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Katie Half-Price: Issue 52

Sat 18 May 2013

"If JK Rowling were to squeeze outta turd onto a page and prod it wi’ a stick so it made pretty brown patterns, publishers would offer her millions fer it"

Barry O’Dowd teaches kids to box. The former army champion founded Bulwell Hall Amateur Boxing Club in 2004 and has spent almost a decade suppor ting young people in his community. Last year he picked up the title of Coach of the Year at the Nottingham Sports Awards and rubbed shoulders with Torvill and Dean at the Olympics. We popped along to the club to see what he’s all a-bout...

Notts TV: The First Interview

Sat 27 Apr 2013

"There’ll be a fun element to this channel, but more than anything it’ll be relevant to where you live. There’s nothing like that at the moment"

Record Store Day 2013

Fri 19 Apr 2013

What to expect at The Music Exchange this Saturday daytime and news of our party at Spanky's that evening

Homelessness in Nottingham

Wed 17 Apr 2013

Nottingham has kept its ‘rough sleeping’ numbers well below the national average. What’s happening differently here to elsewhere?

Katie Half-Price: Issue 51

Sat 13 Apr 2013

"The opening chapters tell of her humble Towie upbringing when her smacky mates got higher than Felix Baumgartner and her brother ended up in clink."

Interview: Evil Scarecrow

Tue 09 Apr 2013

It’s often a good thing to not take your work too seriously. But Nottingham’s Evil Scarecrow take their unique brand of heavy metal parody to Pythonesque proportions. Dr Rabid Hell (guitar and vocals) and (guitars) go through their dirty laundry in public...

Interview: Harriet Cains

Wed 03 Apr 2013

Nottingham’s Television Workshop has produced dozens of great actors over the years including Samantha Morton, Toby Kebbell and half the cast of This Is England. Next on that conveyor belt of talent is Harriet Cains, one of the stars of recent BBC3 zombie series In The Flesh...

Interview: The Invisible Orchestra

Thu 21 Mar 2013

Like a giant ball of muso-attracting velcro, The Invisible Orchestra has snagged members of some of Nottingham’s top bands and singers - as well as from further afield - and shows absolutely no sign of slowing down. The man responsible: Royal Gala’s James Waring...

Interview: Andy Reid

Fri 08 Mar 2013

He arrived at Forest at the turn of the century from Dublin, put in five years graft, moved up to the Premiership, was pinged around four different clubs, came back in 2011.

Art Works: Sara Baker

Sat 02 Mar 2013

"I like creating things in the image of nature but also use contrasting materials"

Interview: Thomas Turgoose

Thu 28 Feb 2013

At the age of twelve Thomas Turgoose was living in Grimsby, smoking weed, drinking, stealing cars and getting in trouble with the law. Then he stumbled upon an audition for Shane Meadows’ This Is England in a youth centre and it changed his life forever. Now, about to turn 21, he has a clutch of international acting awards behind him, travels the world going to film festivals and is on first name terms with Johnny Depp and Michael Fassbender. What happened?

Interview: Bongo Bongo

Sun 24 Feb 2013

Sophie Johnson-Hill and Rebecca McGlone spend their time dancing with kids and living in a big cloth house under the guise of Bongo Bongo, children’s entertainers extraordinaire. They’re also about to release Incy Wincy Boom Box - possibly the best LP you’ll hear out of Notts this year...

Interview: Retina Dance Company

Tue 19 Feb 2013

The Retina dance company: bringing European sensibilities to a floor near you for nearly two decades. Artistic Director Filip Van Huffel explains why he’s made Nottingham his UK base, and plots the next steps for the local dance scene...

Interview: Scott Bennett

Sat 16 Feb 2013

Scott Bennett left Yorkshire for Notts back in 2007, had a go at stand-up, and is now one of the biggest names on the Notts circuit, gaining a reputation nationally as a warm, engaging and talented observational comic...

Interview: David Almond

Mon 11 Feb 2013

Master story-teller, Nottingham Trent lecturer and novelist David Almond has broadened the landscape of dreams with his latest book Mouse Bird Snake Wolf. And he’s not afraid to scare the kids…

Interview: John Newling

Sat 09 Feb 2013

After three years of pulling in art from all over the world, Nottingham Contemporary have finally handed their main space to a locally-based artist. John Newling has produced works in hotels, swimming pools, burnt-out cars and on the streets of Los Angeles and New York. So what does he have lined up for his adopted home town?

May Contain Notts: Dec 2012 - Jan 2013

Fri 08 Feb 2013

"Winter Wonderland opens in the Square. Jesus Christ, what gibbon in the Council House stopped licking lead paint off a stick long enough"

Katie Half-Price: Issue 50

Wed 30 Jan 2013

"Christian is a violent bulleh, but Ana dunt mind cuz he’s gorra bell-end the size o’ Jay Leno’s head."

Newstead Abbey in Photos

Thu 24 Jan 2013

A nose around the former home of Lord Byron, a poet who was "Mad, bad and dangerous to know"

Interview: Alison Moore

Sat 12 Jan 2013

Alison Moore’s unsettling debut novel The Lighthouse explores grief, helplessness and abandonment in a style that threatens to crash against the rocks at any moment. Shortlisted for the Booker Prize, it’s the first glimmer from an important new writer...

Nottingham Ball Bois

Thu 10 Jan 2013

The Nottingham Ball Bois - your gay-friendly neighbourhood football team - are one of the few local clubs in a national league. But, as Scott Lawley (chair and full-back) and Craig Simpson (player-manager) point out, they do a lot more...

White Collar Zoo

Thu 03 Jan 2013

Notts-powered Web TV entertainment that aims to introduce local talent to the world. But will the world - and people round here - stop looking at grot and cats long enough to take notice? Lee Thomas and Guy Williams are banking that enough of us will...

Interview: Kagoule

Wed 02 Jan 2013

Formed at school - and still at High Pavement - the grunge-cum-post-punk stylings of Kagoule have got more than a few onlookers into a froth, with XFM already pricking up their ears and a support slot on the main stage at Rock City under their wing. Adjusting their toggles and unzipping their lips are vocalist Cai Burns and bassist Lucy Hatter.

Shane Meadows: The Early Years

Tue 25 Dec 2012

Forty-nine issues ago, we interviewed Shane Meadows for the first ever LeftLion Magazine. Since then he’s gone from being an underground Midlands filmmaker to a BAFTA-winning tour de force of both British cinema and television. We’re now on issue fifty and Shane took a break from working on his current project (a documentary about The Stone Roses) to give us a rare interview, reflecting on his early years learning his trade in Nottingham…

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