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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at 30: Mike McShane on Playing Friar Tuck
Tue 13 Jul 2021A $50 million budget, Hollywood’s biggest star, England’s most famous legend, an Oscar nomination, a BAFTA win, a song that became one of the best-selling singles of all time, that performance from Alan Rickman and a box office take of almost $400 million. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves left a huge impact on the legacy of Nottingham’s folk hero and, to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of its release, we caught up with some of the people responsible for bringing it to life, starting with Mike McShane...
Big Mike's Fat Kitchen is Whipping Up Cheesecake for Carlton
Sun 21 Feb 2021From age-old recipes to newly dreamt up decadence, Cheesecakes by Big Mike’s Fat Kitchen have hit the ground running and are whipping up a storm in Carlton. We talk to the namesake and owner Mike Jones to get the lowdown…
Mike and Fiona Thornewill MBE: The First Married Couple to Reach Both the North and South Poles
Fri 19 Feb 2021While some couples might share an interest in binging Netflix series’ or battling over a Monopoly board, Mike and Fiona Thornewill MBE share a unique passion that has seen them become the first married couple to reach both the North and South Poles. And if that wasn’t enough, Fiona also holds the title of being the first British woman to reach the latter. We caught up with the Nottinghamshire couple to talk Polar exploration, breaking records and staying sane in the middle of the Antarctic….
Man With a Brush - Mike Meyer Documentary
Mon 19 Oct 2015"What attracted us to him was him. He could have been doing anything but it was him as a person and the way he lived his life"
Mike Bithell
Thu 16 Oct 2014We spoke to Mike Bithell, whose second game, Volume is based on the Robin Hood legend
Mik Godley
Mon 23 Jun 2014Whether he's sitting behind an easel or an iPad, Mik Godley is one of the most talented artists working in Nottingham today. Period.
Mike Breckon on the 1972 Murders of the Israeli Olympic Team
Wed 05 Sept 2012On 5 September 1972, two weeks into the Munich Olympics, members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September kidnapped and later murdered eleven members of the Israeli Olympic team - witnessed by Mike Breckon, Yorkshire-born manager of the Canadian cycling team, who was based in the opposite apartment. He now lives in Nottingham, and speaks for the first time of what he saw.
Interview: Pirate Technics
Thu 24 May 2012Mike De Butts and Stephen Smith: they went from chucking burning torches about on the Forest to forming the Pirate Technics collective, constructing massive erections across the international festival circuit. And then setting fire to them...
Interview: Nuclear Family
Sat 06 Oct 2007'It’s not a question of a man and a woman, and children, more a question of a group of human beings, in a mutual bond'