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Interview: Author Rod Maddocks on Mental Health and Selling His House
Sat 27 Jul 2013He sold his house to become a writer; an irrational act that left some questioning his sanity.
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Interview: Thomas Turgoose
Thu 28 Feb 2013At 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?
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Shane Meadows: The Early Years
Tue 25 Dec 2012Forty-nine issues ago, we interviewed Shane Meadows for the first ever LeftLion Magazine. Since then he’s gone from being an underground Midlands filmmaker to a BAFTA-winning tour de force of both British cinema and television. We’re now on issue fifty and Shane took a break from working on his current project (a documentary about The Stone Roses) to give us a rare interview, reflecting on his early years learning his trade in Nottingham…
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Interview: Jon Ronson
Tue 02 Oct 2012People who believe twelve foot-tall lizards run everything. Robots with souls. Real life superheroes. Conspiracists, fundamentalists, and extremists. He's hung out with them all...
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Interview: Natalie Duncan
Mon 16 Jul 2012Natalie Duncan held down a bar job at The Bell, but she couldn’t hold back her incredible voice. Now she’s signed to a major label, has dropped an astonishing debut single in Sky Is Falling, and is set to release her first LP in July. We think she’s on the verge of something massive...
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Derrick Buttress on the Old Market Square
Thu 12 Jul 2012Derrick Buttress began writing in his late thirties, and recently had his first short story collection - a celebration of local figures and the Broxtowe community he grew up in - published at the age of eighty. He’s also the first commissioned writer for The Alan Sillitoe Committee’s contribution to The Space, the new BBC/Arts Council digital media project, where he celebrates the history of Nottingham’s favourite bit of paving, the Old Market Square...
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Interview: Derren Brown
Mon 21 May 2012Master of magic, mind control and manipulation; Derren Brown has made an international career of persuading people to think and do things they otherwise would not. So when we asked him if he fancied an interview with LeftLion, before the Notts leg of his Svengali tour, we were elated and yet filled with trepidation when he said “yes”…
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The Day I Met Brian Clough
Sat 25 Feb 2012Marcus Alton - we wouldn't say he's the most dedicated fan in the world. But he's in the top one.
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Why one night watching Bob Tilton in Dubble Bubble made me move to Nottingham...
Sat 24 Dec 2011Chris Summerlin, a one-time outsider, lays out exactly why our scene is so unique
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A Canadian On British Tabloids
Tue 13 Sept 2011"I don’t like to judge, but if you were a regular News of the World reader, you are a moron"
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Gay Up Me Duck
Thu 28 Jul 2011With Pride taking place over the weekend, Troubled Diva (aka Mike Atkinson) takes us through Gay Nottingham past and present...
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Interview: Vicky McClure on This Is England 86
Fri 22 Oct 2010Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Vicky McClure (Lol) for a natter…
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Interview: Bantum's Simeon Hartwig
Mon 09 Aug 2010Simeon Hartwig’s I ♥ Notts t-shirt was the most iconic design piece out of Notts for a long time – yes, even more so than the Slanty N. Fresh off his appearance in Come Dine With Me with a selection of other Notts rapscallions, he’s back with a new look…
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"Oh my God, you’re Alan Sillitoe..."
Sun 25 Apr 2010Nicola Monaghan met her hero a couple of years ago, and just about managed to hold it down...
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Interview: Chris Needham
Thu 01 Jan 2009If you've never seen In Bed With Chris Needham, I feel both sorry and jealous of you. The former because it is unquestionably the greatest TV programme ever, and the latter because one day you will see it with fresh eyes. It's the kind of programme that makes you want to club yourself into amnesia so you can see it for the first time again and again
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Interview: Vent Media
Tue 30 Sept 2008"When it comes to VJing, I haven’t got a problem with cutting up films that people know because it is just like musical sampling"
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Interview: Roni Size
Tue 12 Feb 2008"Working with any established artist is a next level thing. You learn as a producer that there are stages in a producer’s life and working with those guys you realise that you’re in first class."
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Preview: This Is England
Sun 01 Apr 2007"The quintessential Shane Meadows picture and also his most mature film yet"
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Interview: Jonzi D, Tag Me vs The City
Mon 05 Mar 2007"I've always been involved in theatre, so when Hiphop culture came about I was thinking of how it would work in a theatre space"
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