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Under Cover Artist: Fabrice Gagos

LeftLion Photography Editor Fabrice Gagos gives us the lowdown on this issue's mush...

Cinema Gold: Hopeful and Hallucinatory New Sounds

Cinema Gold have been intriguing audiences with their psychedelic lo-fi sounds since forming earlier this year. Our Lily sat down with them for a chat about making music, their ambitions for the band, and what might happen in Room 101...

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's been gooin' off?

Football Fanzones Return to Sneinton Market

The fine folk at Art of Football are bringing the football fun times back to Sneinton Market this summer...

Artist Profile: Ellen Angus

We might just forgive you if you’re unfamiliar with Ellen Angus from her 8-minute, Red Lady performance at Parliament Square on 19 January 2019, which coincided with the Women’s March, and garnered both national and regional media coverage. We sat down with one of Nottingham's own to chat about the meanings behind her art...

Art Works: Laura Bosely

Check out her piece, Collaged Visions of Nottingham...

Under Cover Artist: Art of Football

If you’re a Forest fan, there’s every chance you will have seen the brilliant football-themed artwork created by Art of Football on the front of matchday programmes, in venues at the City Ground or at their base in Sneinton Market. Celebrating iconic players and moments from history, they’ve developed a unique, vibrant style that perfectly encapsulates the passion and dedication of being a football fan. We caught up with Luke Cuthbert to find out what they’re all about…

Art Works: Joanna Whittle

 Joanna Whittle gives us the low down on intricate paintings

Art Review: Louise Lahive's Process of Ending at Surface Gallery

The Artist and her work are life-affirming and eclectic in sources and approach…

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....

Homegrown King of Bassline Darkzy Set to Storm Rock City

Hold tight man like Darkzy, yeah? That’s the slogan of Nottingham’s homemade king of bassline, who’s returning for a headline Rock City show this May...

Art Works: Susan Dodd

Serial-collector Susan gives us the lowdown on her piece, 250 Years of Circus... 

Art Review: Paint a Poppy Challenge and Open Day at The Society of All Artists in Newark

Newark holds the space used by the Society of All Artists, a cultural hub bringing creative people together to work, inspire and promote themselves both nationally and internationally. We headed down for their Open Day, to check out the society’s new group exhibition Paint a Poppy...

Art Review: Cell Colour at Hung Up Gallery

From fluorescent techno chickens to flying rhinos and death deities, Hung Up gallery’s Cell Colour exhibition is an explosion of colour and character. Showcasing work from five top-notch local artists, it celebrates the rise of urban art in Notts and explores what happens in the space where the street and gallery collide.

Art Works: Christos Gkenoudis

His piece, titled Rodon, is a physical representation of his brainwaves...

Street Artist Kid 30 on His Latest Exhbition Misspelt Youth

You might not know his name, but if you’ve ever walked around Nottingham, you’ll definitely be familiar with his work. Whether dominating Hopkinson by the station, covering the outside wall of Brass Monkey or brightening up The Avenues in Sneinton, Kid30’s bold, iconic cartoon characters have helped shape the visual landscape of the city. We caught up with the street artist to talk about his latest exhibition, Misspelt Youth…

The Harley Gallery Announces Two New Exhibitions

Under Cover Artist: Liv Auckland

Do you love the cover and poster artwork as much as we do? If so, you've got the extremely talented Liv Auckland to thank for it. We caught up with the Notts-based artist to find out how she managed to come up with such a cracking performance themed piece for us... 

Ayup Duck: The Latest Nottingham News

What's ruffled his feathers this month?

Theatre Review: Brave New World at The Television Workshop

Written by award-winning playwright Dawn King, Brave New World is the theatre adaptation of Aldous Huxley’s 1932 novel of the same name. We got down to The Television Workshop, to see the performance as part of their 2019 Play Season..

Jenny Sealey MBE: The Journey of a Deaf Artist in the World of Disability Arts

Artistic Director and CEO of Graeae Theatre Company, local woman Jenny Sealey MBE has been advocating for the rights of D/deaf artists, and artists with disabilities, by promoting access in theatre for over two decades. She recently appeared at Nottingham Trent University's Distinguished Lecture series, looking back at her life, career, and incredible achievements...

DiY Collective's Pete Woosh on His Battle With Cancer and His New Musical Project The 52 Card Trick

As a founder member of the DiY collective, one of Britain's first house sound-systems, Pete Woosh has been a leading figure in the UK counter-culture for almost thirty years. Whether DJing solo or with his long-time DiY sidekick, Digs, he has performed everywhere from Glastonbury to Dismaland, Banksy’s apocalyptic theme park style art exhibition. But after being diagnosed with highly aggressive head and neck cancer in December of 2015, he decided to take a natural approach to treatment, and is about to launch The 52 Card Trick project to give something back to everyone that helped him...

Soft Girls & Boys Club Are Releasing New Tunes

Addie Kenogbon has a chat with Soft Girls & Boys Club as they prepare to launch their latest EP with a knees-up this March.

Under Cover Artist: Alex Traska

What do Nottingham and outer space have in common? Well, if you’ve got the creative skills of Alex Traska, quite a bit. We had a chinwag with the Nottingham artist to find out how he managed to put together such a cracking cover and pull-out poster...

Art Works: David Smee

David gives us the lowdown on his illustrations...