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Dot to Dot 07 - Part 3: live bands

LeftLion Magazine #17

Featuring Ziggy Marley, Jimmy Sirrel, Nicola Monaghan, Secret Stealth, James Last, The Smoking Ban and our Summer Festivals guide.

A Canadian in New Basford on the NHS

One of the things that drives me crazy in this town is the obsession with hospital beds

Interview: James Last

"I like young people. The experiences from them are so positive and that is what I need. I’ve had so many experiences from younger musicians, which really keeps me alive"

Interview: Ziggy Marley

"Ziggy don’t have average days! But when I’m not touring or making music I go for a run, make some cornmeal porridge, drink water, play football and watch TV"

May Contain Notts: April-May 2007

The Market Square finally re-opens, Wollaton Hall gets a £9million facelift, Sneinton market burns down and Ken Clarke gets beefy about the new tram system

Nottingham Bar Staff on the 2007 Smoking Ban

With the smoking ban coming into force, we asked a few of our favourite local barmen how it will affect their business

Interview: Mat Andasun

"I once did a cracking gig supporting Marilllion in a 2000 seater in Utrecht. I was excited and only seventeen at the time"

Dot to Dot 07 - Part 2: live bands

Dot to Dot 07 - Part 1: the crowd

Lux Photography Festival - Gallery

Interview: Pilgrim Fathers

"Music for birds to fly to. Music for mothers to cry to. Music for astronauts to die to. It's something to do with space, death and music being big"

Percussion Spring Ball

Ooh La La! exhibition

All Age Concerts

Cowboy Junkies

Princess Anne visit

Ten Reasons Why Slab Square Is Skill

Why Nottingham's Market Square is so much more than an Emo concentration camp...

LeftLion Magazine #16

Featuring the new Market Square, Neon Heights, This Is England, The Klaxons, You Slut!, Old Basford, Wutan Kung Fu, MySpace, Lucy Porter and more.

May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2007

Russell Crowe announced as the new Robin Hood, police adopt smackheads, new tramline mithering, Mansfield v Notts County ends in a bore draw

The Maze: Ten Years On

"For me my favourite gigs are local bands playing with local people. Just everyday people trying to make something of themselves"

Nottingham's Rebuilt Market Square Launched

"It has been the de facto centre of every major celebration in Nottingham - from VE Day to Forest coming home with the European Cup"

A Canadian In New Basford: Shottingham

When I tell people from Nottingham that I moved here from Canada, they assume I’m the craziest man on earth...

Interview: The Klaxons

"I don’t want to see the towns really. Horrible. Every town in the UK."

Interview: Chris Holmes founder of Castle Rock

"We’re now the largest brewery in Nottingham, which seems just daft really"