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Games Workshop Sees Record Profits During Covid-19

Nottingham-based Games Workshop has posted record profits and sales for the second year running and is now valued at at around £3.8 billion. The company has told investors that fans of its table-top games spent more on its products as they remained stuck at home for large parts of the period.

10 Years Later: The King's Speech

The Oscar-winning biopic The King's Speech retells the true story of King George VI as he overcame his stutter to lead the country through WW2 with his historic speech – a film that celebrates its 10th anniversary.

Doug Scott: Mountaineering Legend 1941-2020

Earlier this month Nottingham-born mountaineering legend Doug Scott died from Cancer. Mark Patterson, a journalist who once interviewed Doug, remembers the life of a man who conquered Everest and captured the imaginations of the British and Himalayans alike...

(Not) Driving Home for Christmas: Nottingham's Expats On Their First Christmas Away from Loved Ones

The never-ending merry-go-round of Government lockdowns, tiers and regulation changes mean that, for many of us, it’s beginning to look like Christmas 2020 will be very different. Continuing travel restrictions and limits on the numbers of people who can gather have ensured that, for some Notts residents, Christmas will be spent away from their loved ones for the very first time…

Under Cover Artist: Rob White

Multidisciplinary artist Rob White takes us inside his sixth LeftLion cover, an ode to putting 2020 behind us for good...

Nadia on... Homelessness in Nottingham

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues effecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she discusses the issue of homelessness in Nottingham, and the role local organisations play in combatting it... 

The Thompson Brothers on Biden, the Vaccine and Jaguar F-Types

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

LeftLion Magazine #132

A double issue featuring Framework Housing Association's 20th birthday, Rock City's 40th birthday, Nottingham's independent Christmas guide, The Nottingham Culture Review of 2020, Nottingham Playhouse's Cinderella and more... 

A Big Issue Vendor in Notts

"You’ve got to be a positive person in this job; at least, I think you do. You want people to buy mags from you because they want to, not because they feel guilty."

Overheard in Notts

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SELECT.SOUNDS: The Notts-Based Collective Level Up with a Site Upgrade

Two best mates turned business partners hit the ground running in 2019 with the formation of record shop and events series, SELECT.SOUNDS. Now, after pressing pause during lockdown they’re back with a new site and a heavy content focus. Alanah Khosla gives us an update on the creative platform that’s growing a steady following in the city.

Tim Bryn Smith on TAWN-19, The Actors Workshop Nottingham's new, socially-distanced film

Our Screen Co-Editor George White speaks to Tim Bryn Smith, founder of The Actors Workshop Nottingham, about their new, socially-distanced film, TAWN-19...

Shop Local This Christmas: 24 Gifts You Can Buy From Nottingham Independents

Christmas is going to be an odd one this year – you may not be able to see friends or family, and going around the shops won't be quite like normal. Our local sellers have had an odd time this year too, and need us to help them now more than ever...

MOIST: Notts’ Newest Independent Publisher

Sarah Smith tells us about Notts’ newest independent publisher MOIST, and why regional publishing is on the rise...

Enter the Nottingham Poetry Hunt and Win Goodies from Rough Trade, Five Leaves Bookshop, Metronome and More...

Like a beacon of light in a seemingly endless sea of darkness, Nottingham Poetry Festival is back with (at time of printing) a nine-day programme of online events, performances and workshops. As part of this year’s festival, you can bag yourself some goodies by taking part in a poetry hunt around the city. 

Simply use the clues to work out these Nottingham venues – there’s treasure in poetic form waiting to be dug up in their windows, websites and social media pages.

A Reverend in Notts

"There’s this idea that Anglican priests are all fussy, elderly men who spend a lot of time running around rural villages getting agitated about their nicely trimmed churchyard like something out of Postman Pat"...

15 Years Later: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

15 years today marks the anniversary of the fourth instalment in the Wizarding World franchise...

Nadia on... Sneinton Market's Redevelopment

In her monthly LeftLion column, Nadia Whittome, MP for Nottingham East, discusses issues effecting both Nottingham and Westminster. This month, she discusses the planned revelopment of Sneinton Market...

The Thompson Brothers on Banksy, Rock City and Cricket

Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...

Overheard in Notts

What you been chatting this month? 

LeftLion Magazine #131

Featuring a tribute to the late Pete Woosh, the gentrification of Sneinton Market, Nottingham Poetry Festival, A Reverend on Notts, Nottingham BID, Christmas at Wollaton Hall, My Photo Moment, Bone Arrow, Tony Bates, Dekker, The Carousel, Lone, Tawn-19, MOIST and loads more...

"I started to cry because I just wanted to know what was wrong with me" - A 28-Year-Old's Battle With COVID-19

If you think that being young is protection enough from COVID, think again. 28-year-old writer and photographer Dani Bacon, who had no pre-existing health conditions, recounts her ongoing battle with the virus she contacted back in late July...

Object Walk: 1978 Chess Set

We’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present. This month, we took a chess set made by an unknown prisoner incarcerated at Wormwood Scrubs in 1978 to Dee Miller of the MinorOak Coworking.

Buy: Overheard In Notts Volume 2

Christmas is saved! It's 2020's ultimate stocking filler of stupid stuff we heard you say...

A Paranormal Investigator in Notts

Who ya gonna call?