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Cycling in Nottingham: The Best and Worst Routes

We did a quick survey to find out what cyclists reckon are Nottingham’s best and worst cycling infrastructure features. Nothing scientific, but we asked around, heard your opinions - including Nottingham Velo Venturers and Pedals chairman, Hugh McClintock - and came up with a list to outline the physical things that make cycling easier, safer and more convenient.

Interview: Shelter Point

Shelter 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: Amy White, Nottingham Forest Ladies

Amy White, Midfielder for Nottingham Forest Ladies FC, was scouted by Forest as a nipper. Seemingly unable to sit still, the 23-year-old holds down a full-time job, plays professional football and somehow manages to fit in coaching and a social life. Currently out with an injury, we chatted to her about her love of the beautiful game...

Interview: Grey Hairs

Featuring Amy (live bass), Bod (recorded bass), Chris (guitars), Dave (drums) and James (vocals), the members of Grey Hairs all play in other Nottingham bands including Fonda 500, Fists, Kogumaza and Bus Stop Madonnas. Initially formed partly to scratch an itch that their other bands just weren’t reaching, and partly as an excuse to pop to the pub.

Interview: Gregory Woods

In honour of February being LGBT History Month, we caught up with poet and former NTU lecturer, Gregory Woods, to discuss gay rights, Ann Widdecombe and our silly British sensibilities when it comes to sex...

Interview: Philip George

A short time ago, Philip Woodhead was making beats in his bedroom and working at Next, when attention for his tune Wish You Were Mine started gaining momentum on several streaming platforms. After signing to 3 Beat, the track reached number two in the charts and has picked up international acclaim. We checked in with him on the blower…

Interview: Aisling Loftus

Don’t be fooled by the Cockney accent, Aisling Loftus may play a southerner in the ITV drama Mr Selfridge, but she’s cut from Nottingham cloth. With roles lined up in an adaptation of the notoriously weighty War and Peace, and the somewhat lighter Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, we spoke to her about her screen journey thus far…

The Interview

Rogen and Franco plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in this 'comedy'

The Interview

Rogen and Franco plot to assassinate North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un in this 'comedy'

What Notts #2

Find out what's been going on in the city over the Christmas period

What Notts #2

Find out what's been going on in the city over the Christmas period

Interview: The Dilettante Society

Ever seen a pretty gazette knocking around the flier section in the pub? We exchange pleasantries with Lady M and F Dashwood, the two lovely ladies behind it...

Notts What I Call Music Vol. 2 - Submissions Open

Calling all Notts musicians. Want your music on the 2015 'Best of Notts' compilation from LeftLion?

Notts What I Call Music Vol. 2 - Submissions Open

Calling all Notts musicians. Want your music on the 2015 'Best of Notts' compilation from LeftLion?

City Arts Move From Radford Into City Centre

The newest face in town is City Arts. Parked next door to the Writers’ Studio on the border of Sneinton, the new office and creative space is the most centrally located in the organisation’s nearly forty-year history…

Interview: Amber Run

The University of Nottingham-formed band Amber Run have been one of the city’s rising stars in recent months, releasing two strong EPs this year as well as touring, writing, and recording their debut album. Joe Keogh and Will Jones took time out of their busy schedule to tell us about their new music, performing, and baking...

Interview: Laughing Matters

Taking the old adage that laughter is the best medicine, Kirstie MacDonald and Mark Christian set up Laughing Matters, a social enterprise project that aims to help people who’re having a hard time by getting them to learn a few tricks from the people who make a crust from chuckles…

Interview: Machine-free Tattooist Boff Konkerz

"I didn't get into it with the idea that it would be a good way to tattoo, I started tattooing like that and then I worked out why it was a good way"

Top of the Notts 2014

A round-up of some of our favourite music that has come out of Nottingham this year

Interview: Joe Buhdha

Producer, promoter, label boss, rapper, DJ, lecturer, Joe Buhdha has held down just about every job in hip-hop, bar leather trackies inventor. As Can’t Stop Won’t Stop’s first release hits stereos, he told us about how it all started, and why he’s got no plans to let up anytime soon…

Interview: Ian Douglas

"The children's book industry looks down its nose on the digital world and is stuck in the past"

What Notts #1

Some weird stuff what happened in the ends over the month of November, including a dirty dentist, the Gordon Scott monkey, fires and more

Interview: Bob Robinson

Born 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.

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Rough Trade Open Up In Nottingham

Stephen Godfroy, director and co-owner of Rough Trade, is credited with revitalising the company after joining a decade ago. Firstly he introduced the subscription-based ‘Album Club’ and then helped develop Rough Trade East, the company’s flagship store on trendier-than-thou Brick Lane. After setting up Rough Trade New York last October, the independent record store has opened its first UK store outside of London on Broad Street. He came to Nottingham for the store’s opening, so we nipped in for a chat…