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M is for Merry Christmas

Fri 17 Jan 2014

This Nottingham short film will be included in the horror anthology, The ABCs of Death 1.5.

Interview: George Akins of Rock City

Thu 16 Jan 2014

George Akins lived the dream of every music-loving teenager when he was given the keys to Rock City as his eighteenth birthday present. Since then he’s taken it up a notch by adding more venues, a national promotions company and a roster of acts to his empire. By George, hasn’t he done well?

Nottingham Cinema History

Tue 14 Jan 2014

From his first experience of Saturday morning kids’ shows at the pictures, Rick Wilde became hooked on not only films but on how cinemas worked. Beginning his career in 1953 as a four teen-year-old, he worked as a projectionist until 2006. When he joined the business there was 52 picture houses around the city: from the crude conversions of the early 1900s, the gilded Victorian palaces of the 1910s, the art deco continentals of the 1930s, the sophisticated twin and triples of the 1960s and 1970s, to the multiplexes of today - he’s seen it all. A walking encyclopedia of Notts cinema shares his knowledge with us...

History of Nottingham's Savoy Cinema

Mon 13 Jan 2014

On 7 November 1935, the Savoy Cinema opened its doors to screen its first film, Flirtation Walk, a musical romance starring Dick Powell. It was likely that only the Lenton locals took any notice of this event because, at that time, there were 52 other cinemas in and around Nottingham. So if it wasn’t that extraordinary then, what is its place in Nottingham today? And how in Cockleman’s name has it survived so long when the others have not?

Katie Half-Price: Issue 56

Fri 10 Jan 2014

"I can summarise it in five words: don’t believe other people’s shite. Bit like meh reviews"

Since 1843: NTU 170 Years Exhibition

Tue 07 Jan 2014

NTU's School of Art and Design celebrates its 170th birthday and to mark the occasion they have invited back some of their most famous alumni to showcase their work in the Since 1843 exhibition…

Interview: Saint Raymond

Fri 03 Jan 2014

If anyone can take Jake Bugg’s crown in 2014 our money is on Callum Burrows’ musical alter-ego, Saint Raymond...

Interview: Corey Neilson of Nottingham Panthers

Thu 02 Jan 2014

Last season Corey Neilson led Nottingham Panthers to their most successful season ever. They did a clean sweep of all three trophies winning the regular season title, the Challenge Cup and the play-offs. Can they repeat the feat again this year?

In Focus: Fists

Mon 30 Dec 2013

We give 'em questions, they take some snaps

Interview: Kenneth Alan Taylor

Thu 19 Dec 2013

Kenneth Alan Taylor has spent a lifetime playing panto dames but he’ll finally hang up his sequined frocks and beehive wigs after this Christmas. More than a man in a dress, he also writes and directs the Playhouse pantos he stars in. His career hasn’t been all fairy dust and glass slippers though, there’s been Coronation Street and ‘serious’ theatre too...

Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014

Tue 17 Dec 2013

Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more

Art Works: Angelo Murphy

Fri 13 Dec 2013

"The thoughts and inspiration behind the work for my show draws heavily on folklore and mythological themes; a rich quarry for any artist"

Interview: Ross Bradshaw from Five Leaves Bookshop

Thu 12 Dec 2013

We’re in the middle of a recession. People can barely afford to put on their heating let alone buy something as luxurious as a book. Yet Five Leaves publisher Ross Bradshaw has taken the brave decision to open an independent bookshop. Thank goodness someone has got some balls… and books.

Interview: Adam Dixon and Harry Martin from Beeston Hockey Club

Wed 11 Dec 2013

Local lad Adam Dixon and Ipswich import Harry Martin are midfield partners for current national champions Beeston Hockey Club, as well as international regulars for both Great Britain and England. We popped along to discuss nights out in Nottingham, the highs and lows of the Olympics, and those pesky Panthers...

Bluebird Tea Co

Tue 10 Dec 2013

Forget your Tips and your Twinings, tea is heading down the hippy trail and gathering herbs, roots, fruits and flowers along the way. Bluebird Tea Co’s Krisi and Mike are tea mixologists who are ahead of the game with brews that are making people sit up and get the kettle on.

Sharing Sherwood

Tue 03 Dec 2013

we’re a nation of worriers. Our food purchasing decisions and eating habits reflect this.

LeftLion Magazine #56

Sun 01 Dec 2013

With Saint Raymond, Kenneth Alan Taylor, Five Leaves Books, George Akins, Fists, old cinemas, Corey Neilson, Beeston Hockey Club and more...

Photos: Hello Gore - Dia de Meurtos

Sun 24 Nov 2013

Hello Gore took over Nottingham Contemporary to celebrate the Mexican festival, El Dia De Muertos

Interview: Yelena Popova

Fri 22 Nov 2013

After growing up in a Soviet Cold War town that wasn’t featured on any maps, Yelena Popova now puts Nottingham firmly onto the international art map, having recently shown work in Berlin, Los Angeles, New York and at the Saatchi Gallery. We caught up with the woman described as “one of the most exciting painters currently working in Britain” in her studio at Primary in the heart of NG7…

Ray Gosling's Final Interview (1939-2013)

Wed 20 Nov 2013

Over 1,000 radio documentaries and 100 for the telly. A pioneer of gay rights. Community activist. Anarchist. University drop-out published by Faber in his early twenties. Ray Gosling has spent his entire life fighting the system and standing up for ordinary people. Then it all went horribly wrong after that confession on live television. Suddenly people forgot half a century of broadcasting. It’s time to remember.

Interview: Mieke Tate

Tue 19 Nov 2013

Mieka Tate, formerly Meike Hink, is a three-time World Kickboxing Champion from the Netherlands who has called Nottingham home for the best part of two decades. She has recently opened Aim High, a new martial arts school in the city, offering people the opportunity not only to learn how to fight, but also how to develop as a person...

Interview: Susan Beecroft

Thu 14 Nov 2013

The Thompson Brothers may think that they’re Nottingham’s most devout Royalists, but they’ve got competition from local children’s author Susan Beecroft...

The Art of Kneel Before Zod

Thu 14 Nov 2013

A selection of The Kneel Before Zod Video Club of Nottingham Club's finest poster art to celebrate their third birthday

Interview: Richard Whitehead

Wed 13 Nov 2013

Born without legs, Lowdham’s Richard Whitehead was encouraged by his parents to play sport as a way of integrating. He now holds world records for full and half marathon and 200 metre distances, and can give able-bodied athletes a bloody good run for their money. After winning gold at the London Paralympics he set himself the challenge of running from John O’Groats to Land’s End, completing forty marathons in forty days. We caught up with him when his tour passed through his home town...