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Out of Time: Fred Karno, the Man Who Discovered Charlie Chaplin
Fri 11 Oct 2019From growing up on the streets of Nottingham to becoming a pioneer of British comedy, few people made as great an impact on the entertainment industry as Fred Karno. Credited with discovering Charlie Chaplin and Stan Laurel, his meteoric rise to fame was only matched by his rapid fall from grace with the advent of film…
Under Cover Artist: Andy Williams
Mon 05 Aug 2019This issue’s cover artist, Andy Williams, talks creative projects, the Major oak, and comic illustration...
Hastings Magpies Bag Charlie Palmer in NCT Showdown
Thu 11 Apr 2019Hastings Magpies have tonight announced that Notts County Legend Charlie Palmer will be coaching them for their Meadow Lane fixture against Nottingham City Transport on May 6th; Palmer joins actor David Easter who will be managing the team. Freddie Place tells us more about how this amazing event came about and what to expect on the day.
Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson on New Album Eton Alive
Mon 18 Feb 2019It’s set to be another big year for Sleaford Mods, with new album Eton Alive due to drop on Friday 22 February and a nationwide tour kicking off in the spring. We met up with Jason Williamson in a bustling cafe on Bread and Lard Island to catch up on the original Austerity Dog’s views on Brexit, eighties r’n’b and, erm, Shane Richie…
Nusic Future Session: Elliot Williams
Wed 30 Jan 2019New Nottingham music from this talented bogger...
Otis Williams of The Temptations Talks New Music, Touring the UK and Listening to Beyoncé
Wed 28 Nov 2018Formed in 1961 and named by Billboard as the most successful r'n'b act of all time, The Temptations have produced a hit in nearly every decade since their inception with ubiquitous singles like My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin’ Stone. We grabbed Otis Williams for a word on the blower...
Art Works: Charlie Delaney's Short Film Trentside
Fri 14 Sept 2018Charlie Delaney gives us the lowdown on his film Trentside...
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.
Sleaford Mods' Jason Williamson Talks New TCR EP and The UK Tour
Wed 02 Nov 2016The frontman of the Nottingham duo got on the blower to tell us about what he's been up to lately...
Saul Williams is Coming to Rescue Rooms
Thu 09 Jun 2016"He cascades poetry over his and Justin Warfield's production; a crisp, lively take on nineties industrial electronica for a nuanced, entirely original sound"
Shock and Disbelief to the System - 1960: A Poem by Victoria Williams
Wed 04 Nov 2015It's Black History Month, so here is one lady's first impression of Nottingham after travelling from Jamaica, in poetic form
Future Session 84 - Anwyn Williams
Sat 25 Apr 2015New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is
Future Session 84 - Anwyn Williams
Sat 25 Apr 2015New music, live in session, from Nottingham for Nusic. The latest artist in the Nusic Future Session studio is
Live: Charlie XCX
Sat 04 Apr 2015"She'll be coming back if the raucous encore calls were anything to go by. She closed down the night with as much vigour as she started with"
Live: Charlie XCX
Sat 04 Apr 2015"She'll be coming back if the raucous encore calls were anything to go by. She closed down the night with as much vigour as she started with"
LeftLion illustrators in support of Charlie Hebdo
Thu 08 Jan 2015In the light of the horrific events in Paris, some of our illustrators have felt the need to put pencil to paper
LeftLion illustrators in support of Charlie Hebdo
Thu 08 Jan 2015In the light of the horrific events in Paris, some of our illustrators have felt the need to put pencil to paper
Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit
Mon 08 Sept 2014Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...
The Two Worlds of Charlie F
Tue 15 Apr 2014Soldiers lives turned upside down by incidents we see as tiny footnotes in the news
Interview: Saint Raymond
Fri 03 Jan 2014If anyone can take Jake Bugg’s crown in 2014 our money is on Callum Burrows’ musical alter-ego, Saint Raymond...
Michael Eaton On Victorian Celebrity Villain Charlie Peace
Wed 02 Oct 2013Dramatist 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…
White Collar Zoo
Thu 03 Jan 2013Notts-powered Web TV entertainment that aims to introduce local talent to the world. But will the world - and people round here - stop looking at grot and cats long enough to take notice? Lee Thomas and Guy Williams are banking that enough of us will...
Interview: Reactor
Thu 13 Dec 2012Fancy some audience participation, but hate panto? How about being coerced into submitting to a make-believe totalitarian regime, or having aliens decide if you’re worth being enslaved or just got rid of? That’s the kind of thing that Niki Russell, Dan Williamson and their Reactor collective get up to...
Interview: Sleaford Mods
Thu 16 Aug 2012Jason Williamson and Andrew Fearn: two small-town Lincolnshire lads who fuse blistering lyrics to brutalist loops, bolt on an uncompromising stage presence, and call it Sleaford Mods.
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning the Musical
Wed 09 May 2012This May at the Playhouse, Alan Sillitoe’s definitive Nottingham novel gets the musical theatre treatment courtesy of local charity Musicworks, lyricist Catherine Spoors, and composer Stephen Williams…