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Interview: Rob Green
Fri 19 Jul 2013Itching to get on stage at Splendour, he explains how he learnt to fly a plane and why Denzel Washington won’t be featuring on his tracks any time soon..
Interview: JT Soar
Mon 15 Jul 2013Using a DIY ethos, Joe, Phil and Nick from Nottingham punk band Plaids have turned an old fruit and veg warehouse at the back of Sneinton Market into a music and arts space. Run as a co-operative, together they’ve created a one-of-a-kind venue that’s already hosted bands from all over Europe and the US of A.
Interview: Sheep Soup On Taking Mrs Green To Edinburgh
Sat 13 Jul 2013Two Television Workshop graduates are hoping to take Edinburgh by storm this year with a distinctive new musical
Art Works: Laine Tomkinson
Tue 25 Jun 2013Laine Tomkinson tells us about her piece 'Gil Scott-Heron'
Interview: Rob Howie-Smith
Tue 25 Jun 2013A man literally opening doors for the creative and small business communities of Nottingham by repopulating derelict buildings.
"Bring Back Mat" - How Artist Mat Collishaw Re-Connected With Nottingham
Fri 21 Jun 2013We speak with Matt at Backlit Studios to talk zoetropes, myth-making and the crucial influence of Wollaton Hall...
Interview: Baby Godzilla On Touring With Enter Shikari
Wed 12 Jun 2013"If you really like our band there is probably something a little bit wrong with you. Because it is horrible, horrible noise"
Nottingham Legends
Thu 23 May 2013After his iconic Byron Clough painting, Rikki Marr asked a group of artists to share their takes on other members of Notts royalty...
Notts TV: The First Interview
Sat 27 Apr 2013"There’ll be a fun element to this channel, but more than anything it’ll be relevant to where you live. There’s nothing like that at the moment"
Record Store Day 2013
Fri 19 Apr 2013What to expect at The Music Exchange this Saturday daytime and news of our party at Spanky's that evening
Homelessness in Nottingham
Wed 17 Apr 2013Nottingham has kept its ‘rough sleeping’ numbers well below the national average. What’s happening differently here to elsewhere?
Interview: Evil Scarecrow
Tue 09 Apr 2013It’s often a good thing to not take your work too seriously. But Nottingham’s Evil Scarecrow take their unique brand of heavy metal parody to Pythonesque proportions. Dr Rabid Hell (guitar and vocals) and (guitars) go through their dirty laundry in public...
Interview: Andy Reid
Fri 08 Mar 2013He arrived at Forest at the turn of the century from Dublin, put in five years graft, moved up to the Premiership, was pinged around four different clubs, came back in 2011.
Art Works: Sara Baker
Sat 02 Mar 2013"I like creating things in the image of nature but also use contrasting materials"
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?
Interview: Bongo Bongo
Sun 24 Feb 2013Sophie Johnson-Hill and Rebecca McGlone spend their time dancing with kids and living in a big cloth house under the guise of Bongo Bongo, children’s entertainers extraordinaire. They’re also about to release Incy Wincy Boom Box - possibly the best LP you’ll hear out of Notts this year...
BamaLamaSingSong
Thu 21 Feb 2013A hark-back to old-school sing-songs round the pub joanna, karaoke for cowards, or a genuine communal event?
Interview: Scott Bennett
Sat 16 Feb 2013Scott Bennett left Yorkshire for Notts back in 2007, had a go at stand-up, and is now one of the biggest names on the Notts circuit, gaining a reputation nationally as a warm, engaging and talented observational comic...
Art Works: Eva Brudenell
Fri 15 Feb 2013"Over the last year the iconic buildings I’ve drawn have included Home Ales in Daybrook, Shipstones Brewery in Basford, and Victoria Baths in Sneinton"
Dating in Nottingham
Thu 14 Feb 2013Wondering how to meet someone in Nottingham? We sent our community editor out to investigate speed dating, online dating and going to a meat market
Spirits of the Caves Tour
Wed 30 Jan 2013We were warned that we may feel signs of spirits, such as an itchy sensation or chilly breezes even though the caves are at a constant temperature
Nottingham Ball Bois
Thu 10 Jan 2013The Nottingham Ball Bois - your gay-friendly neighbourhood football team - are one of the few local clubs in a national league. But, as Scott Lawley (chair and full-back) and Craig Simpson (player-manager) point out, they do a lot more...
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…
We Are The 25%: The Creative Quarter Launches
Sun 16 Dec 2012The Creative Quarter: another regeneration project, an attempt to catapult Nottingham into the big league of British cities, a massive hand-out for the city’s arty sorts, or the last attempt to drag the city out of its chain-shop morass? Toby Reid, Director of BioCity and Creative Quarter committee member, reveals the people who will be tasked with shaping the destiny of The Lace Market over the next decade - and don’t look now, but one of them could be you...