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Authors Favourite Kids Books

Tue 04 Mar 2014

"Which books rocked your world growing up?"

Katie Half-Price: Issue 56

Fri 10 Jan 2014

"I can summarise it in five words: don’t believe other people’s shite. Bit like meh reviews"

Music Reviews: December 2013 - January 2014

Tue 17 Dec 2013

Jake Bugg, Alright The Captain, Bru-C, Euler, Amber Run, Chloe McShane, Ashmore, Bus Stop Madonnas, Rue Royale, Baby Godzilla and more

Interview: Ross Bradshaw from Five Leaves Bookshop

Thu 12 Dec 2013

We’re in the middle of a recession. People can barely afford to put on their heating let alone buy something as luxurious as a book. Yet Five Leaves publisher Ross Bradshaw has taken the brave decision to open an independent bookshop. Thank goodness someone has got some balls… and books.

Katie Half-Price: Issue 54

Tue 10 Sep 2013

I lob ‘em aht, you gee us a free book. Simples.

Katie Half-Price: Issue 53

Thu 04 Jul 2013

"Thatcha may ‘ave divided the nation through her policies but we can all agree that her quiff worra lot better than Morrissey’s"

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"

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."

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."

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...

Katie Half-Price: Issue 48

Tue 27 Nov 2012

Nottingham’s orangest book reviewer in't very happy...

LeftLion Magazine #48

Wed 01 Aug 2012

Raleigh, The Afterdark Movement, Alan Moore, Sleaford Mods, Forest and County previews, and some big London sports day rammel

Katie Half-Price: Issue 45

Wed 07 Mar 2012

"Susie has ter confront an arsh truth: she’s married to a nob"

Katie Half-Price: Issue 42

Tue 16 Aug 2011

"This book won the Orange Prize, which must mean you get unlimited text messages forever. Wicked!"

Captain Dangerous - Forgive Us We're British

Sun 10 Jul 2011

Spangly new music video from I'm Not From London records

Interview: Marcus Clarke

Mon 06 Jun 2011

Marcus Clarke and his wife Helena Smee have spent the last twenty years in a Sherwood house full of dismembered body parts. Calm down, Officer – they’re only keeping their hands in as one of the UK’s foremost puppet-based production companies with a list of credits as long as, well, your arm…