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Nottingham Forest’s Simon Fotheringham on the Club’s Past, Present and Future
Thu 09 May 2019As both a die-hard fan and Nottingham Forest’s Commercial Sales Manager, it’s fair to say Simon Fotheringham is living the dream. For many people, he is the face of the club, and within a few minutes of meeting him, you can feel his infectious passion for the Reds. We got his take on Forest’s magnificent past, its faltering, promising present and, we hope, bright future.
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PubhD Preview: An Interview with Simon Tarr
Sun 12 Aug 2018PubhD is back at The Vat & Fiddle on Wednesday - we sat down with one of the speakers, Simon Tarr, to learn about how he has been preparing
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Flood Plains Modelling with Ian Bartlett
Sat 30 Dec 2017As the days get darker and the nights get colder, the rain is sure to fall, which in some parts of the country may mean the misery of flooding. One local man, Ian Bartlett, has been creating models to help communities understand how to prevent flooding in the first place...
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Simon Stokes: The Man Who Designs Escapologic Escape Rooms
Wed 13 Dec 2017Thrills, suspense, mystery and horror lie in wait for thousands of adventurers enjoying the fastest growing entertainment phenomenon to hit the planet – The Escape Room. At 900 and counting, each chamber is uniquely designed by a band of subversive lone creators who have found their own special calling. Meet the man who designed one of the highest voted rooms in the UK...
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Ian Livingstone Talks Fighting Fantasy
Tue 12 Sept 2017To celebrate 35 years of the Fighting Fantasy books, Ian Livingstone came to Central Library to talk about their history and run a workshop on how to write your own adventure.
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Stuart Broad - Recordbreaker
Tue 22 Aug 2017Stuart Broad already has an MBE, a tram and a Castle Rock beer named after him. On Saturday, he took 3 wickets to take him past Sir Ian Botham in the England all-time test wicket takers list. We have a look back on some memorable performances.
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Mental Health Issues Can Affect Anyone
Sun 07 May 2017Simon is 37, and works as a Healthcare Professional and a Musician. He also has lived experience of an eating disorder, self harm, depression and anxiety. We caught up with him in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about his own experience with mental health, in the hopes that it will encourage others to open up themselves.
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Art Exhibiton Review: Simon Starling at Nottingham Contemporary
Thu 23 Jun 2016"The exhibition is running for a couple more days and I would definitely urge anyone up for a deep think to go and take a look"
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Turner Award-Winning Artist Simon Starling Exhibits at Nottingham Contemporary and Backlit
Thu 07 Apr 2016"My work can be quite demanding on a technical and financial level to stage, they've done a fantastic job in realising a very precise exhibition there"
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Ian Jones: Nottingham Landmarks and Legends
Fri 14 Aug 2015All the best things about Notts, whacked into one crackin' collection for you
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Television Workshop: Director Ian Smith Hands Over To Nic Harvey
Thu 23 Jul 2015"Everyone knows the Workshop won't be the same without Ian and it will be a great loss for us, but I don't want it to be the same"
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Iain Simons
Thu 07 May 2015Celebrations for the opening of the GameCity National Videogame Arcade continue with an interview with one of the co-directors
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Iain Simons
Thu 07 May 2015Celebrations for the opening of the GameCity National Videogame Arcade continue with an interview with one of the co-directors
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Interview: Ian Douglas
Mon 15 Dec 2014"The children's book industry looks down its nose on the digital world and is stuck in the past"
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Doing it for DiY
Wed 27 Aug 2014Legendary Notts free-party collective DiY threw a 25th birthday at the weekend. At their expense. As ever. Then someone robbed them. LeftLion asks if you can help...
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Art Works: Ian Jones
Wed 28 May 2014"I have brushes made from Aztec symbols, from fish bones, from floorboards. It’s such a powerful tool - I like the freedom of it"
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Preview: GameCity7
Fri 19 Oct 2012"We basically want to be the best village fete about videogame culture ever"
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Interview: Jenny Sealey
Mon 14 May 2012Jenny Sealey studied drama at Clarendon College and went on to become the Artistic Director of Graeae, the critically acclaimed theatre company renowned for putting deaf and disabled artists and accessibility at the core of its work. In 2009 she was awarded an MBE for services to disability arts, and last year was announced as joint artistic director for the Paralympic Games. And she has somehow still found time to re-mount and tour Reasons to be Cheerful, Graeae’s musical celebrating the work of Ian Dury and the Blockheads, which arrived at Nottingham Playhouse on 3 April.
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Interview: Armando Iannucci
Mon 07 Jun 2010"It was great to be given the award. Though it’s slightly worrying in a way, because you start to think; is that it? Does that mean there’s not going to be anything else? Will it be all downhill from here?"
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Interview: Bent
Wed 14 Oct 2009After four albums of aural euphoria, and a couple of years off, Nottingham's finest purveyors of electronica are back...
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Interview: Sir Ian McKellen on Playing Arthur Seaton
Fri 01 Aug 2008Before becoming a national treasure, Sir Ian McKellen was the first actor to play Saturday Night and Sunday Morning’s Arthur Seaton on stage. He did this as part of the Nottingham Playhouse’s inaugural season in 1963-64. It was in a ten-week run that rammed out the new building and delighted critics and audiences alike…
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Interview: Simon Ellis
Tue 01 Aug 2006"I don’t like anything on the telly, so I thought I’d make my own stuff"
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Interview: Ian Smith from Television Workshop
Sun 02 Oct 2005We speak to the man behind Nottingham's version of RADA...
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Interview: The Magic Heroes
Sat 30 Jul 2005"We can't go anywhere without someone commenting on our afros. If we go near Flares, some girl will always try to rip our scalps off."
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Bent Interview
Fri 08 Apr 2005As Nottingham lads Bent have done us proud, they've been here through thick and thin...
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