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Radfest Review: Nottingham's Best One Day Family Festival Has Everything You Could Wish For
Wed 21 Jun 2023Radfest 2023, a festival primarily for teens, families and the community, had something for everyone, writes Bassey...
Meet Stage Door Keeper Steve Harvey, the Man Who Greets the Stars at Nottingham's Theatre Royal
Sat 20 May 2023There’s been a stage door keeper on duty at Nottingham’s Theatre Royal every day since 25 September 1865, providing a warm, friendly welcome to the venue’s staff, members of the public, visiting companies, orchestras, and celebrities alike. Over 150 years since the role first originated, we catch up with the incumbent, Steve Harvey, to learn more about the comings and goings of one of the UK's most successful touring venues…
Why Antenna is Nottingham's Leading Creative Co-working Hub
Wed 17 May 2023There are a fair few co-working spaces in Nottingham these days, but not many have the buzz or resources Antenna can shout about. We have a nosey round and meet some of the businessfolk who call it home...
Get To Know Gender Envy: Nottingham's Queer Pop Punk Band
Tue 16 May 2023Queer, friendly and all about having fun. Meet Gender Envy...
We Learn More About Nottingham's Strong Community Theatre Scene
Sun 07 May 2023When it comes to community theatre, Nottingham punches above its weight with a wealth of opportunities. We talk to to Alison Hope, Publicity Coordinator for the Lace Market Theatre, and Robert Dixon, Chair of the West Bridgford Dramatic Society, about their respective theatres and how they’re providing a platform for creativity at all levels…
How Can Nottingham's Broadmarsh Development be Truly Sustainable and Inclusive?
Tue 02 May 2023Local campaigner Ewan Cameron calls for sustainability and public ownership to be at the heart of the Broadmarsh development.
Meet Stephen L. Holland, Owner of Nottingham's Page 45 Comic Book Shop
Sun 16 Apr 2023Meet Stephen L. Holland, the owner of Page 45 who’s changing perceptions about what comics can be…
We Look Back at the Mushroom, Nottingham’s Groundbreaking Anti-War Bookstore
Wed 12 Apr 2023Cast your mind back to the early 1970s and you might remember the opening of a certain radical bookshop just outside of Nottingham city centre. Named Mushroom, in reference to the Jefferson Airplane song White Rabbit, it was a staple to the city’s anarchists up until its closure in 2000. But what made it so significant? And why do so many people still have fond memories to this day? We catch up with co-founder Chris Cook Cann, alongside former worker Ross Bradshaw, to learn more about the Mushroom’s history, including the times they were raided by a group of fifty fascists and had stock confiscated by the police…
We Give Our Verdict on Some of Notts’ Most Popular Pub Quizzes
Wed 29 Mar 2023Rose Mason, in her quest to become Nottingham's leading Pub Quiz Correspondent, took a trip out to some of our favourite watering holes to see what was on offer...
How the Windrush Generation Preserved Nottingham's Vital Allotments
Sat 18 Mar 2023On a misty morning in 1948, as Britain limped on from the social and economic wreckage of the Second World War, a boat arrived at Tilbury Docks in Essex with 500 people aboard. That boat - the Empire Windrush - would lend its name to a generation of Caribbeans who came to build a life in the UK. Some of them settled in St Ann’s, just outside of Nottingham city centre - where, novelist and local resident Rosey Thomas Palmer explains, the community played a key role in preserving the area’s historic allotments…
We Stop By Nottingham's Waterstones to Hear From A Day of Fallen Night Author Samantha Shannon
Fri 10 Mar 2023London-born writer Samantha Shannon popped into Nottingham’s Waterstones to celebrate her new release, A Day of Fallen Night. Our Michael O’Donohoe went along to hear what she had to say...
Books to Read This International Women's Day
Wed 08 Mar 2023Fiction and non-fiction alike, we've rounded up a few options for you to dive into this International Women's Day...
We Chat With Journalist Gary Younge Before His Visit to Nottingham's Squire Performing Arts Centre
Fri 03 Mar 2023Journalist, author, sociology lecturer and former Editor-at-Large at The Guardian, Gary Younge is heading to our city in March to discuss his sixth book. Ahead of his visit, we sit down with him to delve deeper into his fascinating career…
Mammoth is Nottingham's Climate Cinema Rearing to Take Action
Wed 22 Feb 2023From documentaries to experimental films, cinema has a long history of being political, of acting as a force for empowerment. And here in Nottingham we have our very own activist film house - Mammoth - A Climate Action Cinema. For this special screen edition of LeftLion, we speak to founder Patrick Hort about why he’s dedicated the famously small Broad Street film spot…
Out of Time: Nottingham's Cinematic History
Thu 16 Feb 2023We might be miles away from Pinewood Studios and the red carpet shenanigans of Leicester Square, but Nottingham has a rich cinematic history of its own. Often shining a light on sections of society that big-budget titles ignore, we take a look at how our city has changed cinema over the past century and a bit…
Nottingham's Lisa Ambalavanar is Jinx in DC's Titans - We Chat to Her All About It
Fri 10 Feb 2023After learning her craft at Nottingham’s Actors Workshop, Lisa Ambalavanar went on to join DC’s Titans as the beloved character of Jinx, achieving something every young kid and adult nerd dreams of - becoming a superhero. We hear all about life with magical powers…