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Griot Speak

28/11
The Griot is a figure from West African tradition, a poet, a storyteller and a means of keeping history alive...
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The Night Watch

24/11
"A glance through the book's acknowledgements lists a bibliography which would have university lecturers salivating"...

Best of the Booker

04/11
A look at four of Booker Prize winning novels from the past decade...
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My Father and Other Working Class Heroes

23/10
The author tries to piece together the life of his recently deceased father, a stoic individual who, like most from his time, kept his feelings hidden...

So Many Ways To Begin

04/10
Jon McGregor, one of Britain's finest new writers is a Nottingham fella and a fan of LeftLion. So we had a read of his new book...
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Three Cities book launch

04/06
I have a theory that you can work out the particular class of an event based upon the food provided...

Sunday Night and Monday Morning

17/12
An anthology of short stories from Nottingham writers, launched with readings from Nicola Monaghan, Kat Pomfret and Jon Macgregor...
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A Background Noise

02/09
A mature and convincing study of young male grief, aided by assuredly minimalist direction and by the recurring and dramatic sound-effect ...

All Crews Muss Big Up

09/07
A way of life that many would never know or understand, yet would leave others sat laughing and nodding with every page...
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War of The Worlds

02/07
You know where you stand with a Spielberg movie. The man invented the summer season with Jaws and has since redefined popular cinema...

A Canadian in New Basford

Read all of Rob Cutforth's rants online

A Canadian in New Basford
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The Space

The Space
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