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A Favourite of Sir Elton John, We Hear About Nottingham Fashion Brand Daniel Hanson

Sat 25 Feb 2023

Launched by the late Daniel Hanson and his wife Julie Hanson in 1989, Nottingham luxury dressing gown and fine garment design and manufacturer brand, Daniel Hanson, has garnered an elite following for over three decades. Its premium fabrics and exquisite designs have made it a household name in Hollywood, amongst royalty and around the world. We catch up with Associate Julian Hanson and his mother, Managing Director Julie Hanson, to find out more about this special family-run business…

Illustrator Daniel Allen Takes on His Favourite Notts Pubs

Sun 15 Aug 2021

Local illustrator Daniel Allen pays homage to five of his favourite Notts watering holes...

Nottingham Filmmaker Daniel Turner's Work is Featuring on Indie Platform NoBudge

Wed 11 Mar 2020

We talk to local filmmaker Daniel Turner, whose new short film Dve Místa has been chosen to feature on indie platform NoBudge, about his inspiration for the project, Nottingham’s role in his moviemaking career and what he’s got planned for the future...

Crazy P's Danielle Moore on Throwing the Middle Finger to the Establishment

Sun 28 Apr 2019

Crazy P’s singer might have ‘blagged’ her way into a twenty year career, but they’re about to release new album, Age of the Ego, kicking off the tour at Brickworks for a rare live performance in the band’s hometown.

Daniel Steegmann Mangrané at The Nottingham Contemporary

Fri 22 Feb 2019

A rainforest in the middle of Nottingham you say? I mean I know the weather's been positively tropical lately but that sounds rather absurd. Not in the art world. Our Dan got down to the Contemporary to check out how their new exhibition is more than just forestry...

Short Film: Millie by Daniel Turner

Sat 07 Jul 2018

Check out Notts director Daniel Turner's brilliant short documentary about female wrestling...

LeftLion Film Podcast #3 Part 2 - The Worst Films of 2017 with Daniel Turner

Fri 29 Dec 2017

The second of a two-parter in which Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by Daniel Turner to discuss the worst films released in 2017...

LeftLion Film Podcast #3 Part 1 - Best Films of 2017 with Daniel Turner

Sat 23 Dec 2017

The first of a two-parter, where Ashley Carter and Derry Shillitto are joined by Nottingham filmmaker Daniel Turner to discuss their picks for the best films of 2017

Award-winning Film I, Daniel Blake Highlights Austerity Injustices in the UK

Wed 01 Feb 2017

The Palme d'Or winning film is at Nottingham Arts Theatre with a post-screening Q&A to get deep into the issues discussed in Ken Loach's impactful critique on the benefits system...

Daniel Hoffman-Gill on Kings at Nottingham Playhouse

Mon 18 Apr 2016

"It's set in Somerville House on Forest Road West, which is sheltered accommodation for men who are homeless or in difficult places in their life"

Interview with Daniel Hanson

Thu 11 Jun 2015

"It doesn't matter what you do in life, the most important thing is to make sure you're bloody good at it"

Daniel Hanson

Thu 11 Jun 2015

"It doesn't matter what you do in life, the most important thing is to make sure you're bloody good at it"

Interview: The Gorgeous Chans

Tue 27 Aug 2013

Nusic’s Future Sound of Nottingham contest has helped break artists ranging from Dog Is Dead to Indiana. This year’s winners were the The Gorgeous Chans, an ensemble who have grown from six members to almost a dozen over the past year. We had words with Liam Gardiner (saxophone), Daniel Potts (drums) and Brandon Hill (guitar and vocals)...

Interview: Kappa Gamma

Fri 07 Dec 2012

Picked up by Denizen Records, linked up with Dog Is Dead, championed by Dean Jackson and glommed onto the Radio One playlist, it’s been a very decent year for Kappa Gamma and their freewheeling dream-pop stylings. Time, then, to talk to Tom Towle and Max Starbuck of the band...

Interview: Skiman

Sat 05 Feb 2011

Daniel Waithe – otherwise known as Skiman – is a prodigy of Notts superproducers The Elementz, the latest in a long line of bar-spitting behemoths from the NG and the man behind dancefloor-destroying mixtape Afterdark. And he’s still only 18…

Interview: Rosamund Hanson on This Is England '86

Thu 21 Oct 2010

Taking the original film cast - most of whom come from Notts - and plunging them deep into the mire of mid-eighties Britain, Shane Meadows’ Channel 4 series This Is England ‘86 was a runaway success on it's TV run and has just been released on DVD. We collared Rosamund Hanson (Smell) for a natter…