Nottingham Creative Community News

The Waco Siege: How a Man from Nottingham Became Part of an American Tragedy

26 years ago, a religious centre in Texas was home to one of the most brutal massacres in US history. Among the survivors was...

Made in China: Notts Meets Ningbo

22 July 19

Nottingham is twinned with nine cities across the world including Karlsruhe (Germany), Ghent (Belgium) and Timişoara (Romania). We went to take a look at Ningbo, our twin city in China, a place you may only be aware of because of a bridge near the QMC, but one that definitely seems to know a lot about us…

Bad Gals From Notts: 8 Influential Women Who Helped Shape History

22 July 19

From writers and lawyers to suffragists and nurses, these eight women fought ruthlessly for social change and shaped history as we know it. Oh, and they all hail from our hometown, too...

Object Walk: Martin Sommerville from By Our Hands We Make Our Way

21 July 19

In a new regular feature, we’ve teamed up with the National Justice Museum to put objects from the past into the hands of people of the present.

Life on Death Row: "I witnessed two executions – it’s not a pleasant experience at all."

20 July 19

A practising Buddhist priest for over four decades, Kobutsu Malone established the Dharma Song Zendo in New York State’s notorious Sing Sing Prison, and serves as a death row chaplain. Now in his sixties, we talked to Malone as he reflected on a life spent trying to reform America’s broken justice system through Buddhist teachings…

Rob Green: "I will always love gigging in Nottingham – audiences here are so open."

18 July 19

2019 is shaping up to be Rob Green’s biggest year yet...

Out of Time: Highwayman "Swift" Nick Nevison

17 July 19

Our regular history feature takes a look at the colourful life of Nick Nevison, who traded in Newark during his time as a highwayman...

NTU Forensic Psychology Professor Dr Nicholas Blagden: "Humans are always interested in the dark side of things."

16 July 19

With more books, TV series, films and documentaries on the subject being made than ever before, our interest in true crime stories has never been better catered for. But what is it about humans that makes us so fascinated by criminals and the violent crimes they commit? We talked to Nottingham Trent University’s Dr Nicholas Blagden, an Associate Professor in Forensic Psychology and Co-Head of the Sexual Offences Crime and Misconduct Research Unit, to find out…

Notes From a Mental Health Nurse: Suicide

15 July 19

Each month, our anonymous mental nurse, who has over two decades on experience working in Nottingham, will deal with a specific mental health issue with practical, accessible advice. This month, it's suicide...

Auschwitz survivor Arek Hersh MBE: “I wanted to live. I wanted to survive.”

13 July 19

Aiming to inspire research and understanding, The National Holocaust Centre and Museum in Newark is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of all who died during one of the darkest chapters in human history, while spreading a message hope through education. With one eye set on the past, the other is firmly looking to the future, promoting an understanding of the roots of discrimination and prejudice to hundreds of school children every week. We spent the day at the inspiring Centre, where we talked to Arek Hersh MBE, a ninety-year-old Holocaust survivor whose remarkable story saw him endure the horrors of Auschwitz.

Bone-Carved Objects, Amputation Kits and More: The 10 Weirdest Objects in the National Justice Museum's Stores

12 July 19

We delved deep into the weird and wonderful stores at the National Justice Museum to find ten of the most interesting, bizarre and macabre items from the history of crime and punishment…

Art Works: Sally Sheinman

10 July 19

"It is a responsibility and a great joy to have a never-ending project."

Etienne Stott MBE: "We are consuming the earth and turning it into money."

10 July 19

Following a long and illustrious career as a slalom canoeist, which included a gold medal win at the London Olympics in 2012, Etienne Stott MBE has focused his attention on the growing problem of climate change. We caught up with him to find out what Extinction Rebellion is all about, and how it led to his arrest at the protests in London earlier this year…

Mindfully Micha: Suicide

08 July 19

This month, Mindfully Micha talks to The Tomorrow Project, using her lived experiences to influence change in the way we look at suicide...

Margaret Humphreys CBE, the Home Children Scandal, and the Lost Children of the Empire

07 July 19

Since first uncovering the scandal in 1987, Margaret Humphreys CBE has worked tirelessly to bring justice to the victims of the British government programme of Home Children, which involved forcibly relocating up to 150,000 poor British infants all over the globe. Empty Cradles, her written account of the establishment of the Child Migrants Trust, was even made into the feature film Oranges and Sunshine, in which she was played by Emily Watson. With no plans to curtail her tireless work to reunite the families of those affected, we caught up with the inspirational Nottingham social worker to discuss the past, present and future of the Trust.

Under Cover Artist: Ryan Lee Boultbee

07 July 19

University of Nottingham graduate and Midlands-based artist Ryan Lee Boultbee tells us how he put together the nuts and bolts of this issue’s cover…

5 Nottingham Albums to Listen to This July

06 July 19

The latest sounds from the Nottingham vault...

A Probation Officer in Notts

04 July 19

"I don’t want to lock everyone up when we can try and work with them, but equally we don’t want to create any more victims"

Nonsuch's Edward Boott: "Let’s not make art boring. The world is bad enough."

02 July 19

There’s summat in the water at the bottom of Hockley. Sneinton Market is thriving its creative butt off, local print artists Dizzy Ink have recently opened up The Carousel and, just around the corner, theatre company Nonsuch have moved into the old Service Graphics building on Lower Parliament Street. We sat down with Artistic Director Edward Boott to hear about the movements…