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The Gilded Merkin

Sun 10 Nov 2013

Cabaret tease action from Nottingham's quarterly burlesque fix at Glee

Jake Bugg secret gig at The Maze

Sat 09 Nov 2013

Our very own answer to Bob Dylan went back to where he started as a fifteen-year-old playing Nottingham's most exclusive gig of the year

Interview: John Blanche, The Seminal Art Director of Games Workshop

Wed 06 Nov 2013

A seminal artist who has defined the look of Games Workshop from its inception, art director John Blanche is worshipped by legion. Since joining the company in the late-seventies he has produced innumerable pieces of work that have sold millions of copies around the world. We talk reds and browns, small lead figures and how glam rock influenced him...

A Rough Guide to Nottingham's Games Workshop

Tue 05 Nov 2013

A company that has has captured the imagination of millions in its lifetime, Games Workshop is a recession-ignoring international institution that has its rather uniquely designed headquarters a stones throw from the QMC and University of Nottingham. We trace its impressive trajectory in popular culture.

Interview: Luke Pearson On Hilda

Mon 04 Nov 2013

Luke Pearson is an illustrator, cartoonist and comic book artist and not only is he mint at drawing, he can write a bit too. We love him most for Hilda, a series about a young girl who goes on loads of adventures and ends up dossing about with a guy made of wood, a dog with antlers, and a city full of dwarves. You get the picture…

Varial Magazine

Fri 01 Nov 2013

"I wanted to work with other photographers that were capturing these great images of Nottingham skateboarding, to see all our work together"

Annie's Haunted Shack

Thu 31 Oct 2013

This July saw Warner Brothers release The Conjuring, a haunting tale of a family’s move to a dilapidated Rhode Island farmhouse; who then sought the help of notorious paranormal investigators, the Warrens. Annie Spaziano, who runs the brilliant Annie’s Burger Shack, moved to the house with her family after the film’s events took place. Her parents still live there now, but their lives have been changed since the film came out, and not in a good way...

Mayhem Film Festival 2013 Preview

Wed 30 Oct 2013

Mayhem Film Festival has been striking fear, and laughter, into the hearts of cinema goers for over eight years with line-ups rammed to the bloody hilt with exclusive screenings and cult classics. We spoke to directors Chris Cooke and Steven Sheil, the men who control an audience’s heart rate for four full days...

In Focus: White Finger

Wed 30 Oct 2013

We give 'em questions, they take some snaps

Art Works: Julie Vernon

Tue 22 Oct 2013

"There’s something special about the colour gold, it elevates an object into a source of pride and glory"

Art Works: Tom Stoker

Thu 17 Oct 2013

"I’m a perfectionist - I think it’s something to do with being a Virgo - once I start I won't stop until the piece is completed"

Interview: Tindersticks

Thu 10 Oct 2013

One of the three founding members lives in Prague, another in Antwerp, another in France, and they collectively left town over twenty years ago. Yet to many, Tindersticks are still seen as a Nottingham band. Ahead of the release of their tenth studio album, Across Six Leap Years, keyboardist Dave Boulter talks to us about the band’s roots, and about their recent re-invigoration of some old favourites...

Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend

Sun 06 Oct 2013

He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.

Nerd Fest Preview

Thu 03 Oct 2013

We’ve got a world-class comic book shop in the form of Page 45, but artist Kev Brett decided to up Nottingham’s graphic novel game and put us on the map as a comic convention hotspot with Nerd Fest, a very spectacular convention...

Michael Eaton On Victorian Celebrity Villain Charlie Peace

Wed 02 Oct 2013

Dramatist Michael Eaton has had a lifelong fascination with Victorian celebrity villain Charlie Peace. In his current play he explores this legend of popular culture; a man who had more disguises than Howard Marks and who successfully evaded the gallows until he was dobbed in to the cops by a lass from Nottingham…

LeftLion Magazine #55

Tue 01 Oct 2013

With Games Workshop, Richard Whitehead, Charlie Peace, Tindersticks, The Conjuring, Mieke Tate, Yelena Popova, Luke Pearson, Skateboarding, Nerd Fest and more

Interview: Mother Nottingham Su Pollard

Thu 26 Sept 2013

For the last decade she’s been our unofficial mascot. Su Pollard, or ‘Mother Nottingham’ as we like to call her. She made her name in TV series like Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang M’Lord? She even got to number two in the UK singles charts in 1986 - a time when that actually meant something. She’s coming home this December as Theatre Royal have confirmed her for this year’s panto. We finally hooked her up with Nottingham’s Mr Sex...

Interview: Samantha Morton

Wed 25 Sept 2013

She’s starred opposite the likes of Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise, been directed by Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg and won a BAFTA for her 2010 directorial debut, The Unloved. Samantha Morton is now an international star; not bad for a lass from Clifton who left school at thirteen...

Art Works: Rikki Marr

Wed 25 Sept 2013

"It has a mix of sarcasm, silliness and seriousness. I think people recognise that as an element of the Nottingham identity"

Interview: The Petebox, Human Beatbox Sensation

Fri 20 Sept 2013

Nottingham’s Pete Sampson, aka Petebox, has been making music for about the same amount of time that LeftLion has been going. In that time he’s gone from playing small city venues to headlining festivals and being treated like a star in Abu Dhabi. Go on, son...