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May Contain Notts: Dec 2007 - Jan 2008

Life-size cut-outs of Brian Blessed get stolen, Jermaine Pennant's dad gets sent down, Prince William pops up in the Pitcher and Piano and a former pop star becomes a copper

May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2007

Chocolate makers go to war, Nightbus service axed, Notts County sack Steve Thompson and a Notts nazi sympathiser is revealed

May Contain Notts: Aug - Sept '07

Notts vs Forest friendly game not so friendly, Colin Gunn gets another nine years, Gordon Ramsey is in town and Sherwood bear is no more...

May Contain Notts: April-May 2007

The Market Square finally re-opens, Wollaton Hall gets a £9million facelift, Sneinton market burns down and Ken Clarke gets beefy about the new tram system

May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2007

Russell Crowe announced as the new Robin Hood, police adopt smackheads, new tramline mithering, Mansfield v Notts County ends in a bore draw

May Contain Notts: Dec 2006 - Jan 2007

Alan Sillitoe endorses drinking, Drop In The Ocean announce another gig, a new incinerator appears in Eastcroft, Santa comes and more people get shot

May Contain Notts: Oct-Nov 2006

Canning Circus redeveloped, mushy pea prices increase, cabbie wars, East Midlands Airport changes it's name, Paul Smith opens cinema and £650k is spent on rubbish

May Contain Notts: Aug-Sept 2006

Arnold bloke with ASBOs knobs hookers, Skysurfer removed from Bridgford, Broadway gets drink licence back and the Great Nottingham Weed Famine continues

May Contain Notts: June-July 2006

Forest and Notts both appoint new managers, Drop In The Ocean raises £27,000, Freemasons come out, Granny drops sandwich

May Contain Notts: April-May 2006

First slab laid in the new Market Square, German riot policeman nips over, mass hugging in the Arboretum, fried chicken place employs a bouncer

May Contain Notts: Feb-March 2006

Forest lose again, liver disease figures double, Robin Hood gets done for drug dealing and Mike Tyson pays a visit to Mansfield

Nottingham Music Scene Round Table 2005

What is it about Notts that's stopping us from making a mark? We asked some of the prime movers in the city to explain...

A History of Music in Nottingham (1100 - 2005)

The official LeftLion History of Nottingham music from 1100AD - 2005AD...

Music Reviews November 2004

From Seal to John Frusciante to Biffy Clyro to Leonard Cohen

CD Reviews November 2004

Robbie Williams, Skinnyman and The Soundtrack Of Our Lives

Album Reviews October 2004

New music from Green Day, Fatboy Slim and Client

CD Reviews October 2004

Reviews of Nick Cave, 22-20's, Blues Explosion, Fried and more from the LeftLion crew

Mercury Music Prize

Twelve of the best albums from the last year go head to head

CD Reviews August 2004

Nice people keep sending us packages of CD's, so we thought we should review a few...

Interview: Derrick May

Derrick May is a founding father of the Detroit techno scene. Two decades ago he began to play with and develop an aesthetic, skeletal and melancholy sound that has led critics since to dub him "the Miles Davis of techno"...

May Grafitti Jam