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I'm Not From London's Will Robinson Stars in No Nothings Music Video
Fri 08 Jul 2016No, it's not a dream. Yes, that really is Will Robinson in a leotard
Will Robinson goes to the NTU Degree Show
Tue 07 Jun 2016In a pilot for our new series of regular Vloggers, we sent I'm Not From London head honcho Will Robinson to the NTU Art and Design Degree show
Live Music Review: Rob Green EP Launch at Rough Trade Nottingham
Mon 16 May 2016"He makes you feel as though you know him personally and brings you into his world so that you can relate to and connect with his music"
Rob Green's Brand New Music Video: Blue
Fri 15 Apr 2016Starring Joe Dempsie of Game of Thrones fame, and of course, the pop-prince of Notts
In Focus: Rob Green Answers Questions in Photos
Thu 31 Mar 2016The Nottingham music man extraordinaire answered our quizzicals in photographic form
Learning Mixed Martial Arts? There's an App for That - Robin Hamilton Talks Fighter Training
Fri 04 Mar 2016"More and more people are starting martial arts from a younger age. Parents are becoming more aware of the huge benefits it has in fitness and self-discipline"
Reflections on the Robin Hood Half-Marathon
Thu 12 Nov 2015"I figure that anyone who has a gone out of their way to wear an armband which holds an iPhone must take running pretty seriously"
Duncan Macmillan and Robert Icke on 1984
Thu 27 Aug 2015"There's never been a time when Orwell's book wasn't culturally relevant. But it does feel particularly pertinent to our times"
UNESCO City of Literature: <br>Marc Gascoigne of Angry Robot Books
Wed 19 Aug 2015"If a book gives us nerdgasms, we put it out"
Interview: Shelter Point
Fri 20 Feb 2015Shelter Point’s woozy, dreamy songs are winning over every tastemaker, from Zane Lowe to the LeftLion team. Back from a UK tour with Indiana, and with a Sony deal in the bag, we sat down with singer Liam and producer Robin to find out how it all began, what’s next, and their adventures in between…
Interview: Bob Robinson
Thu 11 Dec 2014Born in County Tyrone, Bob Robinson has called Nottingham home for the last forty-odd years. It’s here he’s created work that is equally bold, humorous and grotesque, yet has gained little recognition. Now aged 63 and living with terminal cancer, we spoke to him about the inspiration behind his art and how it feels to have a retrospective at such a poignant time.
Nottingham Music Venue Accessibility For People In Wheelchairs
Wed 03 Sep 2014Rob Maddison leads Spaceships Are Cool, drums for electro-funksters Yunioshi, and has a new musical project in the shape of Revenge of Calculon. A longtime performer and gig goer, he’s also been in a wheelchair since 2007. With Nottingham often being touted as having one of the UK’s best live music scenes, and with over eleven million registered disabled people in the country, we spoke to him about the accessibility of local venues and if there’s anything else that can be done to improve them...
Doing it for DiY
Wed 27 Aug 2014Legendary Notts free-party collective DiY threw a 25th birthday at the weekend. At their expense. As ever. Then someone robbed them. LeftLion asks if you can help...
Grand Theft Audio
Wed 04 Jun 2014This June sees a secret collaboration between some of the coolest kids in Nottingham. From hip hop beats to visual treats, Flouche have pulled together the best in the businesses for two days of shenanigans. We tried to wangle our way behind the scenes with Flouche founder Kelham Stevenson, as well as NG64’s Rob Freeman and Phlexx Records’ Bru-C, who also have a hand in the weekend of madness…
Interview: Nicola L Robinson
Wed 05 Mar 2014Nicola 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: Saint Raymond
Fri 03 Jan 2014If anyone can take Jake Bugg’s crown in 2014 our money is on Callum Burrows’ musical alter-ego, Saint Raymond...
Art Works: Rob White
Tue 17 Sep 2013"The sky at over 4000m above sea level is unreal, a blue so deep it could drive a painter to insanity"
Interview: Rob Green
Fri 19 Jul 2013Itching to get on stage at Splendour, he explains how he learnt to fly a plane and why Denzel Washington won’t be featuring on his tracks any time soon..
Interview: Rob Howie-Smith
Tue 25 Jun 2013A man literally opening doors for the creative and small business communities of Nottingham by repopulating derelict buildings.
Notts TV: The First Interview
Sat 27 Apr 2013"There’ll be a fun element to this channel, but more than anything it’ll be relevant to where you live. There’s nothing like that at the moment"
King Bong: The Xylophone Man
Wed 04 Jul 2012Is it really that long ago? Nearly a decade since we heard that sound? The magnificent cacophony of randomness that went; “Bing Bong Bing Bang Bong”?
Interview: Manière des Bohémiens
Wed 28 Dec 2011French for ‘Manner of the Gypsies’, according to Babel Fish - Manière des Bohémiens' infectious, rapturous, blindingly improvised Romany swing music is massively popular in Notts...
Interview: Captain Dangerous
Tue 27 Dec 2011"I made the mistake of getting drunk and inviting the whole bar back to mine. I hadn’t told my girlfriend and she was upstairs in tears being comforted by Dick Venom"
Interview: Will Robinson of I'm Not From London
Wed 07 Dec 2011Riots, cagefighting, Hollywood actresses, ghost buses, Mexican wrestling and contracts signed in blood. It's all in a night's work for promoter Will Robinson and the three bands signed to his I'm Not From London Label...
Interview: Nottingham Panther's Jeff Heerema and Rob Lachowicz
Wed 02 Nov 2011While Forest and County bumble along in their respective (lower) divisions, the most successful professional sports team in Nottingham quietly goes about its business of hoovering up trophies left and right – and this season they’re making a serious run at winning their first league title since 1955. They’re your Nottingham Panthers, and two
of them – right-winger Jeff Heerema from Thunder Bay, Ontario and left-winger Rob Lachowicz from Wollaton – had a word with us…
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