We’ve had thousands of brilliant and interesting people contributing to the mag for fifteen years. Plenty have gone on to do some proper interesting stuff after working with us. Here are a handful of the boggers…
Adrian Bhagat
Theatre Editor: 2005 - 2015
Adrian spent a decade pulling the strings for our theatre coverage, commissioning and writing hundreds of pieces. He stepped down in 2015 to set up a vegan shop on Mansfield Road in Sherwood; launched as Bluebird Wholefoods and now known as The V-Spot.
Ali Emm
Editor: 2013 - 2017
Ali became editor of our screen section in 2009 and then took over the reins of control after Al. She taught our existing team all they bleddy know and last year, she got snapped up by Reuters, the international news agency who supply stories to publications across the globe.
David Kingsbury
Art Director: 2004 - 2011
The mastermind behind the visual look of LeftLion for the first half of our existence. He’s now an uber-boss at Nottingham Trent Student Union and also met his wife Charlotte, our former community editor, while working with us.
James Walker
Literature Editor: 2005 - 2017
Thirteen years. That’s how long James spent scouring the local literary scene for us. He created features like Strelleyation, Katie Half-Price and WriteLion, and won a Guardian Award for his literary graphic novel Dawn of the Unread. Now he’s working hard on a radio documentary for BBC4 and a graphic novel called Whatever People Say I Am.
Louise Doherty
Writer: 2007 - 2008
Louise wrote music reviews for us in the late noughties after graduating from NTU, including a piece in 2007 about the MySpace craze. She went on to become the CEO and founder of PlanSnap, an app that helps you organise meeting up with your friends. She also created the world’s first beer recommendation bot on Twitter.
Nathan Miller
Deputy Editor: 2004 - 2010
A wise old head who basically ran the adult playground that was the LeftLion forum, as well as being a calming influence in our editorial team for many years. One of the founders of the pop-up performance-y art movement known as Hatch, he can also be seen pulling strings at Nottingham Lakeside Arts.
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Rob Cutforth
Columnist: 2007 - 2012
Rob wrote the much-loved A Canadian In New Basford column for us for six years. Then he buggered off to Manchester to write and release his book, Machines, and kick off The End of All Things, a literary podcast we highly recommend you get your lugholes round.
Yemi Akinpelumi
Promoter and DJ: 2003 - 2005
Yemi “The Cat” was intrinsic to the early life of LeftLion, helping us put on gigs and generally organise stuff. He then travelled the world for several years, before settling in Sydney, Australia to raise a family. He released an album under his alter-ego XS:IF and also founded music agency With Me Music.
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