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Live: Everywhere Festival 2014

With wAFF, Route 94, Hannah Wants, MK, Keela, Hudson Mohawke and more

Interview: Rhythm Plate

Matt Rhythm and Ant Plate were two youngsters wandering around Matlock with no direction or hope. This all changed when they met and realised that together they could conquer the world of deep house and strut a funkier path than anyone had strutted before. We challenged them to a tea drinking contest and, when caffeined up, asked them a bunch of questions...

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Hear the sounds of this year's Future Sound of Nottingham semi-finalists

Interview: Michael Holt

Michael ‘The Hitman’ Holt was once known for punching tables and swearing during matches. He’s calmed down a bit now and currently ranks 22nd in the world. We caught up with him while on a break at the 2014 Welsh Open...

Interview: Anthony Hamilton

Known for his break building, Anthony ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’ Hamilton has made over two hundred competitive century breaks in his career. Currently ranked 42nd in the world, we chatted to him about having one of the silliest careers out there...

Interview: Gilles Peterson

Gilles Peterson is more than just a DJ, he’s a national institution. A record collector extraordinaire, a BBC radio host for almost two decades and a hero to crate diggers worldwide. We gave him a ring ahead of his Mimm gig...

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A whole new pot of sounds from the hood, plus details on how you can enter the Future Sound of Nottingham competition

Pick of the Week: 28 April - 4 May

There's a little something for everyone this week - whether you want a rave, a laugh or a draw, come this way

Live: Hit The Deck Festival 2014

An all-dayer that is fast putting the rock back into our city

Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2014

Broadway Cinema are part of the contemporary French film festival this week

Pick of the Week: 21 - 27 April

There's charitable goings ons, skanking and shoe gazing to be done and art to be viewed. Get out there, people

The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro

Spider-Man is back with the wrath of not one, not two, but three villains to keep New York safe from

Live: Indiana

"It’s the sound of the lass from Long Eaton now ready to take on the world"

Pick of the Week: 14 - 20 April

Gorge yourself rotten on these Eastery treats around the city

Interview: Torvill and Dean

It’s thirty years since Torvill and Dean became global megastars by getting an unprecedented score in the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics for their Bolero performance. This April they return home for the Dancing on Ice Tour and as part of the NEAT14 festival the Nottingham public will be encouraged to enact a mass Bolero. We put some questions to the duo and take a look back at that moment when they made sporting history…

Interview: Indiana

Whirlwind doesn’t describe the last two years of Indiana’s life - since her first ever live performance at Nusic’s Future Sound of Nottingham gig in April 2012; she’s been signed to Sony, had a second child, is set to release her fourth single and play a hometown gig that’s going to struggle to contain her. Not too shabby for a lass from Long Eaton who likes her pop a darker shade of grey…

Interview: Youthoracle

"As soon as you bring something quite personal up about someone, or expose them for something, you’ve won really"

LeftLion Reader Survey 2014 (Closed)

Interview: Pippa Hennessy

Pippa Hennessy is a one woman whirling dervish of creativity whose diary alone is enough to make a busy person’s head spin. She lets us in on the
secrets of her success...

Richard III: Rise To Power

McGibney Productions take on a Shakespeare classic

Interview: Nicola L Robinson

Nicola L Robinson spends her days drawing dragons, monsters, machines that don’t conform to health and safety standards, and scenes from beloved children’s stories. The Monster Machine, a book she both wrote and illustrated, was shortlisted for the Cambridge Children’s Picture Book Award. We dragged her away from claw and tooth littered desk to talk about her work.

A History of Women and Feminism in Nottingham 1903-2014

In Celebration of International Women's Day 2014, WoLAN take us through the history of women's rights in the 20th and 21st century and Nottingham's part in the movement...

Interview: Karl Hilton of Crytek UK

Minding its own business on Canal Street is a games studio so inconspicuous that we had to stick our heads in to believe it. While we were there, Crytek UK’s Managing Director Karl Hilton talked to us about the industry, surprising uses for games development, and his work on some of the best-selling and most highly regarded first-person-shooters ever.

Interview: Airheads Inflatable Crowds

What to do when you’re making a film and you need a few thousand people for a crowd scene. It’s a logistical nightmare that has plagued directors since the dawn of cinema. But not any more thanks to Airheads who have inflatable extras by the dozen and none of them will let you down…hopefully.

M is for Merry Christmas

This Nottingham short film will be included in the horror anthology, The ABCs of Death 1.5.