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Help Raise Funds For Framework This November By Getting Active
Tue 27 Oct 2020There are prizes to be nabbed too...
Street Art or Graffiti? Why Banksy's Notts Visit Shouldn't Distract from the City's Own Artists
Sat 24 Oct 2020Alex Kuster looks at the recent media circus surrounding Banksy's visit to Notts, and why local street artists aren't treated with the same level of respect...
Local Promoters Now Offering To Sell Your Soul for £666
Fri 16 Oct 2020In a move that would make Rishi Sunak and the government's new careers advice service proud, Nottingham-based music promoters I’m Not From London have diversified into beer, book publishing and satanic rituals…
Nottingham BID Secure New 5-Year Term
Fri 16 Oct 2020The Nottingham Business Improvement District (BID) has been successful in securing the votes required for a new five year term from 2021 to 2025, having received the overwhelming backing of businesses in Nottingham.
10 Years Later: The Social Network
Thu 15 Oct 2020Is this just another blockbuster film that glorifies people who don’t deserve it? Hollie Anderson finds out...
15 Years Later: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
Wed 14 Oct 202015 years later, contributor Alex Mace is still crackers about the feature-length Wallace and Gromit film...
Back to School: Twelve-year-old Jagoda Talks Returning to Education During a Pandemic
Tue 13 Oct 2020With all the talk of politicians, parents and teachers, it’s easy to forget those most affected by the decision to reopen schools after lockdown: the students. Twelve-year-old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska lets us know what returning to school in the midst of a global pandemic is really like...
Comedian Sara Pascoe on Her Move From Actress to Comedy and Singing For Robbie William's Dad
Thu 08 Oct 2020Stand-up comedian, actor, presenter, author, podcast host. There aren’t many things in the world of entertainment that Sara Pascoe can’t do. Ahead of her return to Nottingham to play Just the Tonic this month, we caught up with the popular comic to talk lockdown, her two new TV projects and being a backing singer for Robbie Williams’ dad…
The Thompson Brothers on Joe Biden. Birthday's and Chrimbo Trees
Tue 06 Oct 2020Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
Nadia on... The Climate Crisis
Mon 05 Oct 2020In the first of her new monthly columns, where she will discuss issues going on in both Nottingham and Westminster, Nadia Whittome talks the climate crisis...
LeftLion Magazine #130
Mon 05 Oct 2020Featuring Nadia Whittome's first column, The History of the Goose Fair, a Paranormal Investigator in Notts, Nottingham Contemporary's Grace Jones Exhibition, Hogs of War, Most Haunted revisited, Wild Clothing Store and more...
I'm Not From London Are Celebrating Their Fifteenth Birthday
Wed 23 Sep 2020Whether lockdown is coming to an end, or there’s still some way to go, time continues unrelenting. So as the legendary Nottingham record label, promoter and publisher I’m Not From London reaches its impressive 15th birthday, it continues to look ahead with a series of exciting projects, including the current Be Scene and Heard, a Youth Music project aimed at helping partial to fully deaf 18-25 year-olds get experience in the music industry. With one eye looking back over fifteen years of shaping Nottingham’s musical landscape, and one firmly placed on the future, we caught up with Managing Director Will Robinson to discuss the importance of I’m Not From London...
Witch of the East's Singer Aeris Houlihan on Her Turbulent Journey to Their Upcoming Album
Sat 19 Sep 2020With a story that wouldn’t look out of place in a HBO series, Witch of the East lead singer Aeris Houlihan certainly has plenty of experience to draw upon for writing new material. From serving in the armed forces to spending months incarcerated in Eastern Europe as a transgender woman, she talked to Alex Mace about her fascinating story, as well as the band’s upcoming music...
Food Review: No.12
Tue 15 Sep 2020As lockdown restrictions started to lift, there was only one place that Jason Edgar wanted to reacquaint himself with...
Notes From a Mental Health Nurse: The New Normal
Thu 10 Sep 2020Our resident mental health nurse returns with advice on how to cope with life post-lockdown...
OnlyFans: The Notts Creators Selling Nudes During Lockdown
Mon 07 Sep 2020It’s safe to say that it’s been a pretty manic year so far, and certainly not the vision of 2020 we had hoped for. But through the struggle, a lot of us have found creative ways to feel connected. And in this case, to bring in some extra money. With social media being used now more than ever, especially when each day seemed neverending, OnlyFans – the online platform on which creators can post explicit content for a monthly subscription fee - is one of the businesses that has thrived since the pandemic...
LeftLion Magazine #129
Tue 01 Sep 2020Featuring Nottingham's OnlyFans creators, I'm Not From London at 15, Nottingham BID, Young Hustlers, POW, Moan Zine, Brazil's Wauja Indigenous Community, Kate Sharp, Witch from the East, Green Hustle, Ben Rose, Bon Idle, Shreya Sen-Handley, Future Bubblers and loads more
Nottingham's Rock Cemetery is Filled with Mass Graves From the Spanish Flu
Thu 27 Aug 2020If you didn’t catch her article in our June issue, (Little Miss Lockdown, #126) Jagoda Brown-Polanowska explained what lockdown life was like through the eyes of an eleven-year-old girl in Nottingham. Having recently turned twelve, Jagoda has continued to explore her local surroundings, making some interesting and timely discoveries at Rock Cemetery in the process…
10 Years Later: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Tue 25 Aug 2020After initially flopping at the box office, Edgar Wright's comic book adaptation now has a cult following. George White explains why...
From Sneinton to Xingu: Notts Musician Nathaniel Mann and his experiences with Brazil's Wauja Indigenous Community
Sun 23 Aug 2020When Sneinton-based musician and radio broadcaster Nathaniel Mann responded to a 2018 British Council + PRSF opportunity for a musical residency with the Wauja Indigenous Community in Xingu, Mato Grosso, Brazil, he had no idea how much his life was about to change. Two years later, he collaborated with the Wauja’s principal Akari Waura, assisted with the recording and preservation of his traditional songs and produced a BBC Radio 4 documentary about their work together. Now, as the community faces the threat of COVID-19, he’s working with the Wauja to help raise awareness and funds to ensure the long-term protection of a people whose descendants have lived in the Xingu territory for over a thousand years…
Leading From the Back: The Backlit Artists Creating Exciting Projects
Tue 18 Aug 2020From its three-story base in the heart of Sneinton, BACKLIT is home to more than eighty studio artists, spanning a diverse range of practices, including fine art, contemporary craft and creative businesses. The independent, artist-led gallery has provided affordable studio spaces for artists, graduates and emerging local talent for almost twelve years. With the studio currently still closed to the public, we took a look around to find out more about some of their exciting artists, including what they’ve been up to during lockdown...
Snap Notts: Bromley House Library
Sat 15 Aug 2020This month's poet and photographer explore Bromley House Library...
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