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Live Music Review: I Am Lono at Rough Trade Nottingham

We got down to Rough Trade Nottingham to check out the audible wares of local favourite I Am Lono...

Nottingham Greeting Card Business The Art File on Sustainability and the Creative Industry

Exchanging messages of goodwill has been common practice ever since the early Egyptians, who used papyrus scrolls to send greetings and sparked an international trend spanning centuries. While some may bash out a quick “happy birthday” text to their gran, the greeting card industry is still thriving. We sat down with James Mace, of local business The Art File, who explains why…

Tommy K on the Side: Sauce of Royal Income

Our condiment connoisseur is bringing you the sauce...

Theatre Review: The Madness of George III

One of the most talked-about plays in UK theatre right now; Mark Gatiss stars for audiences at Nottingham Playhouse and, later this month, across the world as part of National Theatre Live...

Music Video: I AM LONO - Lovers

Check out the brilliant new music video for Nottingham four-piece I AM LONO from Lace Market Media Group. Directed by Matt Daunt, produced by Mark Daunt and with a crew that included David Lilley and Alex Withers, the video for their new track Lovers is a belter...

Netflix Comedian Iliza Shlesinger Talks Upcoming Nottingham Glee Club Gig

Iliza Shlesinger delivered her unique mix of feminist wit and smart advice to packed shows in the UK earlier this year. This month, the outspoken Texan and self-made Netflix star is back and she’ll be swinging by Nottingham’s Glee Club for one night only. She tells Alison Kirkman what to expect…

Giuseppe Garibaldi: The Italian Freedom Fighter Who Inspired Nottingham Forest FC

For many, the word “Garibaldi” conjures up thoughts of a curranty biscuit, but it was once a household name for other reasons. In Victorian times, Giuseppe Garibaldi was the celebrated freedom fighter who, with his intrepid band of volunteers, united Italy. Garibaldimania spread across Britain and even influenced Nottingham life; especially in the football department...

Kalidou - Interview with Aria Shahrokhshahi

Aria Shahrokhshahi is a photographer who explores people and cultures through his work. While on a trip to The Gambia he met an extraordinary young man called Kalidou who was struggling with a degenerative eye condition. Determined to help, he produced a photography series of Kalidou and set up a Go Fund Me campaign to get him the medical treatment he needs. LeftLion caught up with Aria for a chat about the project…

Live Music Review: International Teachers of Pop at Metronome

Sheffield’s freshest musical project – International Teachers of Pop – took to Nottingham’s brand-new 350-capacity venue, Metronome, to educate their captivated students at their debut Nottingham gig...

Cosmic American Are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Cosmic American are some of Nottingham’s finest promoters, bringing folk, rock, blues, country, and the rest, to humble Notts. Since their twentieth-anniversary celebrations have just gone, we thought it was only right to have a good natter with head honchos Glenn Sayward and James Windsor about the last twenty years of bringing quality local and international musicians to our city’s stages...

Notts Lad Lewis Doherty on His Sell-Out Edinburgh Fringe Show Wolf

Notts lad, Lewis Doherty, brings his sell-out Edinburgh Fringe show back to his homeland

There's Astronomical Amounts of Food at COSMO World Buffet

Sampling food from around the world never felt so easy...

Interview: Spitfire director David Fairhead

We caught up with David Fairhead, co-director of the new documentary Spitfire, ahead of its screening at Broadway Cinema...

Notts Poet and Austerity Opposer Lytisha Tunbridge Tells Her Story

Lytisha Tunbridge won the Expanding Horizons Award 2018 at Nottingham Writers’ Studio, for her work supporting World Jam, DIY Poets, Poetry Aloud, Poets Against Racism, Social Model Writers, Sisterhood and Solidarity, Support the NHS, Young Voices, Reading with Dementia, and We Shall Overcome. Somehow she managed to find the time to share some words with us, and tell us her story...

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ Interview with Paul Sng

‘Invisible Britain: Portraits of Hope and Resilience’ gives a narrative to those forgotten by the media and government in modern Britain.

The book features the work of several accomplished documentary photographers, to show the untold stories of those affected by issues such as Brexit, austerity, de-industrialisation and social upheaval.

The Broadway are hosting a screening of the Invisible Britain: Sleaford Mods film with a panel Q&A to discuss the book with director/editor Paul Sng, Carl Phillips and photographers David Severn and Laura Dicken.

We sat down with Paul Sng, to talk about the book...

Nottingham Improv Comedy Troupe MissImp are Celebrating Their Twentieth Birthday

Improv. Getting up on stage with no script and just the directive to “be funny.”  We’d warrant a guess that most people would find their bits instinctively shrivelling at the idea. For the past twenty years, MissImp, a Nottingham comedy troupe, have been showing locals that improv is much more about fun than fear, and have encouraged plenty of folk to step out their comfort zones and onto centre stage...

The History Boys – Thirty Iconic Goals in the History of Nottingham Forest by David Marples

Stephen Fry once said that he loves Abba because “they’re so much better than they need to be”. Apparently there are nine piano tracks on ‘Dancing Queen’, such was the attention to detail Bjorn and Benny put into the texture and production of their songs. What could’ve been throwaway 70s pop fodder became indestructible classics.

Women in Music: London In Stereo Editor Jess Partridge Talks Gender Equality in the Industry

From establishing her own music magazine to managing an international PRS Foundation initiative, Jess Partridge has forged a successful and multi-faceted career in the music industry, and is a firm believer in going your own way. This evening she will be part of the panel at DHP’s Women in Music event at Rescue Rooms, the second in a series of events in Nottingham aiming to unpick gender imbalance in the music industry...

Violets are Blue: Miggy Angel Launches New Poetry Collection

Miggy Angel is a locally loved poet based in Nottingham, having moved originally from London with his family fifteen years ago. Last Friday, Miggy took to Waterstones' Sillitoe Suite to launch his latest collection Extreme Violets, and we sent our Benjamin Knight down to check it out. 

LeftLion Ran The IKANO Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018 to Raise Money for Lee from The Elementz

Three lions got down to Victoria Embankment to complete the Ikano Bank Robin Hood Half Marathon 2018. It was a bit of a feat, because us lot are a lot more well trained in running our mouths over several IPAs more than anything else, but we bleddy did it, and lived to tell the tale...

Lagan's Indian Tapas Is Worth A Trip Out of the City Centre

Their food seriously packs a punch...

Art Review: Visions of a Free-Floating Island at Surface Gallery

This cracking exhibition at Surface Gallery showcased new work from Hugh Marwood, Andrew Smith and Shaun Morris; their art reflecting many of the ideological and psychological challenges facing the UK post-Brexit. Our writer Adrian Shaw popped in to have a look and tell us all abaht it...

Henry Normal on His New Poetry Collection and Preparing for Live Shows

The ever delightful poet, producer and screen-writer, Henry Normal, sat down for a quick chat about his latest poetry collection, This Phantom Breath, and what to expect from his upcoming live show, Nature V Human Nature.... 

Nottingham Gelato Emporium Dolcino Now Serve Amazing Crepes

Scoop-diddy-whoop... 

PubhD Preview: An Interview with Michelle Strickland

PubhD is back at The Vat & Fiddle on Tuesday - we sat down with one of the speakers, Michelle Strickland, to learn about how she has been preparing