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The Heavy Sounds

Sun 10 Apr 2011

We have a word with Clint Harris, owner of The Heavy Sounds in West End Arcade...

Jim Cooke of Selectadisc on Record Store Day

Sun 10 Apr 2011

"The last few years at Selectadisc were awful, staff morale was crap...it was clear we had had it."

From TV fame as part of Lee and Herring in the nineties to the comedy wilderness in the early noughties and back again; the career of Richard Herring has always been interesting. Over the last few years he’s become a regular on 6Music, a prolific podcaster and come to within an inch of winning Celebrity Mastermind. We caught up with him before his appearance at the Playhouse…

Interview: Alistair McGowan

Wed 06 Apr 2011

Alistair McGowan is best known for his work as an impersonator on prime-time TV shows like The Big Impression and Spitting Image. But as well as being able to turn his tongue to just about anyone, he’s also an experienced actor and writer, having been awarded a BAFTA and nominated for an Olivier. So what’s he doing spending the best part of April in Notts you might wonder…?

Interview: Andy Barrett

Fri 01 Apr 2011

Andy Barrett has been creating community drama events and site-specific performances in Notts for years, as well as writing plays such as Garage Band and a musical about Dolly the sheep. We caught up with him as he prepared for the Nottingham European Arts and Theatre Festival (NEAT).

Interview: Billy Ivory

Wed 23 Mar 2011

"You can’t take wide shots of the countryside around Eastwood without Ikea getting in the way"

LIVE: Liam Bailey

Mon 14 Mar 2011

A Sunday afternoon in mid-March and a busking session on Chapel Bar

Interview: Don McCalman

Fri 04 Mar 2011

Don McCalman worked through the dark ages of Nottingham nightlife; a time when door staff were bouncers, a lobbing down a flight of stairs was an acceptable way to deal with an errant customer and the profession was completely unregulated. Then he wrote a book about it...

Interview: Ace Bhatti

Tue 22 Feb 2011

With an acting career that has already taken in the likes of Cardiac Arrest, Emmerdale, Bend It Like Beckham, Band Of Gold, Coronation Street and The Sarah Jane Adventures, Ace Bhatti – from the extremely North London borough of Sneinton - is the newest cast member of EastEnders…

Interview: Gruff Rhys

Fri 18 Feb 2011

Gruff Rhys is best known as the singer of the Super Furry Animals, but he’s also a documentarian, solo artist and plastic bottle modeller. Guess which one of those skills he’ll be demonstrating at the Glee Club this month?

We Sent Our Editor For Colonic Irrigation

Sat 05 Feb 2011

"I’ve packed up fags and cut down on booze. It’s either give up chips or have a go on this. Sod it. Why not?"

Interview: Skiman

Sat 05 Feb 2011

Daniel Waithe – otherwise known as Skiman – is a prodigy of Notts superproducers The Elementz, the latest in a long line of bar-spitting behemoths from the NG and the man behind dancefloor-destroying mixtape Afterdark. And he’s still only 18…

A Canadian on the Coalition

Thu 03 Feb 2011

Our resident CanAlien is not happy about the Cameron and Clegg coalition government...

You Terrible Cult!

Thu 30 Dec 2010

We talk to author Colin Bacon about his new book on Vivian Mackerrell - the inspiration for Withnail and I

A Canadian on New Year's Eve

Mon 27 Dec 2010

Rob braces himself for everyone’s favourite alcoholiday...

Katie Half-Price & The Book of Matthew

Wed 22 Dec 2010

This Chrimbo I met a poet who's the lovechild of Johnny Ball..and he can blow up cars! LOL!

Interview: The Soundcarriers

Mon 20 Dec 2010

"We get bigger audiences outside of Nottingham, in places like Manchester, Sheffield and London, but it's starting to change"

Interview: Jeanie Finlay on Sound It Out

Thu 09 Dec 2010

Originally from the North East, but now firmly established in Nottingham as both an artist and a film maker, both music and community have played a big role in Jeanie Finlay's work. Now the two come together for her latest project, Sound It Out - an observational, documentary portrait about Teeside's last surviving independent record shop...

Vivian Mackerrell: The Actor Who Inspired Withnail

Fri 19 Nov 2010

Vivian Mackerrell was the jobbing actor who inspired the character of Withnail in Bruce Robinson's Withnail and I. He lived much of his life in Nottingham. Here are some quotes about him from the people who knew him best...

Interview: Tony the Interpretive Dancer

Thu 18 Nov 2010

Antony Hodgkinson drums for Julian Cope, collaborates with a host of Notts bands, flew the flag for Derby Alt-Rock in the mid-90s with Bivouac, and likes to be known these days as ANTRØNHY. Oh, and he got up on stage during the 1992 Reading Festival and danced for his mate’s band - some bloke by the name of Kurt Cobain - and became known as Tony The Interpretive Dancer...

Interview: Pete Davis - 'the Storyteller'

Sat 13 Nov 2010

A former fireman turned storyteller who’s been entertaining locals for the past couple of decades with his unique tales of local life...

Interview: Portishead's Andy Smith

Mon 01 Nov 2010

He put work in for Portishead back in the day. Now he’s on a mission to inject the timeless thunk of Northern Soul into your tabs at Moog

Sideshow 2010 Events

Tue 26 Oct 2010

A guide to the fringe events of this years British Art Show, which are on right now in a place near you

Interview: Vicky McClure on This Is England 86

Fri 22 Oct 2010

Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Vicky McClure (Lol) for a natter…