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How local football team Fanzines United FC was created from a conversation in Selectadisc record shop
Fri 24 May 2024In 1990 a conversation in Selectadisc record shop led to a group of Notts County and Nottingham Forest fanzine creators putting their rivalries aside to form a football team together. Fanzines United FC was formed and is still going strong to this day. Andy Lowe, founder of the Tricky Tree fanzine explains how it happened…
Local Live Bands, Markets, Film Festivals and Escape Rooms: Here's What's On This Week in Nottingham 21-28 April 2024
Sun 21 Apr 2024There's no end of exciting events this week in Nottingham. From beloved local live act Wizard's Can't be Lawyers and Central Library gigs to the anticipated return of Beeston Film Festival and the Ay Up Market, see here for our picks of the most unmissable choices.
Local Star Holly Humberstone Discusses Rising Fame, Overcoming Stage Fright and Her New Release
Fri 19 Apr 2024Local star Holly Humberstone is on a high, and still rising fast. We caught up with her between tours to discuss her confessional songwriting, how she has gained confidence performing on stage, and why Nottingham is still so special to her.
We Get to Know Local Actress Eve Austin, Star of BBC's This Town
Thu 11 Apr 2024Like many Nottingham born actors, Eve Austin came up through the esteemed Television Workshop: Nottingham’s very own drama school aimed at helping people of all ages develop their acting skills. She’s currently starring in six-part BBC series This Town and we caught up to hear about how she got into acting and the importance of opportunities for young working class people.
Ahead of Thieves in the Night Release We Caught up with Local Actress Liv Paige
Fri 29 Mar 2024Thieves in the Night is the first feature-length film to come from The Red Carnage Company, an independent production organisation founded by Matthew Button, Maximilian Feurstein and Ted Dontchev - and we speak to the latter about his role as writer and director, as well as one of the film’s stars, and Nottingham native, Liv Paige…
Local Nottingham Artists Have The Chance To Play Legendary Rock City Main Stage @ Dot To Dot Festival
The Future Sound of Nottingham is returning for 2024. FSN gives Nottingham and Nottinghamshire musicians the opportunity to play the iconic main stage of Rock City.
Enjoy dragons in bow-ties and faraway worlds? We Check Out Voyage of the Damned, the debut novel from local author Frances White
Thu 21 Mar 2024Do you like your stories part myth, part magical gay murder-mystery cruise? Enjoy dragons in bow-ties and faraway worlds? Then perhaps Voyage of the Damned, the debut novel from local author Frances White is right up your street. We sat down with Frances to talk about finding your voice, getting published and being perceived as a writer.
Sheriff of Nottingham Shuguftah Quddoos on the Nottingham cuts and her suspension from the Labour Party
Fri 08 Mar 2024Following on from famous film depictions by the likes of Alan Rickman and Matthew MacFadyen, Shuguftah Quddoos is the current Sheriff of Nottingham, a role which stretches back to the Norman conquest. We caught up with her on what has been quite a week on the council…
We Interviewed the Snuts Ahead of Their Rough Trade Show
Fri 23 Feb 2024We had the chance recently to have a lovely chat with the even lovelier Callum Wilson from Scottish indie band The Snuts to talk all things millennials, tours and being a happy artist...
Interview: Ray Bradshaw
Thu 15 Feb 2024With the Doppelginger tour coming to Nottingham in March, Ian C Douglas sat down with Ray Bradshaw to learn more about this red-letter day...
We chat with the Gedling Climate Group on what locals are looking for in the fight against climate change.
Wed 14 Feb 2024Since the 90s, the Gedling Climate Change Group have been lobbying their borough council for climate action. They fill us in on their recent Climate and Nature convention, and what their hopes are from the local authority in the ongoing fight against climate change…
Theatre Interview: Witness for the Prosecution at the National Justice Museum
Wed 24 Jan 2024A courtroom drama performed in a real courtroom. Another great idea from local theatre company Your Chance Productions. Darren Paul Taylor and Connor Thomas, two of the show's stars, take LeftLion behind the curtain...
Local Cultural Organisations Issue Open Letter Voicing Concern About Nottingham City Council’s Budget Cuts
Tue 16 Jan 2024With the recent announcement of budget cuts to the cultural and social sectors in Nottingham, over 120 individuals representing at least 75 local organisations have signed an open letter voicing concern about Nottingham City Council’s Section 114 process, and the impact it will have on the Nottingham communities.
American Poets In Britain, a Reading by Jason Schneiderman, Kathryn Maris and Dante Micheaux
Tue 16 Jan 2024Filmmaker and Producer Russell Noon Tells Us All About Twilight Story Time
Wed 10 Jan 2024With the new Central Library opening its doors last month, a new modern era of literature is set to blossom in Nottingham. We spoke to local filmmaker and producer Russell Noon who in a bid to combat banal children’s content created Twilight Story Time which combines animation, illustration and original stories for children…
No Shadow Between the Thighs: Eccentric & Bizarre.. Rare and Unknown Films Presented With Our Youth Programmer and Local Creatives
Sat 06 Jan 2024The Thompsons on Doctor Who, King Charles III and Local Cheese
Fri 22 Dec 2023Nottingham's most opinionated grocers on...
We Do Some Etymological Digging to Discover How Some of Our Local Place Names Originated
Thu 21 Dec 2023Inherited over centuries from our ancestors to mark the lay of the land, place names give glimmers of the people and communities that occupied our terrain before us. Most often deriving from old English words relating to the landscape, or long gone land-owning families, these names evolve in the local collective consciousness while also becoming often overlooked after a time due to their familiarity. We thought we’d do a little etymological digging to discover how some of our local place names originated, and what they mean today…
Interview: Nathan Ellis
Thu 21 Dec 2023A huge opportunity for newly emerging playwrights kicks off in the New Year. Nathan Ellis, from the Playhouse's Amplify programme, talks us through it...