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LeftLion Receives Vital Funding From Government Culture Recovery Fund

Fri 02 Apr 2021

We have received a grant from the second round of the Government’s £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help our organisation recover and continue.

10 More Singles You Should Listen To This Month

Mon 29 Mar 2021

Our recommendations to see you through spring...

15 Years Later: V for Vendetta

Mon 29 Mar 2021

It's been 15 years since this iconic film, but does it still hold up? Screen Co-Editor George White thinks so...

GOBS: Notts Spoken-Word Collective set for Live Digital Showcase

Thu 25 Mar 2021

The dynamic collective of twenty spoken-word artists will be joined by Birmingham Poet Laureate Casey Bailey this Saturday...

Metronome Have Expanded Their Virtual Line Up with Three Events from Nottingham Poetry Festival featuring Henry Normal

Fri 12 Mar 2021

Following the success of the virtual festival and a string of gigs at the latter end of 2020, the venue announced further big names for their Metronome Sessions…

Follow the Rebel Writers Trail on World Book Day

Thu 04 Mar 2021

Can you find all thirteen plaques?

Deep Fakes From Nottingham History

Wed 03 Mar 2021

Ever wondered what it would be like to see video of historical figures who existed before video cameras? We've deep faked some figures from Nottingham history so you need wonder no more...

Notts Filmmaker Jay Martin to Direct BBC Documentaries

Tue 02 Mar 2021

Jay Martin won awards for his political documentary REDt'Blue, which focused on Mansfield voters' decision to vote Conservative in the 2019 General Election. Now the Notts filmmaker talks to LeftLion about his upcoming trio of BBC shorts which will focus on the impact of Coronavirus on health workers, the creative industry and more...

5 New Notts Albums You Need to Listen to

Tue 02 Mar 2021

The latest Nottinghamshire releases...

Nottingham-Born Actor Tom Blyth on His Journey from the TV Workshop to HBO’s The Gilded Age

Tue 23 Feb 2021

We talk to Nottingham-born, New York-based actor Tom Blyth about his journey from the TV Workshop to The Juilliard School, working with Terence Davies on Benediction, and his upcoming HBO series The Gilded Age...

Notts duo launch campaign to fund animated sitcom

Mon 22 Feb 2021

A pair of Notts creatives have launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund an animated sitcom.

Notts' Bella Ramsey Cast as Co-Lead in HBO's Adaptation of The Last of Us Video Game

Thu 11 Feb 2021

Bella Ramsey will appear alongside The Mandalorian and Game of Thrones star Pedro Pascal in the HBO adaption of video game The Last Of Us

A Wedding Pianist in Notts

Tue 09 Feb 2021

"It was never really an ambition as such, more of a happy accident."

Nadia on... The Pandemic

Fri 05 Feb 2021

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues effecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she discusses the ongoing pandemic, and the government's response...

Your Love Letters to Notts...

Fri 05 Feb 2021

Love is in the air, but so is COVID... meaning that we’ve all spent the best part of the last year locked up indoors. As such, our city hasn’t been getting the TLC it usually receives from its residents. To remedy that sad situation, we asked you lot to pen love letters to your favourite parts of Nottingham. Here are some of our favourites...

The Thompson Brothers on Rom-Coms, Love Songs and Their Favourite Vegetable

Wed 03 Feb 2021

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Under Cover Artist: Kev Grey

Mon 01 Feb 2021

You might recognise his style if you’ve picked up a can from Notts brewery Black Iris, and now Kev Grey has turned his talented hands to create our cover art...

The Rise of the Redditors: How One Notts’ Society Got Caught in the Crossfire of a Stock Market Frenzy

Sat 30 Jan 2021

What do Wall Street, Reddit, GameStop and one of the most bizarre periods of trading in the history of the stock market have to do with Nottingham? Well, it has something to do with Robin Hood…

Overheard in... The Comments Section

Fri 29 Jan 2021

With town being a bit deserted of late, Big Baby decided to dip into the comment sections on our social media accounts to find some of the odd things you lot write to us…

LeftLion Magazine #133

Fri 29 Jan 2021

A love-themed Feb/March issue featuring your Love Letters to Notts, the Nottingham duo who became the first married couple to reach the North and South Poles, our Valentine's Day Dating Game, author Mhairi McFarlane on why Valentine's Day stinks, The Colour of Love, A Decade of Black Iris, The Festival of Science and Curiosity and loads more...