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Nottdance 2011
Sun 27 Feb 2011Nottdance, 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: Ace Bhatti
Tue 22 Feb 2011With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…
Interview: Gruff Rhys
Fri 18 Feb 2011Gruff Rhys is best known as the singer of the Super Furry Animals, but he’s also a documentarian, solo artist and plastic bottle modeller. Guess which one of those skills he’ll be demonstrating at the Glee Club this month?
We Sent Our Editor For Colonic Irrigation
Sat 05 Feb 2011"I’ve packed up fags and cut down on booze. It’s either give up chips or have a go on this. Sod it. Why not?"
Interview: Skiman
Sat 05 Feb 2011Daniel Waithe – otherwise known as Skiman – is a prodigy of Notts superproducers The Elementz, the latest in a long line of bar-spitting behemoths from the NG and the man behind dancefloor-destroying mixtape Afterdark. And he’s still only 18…
The Duke of Portland
Sat 05 Feb 2011The aristocracy of Nottinghamshire has produced more than its fair share of mad gets, but – according to Andrew Graves and his alter ego, Mulletproof Poet – The 5th Duke of Portland takes the biscuit, if not the whole packet…
A Canadian on the Coalition
Thu 03 Feb 2011Our resident CanAlien is not happy about the Cameron and Clegg coalition government...
The Death of Trent FM
Tue 01 Feb 2011For someone who grew up with Trent, its demise is unthinkable. Once upon a time, it was one of the most important assets the city had
May Contain Notts: Dec 2010-Jan 2011
Tue 01 Feb 2011Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: The Christmas Market, EDL, World Cup stadia, chavs on the bus and Poundland's VAT hit
LeftLion Magazine #39
Tue 01 Feb 2011Featuring Skiman, Eastenders actor Ace Bhatti, Don McCalman, Deborah 'Debris' Stevenson, Dance4, The Death of Radio Trent and more...
You Terrible Cult!
Thu 30 Dec 2010We talk to author Colin Bacon about his new book on Vivian Mackerrell - the inspiration for Withnail and I
A Canadian on New Year's Eve
Mon 27 Dec 2010Rob braces himself for everyone’s favourite alcoholiday...
White Dolemite
Wed 22 Dec 2010You probably didn’t realise that Nottingham had its very own action cinema icon walking the streets – neither did we until recently. But White Dolemite is to HoodTown what Shaft was to Harlem and alongside his buddy Video Mat (and let’s just say they share a similar relationship to that of Spiderman and Peter Parker) they have been creating some great movie posters over the last few years. The movies themselves are *ahem* not particularly easy to find though…
Katie Half-Price & The Book of Matthew
Wed 22 Dec 2010This Chrimbo I met a poet who's the lovechild of Johnny Ball..and he can blow up cars! LOL!
Interview: The Soundcarriers
Mon 20 Dec 2010"We get bigger audiences outside of Nottingham, in places like Manchester, Sheffield and London, but it's starting to change"
Interview: John Robertson
Wed 15 Dec 2010John 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: Jeanie Finlay on Sound It Out
Thu 09 Dec 2010Originally from the North East, but now firmly established in Nottingham as both an artist and a film maker, both music and community have played a big role in Jeanie Finlay's work. Now the two come together for her latest project, Sound It Out - an observational, documentary portrait about Teeside's last surviving independent record shop...
Rock City 30th Anniversary Magazine
Mon 06 Dec 2010LeftLion have produced a special magazine to celebrate 30 years of Rock City
LeftLion Magazine #38
Wed 01 Dec 2010Featuring John Robertson, The Soundcarriers, Vivian Mackerrell, Jeannie Finlay, White Dolemite, Andy Smith and more...
Interview: Alan Fletcher aka Dr Karl Kennedy from Neighbours
Sun 28 Nov 2010He’s played the world’s favourite doctor for the past sixteen years, been the front man and singer in The Waiting Room for the past five, and would do almost anything for his legions of almost obsessive fans. When we heard that we was heading to The Walkabout in Nottingham as part of a UK tour, we called up Alan Fletcher, AKA Neighbour’s Dr Karl Kennedy, for a quick chat about music, his fans and being referred to as a DILF...
Anne McDonnell Interview
Mon 22 Nov 2010To celebrate National Short Story Week we spoke to local publisher, Pewter Rose Press
May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2010
Mon 22 Nov 2010Overview of the last two months with: Goose Fair, Cypress Hill off-licence, Dobby banned by Eastwood school, Broad Marsh revamp goes down the pan
Vivian Mackerrell: The Actor Who Inspired Withnail
Fri 19 Nov 2010Vivian Mackerrell was the jobbing actor who inspired the character of Withnail in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I. He lived much of his life in Nottingham. Here are some quotes about him from the people who knew him best...
Interview: Tony the Interpretive Dancer
Thu 18 Nov 2010Antony 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...