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Nadia Whittome talks about sick note culture, disability and mental health
Sun 19 May 2024Labour MP Nadia Whittome talks to us about sick benefits and the real problems Britain is facing, with a significant rise in people out of work and those that are left with lasting COVID-19 symptoms
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…
Gig Review: Bleach Lab at The Bodega
Thu 09 Nov 2023London-based four-piece Bleach Lab are known for creating ethereal indie soundscapes. LeftLion's Phil Taylor reviews as The Bodega is transported to another dimension for a night of delicate vocals and hazy guitar riffs...
Student Written, Nottingham MP-Backed Climate Education Bill Makes it into Labour’s Draft Policy Programme
Sun 08 Oct 2023Teach the Future is a campaign to ensure that students are taught across the curriculum about the climate emergency and ecological crisis, and the solutions and skills needed for the green jobs of the future. Their student-written Climate Education Bill, tabled by Nottingham East MP Nadia Whittome, got a step closer to becoming a reality this week, 16 year old Teach the Future volunteer and Young Labour member Liv Marshall explains.
Comedy Group Major Labia are Launching Their First Short Film, Witches
Fri 24 Feb 2023Spreading comedy across Nottingham, Major Labia are well-known for their theatre-based comedy shows and absurdist humour. Now the group, who originally met at The Television Workshop, are creating their first short film. Titled Witches, the project explores the dynamics of female surveillance and sexuality. We catch up with Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie, Gemma Caseley-Kirk and Narisha Lawson to chat about the upcoming release…
We Chat to Notts Photographer Tom Quigley About His Brand New Exhibition at Make It Easy Lab
Wed 08 Feb 2023Our current Photography Editor, Nathan Langman, sits down with our former Photography Editor, Tom Quigley, to chat all things - well, we imagine you can guess...
Major Labia Talk Role-Playing as Pigeons, Mary Berry Raps and Comedy's Gender Imbalance
Sat 04 Sept 2021From role-playing as the market square pigeons to performing Mary Berry-inspired raps, Major Labia are spreading laughs across Nottingham. As they get ready to perform live at Nottingham Playhouse this month, we chat to the Television Workshop alumni Siobhán Cannon-Brownlie, Phoebe Frances Brown, Gemma Caseley-Kirk and Narisha Lawson about their new show, comedy’s gender imbalance and chasing Lou Sanders down the street…
Interview: Wigflex Relaunches Record Label After Six Year Hiatus
Fri 19 Mar 2021The notorious Nottingham party crew’s last release was in 2015, but now it’s back with an EP from Son of Philip, including an extra special remix. Rory Evans learns more about the long-term friendship formed through music that led to the label’s revival…
Documentary Filmmaker Jay Martin on Redt'Blue: The Film that Examines Why Mansfield Turned Tory
Wed 03 Jun 2020After decades as a Labour stronghold, Mansfield decided to elect a Conservative MP in the 2017 General Election. The result, which came as a shock to many, led local filmmaker Jay Martin to make Red’tBlue, his upcoming documentary which explores why the ex-mining town turned Tory…
Electronic Labels in Lockdown: Notts is Still Dancing
Wed 27 May 2020Clubs are sadly not open but local labels that produce the music you’d dance to there have been smashing it in lockdown, and keeping feet moving at home. Get to know some talented crews and what they’ve been up to over the past few weeks...
Local Label Leftback is Throwing a Birthday Party
Fri 01 Feb 2019Leftback turns five this weekend and it’s throwing a tasty party to celebrate. We spoke to owner Dudley Strangeways ahead of the bash…
All You Need To Know About The Second Nottingham Label Market
Fri 09 Mar 2018Celebrating independent record labels within the city, it takes over the Malt Cross this Saturday...
Theatre Review: Major Labia's Vulva La Revolution
Thu 12 Oct 2017The funniest women in Notts performed to a home crowd...
Advertising Sectioned: Tony Gardner, Your Labour & Co-Operative Candidate for Beeston (October 1974)
Wed 12 Jul 2017Local adverts ripped from the pages of history...
The Guerilla Art Lab
Wed 21 Jun 2017The Guerilla Art Lab, also known as GAL, is an artist collective and studio space based on Broad Street. We had a word with founder Rachel Parry, and collective member Sarah Todino, to dig a little deeper into the group’s philosophies...