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Tommy Scott from Space Talks Playing Spanky Van Dyke's This Friday

Calling all Space cadets. We had a little chat with Tommy Scott, lead singer and lyrical master of the nineties-famous Liverpool legends Space, about the band’s new album, getting back together, their tip-top moments as a band and their upcoming gig in Spanky van Dykes...

Notts Comedy Band Arse Full of Chips Announce Inevitable One-off Reunion

Pat Sharp has something to tell you...

Comedy Writer Lee Stuart Evans Talks Debut Novel Words Best Sung

You may not instantly recognise his name, but Lee Stuart Evans has left his mark all over our telly boxes. Having written for shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, A League of Their Own, Live at the Apollo and The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, he’s now turned his hand to novel writing. We spoke to him about his Nottingham-based debut, Words Best Sung…

Autism East Midlands Talks Autism Awareness Week 2017

It's Autism Awareness Week this week, so we spoke to Autism East Midlands CEO Jane Howson about what they're getting up to for the next seven days and beyond...

Left Magpie: Notts County News and Updates

Our columnist finds himself in the unusual position of watching Notts County effectively achieve league safety before the Easter break...

9 Notts Music Albums to Tickle your Tabs

We review the latest music albums born in Nottingham

DJ Greyskull Talks Alternative Queer Night DirtyFilthySexy

Find out a little more about one of Nottingham's favourite events, full of drag queens, music and laughs...

Notts Artist Video Mat on Writing a Book About His Indian Adventure

We spoke to the man behind White Dolemite about his upcoming novel A Honky's Journey Through Chaos...

Electro-Pop Queen Ronika Talks New LP Lose My Cool

Ronika has been pumping out banging electro-pop for years. As she releases new album, Lose Your Cool, the Notts-raised songstress spoke to us from her London home, which we can only assume is a huge mirrorball-ed space palace in the capital’s trendiest ends…

Connecting Communities: Film Screenings in North Notts

Connecting Communities is a community cinema project providing mentoring, training, and support to assist volunteers in five venues across North Nottingham and Mansfield to deliver film screenings in their local communities. We spoke with John Offord, the project lead, to discover more about it.

The Monthly Gift Notts: Donate Sanitary Products for Homeless Women

Periods. They absolutely, categorically suck. So imagine not being able to afford the very things that spare you some dignity. In the age of austerity, this has become a problem for many women, so local lass Paige Bromley decided to start an organisation that makes it dead easy to donate products for those in need... 

Overheard in Notts

Here's what your lot have been chuntering on about this month...

Max Cooper Talks Playing All Night Long for Wigflex at The Brickworks

Having been active on the electronic music scene for over ten years, Max Cooper is bringing his refined musical experience to The Brickworks this weekend as part of Wigflex. We put a few questions to the absolute don ahead of his all-night-long set on Saturday…

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Find out what's been going off around and about Nottingham city for the past month...

De La Soul Talk Crowdfunding Their Latest Release

Since releasing their debut 3 Feet High And Rising in 1989, De La Soul have been hip hop pioneers. Eight albums and almost three decades later, they decided to forsake record labels and crowdfunded their latest release, and the Anonymous Nobody…, instead. We chatted to founder member Posdnuos about Kickstarter, guest vocalists and their upcoming Rock City gig…

10 Notts Hip Hop Artists to Watch Out For

The UK hip hop scene is having somewhat of a resurgence these days. There’s a big light shining on London, but Nottingham has always been a birthplace of premium hip hop talent, from Out da Ville rapping circles around the rest of the country, to Pariz-1 proving that she can go bar to bar with any MC. The Nottingham pool of talent has always remained full, so we’ve collated a list of current hip hop artists to get to know this year.

It’s worth noting that without a few Nottingham rap legends laying down the groundwork beforehand, we may not have many of the artists on this list. So before we start, we give a big shout out to Scorzayzee, Wariko, Pariz-1, Out da Ville, Stan Crook Ed, J Gold, Fif Nova, 1st Blood, Cappo, Land Lordz, Fort Nottz, Smokes and Bluntz.

Left Magpie: Notts County News and Updates

The last month has had the feel of an epic end-of-season finale; Alan Hardy producing his own Jon Snow moment in overcoming the dark hoards of amassed creditors at the gates, seizing the keys to the castle and becoming our King in the North (Trentside)

10 Notts Music Albums to Tickle Your Tabs This February

If you're from Notts and want your tunes reviewed, go to leftlion.co.uk/sendusmusic

12 Nottingham Grime-Influenced Artists to Watch in 2017

Grime is coming up large in the global community, as one of the most authentically British sound to emerge from the UK in decades. Since its creation in the early noughties, it's been one of the staple sounds of Nottingham, and its growing popularity has opened doors to twisted paths for UK hip hop and r 'n' b artists, producers and DJs. With events like Detonate and venues like Stealth supporting and encouraging the growth of alternative musical talent from the Midlands, it is easy to see why some of the most groundbreaking artists are Nottingham born and bred...

Trekkah Talks High-Concept Album The Enlightening

Trekkah has created an album full of raw improvisation, Notts collaboration and chakras – The Enlightening. The local producer has taken each of the seven so-called spiritual power points in the body and made fourteen tracks, with two based on each one. There are sixteen vocalists on the album and all the tracks correspond with a chakra’s specific tuning frequency. We met up with the big hippy down Broadway to see if he’s done wearing himself out yet...

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Notts County Deadline Day Signings

Notts County added six players to their squad in the last 24 hours of the transfer deadline. We give you a run-down of those new faces...

Overheard in Notts

Your lot don't half spout some bleddy claptrap...

What Notts: The Latest News and Stories

Find out what's been going off around and about the city for the past month or so...

Flex Dancer Jamal Sterrett Talks Creative Movement in Nottingham

With limbs that contort and tremor like icy liquid, Jamal Sterrett can certainly claim a few moves on the dancefloor. Also a photographer, cameraman, graphic designer, and student who’s won awards for his creativity, the movement artist has derived his own style from flex and bruck up. You might have seen him around and about Nottingham’s streets with your jaw hanging by your knees. Yeah, that’s the one. We grabbed him for a chat…