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An Evening with They Might Be Giants: Flood, BOOK and Beyond

Screenwriting and Scriptwriting, With John Yorke

Toussaint Louverture: the Story Of the Only Successful Slave Revolt In History, an Illustrated Talk

American Poets In Britain, a Reading by Jason Schneiderman, Kathryn Maris and Dante Micheaux

Bone Rites, With Natalie Bayley

Overheard in Notts: December 2023

Dandelions Poetry, With Charlie Baylis and Open Mic

Five Leaves Open Fiction Group Discusses So Late In the Day, by Claire Keegan

Notts Shots: December 2023

Our photographers have been busy taking some autumnal snaps this month. Here's a selection of our favourites...

Music Reviews: December 2023

This month, we review new tunes from Emily Ashberry, PASTE., Catmilk, The Cost of Loving, Baby Tap, Michael Vickers, and Simon Waldram...

Local Fires X the Bygones Book Tour Nottingham

Antechamber – Prose and Poetry From the University Of Nottingham

December Make It Yours

December Make It Yours

Late Light, With Michael Malay… an Illustrated Talk On Moths, Eels, Libraries, the Economy and the Links Between Them

Our December Cover Artist Chris Rickels Tells Us the Inspiration Behind His Festive LeftLion Cover

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas. And so is the cover of our December issue by Chris Rickels. We find out more about him and his work...

We Chat to Author Rebecca Buxton All About Her New Book ‘Prickelus Gets Caught’

Full of hedgehog related activities, recipes, advice and storytelling, Prickelus Gets Caught is a delightful book for children and adults, written and illustrated by Nottingham author Rebecca Buxton. We caught up with Rebecca to find out about her inspirations and what the process of writing is like as a deaf, dyslexic and autistic person…

Sailplaning, Creating a 4-d Life & Career, With Lorna Stalker and Liane Hambly

Poetry, Exhibitions, Muppets and Santa: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 4 - 10 December

December is here, and it ain't half feeling like it! Brave the cold this week in Nottingham and enjoy some poetry, art and film, or get festive with Muppets and Santa...

December Make It Yours

Pamphlet Launch: North by Northnorth – Elvire Roberts, and the Stories In Between – Teresa Forrest

Five Leaves Open Book Group Discusses Vehicle by Jen Calleja

Mushroom Fest, Skating, Spooky Theatre and Crafts: Here’s What’s on in Nottingham This Week 27 November - 3 December

Notts is getting into the festive season this week, with Christmas craft fairs, skating and alternative pantos. But if you prefer to (quite rightfully) be a humbug until the big day, there's also spooky theatre and fungi fun to get stuck into...

We Chat to Author Nicola Monaghan to Discuss Her New Book 'Wish You Were Here'

We caught up with Nicola Monaghan, author of The Killing Jar, Starfishing and The Okinawa Dragon, to discuss becoming a writer, crafting detective novels and her new book Wish You Were Here…

Book Review: Umbilical by Teika Marija Smits

Since local author Teika Marija Smits' new book Umbilical landed on the LeftLion desk, we’ve found it difficult to keep our feet on the ground...