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LeftLion Magazine Nottingham
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Where Nottingham Meets.
Shouting arts and culture in the home of Robin Hood since 2003.
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If you find yourself at a loose end over the festive season, please take 5 minutes to fill out our reader survey at leftlion.co.uk/survey

We'll be closing it sometime in January and we're dead keen to hear what you think before we do. Plus one lucky person will win a £100 Nottingham gift card!
If you find yourself at a loose end over the festive season, please take 5 minutes to fill out our reader survey at leftlion.co.uk/survey

We'll be closing it sometime in January and we're dead keen to hear what you think before we do. Plus one lucky person will win a £100 Nottingham gift card!
December 19, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Our friends at Nottingham City of Literature have an amazing opportunity for Notts-based young people aged between 14-25 who love reading as part of next year's #BigCityReads project...
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Nottingham City of Literature Call For Young Readers For Big City Reads 2026.
Are you, or do you know, a young person aged between 14-25 who loves reading and wants to give back to their community? If so read on...
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December 16, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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Some of my photos of @divorcehq.bsky.social and @waltdisco.bsky.social at Rock City in Nottingham on Saturday here with this review by Karl Blakesley for @leftlion.bsky.social

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Gig review: Divorce at Rock City
What a year it has been for Nottingham’s indie darlings Divorce. Since their historic four-night sold out run at The Bodega last September, they’ve released a critically acclaimed debut album in ...
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December 16, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Had the most Christmassy night at the Nottingham Arts Theatre’s production of Robin Hood and the Babes in the Wood 🥹 ft. the Merry Men reading @leftlion.bsky.social, the actual Left Lion, Goose Fair, and some proper Notts panto heckling.
December 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
PUBIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT!

You have until Wed 17 December to buy yourself this year's ultimate Notts stocking filler and guarantee delivery before Christmas! #OverheardinNotts

Just £6 inc P&P here > leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 7): The Pierre of the Resistance
We like to think that Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of Overheard in Notts in your stocking. Thus we are happy to announce the arrival of our seventh(!) book baby...
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December 11, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Time to say thanks to our latest supporters:

❤️ John Dunstan
❤️ Sven
❤️ Ursula Holdsworth

If you’d like to support us, get your name in our mag and other perks (this month our Postal Service members got free #OverheardInNotts books) #SupportLeftLion

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December 5, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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My photos of Bored Marsh supported by Mandibles at a sold out The @bodegacats.bsky.social for @leftlion.bsky.social

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In photos: Bored Marsh at The Bodega, with Mandibles
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December 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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I'm back in the @leftlion.bsky.social Print Edition for December with photos for the LeftLion Music Awards 2025.

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November 29, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Basking in the glory of recent wins against Malmo and Liverpool, it's the latest from our own Julie Pritchard covering the last month at Nottingham Forest... #nottinghamforest #nottinghamforestfc

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Left Brian: November 2025 - Three Bald Musketeers
Our Forest columnist Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, seems delighted by the new dawn at Forest under Dyche, Woan and Stone...
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November 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Seasons greetings ducks! It's the December issue of LeftLion, out now ❄️ Feat. stargazing at @sherwoodobs.bsky.social, a wander through the history of The Park Estate, the Leftlion music awards and our 2025 cultural round up.

Grab your copy from around the city now or read online at the link below☃️
November 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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My photos of Jerub supported by Josie Beth and Persia Holder at the Rescue Rooms in Nottingham this week.

With this review by Caleb Gray for @leftlion.bsky.social

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November 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Wishing a fabulous Friday to our latest supporters on Patreon:
❤️ Mike Cole
❤️ Caroline Le Sueur
❤️ Sam Peach

If you'd like your name in our mag, plus other perks then #supportleftlion

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November 21, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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My photos of @bccamplight.bsky.social supported by British Birds at Rock City are with this review by Lewis Oxley for @leftlion.bsky.social Magazine Nottingham

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Gig review: BC Camplight at Rock City
Tonight starts with a goodbye and not a hello. Brian Christinzio is blowing out his Camplight in the UK for one last time, not forever, but for this leg of the tour at least. But, as he says in a sorr...
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November 20, 2025 at 6:46 PM
We have birthed a new #OverheardInNotts book baby. Just in time for Christmas. Buy it now for £6 inc P&P at tinyurl.com/ohinbooks

Nottingham's ultimate stocking filler of 2026 is here!
November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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My photos of SPRINTS & Dog Race at Rock CIty on Wednesday are with this review by Kieran Lster for @leftlion.bsky.social Nottingham

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Gig review: SPRINTS at Rock City, with Dog Race
With the memory of their standout Bodega show still fresh in our minds, there was no way we were going to miss SPRINTS' return to Nottingham. This time, Rock City was the venue for a milestone perform...
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November 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Wishing a fabulous (if rainy) Friday to our latest supporters on Patreon:
💧 Fleakle the Otter
💧 Tom Dee
💧 Pica
💧 Caroline
💧Stuart-AJC
💧 Joan Morris

Sign up to #supportleftlion and get treats by post (including the new #OverheardInNotts book).

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creating and promoting Nottingham Culture
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Something for the weekend? How's about the latest #NightCreatures podcast from Soul Buggin's Beane in conversation with Killer Jim from Out to Lunch?

Listen here > leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
Night Creatures Podcast #3: Killer Jim from Out To Lunch on 25 years of Northern soul, jazz funk and jazz dance events in Nottingham
Night Creatures is a new LeftLion podcast, shining a light on the promoters of Nottingham. Your host and interviewer is Beane, co-founder of Nottingham’s beloved Soul Buggin’ night and he brings with ...
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November 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
BIG NEWS! Nottingham's must-have stocking filler of 2026 has arrived. New book available to buy online now for just six paahnd (including delivery)... #overheardinnotts

Buy now >
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Buy: Overheard In Notts (Vol 7): The Pierre of the Resistance
We like to think that Christmas isn’t Christmas without a bit of Overheard in Notts in your stocking. Thus we are happy to announce the arrival of our seventh(!) book baby...
leftlion.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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An excellent debut for @nowthenmag.bsky.social from @rose-mason.bsky.social (not surprising, given she's an alumni of Nottingham's must-read @leftlion.bsky.social 🦁)
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM