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Caradoc Gayer
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Assistant Ed. at LeftLionMagazine Nottingham // other words in The Mic Magazine Notts, High Clouds and The Indiependent...

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I just put up my second post on my substack Tracks, a newsletter about music and travel. The post is called Echoing Green: a travelogue about memory. It's about my travel experiences and the music I love. If that sounds like your thing I'd be grateful if you checked it out 🌲 link is in comments :)
April 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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The April issue of LeftLion is out now!

We've got interviews, reviews, exhibitions, local history, music and more - here's a sneaky preview of what's inside. Read online at the link below or pick up a paper copy in Notts' best hangouts!

leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
March 28, 2025 at 12:41 PM
In Feb Nottingham was rocked by 3 highly publicised spates of knife violence. I reported on the succeeding demonstration in Old Market Square for @leftlion.bsky.social
"The power is with the people": standing up to knife violence in Old Market Square
After three tragic spates of knife violence rocked Nottingham, and were subsequently highly publicised, local campaigners organised a demonstration in Old Market Square to draw attention to the underl...
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March 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I've become one of many writers with a #substack: the latest post is on nomadic lifestyles in the 90s featuring a convo with acclaimed photographer Tom Hunter:

caradocgayer.substack.com/p/not-the-de...
Not the destination: Life as a nomad in the freewheeling 90s
The early 90s saw nomadic lifestyles expand across the UK and Europe in tandem with the cultural tidal wave some now call 90s rave. I spoke to 2 folks who experienced it firsthand...
caradocgayer.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 7:10 PM
A truly cool exhibition capturing everything special about 80s and 90s counterculture. Would recommend. It's at the National Portrait Gallery in London.

#art #artexhibition #thefacemagazine
March 22, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I've been excited to write a couple of freelance bits recently, the latest of which is published on the @highcloudsmag.bsky.social site.

It's an interview with ambient electronic musician Elsa Hewitt, an sorely underrated artist with a taste for the surreal; read via the link in the thread...
March 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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The December issue of LeftLion is out now! ❄

Featuring magical cover art by Marcus Gilmore, in this edition we feature George the Gorilla, Working Man's Kitchen, Saltbox's Sam Heaton, The Woolly Tellers, Victory Lap & lots more! Pick up a copy in Notts' best bars, cafes & hangouts, or read online 🌲
November 29, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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In 1991 Smokescreen Soundsystem decided to 'do it themselves' and started holding parties on a hill near Sheffield.

In our rebellion-themed, November magazine we trace the legendary party crew from the political rumblings of the time to the present day...

leftlion.co.uk/features/202...
House and proud: a retrospective of Smokescreen Soundsystem
Being home to two of the UK’s greatest underground house soundsystems, DiY and Smokescreen, Nottingham has been spoilt for quality deep house music - but what were the origins of these now legendary g...
leftlion.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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Ay up Bluesky,

We're one of the UK's longest running local culture magazines 🦁🏹

Pleased to be here!
November 14, 2024 at 4:21 PM