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Katie Half-Price: Issue 36

Loads of poetreh and reviews from the latest issue of LeftLion Magazine

Interview: Wellington Films

"People say about Unmade Beds that they’ve never seen London look so good – that’s because it’s Nottingham"

Interview: Nick Parkhouse

Frustrated by the narrowing of the eighties pop canon to the Wham-Spands-Duran triumvirate, Nottingham writer Nick Parkhouse has published 101 Forgotten Pop Hits of the 1980s...

A Canadian on English Summertime

Against all odds, we’ve actually had a proper summer this year. Our resident CanAlien pulls on his Bryan Adams t-shirt and a bum-bag and dares to venture outside, the batchy bogger…

Interview: Terry Taylor from Programme World

For nearly forty years, Terry Taylor has held the keys to Aladdins Cave – assuming that Aladdin was a rabid Notts County supporter and Forest memorabilia hoarder. His shop, Programme World, on Arkwright Street, is still a beacon of footballing archaeology…

Interview: Bantum's Simeon Hartwig

Simeon Hartwig’s I ♥ Notts t-shirt was the most iconic design piece out of Notts for a long time – yes, even more so than the Slanty N. Fresh off his appearance in Come Dine With Me with a selection of other Notts rapscallions, he’s back with a new look…

Interview: Dan Edge

Dan Edge is your typical wrestler/ actor, dividing his time between treading the boards and slamming people into them, criss-crossing the country (and beyond) in two of the most gruelling professions going. Oh, nearly forgot to mention: he’s the UK’s only full-time disabled wrestler...

Left Brian: Forest 2010-11 Season Preview

We don't want to go through any more playoffs, that's for sure

Left Pie-On: Notts County Season 2010-11 preview

"The appearance of a red Nike tick would be an aberration had we not concluded amongst ourselves that it’s actually crimson"

May Contain Notts: June-July 2010

Round up of the last two months in Notts featuring: Gary Coleman, JJB Sports, Robin Hood, Johnnie Jackson and England's dismal World Cup campaign

Interview: Jane Streeter

"I hoped someone would open a bookshop so that I could get a part-time job. That someone turned out to be me"

Interview: Arsher Ali

"I hope Chris Morris becomes one of those cliquey British directors, because I would be part of that clique"

Incognito Masked Ball - The Maze

Interview: Nina Smith

“The organiser of the event interrupted my set halfway through to ask if anyone had ordered a sausage cob“

Interview: Ronika

"I’m gonna ride in on a deer, and hopefully get the stuffed gorilla from Wollaton Hall on stage for a dance"

Interview: Joe Dempsie

Joe Dempsie from Skins is doing a fundraiser for The Television Workshop next week. Here's an interview with the man himself...

Interview: Armando Iannucci

"It was great to be given the award. Though it’s slightly worrying in a way, because you start to think; is that it? Does that mean there’s not going to be anything else? Will it be all downhill from here?"

Interview: Sticky

"Your body is a temple. But it’s the only temple where you have to wear your trainers"

Interview: Kasper Schmeichel

" I’ll follow Notts forever, always look for their results and come back and visit a few times"

May Contain Notts: April-May 2010

Overview of the last two months with: Carl Froch, Alan Sillitoe, elections, bus fare rises, the new Robin Hood film and the Ladyboys of Bangkhok

Geek Mythology #3 - Wrestling

There's no other 'sport' out there that blends such high-level Gonzo weirdness with impressive feats of agility and strength than wrestling

Interview: Mark Addy

"You wouldn’t recognise the Nottingham that was created for the film - Marks and Spencers is in a completely different place"

Alan Sillitoe: 1928-2010

"Unquestionably the greatest writer to emerge from the region, and certainly one of the master storytellers of his generation"

Alan Sillitoe: His Final Interview

In the Summer of 2008 our Literature Editor James Walker met up with legendary writer Alan Sillitoe for a cuppa and a chat at Broadway. It was fifty years since his breakthrough novel Saturday Night and Sunday Morning had been published, so we decided to devote a whole issue to this seminal work. At the time we didn’t realise this was the last interview he would ever give. It’s an honour to have had that privilege and to know that he read our magazine...

Arthur Century Later

ITV were supposed to remake Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 2008, but they chickened out. So what would a modern Arthur Seaton be like? We have a stab at it…