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#16 our style is legendary Parental Guidance: Bad Words Inside! pos 260x360 ad 19/3/07 16:19 Page 1 Nottingham City Council is The Old Market Square may be at the heart of the city’s celebrations this March, April and May but there’s plenty going on around it. Why not also come along to some of the other events presented or supported by Nottingham City Council: proudto present 2 Dec - 1 Apr Exhibition: facing east: Yard Gallery 28 Apr - 14 Jun Abolition of the Slave Trade Nottingham Castle Contemporary Landscape Act Commemorative Exhibition Photography from Baltic Areas 3 May Museums and Galleries Old Market Square 2 Feb - 28 Mar Exhibition: Parade Angel Row Gallery Month Launch Event 2 Feb - 28 Mar Exhibition: Brewhouse Yard 3, 10, 17, The Dungeoneer’s Cave Tour Nottingham Castle A Picture of Nottinghamshire 24, 31 May 10 Feb - 15 Apr Exhibition: Glimpse: a selection Nottingham Castle 5 May The Nottingham Refugee Campaign Brewhouse Yard from the Lace collections Group May Day Celebration 10 Feb - 29 Apr Exhibition: Prickings: Nottingham Castle Catherine Bertola 5 May Activity Session: Paper Kites Green’s Windmill 10 Feb - 29 Apr Exhibition: Borrowings: Nottingham Castle 5 - 6 May Nottingham Festival of Old Market Square Phil Eglin Women's and Girls Football 10 Feb - 1 Jul Heroes & Villains: Galleries of Justice 6 May Hardy Plant Society sale Wollaton Hall & Park Who do you think you are? 7 May 1940’s Knees-Up Brewhouse Yard 12 Mar - 7 Apr Exhibition: The Memories Shop former Beatties shop, Mount Street 7 May May Day Windmills Green’s Windmill 25 Mar Windmill Fridge Magnets: Green’s Windmill 7 May Women’s FA Cup Final The City Ground Family activity 8 - 9 May Fine Food Fair Old Market Square 25 Mar Full Steam Ahead Wollaton Industrial Museum 12 May Tudor Fun & Games Wollaton Hall & Park 29 Mar Talk: The rise and fall of Nottingham Castle the cap,1550-1900 12 - 13 May National Mills Weekend Green’s Windmill 30 Mar Nottingham Classics: Royal Concert Hall 18 May Nottingham Classics: Hallé Royal Concert Hall City of Birmingham Symphony 19 May - 1 Jul Nottingham Castle Exhibitions: Nottingham Castle 31 Mar - 13 Apr Easter Family events Green’s Windmill EXPOSED Climate Change in Britain's Backyard 31 Mar - 29 Apr Exhibition: Public Spaces of Brewhouse Yard Nottingham City Council 19 May Dire Deeds & Horrible Hauntings Wollaton Hall & Park 1 Apr Talk: Smythson at Wollaton Hall Wollaton Hall 19 May A Night at the Museum Newstead Abbey 1 Apr The House at Newstead Abbey Newstead Abbey 25 May - 14 Jul Exhibition: Heroes Angel Row Gallery opens for summer 25 May - 14 Jul Exhibition: Janette Parris Angel Row Gallery 1 Apr - 30 Sept Exhibition: Jenny Baxter Newstead Abbey A Sense of Place 26 - 28 May City Pulse Music Festival Various City Centre locations 2 - 13 Apr Easter Fun for Families Brewhouse Yard 26 May CSI Green’s Mill Green’s Windmill 2 - 13 Apr The Zone: Easter Activities Nottingham City Council 26 May - 17 Jun Exhibition: Luke Skiffington Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall Leisure Centres and Park 3 - 14 Apr Guys and Dolls Theatre Royal 26 May Mothwatch Green’s Windmill 3 - 4 Apr Lace Making in the Galleries Nottingham Castle 27 May Sunday Steaming Wollaton Industrial Museum 6 - 7 Apr Flower and Bulb Festival Old Market Square 27 May The Green Festival The Arboretum 6 - 9 Apr Eggstravaganza! Nottingham Castle Family Easter event 28 May Audio Massage in the Park The Arboretum 6 Apr - 6 May Exhibition: Yard Gallery, Wollaton Hall 27 May Activity Session: Make a Glider Green’s Windmill Wildlife Photographer of the Year and Park 30 May Activity Session: Green’s Windmill 7 - 9 Apr Wollaton Hall Grand Reopening Wollaton Hall Scone Baking for Children For more information visit www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/enjoy 30 May Activity Session: Nottingham Castle Masters of the Universe 6 Apr - 4 May Exhibition: Parade Angel Row Gallery 8 Apr Easter Fun Day Newstead Abbey 31 May Activity Session: Easy Beads Nottingham Castle from Recycled Paper 9 - 10 Apr Lace Making in the Galleries Nottingham Castle 31 May Pizza Baking for Little’uns Green’s Windmill 12 Apr Lace Making in the Galleries Nottingham Castle 14 Apr British Juggling Championship Old Market Square For further information about these events and many others log onto 14 Apr Have a Go Archery Wollaton Hall www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/enjoy or call the Nottingham Tourism Centre on 08444 77 5678 17 - 20 Apr Torvill and Dean's National Ice Centre Information correct at time of print. Whilst every effort will be made to keep to this Dancing on Ice programme it may be necessary to make changes with or without notice. 20 Apr Nottingham Classics: Royal Concert Hall The Hallé Nottingham City Council also supports the following venues – 20 - 21 Apr Fine Food Fair Old Market Square visit the websites below for listings: 22 Apr Anecdotes of Wollaton Wollaton Hall Galleries of Justice www.galleriesofjustice.org.uk 22 Apr St George’s Day Celebration Nottingham Castle and Nottingham Arena www.nottingham-arena.com For more information visit Old Market Square www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/enjoy Nottingham Playhouse www.nottinghamplayhouse.co.uk 26 Apr A chance to see…Bags Brewhouse Yard Royal Centre www.royalcentre-nottingham.co.uk 26 Apr Nottingham Classics: Royal Concert Hall OAE & Freiburg Baroque Orchestra 27 Apr - 12 May I Have Been Here Before Nottingham Playhouse illustration: David Blenkey LeftLion Magazine Issue 16 4. May Contain Notts Hello and welcome to another issue of LeftLion Magazine. April-May 2007 You may notice that this issue is printed in glorious full 5. The Square Root of Nottingham colour. Here at LeftLion HQ we’re partying like Hollywood in the 1920’s to celebrate. Editor 6. The C Word – Why you should vote! Jared Wilson ([email protected]) 7. LeftEyeOn Gallery But it’s a tough market to work in and a couple of other Deputy Editors 8. A Canadian in New Basford local free magazines that started after us have gone Al Needham ([email protected]) to the wall recently. We’re always up for representing Nathan Miller ([email protected]) 9. MyVice underground and independent media (Saggy Pants and 10. As High As Wutan Gets NotInNottingham you both rule), but there is a difference Technical Director between putting out a magazine to represent your scene Alan Gilby ([email protected]) 12. Neon Heights – The Power of Invention and putting one out to clean up on advertising revenue. Marketing and Sales Manager 14. Model Morning and Stiff Kittens Ben Hacking ([email protected]) These are issues that are hard to balance when working 15. Meet The Klaxons in the free press, issues we know very well as LeftLion Artistic Director 16. You Slut! And the Dead City Presidents is financed entirely by advertising revenue. But hopefully Dave Reason ([email protected]) you agree that we have a good balance between 17. The Magic Numbers commerce and content. Listings Editors Tim Bates ([email protected]) 18. Black Vinyl Heart and Liam Bailey Florence Gohard ([email protected]) In this issue there is coverage of some damn cool stuff. 20. Special Brew - Beer baron Chris Holmes Music-wise we interviewed nu-ravers The Klaxons, who Proofreading 21. Lucy Porter have strong links to the city as one of them studied at Charlotte Kingsbury ([email protected]) Nottingham Trent. Also in are The Magic Numbers, the 23. England’s Meadows chosen ones to officially open the brand new Market Distribution Square. Natasha Chowdhury 24. This is England – Andrew Shim and Vicky McClure Sophie Driscoll th 26. LeftLion Friday 13 Extravaganza We’re particularly glad to see the Market Square open Photography Editor 29. Artists profiles again. The development work might have taken ages, but Dom Henry ([email protected]) now it’s done we think it makes the centre of town look 30. Out and About loads better. So we took the opportunity to look at the Photographers history of the well-known space. Al Greer ([email protected]) 34. The Maze Ben Dennis 36. Nottingham Events Listings This issue also gave us a chance to go back to our Bobby G ([email protected]) Bob Meyrick 43. Nottsword / LeftLion Pub Quiz roots. The release of Shane Meadows Dead Mans Shoes David Bowen ([email protected]) coincided with our first issue 32 months ago, when Shane Jon Rouston ([email protected]) 44. Tales of a Miserable Hypocrite and Nottingham Zoo became our first ever cover star. Since then he’s been busy Pascale Duval 45. Creative Writing preparing his latest epic This Is England. So we put some Pete Cranston questions to two of the cast and took a look at his legacy. Johnathan Blackmore 46. Rocky Horrorscopes/ The Arthole/ Notts Trumps So much more to mention and not enough space. Also Illustrators Rob White ([email protected]) featuring are the uber-foxy comedian Lucy Porter, king of Rikki Marr ([email protected]) local pubs Chris Holmes, the guys from The Maze, Neon David Blenkey Heights, Old Basford, The Smears, Stiff Kittens, Model Morning and much more. Contributors Alex Kocan LeftLion have been nominated as ‘Ambassadors to Alasdair Catton Nottingham’ for an award being run by BBC Nottingham Amanda Young Jesse Keene and The Evening Post (who recently referred to us as “The Louise Doherty High Priests of Nottingham Culture”). If we’re successful, Ian Kingsbury you can expect a massive lion-style celebration with a Jessica Troughton pyramid of Ferrero Rocher in the corner! Jon McGregor Kate Jolly See you at LeftLion Extravaganza at the Rescue Rooms on Kevin Stanley April 13th… Michael Abbott Michael Simon Rebecca Kielty Rob Cutforth Roger Mean [email protected] Samuel Rogers Shanthi Sekaran Tommy Goodall Magician In Residence Jack Curtis Thanks For The Roof Faber Maunsell www.fabermaunsell.com “I never thought much of the courage of a lion tamer.