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Nottdance 2011

Sun 27 Feb 2011

Nottdance, run by terpsichorean titans Dance4, is one of the longest-running dance festivals in the UK. To celebrate the festival's 21st birthday, Dance4 is laying out the biggest series of events yet and, according to Chief Executive and Artistic Director Paul Russ, nowhere is off-limits...

Interview: John Robertson

Wed 15 Dec 2010

John Robertson was your archetypal terrace favourite for over a decade at Forest. In part it was because he obviously liked his pies, pints and fags, but mainly for providing the cross that Trevor Francis got on the end of in 1979, the goal that beat Hamburg in 1980, and all those photos of kids holding up the European Cup in Nottingham pubs thirty years ago.

Interview: Tony the Interpretive Dancer

Thu 18 Nov 2010

Antony Hodgkinson drums for Julian Cope, collaborates with a host of Notts bands, flew the flag for Derby Alt-Rock in the mid-90s with Bivouac, and likes to be known these days as ANTRØNHY. Oh, and he got up on stage during the 1992 Reading Festival and danced for his mate’s band - some bloke by the name of Kurt Cobain - and became known as Tony The Interpretive Dancer...

Sideshow 2010 Events

Tue 26 Oct 2010

A guide to the fringe events of this years British Art Show, which are on right now in a place near you

Preview: GameCity5

Mon 25 Oct 2010

Nottingham kicks off a week-long videogaming sesh with the return of GameCity, but be warned: lolling about on sofas is not encouraged

The British Art Show 7

Mon 18 Oct 2010

The British Art Show happens once every five years, its importance to the UK art scene cannot be overestimated - and the seventh incarnation is being held over three months in little ol’ Nottingham. On the eve of the most important cultural event to happen in Notts since time, we talk to curators Lisa Le Feuvre and Tom Morton…

Sideshow 2010

Mon 18 Oct 2010

"This is our chance to show a lot of people from outside of Nottingham what’s going on here. And there’ll be a lot of parties going on"

A Flag for Nottingham

Fri 01 Oct 2010

All of a sudden, there’s been a clamour for English counties to have their own flags. Lincolnshire and even Derbyshire have already got one - so why not Notts? LeftLion put the word out to its dedicated team of designers and illustrators: this is what we got back…

Interview: Terry Taylor from Programme World

Mon 09 Aug 2010

For nearly forty years, Terry Taylor has held the keys to Aladdins Cave – assuming that Aladdin was a rabid Notts County supporter and Forest memorabilia hoarder. His shop, Programme World, on Arkwright Street, is still a beacon of footballing archaeology…

Left Brian: Forest 2010-11 Season Preview

Tue 03 Aug 2010

We don't want to go through any more playoffs, that's for sure

Interview: Jane Streeter

Sun 25 Jul 2010

"I hoped someone would open a bookshop so that I could get a part-time job. That someone turned out to be me"

Interview: Ronika

Mon 12 Jul 2010

"I’m gonna ride in on a deer, and hopefully get the stuffed gorilla from Wollaton Hall on stage for a dance"

Interview: Sticky

Mon 07 Jun 2010

"Your body is a temple. But it’s the only temple where you have to wear your trainers"

Aah Ter Talk Notts

Fri 21 May 2010

A starter course on the greatest accent in the world

Hillsborough: The Away Fans Point of View

Thu 15 Apr 2010

The Hillsborough disaster was a national tragedy, but it wasn’t our fathers, siblings and children who died there. Nevertheless, there are thousands of people in Nottingham who had to stand and watch 96 people die. This is just a fraction of their story...