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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"

Christmas Board Game

Thu 17 Dec 2009

It were the Friday before Christmas, and all around Notts

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...

Left Back #3

Wed 14 Oct 2009

Featuring Mike from Ulysses Storm, Alex and Rich from LTLF, Jacob from NCM and exclusive new tracks from Scorzayzee

A Canadian at Nottingham Beer Festival

Wed 07 Oct 2009

This time of year, Rob Cutforth loves nothing more than rubbing up against tubby, sweaty beardos and cramming greasy, meaty balls into his Canadian maw. Calm down, Nana – he’s only at the Beer Festival…

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

A fistful of tips for Nottingham bands

Thu 01 Oct 2009

So, you’ve got your mates together, you’ve hacked out a few tunes in a garage in Sneinton, and you’re absolutely gagging to climb to the top of the ladder. But how do you get from here to there?

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...