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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."
Nottdance 2011
Sun 27 Feb 2011Nottdance, run by terpsichorean titans Dance4, is one of the longest-running dance festivals in the UK. To celebrate the festival's 21st birthday, Dance4 is laying out the biggest series of events yet and, according to Chief Executive and Artistic Director Paul Russ, nowhere is off-limits...
Interview: Tony the Interpretive Dancer
Thu 18 Nov 2010Antony 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...
Sideshow 2010 Events
Tue 26 Oct 2010A guide to the fringe events of this years British Art Show, which are on right now in a place near you
Preview: GameCity5
Mon 25 Oct 2010Nottingham kicks off a week-long videogaming sesh with the return of GameCity, but be warned: lolling about on sofas is not encouraged
Sideshow 2010
Mon 18 Oct 2010"This is our chance to show a lot of people from outside of Nottingham what’s going on here. And there’ll be a lot of parties going on"
British Art Show 7 Preview
Fri 01 Oct 2010We look at what's in store when the British Arts Show 7 comes to Nottingham
Interview: Wellington Films
Wed 01 Sep 2010"People say about Unmade Beds that they’ve never seen London look so good – that’s because it’s Nottingham"
Interview: Jane Streeter
Sun 25 Jul 2010"I hoped someone would open a bookshop so that I could get a part-time job. That someone turned out to be me"
Interview: Arsher Ali
Tue 20 Jul 2010"I hope Chris Morris becomes one of those cliquey British directors, because I would be part of that clique"
Interview: Ronika
Mon 12 Jul 2010"I’m gonna ride in on a deer, and hopefully get the stuffed gorilla from Wollaton Hall on stage for a dance"
Interview: Armando Iannucci
Mon 07 Jun 2010"It was great to be given the award. Though it’s slightly worrying in a way, because you start to think; is that it? Does that mean there’s not going to be anything else? Will it be all downhill from here?"
Arthur Century Later
Sun 25 Apr 2010ITV were supposed to remake Saturday Night and Sunday Morning in 2008, but they chickened out. So what would a modern Arthur Seaton be like? We have a stab at it…
The Evolution of Robin Hood 1262-2010
Mon 12 Apr 2010The full run-down on the evolution of England's greatest folk legend in books, films and television
Interview: Hot Chip
Mon 15 Feb 2010"I know that people always say this, but I mean it; I always like visiting Nottingham, I get a good feeling when I am there"
Preview: GameCity Squared
Sun 25 Oct 2009GameCity - Nottingham’s very own console convention is back and has been described as ‘the Sundance Festival of videogaming’
A Canadian at Nottingham Beer Festival
Wed 07 Oct 2009This time of year, Rob Cutforth loves nothing more than rubbing up against tubby, sweaty beardos and cramming greasy, meaty balls into his Canadian maw. Calm down, Nana – he’s only at the Beer Festival…
Preview: LeftLion Circus Extravaganza
Thu 24 Sep 2009More information about all of the Circus acts and a printable timetable for Saturday!
Leeds Festival 2009 gallery
Mon 31 Aug 2009Arctic Monkeys, The Prodigy, Faith No More, Gossip,Gallows, Kings of Leon, Scorzayzee, Petebox, Lovvers and more...
Godiva Festival
Sat 04 Jul 2009In the build up to Splendour, we thought we'd check out a Council-run festival at another city in the Midlands
Interview: Ade Edmondson
Tue 19 May 2009"These days it seems that there’s no kind of real subculture at all. In the seventies and eighties people were justifiably angry about stuff"
Alexei Sayle Interview
Tue 17 Mar 2009"People often recollect me using foul language, but I never did on television. It wasn’t the language but the attitude which was unsettling them"
Interview: MistaJam
Tue 10 Mar 2009"I've played in clubs around the world but nowhere quite matches the atmosphere of The Bomb as it was."
24-Hour Arty People
Mon 29 Dec 2008BritFilms gathered 30 film crews and set them the task of creating and delivering a short film in just 24 hours. LeftLion were there to follow one plucky team throughout
the process, blogging live via mobile phone. Here’s what happened...
Interview: Carl Froch
Sun 07 Dec 2008The legendary British Boxer, in a LeftLion interview from 2005...
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