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LeftLion Magazine #122

The gaming special, featuring Andy Wilson of Sledgehammer Games, Needy Cat Games, Larping, Bridie Squires' Casino Zero, the Festival of Science and Curiosity and more...

LeftLion Magazine #121

The Music Special. Featuring JT Soar, Duke101, A History of Rock City, Nusic on Nottingham's best music decade, Silent Orchestra, Overall There is a Smell of Fried Onions, and more...

LeftLion Magazine #120

Featuring United States of Notts, Name Sakes, Nottingham Playhouse Panto, Nottingham Community Wardrobe, Basket Brigade and more... 

We're Helping to Bring Back Nottingham's Lost Culture Mag from the 90s

Nottingham's 1990's culture magazine Overall is being brought back to life over two decades after it folded, thanks to a regeneration project by LeftLion, with support from the Heritage Lottery Fund...

LeftLion Magazine #119

Featuring Hackspace, Skate Nottingham, Lyfcycle, Serif, Norma Gregory, Hispter Coffee, Prickly Pear and more...

LeftLion Magazine #118

Featuring Robert Lindsey, Sir Trevor Nunn, Scott Bennett, Nottingham Comedy Festival, Just The Tonic and more...

LeftLion Magazine #117

Featuring Life on the Canals, Mermaid Cove, Children of Chernobyl, Megatrain, Nottingham Green Festival, Nottingham Contemporary's Tenth Anniversary and more...

Nin Magazine: The Erotic Art Publication Celebrating the Female Form

Art and eroticism can be difficult to define. How do you decide what constitutes art and what is just, well, plain old porn? A lot of the porn that we see is made for men by men; it can be extremely off-putting in the choice of bad lighting, terrifying angles or actors who seem a bit dead in the eyes. But where is the alternative? Where are the female erotic creators?

Nin is a new erotic art magazine that caters to those who prefer to celebrate the body in a more tasteful and artistic fashion. Under the leadership of Creative Director Letícia Gicovate, the magazine – which is written in Portuguese and English – presents tasteful nudity as secondary to poetry, art and interviews that form the backbone of the artistic presentation. We caught up with the Nottingham-based Gicovate to discuss the female-curated erotica project…

LeftLion Magazine #116

Featuring Jason Singh, Dr Tim Gregory, Indy Kiemel-Greene, Nottingham's music promotors, Hoodwinked, Nin Magazine, Nottingham Contemporary and more...

LeftLion Magazine #115

Featuring Margaret Humphries CBE, Rob Green, Etienne Stott MBE, National Holocaust Centre and Museum, National Justice Museum, Nonsuch Theatre, and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #114

Featuring Jeanie Finlay, Game of Thrones, Socks and Robbers, Outlawed, Talent 1st, Host Nottingham, Mental Health and more...

LeftLion Magazine #113

Featuring Nottingham Forest, Jonny Owens, A Referee in Notts, Bill Bailey, Art of Football and loads more...

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 Magazine #111

Featuring Dr Julian Onions, UFO Sightings in Nottingham, Gentleman's Dub Club, Nottingham Astronomical Society, Mnozil Brass and loads more... 

LeftLion Magazine #110

Featuring Sleaford Mods, Stonebridge City Farm, The Urban Worm, Luke Radford, Nottingham Fixers, Small Food Bakery, and loads more...

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…

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 Magazine #108

The History Special, with Canning Circus, J.M. Barrie, old Nottingham photos, A Former Coal Miner in Notts, Nottingham factories, local scientific discoveries, the Franklin Expedition, and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #107

The Tree Special featuring Nottingham Forest FC, The Creative Perambulations of Sherwood Forest, Eco-mindfulness, Tristram Aver's Native British Trees, The Art File, Nina Smith, Cosmic American, Pitchshifter, and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #106

With Paranormal Activity, Nottingham Tarot Cards, A Keymaster in Notts, Nottingham's Caves, Lytisha Tunbridge, Just The Tonic, Newstead Abbey and more...

LeftLion Magazine #105

The Nottingham Skateboarding Special, featuring Skate Nottingham, Non-Stop Sports, Forty Two, The Female Revolutions, A History of Nottingham Skate Spots, and loads more...

LeftLion Magazine #104

With Protest Culture in Notts, Nottingham Women's Centre, A Hacker in Notts, Support for Survivors, Weavers Wine Merchants, Nottingham's Most Notorious Criminals, How to Do Death, Nottingham's Jazz Scene and more...

LeftLion Magazine #103

With Splendour Festival, The Lion Hunt, Nottingham's Dengest Catto and Most Boofin' Doggo Awards, Dogs in Shops, Black Writers Network, JemVenturez, Nottingham Voice Collective and more...  

LeftLion Magazine #102

With Doug Stanhope, Benjamin Zephaniah, Usha Sood, Panya Banjoko, Honey Williams, Valentine Nkoyo, Hallouminati, Nottingham Craft Beer Week, Young Creative Awards and more...

Beings Magazine Shares People's Anecdotes from Travelling the World

Gavin Williams is a Nottingham local who moved down to London, travelled to many other places and has just published the first issue of his travel magazine, Beings. It's a pocket-sized, beautifully designed magazine packed with long-form stories, evocative photography and inspiring anecdotes. We caught up with Gavin to learn a little more about his adventure.