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Interview: Indiana

Mon 07 Apr 2014

Whirlwind doesn’t describe the last two years of Indiana’s life - since her first ever live performance at Nusic’s Future Sound of Nottingham gig in April 2012; she’s been signed to Sony, had a second child, is set to release her fourth single and play a hometown gig that’s going to struggle to contain her. Not too shabby for a lass from Long Eaton who likes her pop a darker shade of grey…

Interview: Youthoracle

Wed 02 Apr 2014

"As soon as you bring something quite personal up about someone, or expose them for something, you’ve won really"

Interview: Pippa Hennessy

Thu 13 Mar 2014

Pippa Hennessy is a one woman whirling dervish of creativity whose diary alone is enough to make a busy person’s head spin. She lets us in on the
secrets of her success...

Interview: Nicola L Robinson

Wed 05 Mar 2014

Nicola L Robinson spends her days drawing dragons, monsters, machines that don’t conform to health and safety standards, and scenes from beloved children’s stories. The Monster Machine, a book she both wrote and illustrated, was shortlisted for the Cambridge Children’s Picture Book Award. We dragged her away from claw and tooth littered desk to talk about her work.

Interview: Karl Hilton of Crytek UK

Tue 18 Feb 2014

Minding its own business on Canal Street is a games studio so inconspicuous that we had to stick our heads in to believe it. While we were there, Crytek UK’s Managing Director Karl Hilton talked to us about the industry, surprising uses for games development, and his work on some of the best-selling and most highly regarded first-person-shooters ever.

Interview: Airheads Inflatable Crowds

Thu 06 Feb 2014

What to do when you’re making a film and you need a few thousand people for a crowd scene. It’s a logistical nightmare that has plagued directors since the dawn of cinema. But not any more thanks to Airheads who have inflatable extras by the dozen and none of them will let you down…hopefully.

Interview: George Akins of Rock City

Thu 16 Jan 2014

George Akins lived the dream of every music-loving teenager when he was given the keys to Rock City as his eighteenth birthday present. Since then he’s taken it up a notch by adding more venues, a national promotions company and a roster of acts to his empire. By George, hasn’t he done well?

Interview: Saint Raymond

Fri 03 Jan 2014

If anyone can take Jake Bugg’s crown in 2014 our money is on Callum Burrows’ musical alter-ego, Saint Raymond...

Interview: Corey Neilson of Nottingham Panthers

Thu 02 Jan 2014

Last season Corey Neilson led Nottingham Panthers to their most successful season ever. They did a clean sweep of all three trophies winning the regular season title, the Challenge Cup and the play-offs. Can they repeat the feat again this year?

Interview: Kenneth Alan Taylor

Thu 19 Dec 2013

Kenneth Alan Taylor has spent a lifetime playing panto dames but he’ll finally hang up his sequined frocks and beehive wigs after this Christmas. More than a man in a dress, he also writes and directs the Playhouse pantos he stars in. His career hasn’t been all fairy dust and glass slippers though, there’s been Coronation Street and ‘serious’ theatre too...

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.

Interview: Adam Dixon and Harry Martin from Beeston Hockey Club

Wed 11 Dec 2013

Local lad Adam Dixon and Ipswich import Harry Martin are midfield partners for current national champions Beeston Hockey Club, as well as international regulars for both Great Britain and England. We popped along to discuss nights out in Nottingham, the highs and lows of the Olympics, and those pesky Panthers...

Interview: Yelena Popova

Fri 22 Nov 2013

After growing up in a Soviet Cold War town that wasn’t featured on any maps, Yelena Popova now puts Nottingham firmly onto the international art map, having recently shown work in Berlin, Los Angeles, New York and at the Saatchi Gallery. We caught up with the woman described as “one of the most exciting painters currently working in Britain” in her studio at Primary in the heart of NG7…

Ray Gosling's Final Interview (1939-2013)

Wed 20 Nov 2013

Over 1,000 radio documentaries and 100 for the telly. A pioneer of gay rights. Community activist. Anarchist. University drop-out published by Faber in his early twenties. Ray Gosling has spent his entire life fighting the system and standing up for ordinary people. Then it all went horribly wrong after that confession on live television. Suddenly people forgot half a century of broadcasting. It’s time to remember.

Interview: Mieke Tate

Tue 19 Nov 2013

Mieka Tate, formerly Meike Hink, is a three-time World Kickboxing Champion from the Netherlands who has called Nottingham home for the best part of two decades. She has recently opened Aim High, a new martial arts school in the city, offering people the opportunity not only to learn how to fight, but also how to develop as a person...

Interview: Susan Beecroft

Thu 14 Nov 2013

The Thompson Brothers may think that they’re Nottingham’s most devout Royalists, but they’ve got competition from local children’s author Susan Beecroft...

Interview: Richard Whitehead

Wed 13 Nov 2013

Born without legs, Lowdham’s Richard Whitehead was encouraged by his parents to play sport as a way of integrating. He now holds world records for full and half marathon and 200 metre distances, and can give able-bodied athletes a bloody good run for their money. After winning gold at the London Paralympics he set himself the challenge of running from John O’Groats to Land’s End, completing forty marathons in forty days. We caught up with him when his tour passed through his home town...

Interview: John Blanche, The Seminal Art Director of Games Workshop

Wed 06 Nov 2013

A seminal artist who has defined the look of Games Workshop from its inception, art director John Blanche is worshipped by legion. Since joining the company in the late-seventies he has produced innumerable pieces of work that have sold millions of copies around the world. We talk reds and browns, small lead figures and how glam rock influenced him...

Interview: Luke Pearson On Hilda

Mon 04 Nov 2013

Luke Pearson is an illustrator, cartoonist and comic book artist and not only is he mint at drawing, he can write a bit too. We love him most for Hilda, a series about a young girl who goes on loads of adventures and ends up dossing about with a guy made of wood, a dog with antlers, and a city full of dwarves. You get the picture…

Annie's Haunted Shack

Thu 31 Oct 2013

This July saw Warner Brothers release The Conjuring, a haunting tale of a family’s move to a dilapidated Rhode Island farmhouse; who then sought the help of notorious paranormal investigators, the Warrens. Annie Spaziano, who runs the brilliant Annie’s Burger Shack, moved to the house with her family after the film’s events took place. Her parents still live there now, but their lives have been changed since the film came out, and not in a good way...

Interview: Tindersticks

Thu 10 Oct 2013

One of the three founding members lives in Prague, another in Antwerp, another in France, and they collectively left town over twenty years ago. Yet to many, Tindersticks are still seen as a Nottingham band. Ahead of the release of their tenth studio album, Across Six Leap Years, keyboardist Dave Boulter talks to us about the band’s roots, and about their recent re-invigoration of some old favourites...

Interview: Charles Webster, House Music Legend

Sun 06 Oct 2013

He’s got thirty-odd aliases and done umpteen squared remixes and cubed productions. After 25 years making electronic soul, Charles Webster is a bona fide legend of the deep house music for which Nottingham was once world-famous. We dropped in on him to chat about where he’s at, how he got there, and where he’s heading.

Interview: Mother Nottingham Su Pollard

Thu 26 Sep 2013

For the last decade she’s been our unofficial mascot. Su Pollard, or ‘Mother Nottingham’ as we like to call her. She made her name in TV series like Hi-de-Hi! and You Rang M’Lord? She even got to number two in the UK singles charts in 1986 - a time when that actually meant something. She’s coming home this December as Theatre Royal have confirmed her for this year’s panto. We finally hooked her up with Nottingham’s Mr Sex...

Interview: Samantha Morton

Wed 25 Sep 2013

She’s starred opposite the likes of Johnny Depp and Tom Cruise, been directed by Woody Allen and Steven Spielberg and won a BAFTA for her 2010 directorial debut, The Unloved. Samantha Morton is now an international star; not bad for a lass from Clifton who left school at thirteen...

Interview: The Petebox, Human Beatbox Sensation

Fri 20 Sep 2013

Nottingham’s Pete Sampson, aka Petebox, has been making music for about the same amount of time that LeftLion has been going. In that time he’s gone from playing small city venues to headlining festivals and being treated like a star in Abu Dhabi. Go on, son...

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