Nottingham Creative Community News

A Teacher in Notts: "The institution won’t survive unless they make changes."

We find out what it's like to teach the next generation under impossible circumstances...

A Clown in Notts: "Who’s meant to cheer up the person whose job it is to cheer up other people?"

"I can still vividly remember the first time I made someone laugh; it was like I’d injected a shot of Lucozade straight into my veins."

A Sailor in Notts

21 September 19

"A strange and eerie atmosphere exists on board of a ship that has just lost one of its crew. Little is said, but much is felt."

A Hawk Handler in Notts

06 August 19

"We don’t encourage the birds to hunt because we work with so many children, and the two things don’t combine well..."

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"

A Referee in Notts

09 May 19

When I first started, ten or twelve years ago, I did it for a bit of cash on the side. Soon, though, I found it gave me another view of the game that I probably didn't get when I was younger. Ten years ago, I never thought I’d be in a position where I’d be still enjoying what I do.

A Magician in Notts

04 April 19

"If you’ve got a wannabe alpha-male in the group who thinks he’s going to be a clever dick, he won’t like someone else coming in and performing magic."

A UFO Investigator in Notts

04 March 19

"I’m not a crackpot; I’ve been researching this for over thirty years and I’m 100 percent sure that we’ve been visited by aliens."

A Furniture Upcycler in Notts

14 February 19

"Sometimes I kick pieces over or take a big hammer to them, to add a little more distress. People would think I was crazy if they saw me doing it."

A Former Coal Miner in Notts

06 December 18

"We became like brothers down there. Once we got into the mine, we were miners. Colour had nothing to do with it because we relied on each other for survival."

An Ancient Woodland Campaigner in Notts

05 November 18

"I always knew I wanted a job in the environmental sector, but to be honest I didn’t know this job role was even a thing. I kind of fell into it."

A Keymaster in Notts

06 October 18

"Escape rooms have been labeled as the biggest entertainment trend since cinema. Is it going to slow down? Who knows?"

A Skateboard Instructor in Notts

07 September 18

"I remember going out onto my street and learning how to do it all on my own. It’s a struggle for everyone, really. Skateboarding’s hard, let’s face it."

A Hacker in Notts

04 August 18

"Groups like Anonymous came along to show the internet how insecure it really is..."

A Bartender in Notts

20 July 18

"I’ve learnt that you have to take your time with it, especially if you're pouring ales."

An Archivist in Notts

16 June 18

"We have a letter in the Archive written by Oswald George Powe to Norman Manley, imploring him to refuse consignments of bicycles from Raleigh because they did not, at the time, employ black people..."

A Community Gardener in Notts

12 May 18

The next installment in our series takes a green-fingered turn...

A Cinema Attendant in Notts

13 March 18

Ever wondered what the lads and ladies who work at the cinema reckon to your film choice?

A Bouncer in Notts

15 February 18

"We get a bit of a bad rap; we’re either 'man-whores' or 'thugs' and most of us are neither."

A Bookseller in Notts

18 January 18

The latest in our series takes a look behind the scenes in one of Nottingham's book shops...

A Food Courier in Notts

09 December 17

"This business defines its courier workforce as freelance contractors, which essentially means you’re on your own"

A Toilet Attendant in Notts

02 November 17

We got some words from the bloke they call Rock City Sam...

A Mental Health Nurse in Notts

07 October 17

"There’s a lot of stigma surrounding perinatal mental health, and that can be one of the toughest things the women on our ward face"

A Tattoo Artist in Notts

09 August 17

Tattoo artist Gray Silva, of Netherfield-based parlour Rampant Ink, tells us how he got into inking, his inimitable style, and why you shouldn’t come to him if you’re after a cliched tattoo of a cloud in the shape of Bart Simpson’s bum…

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