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Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

To celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Nottingham Forest winning the European Cup, we’ve had a root around the archives to see what our feathered-friend about town was saying back in May 1979....

Overheard in Notts

Let's see what's been heard on the street by Big Baby this month...

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...

LGBTQ+ Notts: Feminism and Cabaret

Caroline Barry has been gallivanting around Nottingham for all the incredible gay and gay-adjacent events...

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

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...

LeftLion Film Podcast #16 - Nick Frost

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. 

LeftLion Film Podcast #15 - Jessica Hynes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Left Brian: Notes from the Virtual Dugout

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.

LeftLion Magazine #110

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

Left Panther: Starting to Grind out Results

After a disappointing run of results in October, November was a better month for the Nottingham Panthers.

LeftLion Film Podcast #10 - Ben Wheatley

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by director Ben Wheatley to discuss his brilliant new film Happy New Year, Colin Burstead...