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Interview: Tom Godfrey
Mon 06 Oct 2014As one of the founders of Moot, Tom Godfrey waved goodbye to Nottingham four years ago to do his MA. He couldn’t stay away though and has come back and opened a new gallery, TG, in Primary. We spoke to him about his return and what the future holds...
Interview: Truth Clothing Co
Thu 02 Oct 2014Truth Clothing Co are your friendly local brand for the conscious thinker and dresser. We found out why they’re cut from a different cloth...
Interview: Sleaford Mods on Divide and Exit
Mon 08 Sep 2014Sleaford Mods have been playing Notts for the best part of a decade in one form or another. But after releasing their new album Divide and Exit, the rest of the world started to take notice. We caught up with frontman Jason Williamson for a celebratory beer...
Interview: Gallery 47
Mon 25 Aug 2014Three years ago, a singer-songwriter called Jack Peachey – with the stage name of Gallery 47 – released his debut album, Fate is the Law, and looked set to be the city’s next breakthrough star. A health scare dented his momentum, but over the last eighteen months things have been going from strength to strength: label interest and a tour with Paul Weller have made 2014 a great year, and his second album, All Will Be Well, is released in September…
Interview: Shaun Derry
Wed 20 Aug 2014Born and bred in Nottingham, Shaun Derry cut his teeth at Notts County before setting off on a career that took in Sheffield United, QPR, Crystal Palace – a few times – and Leeds United. An aggressive, defensive midfielder in his day, he’s come home to sort out the Magpies as player-manager. We spent some time with him to see what his game plan is…
Interview: Stuart Pearce
Tue 19 Aug 2014Brought to the City Ground by Cloughie, Stuart Pearce played for Forest for twelve years, becoming their most capped international player and a stone cold cult favourite as he earned his ‘Psycho’ moniker. Ending his time here as a caretaker player-manager in 1997, he is now back as manager after proving his mettle with Manchester City, England under-21s and the 2012 Olympic Great Britain team. As the club prepares for an assault on promotion to the Premier League, we had a chat with the man himself…
Interview: Comic Artist D'Israeli
Tue 12 Aug 2014Comic book artist Matt Brooker, aka D’Israeli, is equally at home drawing a Victorian London gothic horror as he is a science fiction action thriller starring a tramp and a businessman with a shark’s head. He sat down with us for a chat about his new book Ordinary...
Interview: Ross Noble
Mon 11 Aug 2014If you like your comedy a bit surreal and not at all structured, Ross Noble is your man. Not only is he currently on the box with a TV show controlled by Twitter, he’s about to tour the country with his new stand-up show, Tangentleman. With him gracing two Nottingham stages in the coming months, we thought it’d be rude not to have a chat...
Interview: Rankin
Fri 18 Jul 2014Rankin is a portrait and fashion photographer behind the inception of magazines Dazed and Confused, Another and Hunger. Throughout his career, he’s pointed his lens at a dream list of celebrities, including Madonna, Kate Moss and David Bowie. He even got the Queen to crack a smile. As part of the Museums at Night project, he came to St Ann’s Allotments to shoot the people who call it a home away from home. We popped down to the event and caught a few words of wisdom from the mononymous man...
Notts TV: The First Six Weeks
Sat 05 Jul 2014We have a look at our local telly channel's first month and a half on air
Interview: David Flint talks Sheer Filth
Mon 30 Jun 2014When it comes to low-budget eighties horror and ‘weirdiana’, writer David Flint is the man to go to. With a new book, Sheer Filth, just hitting the shelves, we spoke to him about his early fanzine days, getting arrested over possession of video nasties (twice), his campaign for Nottingham fetish clubs, and why they just don’t make porn like they used to...
Interview: Nottingham Outlaws
Wed 25 Jun 2014Nottingham Outlaws are one of the Midlands’ top rugby league clubs, boasting more than 200 players across their various senior, academy and junior teams. We caught up with captain and prop forward George Strachan, and committee member and club stalwart Richard Johnson, to talk club history and explain the difference between league and union, as well as bus fires, boozing and bingo...
Interview: Kogumaza
Wed 18 Jun 2014Our music is about finding patterns, bending and pulling, twisting, distorting and invertingWith a name that roughly translates from Japanese in to English as Ursa Minor, a constellation in the Northern Sky, it’s apt that Kogumaza have spent the best part of five years creating hypnotic, beguiling music that can often feel otherworldly. Between them Chris, Katy, Mark and Neil have been involved in the local music scene for twenty years, from playing in numerous bands, putting on shows, designing posters, and even hosting a show on Radio Trent. On the eve of the release of their second full length album, three of the band speak to LeftLion...
Interview: Ed Clancy on The Milk Race
Fri 13 Jun 2014Once the most prestigious bike race in the country, The Milk Race was an annual cycling event, sponsored by the now-defunct Milk Marketing Board, that ran from 1958 until 1993. After a twenty-year hiatus, it returned to the streets of Nottingham city centre last year and looks set to be a regular event on the sporting calendar. We spoke to professional competitor Ed Clancy, an Olympic gold cyclist, about the sprint on two wheels.
Six Brazilian Artists to Watch Out For
Fri 13 Jun 2014Forget the cheesy tunes you're offered up over the course of the World Cup, we've picked out six amazing artists in Brazil
Interview: Jeremy Deller
Wed 11 Jun 2014Turner Prize-winning artist Jeremy Deller’s work is chock-full of the politics of working class Britain, from the miners’ strike and riots to the effects of the Industrial Revolution on popular culture. Mark Patterson remembers his own experiences of riots, before trying to pin down the evasive Deller for a few answers...
Interview: London Grammar
Fri 06 Jun 2014The band known for their single Wasting My Young Years have been doing anything but. They met at the University of Nottingham in 2009 and by 2012 London Grammar managed to not only graduate, but land themselves a record deal. They’re also now the proud owners of a platinum selling debut album. Clever stuff. Guitarist Dan Rothman talks about Hoodtown, No Tomorrow Festival and, of course, hair...
Interview: Wolfgang Buttress
Thu 29 May 2014Wolfgang Buttress has put angel’s wings and a halo above a London street, woven metal trees into The Lace Market, created floating spheres in Belfast and mapped the universe in Australia. We talked to him at his studio about art, science, football... and a very special collaboration with Tindersticks in June.
Interview: Mark Elder of The Hallé Orchestra
Fri 23 May 2014The Hallé Orchestra are Royal Concert Hall residents, bringing their fresh take on classical music over the Pennines from Manchester, to us, for over a decade. We spoke to music director and conductor, Sir Mark Elder, about why we should all treat our ears to a different kind of performance than they might be used to…
Notts TV
Tue 20 May 2014Notts TV is gearing up for its launch in May. We caught up with the Channel Director, Jamie Brindle, a former Producer for Radio Nottingham’s Morning Show, to find out what to expect from day one and beyond...
Interview: Rhythm Plate
Tue 13 May 2014Matt Rhythm and Ant Plate were two youngsters wandering around Matlock with no direction or hope. This all changed when they met and realised that together they could conquer the world of deep house and strut a funkier path than anyone had strutted before. We challenged them to a tea drinking contest and, when caffeined up, asked them a bunch of questions...
Interview: Michael Holt
Wed 07 May 2014Michael ‘The Hitman’ Holt was once known for punching tables and swearing during matches. He’s calmed down a bit now and currently ranks 22nd in the world. We caught up with him while on a break at the 2014 Welsh Open...
Interview: Anthony Hamilton
Tue 06 May 2014Known for his break building, Anthony ‘The Sheriff of Pottingham’ Hamilton has made over two hundred competitive century breaks in his career. Currently ranked 42nd in the world, we chatted to him about having one of the silliest careers out there...
Interview: Gilles Peterson
Wed 30 Apr 2014Gilles Peterson is more than just a DJ, he’s a national institution. A record collector extraordinaire, a BBC radio host for almost two decades and a hero to crate diggers worldwide. We gave him a ring ahead of his Mimm gig...
Interview: Torvill and Dean
Tue 08 Apr 2014It’s thirty years since Torvill and Dean became global megastars by getting an unprecedented score in the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics for their Bolero performance. This April they return home for the Dancing on Ice Tour and as part of the NEAT14 festival the Nottingham public will be encouraged to enact a mass Bolero. We put some questions to the duo and take a look back at that moment when they made sporting history…
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