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The Benefits of Studying Art History

New Art co-Editor Kelly Palfrey explores the benefits of studying Art history, and the extent to which in can improve your confidence to work in the art sector

The 1998 Club is a Brand New VIP Venue Beneath Southbank City

This underground setting is purpose built to offer a comfortable and enjoyable hospitality experience. We chat to Director Tom Holodynksy of Great Northern Group, the minds behind The 1998 Club, about the exciting new venue...

The Island: Trekkah Benjamin on His New Project with Nottingham Community Arts Network Aiming to Support Young Males with Mental Health Issues

Through his charity organisation C.A.N, artist Trekkah Benjamin has launched a crowdfunding campaign to fund a program that aims to help young men in communicating mental health issues...

Ben Rose on The Angel Microbrewery, Lockdown Recovery and Vegetarian Cooking

Any regular visitors to The Angel Microbrewery or The Golden Fleece will be familiar with Ben Rose. Having turned two of Notts’ most iconic pubs around, he’s one of the city’s original purveyors of veggie food, with both pubs offering a full menu of meat-free options. And if that wasn’t enough, he even dedicated his kitchen to the Open Kitchens project during lockdown, providing hundreds of meals for those most in need. Christina Geggus caught up with him to find out more...

The Pythian Club's Benjamin Rosser on His Time in Nottinghamshire Police and the Removal of Statues

Not only did the death of George Floyd spark anti-racism protests all over the globe, it placed the role of the police in society under a level of scrutiny never seen before. While Floyd’s murder at the hands of Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin replicated an event that has become depressingly commonplace in the United States, protests in Britain had large elements of anti-police sentiment to them. Having spent ten years as a member of Nottinghamshire Police before leaving to establish The Pythian Club – an organisation set up to enrich and empower young people in Nottingham – community leader Benjamin Rosser is uniquely placed to offer an insight into the inner workings of the British police force…

Out of Time: Tim Birkin and the Bentley Boys

Refusing to follow his father into Nottingham’s lace industry, Sir Tim Birkin’s eclectic life was full of exhilaration and tragedy, from flying planes in World War One to becoming one of the most famous names of the Vintage Racing era...

"This is the people against racism’’ - Writer and Musician Jack Benjamin on Nottingham's Black Lives Matter Protest

As hundreds of people gathered on Forest Rec to support the fight against racism, local musician and writer Jack Benjamin shares his thoughts on what the protest means, and how the day's events unfolded...

Nottingham Comedian Scott Bennett: "There’s no such thing as regional comedy – if it’s funny, it’s funny."

Yorkshire lad Scott Bennett uprooted to Beeston a while ago, but he made sure he brought his Northern sense of humour with him. Ahead of his new tour Leap Year, which was nominated for Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival, the comic invites us into his shed to talk touring, writing for some of the UK’s biggest comedians and his comedy heroes...

Live Music Review: Benjamin Zięć and the Rarebreeds EP Launch

There's a new band in town that's just released on local label, Phlexx Records. Elizabeth O'Riordan popped down to Peggy's to see what all the fuss was about...

Interview: Trekkah Benjamin Introduces us to ONEAM

Many might know local creative Trekkah Benjamin for his label, Phlexx records, but he’s recently announced his latest musical project that has got us pretty excited.

LeftLion Film Podcast #10 - Ben Wheatley

Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by director Ben Wheatley to discuss his brilliant new film Happy New Year, Colin Burstead...

Left Duck: Nottinghamshire Cricket News and Updates

The season sauntered into an incredibly mild September as Nottinghamshire faced their last three games of the year.

Music Video: Benjamin Luhis - Untitled (Live at The Chameleon)

Local songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Jack Benjamin is currently working on his Benjamin Luhis project, and has released this independently made video of his Untitled track, produced alongside 8mm Orchestra and Major Ruse. Enjoy, ya boggers...

Nottingham Artist Trekkah Benjamin Visits USA on Roosevelt Scholarship

We had a chit-chat with Trekka Benjamin, who is jettin' off to the states on the Roosevelt Scholarship to learn about how we can improve community arts in the city... 

Future Sound of Nottingham Finalists: Ben Haynes

We grabbed a few words with Ben Haynes ahead of the Future Sound of Nottingham final at Rock City on Monday 1 July...

Benjamin Zephaniah

Poet, activist, and self-proclaimed “naughty boy”, Benjamin Zephaniah has just released a new book and is coming to Nottingham’s Glee Club on his tour stop. We grabbed him on the phone to ask a few questions about his recent run-in with Five Leaves, the Windrush scandal, and the differences between spoken and scribbled words…

Memorial Walk Planned to Raise Funds for Statue of Bendigo the Bare-Knuckle Boxer

Ryan's in this for the long run, dedicating his time to properly commemorate this underappreciated legend... 

You Are Not Your Illness

Ben is an Artist, Musician and Small Business Owner. He also lives with Clinical Depression. We caught up with him in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about his own experience with mental health, in the hopes that it will encourage others to open up themselves.  

Talking About Mental Illness Must Be Normalised

Student Ben Lomas, 20, has lived with anxiety and depression since he was a child. We caught up with him in honour of Mental Health Awareness Week to talk about his own experience with mental health, in the hopes that it will encourage others to open up themselves.  

Director Ben Wheatley on His Gun-Blazing Action Thriller Free Fire

Following the success of last year’s High Rise, Ben Wheatley was back at Broadway Cinema for a preview screening of his new film, Free Fire. Starring Cillian Murphy, Armie Hammer, Brie Larson, Sharlto Copley and Sam Riley, almost the entire film is centred around a gun deal gone awry in a seventies Boston warehouse. We caught what Wheatley had to say about the flick...

Film Review: Ben-Hur

"Perhaps the best compliment I can pay Ben-Hur would be to say that it wasn't bad enough to be funny"

Art Review: Hurvin Anderson and Beverley Bennett Exhibitions

Two exhibitions have landed at the New Art Exchange that deal with the subject of diversity, and they are well worth checking out

Interview: Ben Wheatley talks High-Rise

We spoke to the film director about his latest film, in cinemas now, adapted from the JG Ballard novel

Interview: Ben Bloore of B Squared Productions

Campaign to Raise Funds for a Proper Statue of Bendigo

There's a local legend that one man from Radford wants immortalising in bronze, and he's not going to stop til he's raised the necessary cash