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Stupod #7,Stupod

Thu 08 Apr 2010

With study tips from Nottingham Trent Uni, the Dave Anderson band in session and a round-up of the Varsity series so far

Interview: Michael Eaton on Fellow Traveller

Mon 05 Apr 2010

"There’s nobody else who has spread across all the generations in so many forms"

Interview: The Swiines

Tue 16 Mar 2010

"We'd like to give Nottingham a slap! Make everyone get up off their arses - no one’s allowed to stop in and watch Corrie"

Stupod #6

Mon 22 Feb 2010

Featuring Cecille Grey in session, Mad Professer Martyn Poliakoff and the Varsity ice hockey game...

Interview: Hot Chip

Mon 15 Feb 2010

"I know that people always say this, but I mean it; I always like visiting Nottingham, I get a good feeling when I am there"

Interview: Red Rack'em

Tue 09 Feb 2010

"I wasn't cut out for the corporate life and got the sack after a month. Years of unemployment, dance music and low-quality housing ensued."

Interview: Rebecca Dakin

Fri 05 Feb 2010

"Obviously I was getting paid, but I spent quite a lot of time getting to know the person via email and phone conversations to check we were compatible"

Interview: Cassetteboy

Fri 05 Feb 2010

"We’re pretty much only going to work in video from now on, partly because we’ve run out of ideas for albums"

Interview: Mark Steel

Mon 01 Feb 2010

"I think what’s really lacking in society at the moment is organisation to protest. There are still people who feel resentment - but there’s no sense of strategy or organisation"

Interview: Sat Bains

Tue 26 Jan 2010

"You should cook with a bit of love...a bit of skill and technique"

Interview: Scorzayzee

Fri 15 Jan 2010

"There was no script at all. There was a plot outline from Shane, because we were playing characters in his film, but he didn’t give us any written dialogue"

Sherlock Holmes

Wed 30 Dec 2009

"Downey Junior plays the same arrogant, yet lovable, character he showcased in Iron Man, but with added substance abuse"

SOLD OUT: Proper Notts Tea Towel

Tue 15 Dec 2009

The LeftLion Stocking filler of choice for 2009, get some Notts round your pots.

Stupod #5,Stupod

Wed 09 Dec 2009

Rosa and Oli have turned the show into a cross between Hollyoaks and Apocalypse Now for this episode

SOLD OUT: Buy an original LeftLion t-shirt

Tue 10 Nov 2009

LeftLion have a new set of limited edition t-shirts for sale, lovingly made by our friends at Regenerate clothing

The Gig Issue: Nottingham Music Scene

Tue 10 Nov 2009

The Notts music scene has never had it this good. Ever. But what do the city's promoters and label-owners think?

Interview: Mathew Horne

Sun 01 Nov 2009

"A lot of people think I’m from Essex, because that’s where Gavin is from. I’m always very quick to point out that I’m a Midlander"

Preview: GameCity Squared

Sun 25 Oct 2009

GameCity - Nottingham’s very own console convention is back and has been described as ‘the Sundance Festival of videogaming’

Interview: Bent

Wed 14 Oct 2009

After four albums of aural euphoria, and a couple of years off, Nottingham's finest purveyors of electronica are back...

Independent theatre in Nottingham

Thu 01 Oct 2009

There’s far more to theatre in Notts than just the Playhouse, Theatre Royal, and AmDram productions involving middle-aged men running around with their trousers round their ankles...

Scribal Gathering

Thu 01 Oct 2009

It can be crap and lonely being a poet, scriptwriter or author - but the Nottingham Writers’ Studio can help make it better

Drawn Together

Thu 01 Oct 2009

Since the sixties Nottingham has been very much the capital of the region in terms of contemporary art. LeftLion's Arts Editor takes you through the current scene...