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Interview: Olympians Grace Carter and Tesni Ward

Sat 11 Aug 2012

"When I was six, I told my teacher that I was going to be in the Olympics, and I would buy her a ticket"

Homeless Film Festival 2012

Mon 02 Apr 2012

This April sees the inaugural Homeless Film Festival, a nationwide turning of the spotlight back on to a problem that’s getting bigger and runs deeper, than ever before - and it’s all down to Notts and Manchester collective, Donkey Stone. We spoke to Jamie Rhodes about its aims and ambitions...

A Canadian On British Tabloids

Tue 13 Sep 2011

"I don’t like to judge, but if you were a regular News of the World reader, you are a moron"

Art Works: Worlds Collide by Maxrock

Sat 03 Sep 2011

"I didn’t want to overload this one with meaning as I find that people will always see hidden meanings if they wish to"

Interview: Tim Smith of Fourmost Films

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Fourmost Films come from the Shop stable with a can-do attitude, a string of short films that have garnered attention from all over the place and a hunger to turn Nottingham into one of the hubs of the UK indie-film scene. Head honcho Tim Smith manages to drag his head from the edit suite long enough to spell out his masterplan…

Interview: Royal Gala

Sun 17 Apr 2011

Royal Gala is an eighteen-legged ska-reggae-funk music phenomenon from Notts. The band was put together by guitarist James Waring and is fronted by vocalist Lou Barnell, with seven other musos also along for the ride. But this is no ‘manufactured’ group. It’s more like a load of random mentalists thrown together in a
room full of instruments and dance drugs and told to play or die. As you may guess, we rather like the noise they make…

Interview: Wellington Films

Wed 01 Sep 2010

"People say about Unmade Beds that they’ve never seen London look so good – that’s because it’s Nottingham"

Interview: Terry Taylor from Programme World

Mon 09 Aug 2010

For nearly forty years, Terry Taylor has held the keys to Aladdins Cave – assuming that Aladdin was a rabid Notts County supporter and Forest memorabilia hoarder. His shop, Programme World, on Arkwright Street, is still a beacon of footballing archaeology…

LeftLion Radio: World Cup Special

Fri 11 Jun 2010

Nish and The K - BACK! And they're bleddy World Cup MAD

The Evolution of Robin Hood 1262-2010

Mon 12 Apr 2010

The full run-down on the evolution of England's greatest folk legend in books, films and television

Interview: Cassetteboy

Fri 05 Feb 2010

"We’re pretty much only going to work in video from now on, partly because we’ve run out of ideas for albums"

2018: A Space Oddity

Sat 01 Aug 2009

"Nottingham 2018 risks benefiting everyone for a month at the long-term expense of the very people who actually go to watch football in Notts"

ICC World Twenty20 Cricket 2009 in Nottingham

Tue 09 Jun 2009

The world comes to town as Trent Bridge hosts the 2009 ICC Twenty20 World Cup, bringing with it some of the world's best cricketers...

24-Hour Arty People

Mon 29 Dec 2008

BritFilms gathered 30 film crews and set them the task of creating and delivering a short film in just 24 hours. LeftLion were there to follow one plucky team throughout
the process, blogging live via mobile phone. Here’s what happened...