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Interview: We Are Scientists

"It’s actually a pretty frequent problem for me - I wear a lot of hats in public, to thwart inappropriate hair tousling"

In Isolation on Their Debut Album Release

As they prepare to unleash their LP, A Certain Fractal Light, we caught up with the band to see what they've been up to and what they're plotting

Interview: David Lilley talks Short Stack

We spoke to the man behind the regular short film screening event

Stichelton Cheese Has an Identity Crisis

The Notts dairy are proper vexed as their cheese crusade continues

Risograph Geeks Dizzy Ink Say Print Ain't Dead

"I'm really interested in pushing print methods forward, doing things that have never been done before. Only a few studios in the UK offered [Risograph], and it seemed kind of elitist, which annoyed me because it's so incredible"

Narrative Music Video: The Inner Carriage Metaphor

This will blow your mind

Judith Allnatt on Novel Inspired by the Luddites

"I began to wonder what would have happened if the weavers in the village had rebelled, with the might of the cavalry right on the doorstep"

Theatre Review: The Tailor of Inverness

The play that asks whether you can ever go home again...

Live Music Review: Island Life Tour 2016 at Lee Rosy's

Sofar Sounds and Island Records teamed-up for a night of intimate performances at our favourite tea shop

Industry Week 2016

Every year Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies hosts talks and workshops for its students from the most revered creative professionals going. The LeftLion crew got down to find out more about what was going on and are ready to report back

Interview: Ben Wheatley talks High-Rise

We spoke to the film director about his latest film, in cinemas now, adapted from the JG Ballard novel

Interview: Local Filmmaker Jason M.J Brown

We spoke to the film director about his new horror feature film Dark Vale

Top Internet Chav Devvo is Coming to Spanky Van Dykes

We put some questions to the bus-hating, cell-dwelling moshy basher ahead of his gig at Spanky Van Dykes. Ya dick 'ed

Spoken Word Poetry Review: Women Say Stuff

"We ain't quietening down any time soon"

DHP Family's Scott O'Neill On What It's Like To Be A Promoter

"About seven years ago I took a crazy risk in my pre-DHP days. I organised a tour for a very famous hip hop act, and confirmed three shows, including one at Brixton Academy"

Dizzy Ink Kickstarter To Set-Up School Of Print

The design and print studio need your help setting up Nottingham's only open access screen print facility

Five Leaves Nominated for Independent Bookshop of the Year

“I’m quite prepared to be wrong, quite prepared to go bankrupt, quite prepared to have egg on my face, but I’d rather look silly and be wrong than not have a go”

I Know This City: A Poem by Sue Dymoke

"I know that the laughter in here is getting louder and glitter-topped twenty-somethings cluster round their Primark bags, draining glasses, urging their barman to be quicker."

Pharaohe Monch - The Monarch Without the A&R

Ahead of his appearance at Rescue Rooms on Wednesday 9 March, we hark back to the days of Pharoahe Monch's Internal Affairs

Theatre Interview: Maggie Fox of Lip Service

"The more people have seen our work, the more mad and ridiculous we can become!"

A Woman of No Importance

It may be known as the weakest of Oscar's plays, but it still has all the hallmarks of that witty Mr Wilde.

Sue Dymoke Talks Making Poetry Happen

“...spoken word writing and performance in and after school can change lives”

Interview: Ben Bloore of B Squared Productions

Interview with Any Means Necessary Actor Kate Sissons

"They were having seriously intimate relationships with people, and lying to them for years on end. That cannot be good for their psyche. You're bound to crack at some point"

Interview with Kate Sissons