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Performance: the Ideal Life, In Partnership With Fabric As Part Of Transform Festival
Sat 15 Jun 2024We sat down with Charlotte Thomson-Morley to ask about her ideas, inspiration and other work.
Wed 27 Mar 2024Our wonderful cover art this month is by Charlotte Thomson-Morley, a South Notts illustrator and printmaker who makes work based around folklore and Paganism. We sat down with Charlotte to ask about her ideas, inspiration and other work.
Hop Idol: Nottingham's Home Beer Brewing Contest Returns
Nottingham-based beer event team, Let’s Beer, is working with Brew Day home brew supplies on Hop Idol 2024, Nottingham’s annual home brewing competition.
Tastemaker Dean Jackson Tells Us How He Identifies Nottingham’s Most Talented Musicians
Mon 25 Sept 2023Whether you’ve heard his voice on BBC radio, or seen his friendly face announcing who’s coming on stage next at a festival, Dean Jackson is one of the most important figures in Nottingham when it comes to the music industry. He tells us all about the origins of his career, the artists he’s been loving recently, and what the future holds for the local music scene…
Ideal for Nottingham Trent University Students, WRAP is a Creative Writing Workshop Held at Blend Contemporary
Sat 22 Apr 2023Inspiring students to express themselves through writing, Rebecca Cullen of Nottingham Trent University set up WRAP, shorthand for Writing, Reading and Pleasure. Josephine Ruffles catches up with Rebecca about the group and how writing can improve your wellbeing…
Theatre Review: Identical at Nottingham Playhouse
Wed 03 Aug 2022Looking for a fun family night out? Look no further...
Inside Art of Football’s Mission to Make the Beautiful Game a Source of Community, Identity and Celebration
Fri 22 Jul 2022Just a couple of avenues up from the LeftLion offices sits Art of Football, a Sneinton-based arts and fashion brand that centres around - you guessed it - football. They’ve seen their bucket hats on Ian Wright’s head, they’ve collaborated with Umbro, and they’re still only just getting started. We chat to Director Luke Cuthbert about immortalising people’s memories, the importance of community, and their plans for the future…
A Mental Health Expert at the University of Nottingham Explains Why Resolutions Might Not Be the Best Idea This New Year
Sun 02 Jan 2022We hear from mental health expert Paul Crawford, a professor of health humanities at the University of Nottingham, about why this is such a difficult time of the year, and how we can protect our wellbeing this winter…
Artist Mitch Proctor, a.k.a Bon Idle, on his new comic: Henshin
Sun 13 Sept 2020Nine years ago, a mysterious explosion plunged a city into a seemingly endless blackout. That is, until a Mark Zuckerburg-like tech billionaire rebuilt it into a futuristic metropolis – but to Journalism student Alex, this shady figure’s motivations don’t quite ring true. Alex’s hunch soon thrusts him into a world of superheroes and monsters in Henshin, a new series from Notts-based artist Mitch Proctor, a.k.a. Bon Idle...
The Write Ideas: 7 Ways to Put Pen to Paper
Tue 21 Apr 2020Ever yearned to be one of those people who could just put pen to paper? Maybe you struggled to know where to start? We’ve rounded up our best ideas for creative writing at home...
Desire, Love, Identity: An LGBTQ exhibition at the National Justice Museum
Mon 11 Feb 2019It’s fair to say that most Nottingham folk still call it the Galleries of Justice and associate it with ghost tours and a family day out in a scary old prison, but there have been new developments at the rebranded National Justice Museum lately. This includes making more innovative use of the temporary exhibition space, accessible for free. Our Rebecca headed on over to check out their newest exhibition...
26 Nottingham Independents to Buy Creative Christmas Gifts From This Year
Mon 11 Dec 2017It’s easy to get bogged down in the conveyor belt of tax-dodging chain shops in the UK. You know the story: it’s a few days before Crimbo and you’re wading through the Market Square gaggles, with oodles of ornamental cats and willy-shaped salt shakers spilling out of your arms. Don’t worry, we’ve all been there duck.
This year, you can pack in the panic buys and consult our handy guide to the best independent makers, doers and sellers in Nottingham. That’s right, we’ve rounded up some of the top creative establishments in the city, and have highlighted a few of their top buys to stuff in yer nan’s stocking. Argos? Do one.
Explore Identity with Collabor-8 and Shady Cow at Nottingham Contemporary
Wed 23 Aug 2017There's something very special happening down the Lace Market art gallery this Friday
Talking Sexuality and Gender Identity in the Pub
Mon 08 May 2017PubhD. The evening that combines research with... pints. With the Lavender Language and Linguistics conference taking place in Nottingham, PubhD put on a special event, inviting some of the conference attendees to speak. The theme of the conference was Language, Gender and Identity, and each of the talks fitted into this theme...
The Heritage Sector and the Problem of the Constructed Identity
Thu 02 Feb 2017An essay on the way heritage and culture should be collated and presented inclusively in a modern age without leaning towards nostalgia…
Green Day's American Idiot
Fri 17 Jun 2016It’s a bit like watching Grease on Speed. At times some of it might seem a little saccharine, but frankly you’d have to be churlish to not enjoy the spectacle
Stichelton Cheese Has an Identity Crisis
Wed 06 Apr 2016The Notts dairy are proper vexed as their cheese crusade continues