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Gig Review: Hard-Fi at Rock City
Fri 27 Oct 2023Though regularly heard over the years, calls for HARD-FI’s return became particularly vocal during the 2020 lockdown, after Richard Archer staged a solo, livestream show for charity from his home. Now, they are back for good, and they embark on a full UK tour, including a date at Rock City...
Goose Fair To Return For Ten Days!
Thu 22 Sept 2022Nottingham’s world famous Goose Fair returns to the Forest Recreation Ground this month as a special ten-day event...
The Reel Raleigh: 8 Times Nottinghamshire's Famous Cycling Brand Appeared on Screen
Wed 21 Sept 2022You think bikes, you think Raleigh - and that’s largely down to their immeasurable influence on the big and small screen. Here are some of their finest moments in showbusiness…
Film Review: Revolution of Our Times
Sat 16 Apr 2022Hong Kong filmmaker Kiwi Chow exhibits the months of mass demonstrations against the 2019 proposed extradition law in this political documentary that has broken a box office record in Taiwan…
Film Review: The Harder They Fall
Fri 05 Nov 2021Netflix’s ensemble Western is an unfocused and bloated revenge story...
School of Hard Notts: Twelve Year Old Jagoda Brown-Polanowska on Returning to Class and Saving the Planet
Fri 16 Apr 2021Jagoda Brown-Polanowska has been contributing to LeftLion throughout the pandemic, updating us on the state of affairs through the eyes of a twelve-year-old. As students have returned to a COVID-age schooling, we hear how uncomfortable masks, loneliness and Google Meet are a part of the story that shaped the next generation…
Fighting Fit with Dan Hardy and UFC
Fri 25 Oct 2019UFC GYM, the company associated with the famous MMA (Mixed Martial Arts) organisation have opened their first UK gym here in Nottingham. The gym has several unique features, including being the home of the first full-size Octagon ring in Europe. Isaac Seelochan went along to find out more.
School of Hard Notts: Gabriel Kidd – Butting Heads
Fri 19 Jul 2019Kidd is Nottingham’s very own GOAT (greatest of all time) a tough young grappler destined for the top. We caught “The Young Bull” fresh off the plane from a gruelling training camp at the legendary NJPW* dojo. Wearing his new battle scars proudly, Kidd pulled no punches in a forthright interview.
School of Hard Notts: WGP Lions Spirit
Fri 24 May 2019Wrestle Gate Pro (WGP) is an up-and-coming Notts based promotion, fast gaining a reputation for professional set-ups and major signings. Lions Spirit at Rushcliffe arena helped to cement this, bringing the hard hits, electric atmosphere and a huge surprise main event that could headline any Vegas show!
School of Hard Notts: Face Time with Visage
Mon 18 Mar 2019Meet Visage - Nottingham’s Wrestlin’ Bitch Face. Another House of Pain alumnus building momentum on the UK’s grappling scene Visage is a flamboyant and instantly recognisable character. He’s also proper nails - mock his collection of amazing wigs and he’ll slap the taste out of your mouth. Visage’s blend of humour, innuendo and merciless bludgeoning is an unusual in-ring fusion invoking classic performers like Gorgeous George and Cassandro. We cornered Visage for a chat in a pleasingly kitsch tiki-bar.
School of Hard Notts: Puro-Vision
Tue 12 Feb 2019Wrestle Gate Pro (WGP) landed in Nottingham in January for their exciting debut show Open Gate an event noticeably influenced by Japanese wrestling. Also known as Puro it’s a relatively realistic, punishing style where wrestlers primarily get over* by displaying their “fighting spirit” i.e. willingness to absorb and subsequently dish-out a beating against any odds. In some ways a style at the other end of the spectrum from traditional UK wrestling were intangible factors like charisma can be as significant as pain threshold or athletic ability - Crabtree, I am looking at you.
When Laurel and Hardy Came to Nottingham...
Sun 13 Jan 2019To celebrate the release of Stan & Ollie, we take a look back at the time legendary comedy double-act Laurel and Hardy spent Christmas in Nottingham...
School of Hard Notts: Enter Wrestle Gate Pro
Sat 12 Jan 2019Finally…the wrestling has come back to Rushcliffe! Champions from across the globe are heading to Notts on 26 January to entertain fans and beat seven shades of subtext out of each other. Bringing a harder, edgier style influenced by Japanese wrestling and MMA and with at least one legitimate dream match on the card, it’s something new for the city. SOHN talks to Gary Ward, promoter and owner of Wrestle Gate Pro.
School of Hard Notts Catch up with Stixx
Wed 21 Nov 2018Stixx is Nottingham’s very own HHH; a technician, brawler, trainer and promoter. He has contributed massively to Nottingham wrestling’s ongoing rejuvenation and has fought and trained some of the best in the world. Whilst Stixx benevolently left mainstream recognition to his protégés, to those in the know, there can be no doubt he is he is one of the linchpins of wrestling in the midlands. Sitting in the post-show wreckage after another bruising bout, LeftLion hangs out under the tree of woe with Notts’ most garrulous gigantic grappler.
10 Times Nottingham Folk Made National News for Stupid Reasons
Fri 16 Nov 2018Look, we love the people of Notts. But even your lot can't deny your stupidity sometimes...