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Interview: Richard Herring
Sun 10 Apr 2011From TV fame as part of Lee and Herring in the nineties to the comedy wilderness in the early noughties and back again; the career of Richard Herring has always been interesting. Over the last few years he’s become a regular on 6Music, a prolific podcaster and come to within an inch of winning Celebrity Mastermind. We caught up with him before his appearance at the Playhouse…
Interview: Alistair McGowan
Wed 06 Apr 2011Alistair McGowan is best known for his work as an impersonator on prime-time TV shows like The Big Impression and Spitting Image. But as well as being able to turn his tongue to just about anyone, he’s also an experienced actor and writer, having been awarded a BAFTA and nominated for an Olivier. So what’s he doing spending the best part of April in Notts you might wonder…?
Interview: Andy Barrett
Fri 01 Apr 2011Andy Barrett has been creating community drama events and site-specific performances in Notts for years, as well as writing plays such as Garage Band and a musical about Dolly the sheep. We caught up with him as he prepared for the Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival (NEAT).
Interview: Writing East Midlands
Fri 01 Apr 2011As the Cleggeron takes a hatchet to the arts we decided to have a chat with Henderson Mullin, head of Writing East Midlands (WEM), to see how his organisation may be able to help local writers survive difficult times...
LeftLion Magazine #40
Fri 01 Apr 2011Featuring William and Kate's Royal Wedding, Record Store Day, Royal Gala, Alistair McGowan, Andy Barrett, Richard Herring, Writing East Midlands and more...
Interview: Billy Ivory
Wed 23 Mar 2011"You can’t take wide shots of the countryside around Eastwood without Ikea getting in the way"
LIVE: Liam Bailey
Mon 14 Mar 2011A Sunday afternoon in mid-March and a busking session on Chapel Bar
May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2011
Fri 11 Mar 2011Mark Kennedy, pe crematoriums, Operation Mansfield, lizard dragons in the loft and the ongoing saga of Broadmarsh vs Viccy Centre
Interview: Don McCalman
Fri 04 Mar 2011Don McCalman worked through the dark ages of Nottingham nightlife; a time when door staff were bouncers, a lobbing down a flight of stairs was an acceptable way to deal with an errant customer and the profession was completely unregulated. Then he wrote a book about it...
Nottdance 2011
Sun 27 Feb 2011Nottdance, run by terpsichorean titans Dance4, is one of the longest-running dance festivals in the UK. To celebrate the festival's 21st birthday, Dance4 is laying out the biggest series of events yet and, according to Chief Executive and Artistic Director Paul Russ, nowhere is off-limits...
Interview: Ace Bhatti
Tue 22 Feb 2011With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…
Interview: Gruff Rhys
Fri 18 Feb 2011Gruff Rhys is best known as the singer of the Super Furry Animals, but he’s also a documentarian, solo artist and plastic bottle modeller. Guess which one of those skills he’ll be demonstrating at the Glee Club this month?
We Sent Our Editor For Colonic Irrigation
Sat 05 Feb 2011"I’ve packed up fags and cut down on booze. It’s either give up chips or have a go on this. Sod it. Why not?"
Interview: Skiman
Sat 05 Feb 2011Daniel Waithe – otherwise known as Skiman – is a prodigy of Notts superproducers The Elementz, the latest in a long line of bar-spitting behemoths from the NG and the man behind dancefloor-destroying mixtape Afterdark. And he’s still only 18…
The Duke of Portland
Sat 05 Feb 2011The aristocracy of Nottinghamshire has produced more than its fair share of mad gets, but – according to Andrew Graves and his alter ego, Mulletproof Poet – The 5th Duke of Portland takes the biscuit, if not the whole packet…
A Canadian on the Coalition
Thu 03 Feb 2011Our resident CanAlien is not happy about the Cameron and Clegg coalition government...
The Death of Trent FM
Tue 01 Feb 2011For someone who grew up with Trent, its demise is unthinkable. Once upon a time, it was one of the most important assets the city had
May Contain Notts: Dec 2010-Jan 2011
Tue 01 Feb 2011Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: The Christmas Market, EDL, World Cup stadia, chavs on the bus and Poundland's VAT hit
LeftLion Magazine #39
Tue 01 Feb 2011Featuring Skiman, Eastenders actor Ace Bhatti, Don McCalman, Deborah 'Debris' Stevenson, Dance4, The Death of Radio Trent and more...
You Terrible Cult!
Thu 30 Dec 2010We talk to author Colin Bacon about his new book on Vivian Mackerrell - the inspiration for Withnail and I
A Canadian on New Year's Eve
Mon 27 Dec 2010Rob braces himself for everyone’s favourite alcoholiday...
White Dolemite
Wed 22 Dec 2010You probably didn’t realise that Nottingham had its very own action cinema icon walking the streets – neither did we until recently. But White Dolemite is to HoodTown what Shaft was to Harlem and alongside his buddy Video Mat (and let’s just say they share a similar relationship to that of Spiderman and Peter Parker) they have been creating some great movie posters over the last few years. The movies themselves are *ahem* not particularly easy to find though…
Katie Half-Price & The Book of Matthew
Wed 22 Dec 2010This Chrimbo I met a poet who's the lovechild of Johnny Ball..and he can blow up cars! LOL!
Interview: The Soundcarriers
Mon 20 Dec 2010"We get bigger audiences outside of Nottingham, in places like Manchester, Sheffield and London, but it's starting to change"