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Interview: Underground House Legend Grace Sands
Wed 26 Apr 2023We chat to underground house legend and co-founder of Nottingham’s DiY Soundsystem Grace Sands, ahead of her headline performance alongside Bustawidemove, Gyals in Notts and fellow globally renowned house DJ and producer Andy Riley...
We Hear From Notts Stage Legend Kenneth Alan Taylor Ahead of His Appearance at Djanogly Theatre
Sat 04 Feb 2023Before his fundraiser event at Lakeside Arts on Friday 10 February, Kenneth Alan Taylor sits down with LeftLion...
We Hear All About Collected Poems: Volume Two, the Brand New Book From Notts Legend Henry Normal
Sat 10 Sept 2022From co-creating the British TV classic The Royle Family to setting up Baby Cow Productions with Steve Coogan, Henry Normal has had an industrious career in the arts. But since retiring, the 65-year-old has turned his hand back to his first love, poetry, and is celebrating his second volume of Collected Poems, published last month by Flapjack Press…
Nottingham Legend Richard Whitehead MBE Chats Titles, Targets, and Giving Back to the Community
Wed 13 Jul 2022Nottingham-based athlete and motivational speaker Richard Whitehead MBE has won an array of medals at the Paralympics, but his influential work goes beyond the track. We caught up with him about his greatest achievements and the importance of giving back to the community…
Legendary Filmmaker Don Letts on Nottingham, Countercultures and Being in Front of the Camera
Thu 03 Mar 2022Iconic filmmaker, musician and raconteur Don Letts has directed over 300 music videos for a diverse range of artists from The Clash to Bob Marley. Now, the camera is turned on himself in a documentary exploring his career and his relationship with the UK’s punk scene in the seventies. We hear all about the upcoming film, Rebel Dread, ahead of its run at Broadway Cinema...
Passagers by Circus Legends The 7 Fingers Comes to the Royal Concert Hall
Fri 17 Sept 2021The Canadian circus group will visit Nottingham on Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 October...
Film Review: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
Fri 10 Sept 2021Shang-Chi marks 25 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But is it a worthy entry into one of the most beloved franchises of all time?
Tom Gordon Savage, the Nottingham Man Responsible for Juventus' Iconic Stripes
Fri 03 Sept 2021The links between Nottingham and Italian football are well known, from Mansfield Road-born Herbert Kilpin being a founding father of AC Milan to Juventus’ famous black and white stripes having connections with Notts County. But while details of the former are relatively solid, recent research into the latter, conducted by Roger Stirland and Luca Formara, has provided far more detail about the Notts links to la Vecchia Signora - in particular, the role of English businessman Tom Gordon Savage. With this month marking the ten-year anniversary of Notts County playing Juventus in their brand new stadium, we explore exactly just how one of the biggest teams in world football has Nottingham to thank for their iconic stripes…
Doug Scott: Mountaineering Legend 1941-2020
Mon 21 Dec 2020Earlier this month Nottingham-born mountaineering legend Doug Scott died from Cancer. Mark Patterson, a journalist who once interviewed Doug, remembers the life of a man who conquered Everest and captured the imaginations of the British and Himalayans alike...
Film Review: Mucho Mucho Amor - The Legend of Walter Mercado
Sat 11 Jul 2020The stars align in Netflix's latest documentary feature...
Notts’ Panto Legends Kenneth Alan Taylor and John Elkington on Bringing Sleeping Beauty to the Playhouse This Christmas
Thu 05 Dec 2019This year marks 35 years since Kenneth Alan Taylor first brought pantomime to the Nottingham Playhouse when he arrived as Artistic Director. For a generation, his gentle northern tones were the voice of the quintessential panto dame, a role he reprised over and over before hanging up the costume changes for writing instead. It’s also been 21 years since John Elkington first appeared in a Playhouse panto and solidified himself as the current dame of choice. Our Stage Editor – and massive panto fan – sat down with them both during rehearsals for Sleeping Beauty to find out about this year’s production…
NTU Student MJ the Art Traveller to Appear on Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year 2019
Thu 14 Feb 2019It's that time of the year again. Portrait Artist of the Year returns to Sky Arts with a new round of contestants ready to get painting. The set-up is simple: paint a portrait of a surprise celebrity in your own style in be in the chance to win a £10,000 commission for a major British Institution, plus £500 of materials from Cass Art. What’s not so simple is that you are judged by some of the best art curators and artists in a portrait you can do in four hours under the glare of TV lights. This year, the competition features Nottingham Trent MA student Michael Sheppard aka MJ the Art Traveller...
Tribute: Gordon Pollitt (Wholesome Fish) 1965-2018
Sun 11 Nov 2018Gordon Pollitt, a founder member of Wholesome Fish died last month at the age 53 after a two-year journey with cancer. Here’s a tribute to him from his wife and bandmates…
Street Tales: The Shepherd's Race
Tue 01 Nov 2016We delve a little deeper into the history of Nottingham's streets to tell you the tales they never would have taught you at school...
Theatre Review: The Legend of Lady Rock
Wed 12 Oct 2016We got down to Nottingham Contemporary to see the musical based on a historical Scottish murder scandal
Sarah Walker-Smith on The Legend of Lady Rock
Mon 19 Sept 2016"I didn't want to create a straightforward, evil baddie who sticks his wife on a tidal rock - I wanted to make him human"
Hood: The Legend Continues
Mon 21 Sept 2015The Robin Hood legend reimagined through 150 years of Nottingham 'istreh
Legend
Sun 13 Sept 2015Tom Hardy plays both of the Kray twins, in this latest British gangster flick
Ian Jones: Nottingham Landmarks and Legends
Fri 14 Aug 2015All the best things about Notts, whacked into one crackin' collection for you
The Legend of Barney Thomson
Thu 23 Jul 2015Robert Carlyle adapts a Douglas Lindsay novel for his first film in the director's chair
Live: John Legend and Judith Hill
Tue 14 Oct 2014We were serenaded by a nine-time Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter at the Royal Concert Hall
Interview: Stuart Pearce
Tue 19 Aug 2014Brought to the City Ground by Cloughie, Stuart Pearce played for Forest for twelve years, becoming their most capped international player and a stone cold cult favourite as he earned his ‘Psycho’ moniker. Ending his time here as a caretaker player-manager in 1997, he is now back as manager after proving his mettle with Manchester City, England under-21s and the 2012 Olympic Great Britain team. As the club prepares for an assault on promotion to the Premier League, we had a chat with the man himself…
Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon
Wed 23 Jul 2014Mike Myers tries his hand at documentary making.