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Pick of the Week: 15 - 21 September

Sun 14 Sep 2014

There really is something for everyone to p-p-pick up this week

Graham Joyce (22 October 1954 - 9 September 2014)

Thu 11 Sep 2014

Winner of the British Fantasy Award an incredible seven times and a genuinely lovely chap. Goodbye, you crazy diamond.

Music Reviews: August - September 2014

Thu 11 Sep 2014

With 1st Blood, Joel Baker, Nadir, Flaming Fields, Lone, The Idolins, Frazer Lowrie, Mannequin and more

Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit

Mon 08 Sep 2014

Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...

University of Nottingham Video Competition 2014

Sat 06 Sep 2014

Help choose the welcome video, for incoming University of Nottingham students, from the four finalists

Photos: DiY 25th Anniversary

Fri 05 Sep 2014

Check out these pictures from the silver anniversary of the legendary free party collective

Macmillan Fest 2014: Adelphia

Thu 04 Sep 2014

"This is all for a good cause, so performing our music while raising money for charity is a double win"

Macmillan Fest 2014

Mon 01 Sep 2014

The festival is back for its fifth year, and is looking bigger and better than ever

Nusic #86,Nusic

Mon 01 Sep 2014

Pinch, punch, first of the month. Get your ears filled with some September tunes from Rebecca King, Gallery 47, Shelter Point and more

Doing it for DiY

Wed 27 Aug 2014

Legendary 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...

Book Reviews August - September 2014

Wed 27 Aug 2014

Featuring conditional love, a retiring detective, a ramshackle package of poems, a literary Frankenstein, and more

Interview: Gallery 47

Mon 25 Aug 2014

Three years ago, a singer-songwriter called Jack Peachey – with the stage name of Gallery 47 – released his debut album, Fate is the Law, and looked set to be the city’s next breakthrough star. A health scare dented his momentum, but over the last eighteen months things have been going from strength to strength: label interest and a tour with Paul Weller have made 2014 a great year, and his second album, All Will Be Well, is released in September…

Pick of the Week: 25 - 31 August

Sun 24 Aug 2014

There's things a plenty to get yersen involved with for these last few weeks of summer sun

Interview: Shaun Derry

Wed 20 Aug 2014

Born and bred in Nottingham, Shaun Derry cut his teeth at Notts County before setting off on a career that took in Sheffield United, QPR, Crystal Palace – a few times – and Leeds United. An aggressive, defensive midfielder in his day, he’s come home to sort out the Magpies as player-manager. We spent some time with him to see what his game plan is…

Interview: Stuart Pearce

Tue 19 Aug 2014

Brought to the City Ground by Cloughie, Stuart Pearce played for Forest for twelve years, becoming their most capped international player and a stone cold cult favourite as he earned his ‘Psycho’ moniker. Ending his time here as a caretaker player-manager in 1997, he is now back as manager after proving his mettle with Manchester City, England under-21s and the 2012 Olympic Great Britain team. As the club prepares for an assault on promotion to the Premier League, we had a chat with the man himself…

Nusic #85,Nusic

Mon 18 Aug 2014

Escape any Monday blues with a healthy portion of Notts music, including Ivory Serfs, Saturn Ascend and Scorzayzee vs Lone...

Pick of the Week: 18 - 24 August

Sun 17 Aug 2014

Superheroes, the Doctor, films in fields, musicians in luchador masks, dancing like muppets - yep, Nottingham has it covered

RIP Pete Davis (22 March 1950 - 4 August 2014)

Sun 17 Aug 2014

Storyteller, fireman and author of Under Bestwood passes away

Sound of the Lion #29,Sound of The Lion

Sat 16 Aug 2014

With 1st Blood, Nadir, Flaming Fields, Joel Baker, Three Girl Rhumba, Frazer Lowrie, The Most Ugly Child, The Idolins, Mannequin, Youthoracle, Gallery 47 and Lone

Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli

Tue 12 Aug 2014

Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...

Interview: Ross Noble

Mon 11 Aug 2014

If you like your comedy a bit surreal and not at all structured, Ross Noble is your man. Not only is he currently on the box with a TV show controlled by Twitter, he’s about to tour the country with his new stand-up show, Tangentleman. With him gracing two Nottingham stages in the coming months, we thought it’d be rude not to have a chat...