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Interview: Thompson Brothers

"We’ve seen the world. We’ve been to Ireland and we’ve been to Crete, and we don’t want to see the rest"

Nottingham Ghosts

In the build up to Halloween we look at some pant-soilingly scary ghosts from Nottingham past...

Seven rising stars from Television Workshop

Samantha Morton might get all the press, but here are seven other rising stars from the Television Workshop in Nottingham...

Street art photos from Tom Quigley

Shelter From the Storm

What do fish and chips, Marks & Spencer, the Mini and the Bank of England have in common? Refugees...

Interview: Vicky McClure & Andrew Shim

"It’s not a mirror image of his own life, but it is based around a period in his life when he had to make certain decisions and was faced with uncomfortable situations."

Interview: Toadfish from Neighbours

LeftLion Editor Jared Wilson meets Toadfish Jarrod Rebecki, aka Neighbours actor Ryan Maloney. An interview that might be a catharsis for the last decade of his life...

Interview: Noel Fielding

"I think I’m much more sarcastic in real life, it’s a London thing maybe. Down here people are quite yappy"

Ryan Adams and the Cardinals 24/09/06

Interview: 1st Blood

This fresh and funky hip hop band have just been signed by Tricky and play LeftLion Presents at the Orange Tree on Saturday...

Interview: A Drop in The Ocean Festival

"There won’t be any name bands from out of town this year. We took a conscious decision to make it as all-Notts as possible, because amongst other things, it is a celebration of Nottingham culture."

Screaming From the Walls

A brief history of posters from the days gone yonder...

Interview: Skin from Skunk Anansie

"I’ve got my own band, got my own crew and we’ve been up and running for three years now. I think it’s good to look forward, not to look back."

Bootylicious at NG1

Interview: Ian Smith from Television Workshop

We speak to the man behind Nottingham's version of RADA...

Interview: Andrew Shim

"I had a part in Dead Mans Shoes, which was quite a big role when we were filming, but it eventually got cut out of the final picture except for being in the crowd at the funeral scene..."

Interview: Ezekial Bone

"Sword fighting and killing was great fun at the time, but I wanted to do something more enlightened."

Sounds From The Streets Photos

Photographic evidence from our first big night of live entertainment...

A Thought From The No. 27 Bus Stop

I wouldn't say that the road on which I live is particularly bad, but surely someone should take notice of three broken glass bottles and one explosion of glass from a car window

View From The Bridge

It would be nice just once to be able to see this play without being surrounded by crisp-eating, phone-fiddling teenagers