2006

The author tries to piece together the life of his recently deceased father, a stoic individual who, like most from his time, kept his feelings hidden