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Easely Does It

Nottingham artists talk about ways to make the best out of your work and practice in this town...

The Art of Chris Summerlin

We take a look back at the work of one of our favourite local artists, with a gallery of some of his best gig posters

Interview: Mark Charan Newton

"People love to immerse themselves in secondary worlds. You'd be surprised, some series go on for ten books or more."

Interview: John Knight

John Knight’s era-spanning work encapsulates the fragile beauty of Pre-Raphaelite art with cutting-edge photography, creating a fascinating twist on art history...

A Canadian Visits Hooters Restaurant

Rob Cutforth visits the only Hooters Restaurant left in the UK

Our Style Is Legendary: The Art of LeftLion

Like our website and our magazine? Well come and have a look at our first exhibition...

A Canadian in New Basford and the Goth Plumber

"If you’ve got a coffin in the back of the hearse, that helps. You do get some strange looks though when you’ve got a bath in there"

24-Hour Arty People

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...

A Canadian in New Basford Does Alternative Freshers Week

An alternative freshers' week, designed to help students blend in with the locals. Each day, you will take on the habits of a local...

Street art photos from Tom Quigley

Interview: Sir Ian McKellen on Playing Arthur Seaton

Before becoming a national treasure, Sir Ian McKellen was the first actor to play Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’s Arthur Seaton on stage. He did this as part of the Nottingham Playhouse’s inaugural season in 1963-64. It was in a ten-week run that rammed out the new building and delighted critics and audiences alike…

A Canadian In New Basford on Recession

"I look at these people and think, 'God, how can I be unemployed when that dude's got a job?'"

Interview: Sorrel Muggridge

"I have a sense of how long a minute is, and how long a mile is, but I don’t have any sense of what 3478 miles feels like"

TAO = The Art Organisation

LeftLion New Years Eve 2008

A Canadian in New Basford on Trent FM

"I thought James Blunt fans were rare, but a Posh Spice fan? Give me strength!"

A Canadian In New Basford

"I’ve tried watching other English sports apart from football, but I just don’t see the appeal"

A Canadian on Fantasy League Football

"Here are a few tips on winning Fantasy Football when you know exactly two things about football; 'Jack' and 'Shit'"

Chris Summerlin

We've admired his work for some time now, so we put a few pressing questions to the artist behind Damn You!'s amazing artwork

A Canadian in New Basford on the NHS

One of the things that drives me crazy in this town is the obsession with hospital beds

A Canadian In New Basford: Shottingham

When I tell people from Nottingham that I moved here from Canada, they assume I’m the craziest man on earth...

A Canadian In New Basford: The Forest and Derby Rivalry

Rob Cutforth hasn’t been here long, but even he has a cob on about Derby County being in the Premiership…

A Canadian In New Basford on Chavs

When I saw two chavettes on the bus, listening to music through a mobile phone, I thought, "Awww, those poor girls, they can't afford headphones"

Interview: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

We had a chat with Anton Newcombe of The BJTM about the real reasons he's in the band...

The Art of Smoking

Are you doing it right?