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Nottingham Digital Summit Returns - First Look at the Lineup
Wed 26 Apr 2023The Midlands’ largest digital marketing conference is set to return to Nottingham this summer...
We Headed to COP26 in Glasgow to See Whether the Climate Change Conference was a Success
Tue 16 Nov 2021Climate change conferences might seem lofty to most, which isn’t surprising when it’s an issue - or set of interlocking issues - far bigger than any individual can fully understand. But did the world’s “greatest problem-solvers”, as David Attenborough put it, come together and crack the puzzle of the century (maybe ever), or did self-interest and fossil thinking rule the day? LeftLion’s Environment Editor Adam Pickering travels to Glasgow to see whether COP26 is much cop, or not.
Explore Vertical Gardening at the Festival of Science and Curiosity's Urban Greening Conference
Mon 11 Feb 2019This month sees the Festival of Science and Curiosity come to town. As part of the events, the Urban Greening Conference offers attendees the chance to find out about vertical gardening, resource efficiency and sustainable eating. We sat down with event organiser Penney Poyzer to find out about the conference...
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…
Exploring Technology, Spoken Word and Writing our Roots at WEM’s The Writers’ Conference
Thu 08 Mar 2018Last week, Nottingham’s literati gathered on a snowy Saturday to do some listening, learning and creating at The Writers’ Conference, all hosted by Writing East Midlands. We got down to check out some of the talks and workshops…
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...
Art Works: Shane Buckingham
Fri 18 Aug 2017The local artist reveals how drawing is a welcome "side effect" of his brain injury...
The Writers' Conference
Thu 02 Apr 2015"Writers are a weird bunch. We are essentially introverts, cloaking ourselves in fonts as a means of communicating with the world"
The Writers' Conference
Thu 02 Apr 2015"Writers are a weird bunch. We are essentially introverts, cloaking ourselves in fonts as a means of communicating with the world"
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"