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Nottingham Residents Invited to Take Part in World-First Citizen Assembly Initiative at New Art Exchange
Sat 06 Apr 2024New Art Exchange (NAE) is setting a global precedent for community-led arts delivery with the launch of the VOICE Assembly, a permanent citizen assembly to be included within the diverse arts organisation's leadership structure. The initiative invites forty local residents to represent the wider community and directly shape NAE’s neighbourhood strategy and investments. NAE is developing a blueprint for cultural institutions worldwide, championing citizen-led decision-making in arts and culture.
The Pastel Project Talk LGBTQ+ Activism, the Trans Community and Aims to Make Nottingham the UK's First Trans Sanctuary City
Sat 17 Feb 2024The Pastel Project is a grassroots activism group seeking to establish Nottingham as the UK's first Trans Sanctuary City. With aims including to improve trans healthcare and improve LGBTQ+ education in schools, this project works towards solidarity and support for the trans community and making Nottingham a safe haven for all trans and gender non-conforming people...
Listening Session: a Conversation Between Carved Records by Masimba Hwati and Paul Stan Nataraj
Wed 07 Feb 2024Selectors: Rob's Records
Wed 13 Dec 2023In this video interview series, Nick Strang (Spore Print Productions and Plates) speaks to Nottingham-based DJs. Up this time it's Rob, founder of Rob's Records Mart, a national (arguably, global) institution, and for good reason. Places like this cease to exist and with the rapid demise of physical high street shops, Rob's really is an anomaly that should be embraced and loved by all...
Beat the Streets Announces First Acts for 2024
Fri 08 Dec 2023Nottingham-based national music promoter, DHP Family, has announced the first wave of artists for charity fundraiser festival Beat The Streets...
We Spoke With Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s First Black Female High Sheriff
Fri 13 Oct 2023Everyone has heard of the High Sheriff of Nottingham, but what does the job entail in the modern age? We spoke with Veronica Pickering, Nottinghamshire’s first Black female High Sheriff, about her truly fascinating career journey, her international and local community work, the changing nature of the public sector, and what she likes to do in her free time…
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 Hear All About Global Wordsmiths, the Inclusive Community Project Empowering Their Writers
Sat 08 Apr 2023Meet Victoria Villasenor and Nicci Robinson. In 2014, the couple first met at a literature event at Waterstones on Bridlesmith Gate. The two ended up connecting and went on to work on community projects together; they had a passion for mentoring authors in the beginning stages of their careers. They took these values and focused them on Global Wordsmiths - a community interest company Victoria established in 2012 that seeks to help writers realise their dreams. Our own writer (and creative behind Queer Notts) Jade Bramley sits down with Victoria and Nicci at the very same Waterstones where they met almost a decade prior, to discuss the work they do in the literature world and how they incorporate queer activism into it…
Discover Remnants of the Ice Age at Lakeside Arts
Thu 30 Mar 2023Creswell’s First Collectors is the latest display at the Museum of Archaeology at Lakeside Arts. Local archaeologist Ben Normington introduces this ‘collection’ of artefacts made by early humans who lived in the Creswell Crags gorge in Nottinghamshire during the Ice Age…
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…
Swing Dash Take Over Everyday People for First Ever Party
Thu 02 Feb 2023For Issue #157, we will be visiting Swing Dash studios, based in Sneinton, to discuss their upcoming 24-hour livestream in aid of International Women’s Day. In the meantime, check out this exciting event they’ve got coming up before then…
Out of Time: Florence Paton, Nottinghamshire's First Female MP
Tue 31 Jan 2023Overcoming several disappointing results at the polls to become Nottinghamshire’s first female MP, Florence Paton was empowerment personified - using her platform to stand up for women, the working classes and children with learning disabilities. We take a look at her inspirational life…
Author Julie Malone Talks Us Through Middleway Words Festival
Fri 04 Nov 2022Middleway Words is a new festival with ambitions to share Midlands authors with the world. A mix of online and live events, the jewel in Middleway’s crown is a celebration at Waterstones for Nottingham’s literary talents. Ahead of the event, LeftLion talks to Julie Malone, one of the festival organisers, about her personal journey to authordom…
Out of Time: All About 'Torpedo' Tom Blower, the Nottingham Man Who Became the First Person to Swim the North Channel of the Irish Sea
Thu 27 Oct 2022Until 1947, no one had ever successfully swam the North Channel of the Irish Sea - a 21-mile stretch of icy cold, choppy water between Scotland and Northern Ireland. Then came Tom Blower, the Notts-born gentle giant who could snap six inch nails and lift two people at a time…
Diana Ali Opens Up on Studying at Nottingham Trent, Being On TV and Wanting a Word With the Government
Fri 16 Sept 2022Since moving to study Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University, Diana Ali has established herself as a key figure in the city’s art scene - and has also featured in TV shows including the BBC’s Big Painting Challenge and Inside Museums, which she wrote and presented. We hear from the artist, curator, lecturer and mentor about her time at Trent, promoting the arts on TV, and why she’s hoping to have a strong word with the Government…