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Sound of the Lion #32,Sound of The Lion

Sat 20 Dec 2014

With Ear Vings, Cecil Chamberlain, Reckless, Blue Vulture, Beth Frisby, Lviv, Jamie Moon, IVORYSERFS, Lois, Karhide and Apalusa

Interview: Joe Buhdha

Tue 16 Dec 2014

Producer, promoter, label boss, rapper, DJ, lecturer, Joe Buhdha has held down just about every job in hip-hop, bar leather trackies inventor. As Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’s first release hits stereos, he told us about how it all started, and why he’s got no plans to let up anytime soon…

Interview: Bob Robinson

Thu 11 Dec 2014

Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.

Sound of the Lion #31,Sound of The Lion

Sat 29 Nov 2014

With Origin One, The Madeline Rust, Trekkah, Merrick's Tusk, Rattle, The Wild Man Of Europe, Separation Anxiety and Amber Run

Art Works: Kit Anderson

Fri 28 Nov 2014

A local artist reveals all her secrets of fusing her photographs onto ceramics...

Art Works: Adrian Tasker

Tue 25 Nov 2014

"The cardinal sin for any designer is to not research your subject"

Being Arthur

Fri 21 Nov 2014

The first ever live 24 hour Twitter presentation of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning happens this weekend as part of the Being Human humanities festival

Interview: INJ Culbard

Thu 13 Nov 2014

INJ Culbard has drawn Sherlock Holmes, the unknowable and unnameable horrors of HP Lovecraft, clockwork universes, medieval mercenaries battling horrors, animals fighting aliens, Japanese Oni demons on the rampage and a crime fighting Edwardian vampire. Intrigued, we sat down with him for a cuppa and a chat...

Art Works: Barney Melton

Wed 29 Oct 2014

We're talked through the art of a one-of-a-kind portrait that puts the selfie fad to shame

Sound of the Lion #31,Sound of The Lion

Sat 18 Oct 2014

With Origin One, The Madeline Rust, Trekkah, Merrick's Tusk, Rattle, The Wild Man of Europe, Separation Anxiety and Amber Run.

Sound of the Lion: Goth Special,Sound of The Lion

Sun 12 Oct 2014

We teamed-up with Nightbreed to bring you a selection of songs from the Nottingham goth scene past and present

Art Works: Josie McGilvray

Thu 09 Oct 2014

We're talked through the processes of making steampunk-style jewellery with a delicate edge

Sound of the Lion #30,Sound of The Lion

Sun 28 Sep 2014

With Can B, The Hip Priests, Electric Baths, Gold Codes, Cappo, White Finger, Neil Ward and Indiana

Art Works: Stuart Akroyd

Wed 17 Sep 2014

The glass blowing wizard lets us in his studio to find out what it takes to create his work...

Art Works: Hedboy

Fri 12 Sep 2014

Pro-doodler Jonathon Upton (aka Hedboy) lets us in on his illustrative secrets...

Sound of the Lion #29,Sound of The Lion

Sat 16 Aug 2014

With 1st Blood, Nadir, Flaming Fields, Joel Baker, Three Girl Rhumba, Frazer Lowrie, The Most Ugly Child, The Idolins, Mannequin, Youthoracle, Gallery 47 and Lone

Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli

Tue 12 Aug 2014

Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...

Art Works: Susi Henson

Wed 30 Jul 2014

We speak to the lady who's made corsets for the likes of Dita Von Teese about her favourite piece

Oh What A Lovely War

Sun 20 Jul 2014

"The real stars are the set and the ensemble, who combine to bring the text alive"

Joel Baker

Fri 18 Jul 2014

"I'm a romantic, 100% and it’s a flaw in my human body. It gets me heartbroken, it gets me into trouble, it's not good"

Art Works: Helen Taylor

Tue 08 Jul 2014

Have you seen that bed filled with wildflowers knocking about in Notts? The lady behind it gave us an insight into the project

The Sneinton Art Scene

Tue 17 Jun 2014

Nottingham will never be mistaken for Paris but it is slowly being reorganised into French-style ‘quarters.’ In April the city council approved plans for Royal, Canal and Castle quarters to go with the business-orientated Creative Quarter that is based in and around Hockley. While LeftLion understand that there are as yet no plans to actually reorganise residential areas of Nottingham into arrondissements, readers may be wondering if there are also plans afoot to create the equivalent of Paris’ bohemian Left Bank.