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Five Years Later: John Wick Chapter 2
Thu 17 Feb 2022The sequel's world-building remains the series' best...
Five Years Later: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Tue 14 Dec 2021Can you believe it's been half a decade since Rogue One? Man, that was a long time ago, and in a galaxy far, far away... Huh, interesting...
Five of the Best Movies From BFI London Film Festival at Broadway
Mon 18 Oct 2021The BFI London Film Festival came to Nottingham this month, as special screenings from the event were beamed onto screens at Broadway Cinema. We pick five of the LFF films you should keep your eye on...
Five Years Later: The Boy and the Beast
Sat 24 Apr 2021The Boy and the Beast, animator Mamoru Hosoda’s sixth film as director, is a familiar but occasionally heartwarming coming-of-age fantasy…
Diary of a Framework Street Outreach Worker
Tue 05 Jan 2021Framework’s Street Outreach Team directly engage with and help rough sleepers, assessing their individual needs and either providing help or referring them to other relevant services. Former Police Community Support Officer, Zoe Wade has been in the homelessness sector for thirteen years and, having worked as a member of the Street Outreach Team for the past two months, takes us through what an average day entails, and what inspired her to choose this career...
Dekker on Rue Royale, Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...
Sat 28 Nov 2020We catch up with Chicago-born, Nottingham-based musician Brookln Dekker to talk Rue Royale, solo work Slow Reveal and making music with his five-year-old daughter...
Enter the Nottingham Poetry Hunt and Win Goodies from Rough Trade, Five Leaves Bookshop, Metronome and More...
Wed 11 Nov 2020Like a beacon of light in a seemingly endless sea of darkness, Nottingham Poetry Festival is back with (at time of printing) a nine-day programme of online events, performances and workshops. As part of this year’s festival, you can bag yourself some goodies by taking part in a poetry hunt around the city.
Simply use the clues to work out these Nottingham venues – there’s treasure in poetic form waiting to be dug up in their windows, websites and social media pages.
Nottingham BID on Their Five Year Plan for Nottingham Businesses
Sun 08 Nov 2020After securing an overwhelming victory in the recent ballot, Nottingham Business Improvement District is set to continue supporting businesses in the city for at least another five years. We caught up with BID Manager Lucy Stanford to find out more about their plans for the future…
Nusic Advice Video: Five Branding / Social Media Strategies for Musicians
Fri 06 Nov 2020Nusic's last branding video told you why it's important - this one tells you specific actions and strategies you can take to up your social media / branding game. No better time than lockdown 2, ay?
Left Brian: Hang on, Here's Another Five Reasons...
Fri 11 Oct 2019As if he'd do a top five without mentioning the Carabao Cup?! Truth is, once we got Gareth Watts talking about Forest's key highlights this season, we couldn't shut him up - so her are another five.
Left Brian: Five Key Moments in Nottingham Forest’s Season So Far …
Fri 11 Oct 2019Our lad Gareth Watts gives us the low down on the season so far.
Top Five Godzilla Films to Watch After King of the Monsters
Fri 07 Jun 2019If King of the Monsters didn't quite quench your thirst for Godzilla goodness, fear not, we've got you covered for what to check out next...
Emily Leary on Her Cookbook Get Your Kids to Eat Anything and Her Five-phase Programme
Sat 13 Apr 2019Local woman Emily Leary has written Get Your Kids to Eat Anything to help parents do exactly what it says on the tin with her five-phase programme...
Interview: Rough Trade Nottingham Turns Five
Tue 09 Apr 2019It’s hard to remember Broad Street without Rough Trade as an occupant. The record store, bar and gig venue turns five later this year, and over the past half-decade has earned its stripes as an integral part of Nottingham’s music scene. We caught up with bar manager, Sam Allison, to talk Drag Bingo, Record Store Day, and footprints on the ceiling…
History of the Weird Midlands Episode Five: The Great Nottingham Curio Show!
Thu 04 Apr 2019Roll up, roll up! In the season two premiere, the gang take a look at the remarkable and infamous curiosity show, including exploitative entertainers of Goose Fair, the perennial jokester William Wallet, and the world-famous Joseph Merrick, A.K.A. the Elephant Man! Warning: Contains strong language and some serious spookiness.
Notts-based Metal Band The Five Hundred on Personal Demons, Moscow and Their Debut Album
Wed 27 Feb 2019Since forming in 2014, devastatingly heavy Notts-based metal outfit The Five Hundred are making their mark on the UK scene, with their unholy blend of crushing eight-string guitar breakdowns, soaring yet haunting vocal melodies and pummelling drums. Following the release of their EP, Mirrors, in 2015 and their debut album, Bleed Red, last year, the band have been picking up some serious momentum. We spoke to bassist Andy Crawford discuss their bleak lyrics, the current Nottingham metal scene and their plans for the future….
5 Films To See At Mayhem 2018
Wed 10 Oct 2018With the opening night drawing ever closer, our Screen Editor cast his wry eye over the Mayhem 2018 schedule to pick out five films you simply cannot afford to miss...
1st Blood Release Creativity Crisis After a Five-Year Album Hiatus
Tue 25 Sept 2018Pete Chilvers is the man behind Nottingham hip hop camp 1st Blood. His day-ones include Ty Healy, Louis Cypher, Liam Bailey and Cappo, to name just a few, and in his younger years he was under the wing of Bristolian monolith Tricky as a label signee. After a five-year release hiatus, 1st Blood have stuck a new album into the airwaves, so we thought we’d catch up with the man on the buttons...
Talent, Talks and Tapes at Five Leaves McGregor Launch
Wed 14 Feb 2018Not content to take it easy, author, storyteller, and long-time friend of the mag Jon McGregor has just released his new collection The Reservoir Tapes, hot off the heels of their initial airing on BBC Radio 4. Last Tuesday he made an appearance at Five Leaves Bookshop to launch the collection, so we thought we'd send our Chloe Campbell down to see what he had to say for himself.
Theatre Review: Five Years
Wed 11 Oct 2017A story of coming of age in the 90s raises the curtain on the Playground festival.
Michael Eaton Talks About Famous Nottingham Criminal Charlie Peace
Sat 23 Sept 2017The notorious burglar and murderer Charlie Peace used to live right here in Nottingham. On the back of a successful play about Peace, Michael Eaton has written a book about him and comes to the Five Leaves bookshop to talk about how Peace was portrayed in various media.
Five Leaves Bookshop Don't Know When Their Birthday Is
Wed 05 Jul 2017One of the highlights of Five Leaves Publications’ tenth anniversary was the argument between those present as to whether the anniversary was actually the eleventh or twelfth. We know for sure our twentieth anniversary was either 2015 or 2016. It certainly is not 2017. Either way, we forgot about it until LeftLion asked us what we’ve learned in two decades of publishing. What we’ve learned, is that we’re crap at anniversaries...
Read Nottingham Goth Bands' USA and Mexico Tour Diary
Mon 10 Apr 2017Midnight Configuration and Death Party UK recently had the opportunity to perform at the Los Angeles Gothic Festival and the Mexico City Goth Festival. Trevor Bamford from the bands tells us more...
Five Leaves Shortlisted for Independent Bookshop of the Year
Wed 01 Mar 2017Five Leaves Bookshop, Nottingham's radical and independent seller of paged goods, is on the shortlist for the regional round of the UK and Ireland Independent Bookshop of the Year Award, for the second year running. Gerrin.
The Diary of a Nottingham Man in Hong Kong
Mon 14 Nov 2016Nottingham’s best travelled writer, Ben Zabulis, discovers a culture so obsessed with reading they queue up overnight for the Hong Kong Book Festival…