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Gunpowder, Treason and Pot in photos

Sun 06 Nov 2011

Photos of Chester P Hackenbush, Johnny Crump, Debris Stevenson, The Lambhorse Cabaret, Nottingham’s ‘Mr Sex’ Al Needham and more

Interview: Johnny Crump

Wed 02 Nov 2011

Johnny Crump is a turntablist-stroke-producer-stroke-artist who be flexing his considerable skills live at our Gunpowder, Treason and Pot night at Nottingham Contemporary this November…

Interview: Nottingham Panther's Jeff Heerema and Rob Lachowicz

Wed 02 Nov 2011

While Forest and County bumble along in their respective (lower) divisions, the most successful professional sports team in Nottingham quietly goes about its business of hoovering up trophies left and right – and this season they’re making a serious run at winning their first league title since 1955. They’re your Nottingham Panthers, and two
of them – right-winger Jeff Heerema from Thunder Bay, Ontario and left-winger Rob Lachowicz from Wollaton – had a word with us…

Interview: Mimm's Nathaniel Coltrane

Wed 02 Nov 2011

Mimm: it’s a clothes shop. And an art gallery. And a record label. And a club night. And according to owner Nathaniel Coltrane, it’s only just started…

The Bothy: A Short Story by Niki Valentine

Mon 31 Oct 2011

Niki Valentine - formerly Monaghan - releases her fourth novel, The Haunted, this October, just in time for Halloween. The tale of a couple holidaying in the Scottish Highlands that takes a turn for the worst, this bonus extract not available in the novel is just a taster...

Interview: The Lambhorse Cabaret

Sat 29 Oct 2011

The Lambhorse Cabaret: 21st century vaudeville for the theatrical underclass, a party like it’s 1889, or a gloriously elaborate arse-about through the city’s biggest dressing-up box? Time to ask founder and Ringmaster Mark Evans who he and his confederates think they are…

Preview: GameCity6

Tue 25 Oct 2011

If you want to go somewhere to stand with a load of people and play games, get yourself down to the Forest for Goose Fair and try to catapault a manky rubber frog onto a rotating lilypad, for a keyring of Donny Osmond that says ‘Justin Beeber’. If you care about videogaming and where its heading, on the other hand, happy days; GameCity is back...

Interview: Missimp

Mon 24 Oct 2011

After over a decade of high-energy improvised comedy shows, Nottingham’s very own MissImp now have a regular residency at Glee. Nick Tyler, Lloydie, Marilyn Bird and Martin Findell are four of the group’s regular performers; they spoke to us in the style of… (opens envelope) a dead pop star who has…(opens another envelope) just found out that their dad has had a sex change…

ArtWorks: The Time Freeze Fan Club

Thu 20 Oct 2011

"The fact that we somewhat resemble the original cast is only due to the impact this show had on our lives"

Occupy Nottingham

Thu 20 Oct 2011

The protest camp in the Market Square

Hyson Green Flats - On The Flats Project

Tue 18 Oct 2011

For a lot of people Hyson Green Asda is all they’ve ever known when they go down Radford Road. But way back when, it was home to one of Nottingham’s best-known landmarks

Art Works: Paperworks by Hannah Lobley

Sat 15 Oct 2011

"This is all down to a book I once accidentally left out in the rain"

LeftLion Abroad

Tue 11 Oct 2011

It's like taking a little bit of Nottingham on holiday with you

A Canadian at Goose Fair

Wed 05 Oct 2011

We dispatched our resident CanAlien Rob Cutforth off to Goose Fair, and told him not to come back without a slab of coconut ice, some brandy snap and an Elvis mirror...

So, you know your way around a QR code then?

Sun 02 Oct 2011

So, while you're here you might as well have a look at some of the things that we can't cram into a printed magazine, like our selection of:

LeftLion Magazine #43

Sat 01 Oct 2011

Featuring Goose Fair, The Lambhorse Cabaret, Kid 30, The Austin Francis Connection, the Nottingham Panthers, Mimm, Niki Valentine, and sex advice from the Fish Man...

Sounddhism - First year in photos

Thu 29 Sept 2011

Featuring DJ Format, Simbad, Jehst, Royal Gala, Submotion Orchestra, The Correspondents, 1st Blood, Epworth, Natalie Duncan, Liam Bailey, The Elementz, Monosonicos, DJ Switch and more

Laura Stevenson and The Cans at The Maze

Thu 15 Sept 2011

New York singer songwriter visits Nottingham with a raft of local talent in support

A Canadian On British Tabloids

Tue 13 Sept 2011

"I don’t like to judge, but if you were a regular News of the World reader, you are a moron"

Headstock Festival in photos

Mon 12 Sept 2011

Featuring Swimming, The Money, The Breadchasers, 25 Past The Skank, Dananananaykroyd, Silent Devices and more

Nottingham Comedy Festival

Fri 09 Sept 2011

The Nottingham Comedy Festival returns for its third year this September, offering a chance to see some of the greats perform their post-Edinburgh shows - as well as workshops and try-out gigs for aspiring performers. So we collared festival directors Helen Stead and Elliott Bower and asked...

Interview: Roxy Rob

Thu 08 Sept 2011

You might know Robert Ivars Michailovs-Mètra as that bloke who walks up Mansfield Road as if he owns the place. You might think of him as a local fashion mogul who actually could have owned it, were it not for the drink. You almost definitely know him as Roxy Rob, and after you’ve read this, you’ll know a little bit more...

Interview: Headstock Festival's Mick Leivers

Wed 07 Sept 2011

Headstock is a three-day music festival that takes place at the Newstead & Annesley Country Park, but if you think it’s another opportunity to listen to landfill indie whilst being bombarded with mobile phone adverts, think again; this event is geared towards getting an ex-mining community back on its feet and turning it back into a self-sustainable community. Headstock MD Mick Leivers tells us about this prime example of Notts folk mekkin’ their own entertainment…