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LeftLion Magazine #143
Tue 04 Jan 2022Our first mag of the new year features Christian Weaver on The Law in 60 Seconds, Mesopotamia, Local High Streets, Nadia Whittome, Veganuary Delivered, Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station, Rebecca Grant, Kingdom Rapper, The Dilettante Gazette, Sir Francis Willoughby and loads more...
LeftLion Film Podcast #29: Part 1 - The Best Films of 2021
Wed 29 Dec 2021After three years and about as many listenable episodes, hosts Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto sign off on their final LeftLion Film Podcast where they are joined by new hosts George White and Jamie Morris to discuss the best films of 2021. One of the films is Get Back, which is definitely a film.
A Nun in Notts
Fri 17 Dec 2021Called to a life of holiness, this Nun is taking on the fight against nuclear weapons...
Notts Filmmaker Gets Animated Short Featured by BBC
Thu 16 Dec 2021The film dives into the issue of misophonia, which has been described as being “allergic to sound”...
"When you have community, you have hope." How Notts Campaigners Saved Mature Trees in Newark-On-Trent
Wed 08 Dec 2021When the council planned to cut down four mature trees in Newark-on-Trent, the local community stepped up to save them. Emma Oldham, one of the movement’s campaigners, tells us all about it…
Pick of The Week: 6-12 December
Sun 05 Dec 2021Christmas concerts, Rock City gigs, and the Nottingham Panther's...this week has something for everyone
Bass Player Mark Lewandowski Lifts the Lid on His Move From Nuthall to New York
Sat 04 Dec 2021After moving from Nuthall to New York, bass player Mark Lewandowski is living the dream on the other side of the pond. We hear about his time in Nottingham, his love for The Big Apple and how School of Rock inspired his passion for music…
Out of Time: King Tut
Wed 01 Dec 2021There wasn’t anything particularly special about the reign of Tutankhamun. He held the throne for barely a decade, dying before the age of twenty after he succumbed to what has been speculated to be a leg fracture sustained during a chariot accident. So why, more than three millennia after his death, does his name remain arguably the most well-known (rivalled only by Cleopatra) from Ancient Egyptian history? The answer lies in an expedition, funded by Nottingham estate owner Lord Carnarvon, to excavate his tomb in the twenties - an expedition that led to the mysterious deaths of many involved, including Carnarvon himself…
Shop Local This Christmas - 24 Notts Independents to Inspire your Present Shopping
Wed 01 Dec 2021It's the return of LeftLion's annual gift guide, in collaboration with Independent Nottingham, brought to you by Nottingham BID. Read on to find 24 of the best independent Notts spots to get your thoughtful, locally sourced gifts this Christmas...
Meet the Notts Filmmaker Who's Set a Second World War Film in Hucknall's Arc Cinema
Tue 30 Nov 2021Notts filmmaker Bradley Severn’s introspective short A Picture of Memory aims to shine a light on the brutality of war. We hear about what the movie involves, the messages it is trying to convey, and how The Arc Cinema in Hucknall played an instrumental role in its creation…
LeftLion Magazine #142
Mon 29 Nov 2021Featuring our annual independent Christmas shopping guide, Bill Bailey, the Cultural Review of 2021, Nadia Whittome, A Nun in Notts, Christmas at Wollaton, The Roundhouse, Mark Lewandowski, Breaking the Mould, Lord Byron in Greece and loads more...
Overheard in Notts
Sun 28 Nov 2021We find out just how hungover is too hangover for the Holocaust...
An Exorcist in Notts
Fri 26 Nov 2021If there's something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call? This guy...
Notts Street Photographer Rich Bell Chats First Photobook Life Works & Dreams
Thu 25 Nov 2021Rich Bell’s candid photographs of Nottingham’s streets have graced our regular Notts Shots galleries over the past couple of years and, after checking out his first photobook Life Works & Dreams, we found out how he entered the world of street photography.
Buy: Overheard In Notts Book Volume 3
Thu 18 Nov 2021Move over Paw Patrol, Push-Poppers and Polly Pocket. It’s time for 2021’s must-have Nottingham stocking filler…
15 Years Later: Casino Royale
Wed 17 Nov 2021As No Time to Die brings Daniel Craig's run as Bond to a close, we take a look back at where it all began...
Pick of the Week: 15-21 November
Sun 14 Nov 2021Nottingham Comedy Festival is in full swing with exciting comedians performing all over the city. Keep on reading for our favourite picks, alongside the best music and workshops coming up this week...
Gluttony: "Making Sure Farmers Get Paid Well Is Really Important to Me." How Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates Is Hoping to Change a Broken Industry
Wed 10 Nov 2021Most people love a bit of chocolate, don’t they? But not everyone knows the problematic practises driving one of the world’s most valuable industries. We dive into the darker side of the tasty treats and chat to Luisa Vicinanza-Bedi, of Luisa’s Vegan Chocolates, about how she’s fighting back against controversial confectionery corporations...
We Hear From the Duo Behind Hockley Helles, the Nottingham Lager Going Head-To-Head With Heineken and Amstel
Mon 08 Nov 2021We chat to Nottingham Trent University graduates Will Barratt and Al Squires - the brains behind Hockley Brew Co - about their delicious new lager, Hockley Helles, breaking into a challenging industry, and what they have planned for the future...
Pick of the Week: 8-14 November
Sun 07 Nov 2021For this week's POTW - Nottingham Comedy Festival, local history, and all the different forms of art...
The Thompsons on Bonfire Night, Squid Game and COP26
Fri 05 Nov 2021Nottingham's most opinionated greengrocers on...
LeftLion Magazine #141
Mon 01 Nov 2021Our Deadly Sins themed issue features Nottingham's reality TV stars (Pride), the true story of the Mansfield landscape murderers (Greed), reclaiming Lust as a positive think (Lust), Luisa's Vegan Chocolate (Gluttony), and slow living with Martin Somerville (Sloth). Plus Nadia Whittome on corporate greed, Pick Six with Satan himself, An Exorcist in Notts, the story of Saddam Hussein's former personal physician Ala Bashir, Deconstruction podcast Nomad, Rich Bell, Hockley Brew Co., Words for Wellbeing, Blue Barrel Cider, The Loft Movie Theatre, Chloe Rodgers, The Joy of Sculpture, The Oral History Project and loads more...
Pick of the Week: 1-7 November
Sun 31 Oct 2021Indie pop, vintage clothes by the kilo and insights on masculinity are in November's first Pick of the Week...
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