Site search

There's more content than you would believe. Hopefully this will make finding it a bit easier...

New Talent Unleashed

Thu 30 May 2013

The city's latest emerging fashion designers showcased their newest collections at Nottingham Trent University

Nottingham Legends

Thu 23 May 2013

After his iconic Byron Clough painting, Rikki Marr asked a group of artists to share their takes on other members of Notts royalty...

Katie Half-Price: Issue 52

Sat 18 May 2013

"If JK Rowling were to squeeze outta turd onto a page and prod it wi’ a stick so it made pretty brown patterns, publishers would offer her millions fer it"

Barry O’Dowd teaches kids to box. The former army champion founded Bulwell Hall Amateur Boxing Club in 2004 and has spent almost a decade suppor ting young people in his community. Last year he picked up the title of Coach of the Year at the Nottingham Sports Awards and rubbed shoulders with Torvill and Dean at the Olympics. We popped along to the club to see what he’s all a-bout...

Notts TV: The First Interview

Sat 27 Apr 2013

"There’ll be a fun element to this channel, but more than anything it’ll be relevant to where you live. There’s nothing like that at the moment"

Record Store Day 2013

Fri 19 Apr 2013

What to expect at The Music Exchange this Saturday daytime and news of our party at Spanky's that evening

Homelessness in Nottingham

Wed 17 Apr 2013

Nottingham has kept its ‘rough sleeping’ numbers well below the national average. What’s happening differently here to elsewhere?

Katie Half-Price: Issue 51

Sat 13 Apr 2013

"The opening chapters tell of her humble Towie upbringing when her smacky mates got higher than Felix Baumgartner and her brother ended up in clink."

Interview: Evil Scarecrow

Tue 09 Apr 2013

It’s often a good thing to not take your work too seriously. But Nottingham’s Evil Scarecrow take their unique brand of heavy metal parody to Pythonesque proportions. Dr Rabid Hell (guitar and vocals) and (guitars) go through their dirty laundry in public...

Interview: Harriet Cains

Wed 03 Apr 2013

Nottingham’s Television Workshop has produced dozens of great actors over the years including Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell and half the cast of This Is England. Next on that conveyor belt of talent is Harriet Cains, one of the stars of recent BBC3 zombie series In The Flesh...

LeftLion Magazine #52

Mon 01 Apr 2013

Featuring Notts TV, Homelessness, Barry O'Dowd, The Kite Runner, Kino Klubb vs Kneel Before Zod, Harriet Cains, The Cult of Dom Keller, Evil Scarecrow, Syson Gallery, Notts Legends illustrated and more...

Interview: The Invisible Orchestra

Thu 21 Mar 2013

Like a giant ball of muso-attracting velcro, The Invisible Orchestra has snagged members of some of Nottingham’s top bands and singers - as well as from further afield - and shows absolutely no sign of slowing down. The man responsible: Royal Gala’s James Waring...

Mama

Sat 09 Mar 2013

The only horrifying thing about this film is the cinema ticket price to see it

Interview: Andy Reid

Fri 08 Mar 2013

He arrived at Forest at the turn of the century from Dublin, put in five years graft, moved up to the Premiership, was pinged around four different clubs, came back in 2011.

Art Works: Sara Baker

Sat 02 Mar 2013

"I like creating things in the image of nature but also use contrasting materials"

Interview: Thomas Turgoose

Thu 28 Feb 2013

At the age of twelve Thomas Turgoose was living in Grimsby, smoking weed, drinking, stealing cars and getting in trouble with the law. Then he stumbled upon an audition for Shane Meadows’ This Is England in a youth centre and it changed his life forever. Now, about to turn 21, he has a clutch of international acting awards behind him, travels the world going to film festivals and is on first name terms with Johnny Depp and Michael Fassbender. What happened?

Interview: Bongo Bongo

Sun 24 Feb 2013

Sophie Johnson-Hill and Rebecca McGlone spend their time dancing with kids and living in a big cloth house under the guise of Bongo Bongo, children’s entertainers extraordinaire. They’re also about to release Incy Wincy Boom Box - possibly the best LP you’ll hear out of Notts this year...