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The Wrong Side of the River: Meadows vs West Bridgford
Wed 07 Nov 2018The Trent. Starting in Staffordshire and slicing through Nottingham, is it a mark of social division in the city? Jasmin Pacey-Devlin reflects on her time living on both sides…
Meadows Brick Graffiti from Days Past in Photos
Fri 17 Nov 2017We went a'snapping around Old Meadows to see what we could find in the way of graffiti, and here's what we found engraved in the walls...
Interview: Thomas Turgoose
Thu 28 Feb 2013At the age of twelve Thomas Turgoose was living in Grimsby, smoking weed, drinking, stealing cars and getting in trouble with the law. Then he stumbled upon an audition for Shane Meadows’ This Is England in a youth centre and it changed his life forever. Now, about to turn 21, he has a clutch of international acting awards behind him, travels the world going to film festivals and is on first name terms with Johnny Depp and Michael Fassbender. What happened?
Shane Meadows: The Early Years
Tue 25 Dec 2012Forty-nine issues ago, we interviewed Shane Meadows for the first ever LeftLion Magazine. Since then he’s gone from being an underground Midlands filmmaker to a BAFTA-winning tour de force of both British cinema and television. We’re now on issue fifty and Shane took a break from working on his current project (a documentary about The Stone Roses) to give us a rare interview, reflecting on his early years learning his trade in Nottingham…
Interview: Vicky McClure on This Is England 86
Fri 22 Oct 2010Taking 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 Vicky McClure (Lol) for a natter…
Preview: This Is England
Sun 01 Apr 2007"The quintessential Shane Meadows picture and also his most mature film yet"
Interview: Andrew Shim
Sat 01 Oct 2005"I had a part in Dead Mans Shoes, which was quite a big role when we were filming, but it eventually got cut out of the final picture except for being in the crowd at the funeral scene..."
Shane Meadows: The Dead Mans Shoes Interview
Fri 10 Sept 2004"We've just made this mad film, where the producer leaves his life behind to become a professional wrestler"