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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Alan Gilby (alan.gilby@leftlion.co.uk) Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson (jared.wilson@leftlion.co.uk) Editor-at-Large Bridie Squires (bridie.squires@leftlion.co.uk) Editor Ashley Carter (ashley.carter@leftlion.co.uk) Assistant Editor Emily Thursfield (emily.thursfield@leftlion.co.uk) Designer Natalie Owen (natalie.owen@leftlion.co.uk)
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Stargazers
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Area NG1
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Editorial
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Art and Soul
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Ayup Duck
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Dub-Thumping
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Snap Notts
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Wild Card
Music Editors Eileen Pegg (eileen.pegg@leftlion.co.uk) Becky Timmins (becky.timmins@leftlion.co.uk)
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A UFO Investigator in Notts
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Skate of the Art
Stage Editors Hazel Ward (hazel.ward@leftlion.co.uk) Dom Henry (dom.henry@leftlion.co.uk)
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Catching Waves
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The Circus is in Town
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Space Poster
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There’s Only One Jimmy Logan
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Art Works
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Music Reviews
Sales and Marketing Manager Ash Dilks (ash.dilks@leftlion.co.uk)
LP Mills gets to the bottom of some of the unexplained sightings over our fair city
The Nottingham Astronomical Society want your lot to scan the skies
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Master of the Universe
Dr. Julian Onions can create a universe on his computer in a day. It took God a entire week.
Creative Digital Assistant Curtis Powell (curtis.powell@leftlion.co.uk) Videographer Georgianna Scurfield (georgi.scurfield@leftlion.co.uk) Art Editor Alex Kuster (alex.kuster@leftlion.co.uk) Fashion Editor Anna Murphy (anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk) Literature Editor LP Mills (books@leftlion.co.uk) Poetry Editor Chris McLoughlin (poetry@leftlion.co.uk)
Sports Editor Gemma Fenyn (gemma.fenyn@leftlion.co.uk) Photography Editors David Hammond (david.hammond@leftlion.co.uk) Tom Quigley (tom.quigley@leftlion.co.uk) Cover and Poster Alex Traska Interns Cleo Asabre-Holt Emily Durham Writers Sajidah Ahmad Rebecca Buck Jahanara Choudhury Rachael Halaburda Tommy K Alex Keene Christopher Lanyon Alex Mace Scott Oliver Adrian Reynolds
Photographers Darren Ellis Fabrice Gagos David Hammond Jake Hobbs Nigel King Tom Morley Avtar Ram Emma Richardson Illustrators Art of Football Rikki Marr Alex McDougall Corrina Rothwell Jay Wilkinson
LeftLion Magazine has an estimated readership of 40,000 and is distributed to over 350 venues across the city of Nottingham. If your venue isn’t one of them, or you’d like to advertise, contact Ash on 0115 9240476, email ash@leftlion.co.uk or visit leftlion.co.uk/rates
LeftLion’s new Editor gives you the lowdown on the March space special, plus Notts Shots
The latest Notts news, plus Blather, City Stylin’ and, of course, Overheard in Notts
Hyson Green takes centre stage for the latest poet and photographer collaboration
What do Area 51, the Great Pyramids and Ilkeston have in common? Aliens, obviously
We take a gander at the latest goings on with Nottingham’s underground radio scene
Nottingham’s Alex Traska has crafted a cosmic pull-out poster for our March centre-spread
Dave Smee and William MacArthur give us an insight into their creative processes
featured contributor Becky Timmins Arts and culture marketer by day, and music writer by night. Our Becky is one half of our new Music Editorial team, and is a surrogate Notts lass. Derby born and bred, she had a stint as a Northerner while completing her degree in York, but quickly flocked back to the jewel in the East Midlands crown. You’ll probably find Becky sifting through records in Rough Trade, hunting down bargain garms in White Rose, or using one too many adjectives in her write-up of the latest band to grace the stage at The Bodega. If only she could patent the expression “twinges of psych”… Check out Becky’s interview with Gentleman’s Dub Club on page 25...
We catch up with artist Diana Ali as she returns to her role on BBC’s The Big Painting Challenge
Gentleman’s Dub Club vocalist Johnny Scratchley on bringing their Lost in Space tour to Nottingham
DiY collective’s Pete Woosh talks us through his battle with cancer, and his new musical project
Our Tom Quigley gives us a preview of his cracking new skate photography exhibition
Eccentric musical septet Mnozil Brass are bringing their Cirque show to town, and it promises to be wild
It’s been 125 years since the Magpies won the FA Cup, and endured a tragic loss
Featuring the latest audio offerings from Notts’ finest, including The Five Hundred and Dog Explosion
thanks to all our supporters UK Young Artists, Simon Blackham, Julian Bower, Kaye Brennan, Frances & Garry Bryan, Baz Byfield, Peteandreet, Christopher Chant, Ian Chaplin a good egg, Geoff C, Nigel Cooke, Zoë Cooper, Basford Lad, Manon de Moor, Mark D, Alex Dick, Craig Durbin, Kay Gilby, Caroline Gilby, Richard Goodwin, Rachel Hancorn, MatthewRiches&JustinClark, qanon thegreatawakeneing, David Knight, Chris Middleton, Barbara Morgan, Ron Mure, Livi & Jacob Nieri, Barb Raynor, Chris Rodgers, Ray Sharpe, In memory of Jenny Smith, Spicer, Helen Stirland (Kilpin), Nigel Tamplin, Helena Tyce, Nicola Williams, Stuart Wilson, James Wright
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editorial Our interest in the sky is almost as old as the history of intelligent life on our planet. As civilizations formed and developed, their collective concern about those mysterious objects floating high above them grew and, even before written records, monuments and buildings were constructed using the constellations as a guide. The Great Pyramids in Egypt, for example, were not just used as final resting places for the Pharaohs, but some were also constructed in alignment with the stars. Or alternatively, built by extraterrestrials, if our UFO Investigator on page 13 is to be believed. But more on him later… What better subject, then, to serve as our theme for this March issue than Space? It’s consumed some of the finest minds in the history of our species, motivating the likes of Copernicus, Galileo and Isaac Newton to devote their lives to its understanding. It’s inspired great works of art across countless disciplines, from Pablo Picasso to Stanley Kubrick, to George Méliès and David Bowie. And in the 1969, it pushed humanity to its crowning achievement: landing a man on the Moon for the very first time. Why? On page 17, Dr. Julian Onions tells us that it’s because of the innate curiosity that lies at the heart of our very nature. Were it not for the drive to land a man on the Moon, we’d have no smoke detectors, no microchips, CAT scanners, cordless tools, satellite television, insulation, and countless other technological marvels that we take for granted. The desire to answer questions we previously considered unanswerable pushes us forward, together, as a species. Asking “why” is what we do best. It’s perhaps fitting then that, for my inaugural issue as the new Editor of LeftLion, Space was the theme. This first month has certainly contained more than its fair share of stepping into the unknown, frantically trying to find solutions to problems I previously never knew existed. Less Neil Armstrong taking that first small step for man, more a confused toddler on his first day at playgroup, aimlessly shuff ling around the off ice trying to fi gure out how the printer works. I was extremely honoured and humbled when asked to step into the role, as Bridie Squires, my wonderful predecessor, takes her own giant leap into the unfamiliar, becoming Nottingham Trent University’s inaugural Writer in Residence. It’s hard to think of any person better suited to a job; as a creative mind, writer and poet, she’s without peer in the city, and Trent’s gain is certainly our loss. The encouragement, attention and expertise she has shown me during the handover period has been fantastic. I also owe enormous thanks to the rest of the LeftLion team, who have shown an incredible amount of support over the past month, fielding my own endless list of “why” questions with an inordinate level of patience.
Take your protein pills and put your helmet on photo: Tom Quigley
So, on to the issue. As I mentioned, we tracked down a former UFO Investigator from Nottingham who, during his active years, spent time at Area 51, where he informs us that a Black Hawk helicopter aggressively tried to keep him away. That, believe it or not, is one of the least bizarre things about his time chasing aliens. As well as The University of Nottingham’s wonderfully named astrophysicist, and all around lovely chap, Dr. Onions, we caught up with Nottingham Astronomical Society to try and find out just what it is they get up to in that observatory of theirs in Cotgrave. Turns out that keeping warm is a big part of it. One half of our sparkly new Music Editorial team, Eileen Pegg, writes about the new wave of underground radio stations on page 19, whilst our Literature Editor and podcaster extraordinaire LP Mills continues his lifelong quest to get to the very heart of the weird, investigating the history of UFO sightings in Nottingham on page 14. And what about our cover? You’ve got to admit, Alex Traska has produced an absolute belter. You can read about the inspiration behind it in our Under Cover Artist interview on page 23. Speaking of art, we caught a sneak peak of our Tom Quigley’s brilliant Weekends And Everything In Between exhibition, as well as a feature interview with Diana Ali, the Nottingham-based artist who you might know from her role as a mentor on the BBC show The Big Painting Challenge. All of the regular features are here too, including a beautiful Snap Notts based around Hyson Green, Ayup Duck, Blather and a pizza-heavy Noshingham. What’s pizza got to do with space, I hear you ask. Well, it’s round. And so is the moon. Also cheese. So there. Remember to keep your eyes peeled for the supermoon on Thursday 21 March as, by all accounts, it’s going to be something to behold. And just remember: out of the 100 billion or more people that have lived over the past fifty thousand years, all of them with necks craned skywards, wondering what the hell those great big shiny circles in the sky were, you, dear reader, are blessed enough to exist at the same time as LeftLion. Lucky you.
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Now it's time to leave the capsule if you dare photo: Jake Hobbs
And I'm floating in a most peculiar way photo: Darren Ellis
Far above the moon photo: Tom Quigley
And the stars look very different today photo: Nigel King
For here am I, floating in my tin can photo: Nigel King
Want to get featured? Send your high-res photos from around the city, including your full name and best web link, to photography@leftlion.co.uk
Planet Earth is blue, and there’s nothing I can do… photo: Avtar Ram
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AYUP DUCK
“What’s been gooin’ off?”
illustrations: Rikki Marr
NARCOTICS SLYTHERIN
Just when you think you’ve heard it all, those wily youths banged up in HMP Nottingham have gone and pulled this crafty move. Turns out prisoners had been getting their rocks off by smoking the pages of owd Harry Potter books that had been sprayed with summit similar to the drug Spice. Pure wizardry.
EMISSION IMPOSSIBLE
It’s easy for us owd codgers to harp on about the youth of today, but credit where it’s due an’ all that. Some young’uns from our fair city took part in the nationwide protests about climate change, taking to the Market Square with signs and whatnot. Doesn’t it mek yer hopeful for the future, ducks?
WING AND A PRAYER
Folk have been stranded all over the shop after Flybmi announced it was the latest airline to pop its clogs. As well as buggering up jollies left, right and center, the collapse of the East Midlands based company has also put nearly 400 jobs ont brink. While we might live in pretty lairy times money-wise, and running an airline int easy, the fact that those numpties were still advertising dirt-cheap flights a few hours before they went bust – knowing there was a decent chance that anyone booking them would end up out of pocket – is a bit much. Surely you gerrabit of warning with this sort of thing? The only warning passengers got was a bleeding text message tellin ‘em that all flights were canned. Come on lads, you flew these poor boggers out, now gerra move on and bring ‘em all home.
words: Adrian Reynolds illustration: Corrina Rothwell
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OVER THE MOON
Light Night is always a belter evening as it is, but this year we were blessed by the arrival of a tonkin’ great big moon to make it one of the best ever. The brainchild of some clever clogs named Luke Jerram, the seven metre wide installation was an exact replica of the lunar surface, craters and all. Absolute lunar-cy.
City Stylin’ interviews: Cleo Asabre-Holt photos: Fabrice Gagos
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I’m from Italy and currently work as a professional dancer. I was selected to perform with UKYA this year and it’s my first time in Nottingham. It’s incredible how much art and music is here, in every corner of the city. But people here never hug someone for the first time without asking. Maybe it’s because I’m Italian and we’re really warm. The only thing I care about in terms of outfits is comfort. I want my body to be able to move fully. I love just a bit of colour to make myself feel confident. As a dancer, the most important thing is to be open, fully, in the space I’m surrounded by: the people, the colours, the smells, and to be aware of the place you’re living in. It makes up part of who you are, so I try to give something back in order to understand who I am. Never stop trying to discover. Emanuele
Nottingham’s most opinionated grocers on... The Oscars We’ve never watched any of them. A customer of ours came in having watched The Favourite and she thought it was cold. We’ve not watched Bohemian Rhapsody either, but we saw Queen in Birmingham on the 1984 The Works tour and it can’t be as good as that. We also saw Frank Sinatra, Billy Joel and Dire Straits that year. What a year for music it was! Albert Finney He was brilliant in Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. Our father was fascinated by that film. He loved the fact that you could watch the buses going up and down Derby Road while in the cinema; that was the best thing about that film. He was great in the recent Bond film too. £1 million investment in local parks Great news! People want to be in parks, it’s good for their mental health and state of mind. As a city we have fantastic parks. We remember a few years back when the Queen opened Vernon Park, which was brilliant and also meant people can never build on it. They should have that rule with all our parks. leftlion.co.uk/issue111
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Ars Photographica You squatted down on Southey Street with the careful air of a blood splatter analyst, one foot either side of the white line, and asked me to watch for traffic. I wondered if this is how you learn a place, by getting down in the middle of it and trusting that a car won’t take the corner too fast and make an oil slick of you. We spent five minutes waiting for the cat to look at us and like a cat it did not look at us at all, but over the soft pads of its midlick paw. We camped out on the pavement; with each car that passed I tallied the number of times I would have had to call out to you if you’d still been crouching low on the tarmac, trusting that I’d be quick enough. On the day we met in the market it rained, so we sat in the cafe at Asda and the locals told us about the block of flats they’d razed and the way the riots ran through the town. We talked about double exposures and how to learn a place when you aren’t in its history. And then you squatted down on Southey Street; I watched the road, digging my nails into my palms.
Passion for Fruit We tried to unwrap Hyson Green like my grandmother would peel an apple. Unravelling Radford Road and Terrace Street and Pleasant Row. But like my grandmother, we were just scratching the surface.
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The sea came to Hyson Green It flowed along the tram tracks and between the market stalls. It packed itself into ice at the fishmongers and made eyes at the customers. The sea glittered in buckets of salt crystals on Sharif and Sons’ shelves and begged to be sprinkled over winter roads. Skateparks rise and fall like sand dunes. Jellyfish billow on the shores of the Asda car park. Seashells are treasured in bowls. There is a tall ship, its sails unfurled, tucked in beside canal boats. They can build a beach in Market Square, but the sea lives in Hyson Green.
Snap Notts #11 poem: Christopher Lanyon photos: Emma Richardson location: Hyson Green
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When I was younger my siblings all saw UFOs, but I never did. I guess they were just in the right place at the right time. I bought loads of books and kept every news clipping about UFO sightings until the early nineties, when the subject seemed to be all over the papers, on the TV, in adverts. It peaked my interest; I wanted to speak to the people who were reporting these sightings, so I started a UFO investigation group. My best sighting was in May 1991, when I saw at least two triangular crafts in the sky over Nottingham, coming from Carlton and disappearing over Ilkeston. They were side by side, giving off a deep humming sound and flying really low over the city. I interviewed over 100 witnesses, including police off icers, nurses, and housewives – people from all across the spectrum. They all saw them, and the Ministry of Defence even got involved. We asked East Midlands Airport about it, but they weren’t interested. At first I thought they might have been some sort of secret military aircraft, but why decorate them in bright lights and slowly fly them so low over the city? It could well have been alien technology being flown by non-humans. If the government were to come out and say that aliens exist, and that they’d been coming here for thousands of years, it would have a huge impact on everything from religion to mental health. People wouldn’t be able to take the news; at least that’s what the papers say. But I think people would be accepting of it, and it would answer a lot of questions about humans and where we come from. 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. Erich von Däniken was on the right track: they’ve been visiting the Earth for thousands of years. My personal conclusion is that aliens put us on this planet as a project, or they upgraded us DNA-wise from basic human beings. I’m not talking monkeys or gorillas or anything like that. I mean basic humanoid beings, as we were in the early days. God coming from the sky, the burning bush and other things from the Bible can be reinterpreted into the first interactions with UFOs. The Romans described them as burning shields in the sky, because they didn’t have the knowledge or language to describe flying disks. I’ve been to Egypt, and there’s no way Egyptians built those pyramids. They’re absolutely precise. If you ask me, the Egyptians came along 4,000 years ago, found these structures, and put their own markings on them, like graff iti. The pyramids have been proven to be at least 12,500 years old, along with the Sphinx too.
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The wife and I went out to Area 51 the highly classified US Air Force facility where many believe they’re hiding UFO’s- and a guide agreed to take us as close as you were legally allowed. We climbed up White Sides Mountain which overlooks the base, but halfway up a Black Hawk helicopter started buzzing us. It was only about sixty feet away, and we had nowhere to go. We just had to watch it carefully and hope it didn’t cut our heads off with its propeller. It was total intimidation tactics. Just after that, they moved the border behind the mountain, so now you can’t climb it without being prosecuted.
I’ve been to Egypt, and there’s no way Egyptians built those pyramids The only reason I set up the UFO investigation group was to find this stuff out for myself. I was pushed into the limelight by newspapers wanting me to talk to them, but I was very shy back then; I wouldn’t say boo to a goose. I eventually ended up on the lecture circuit, talking about Area 51 and other sightings in venues from Southampton to Lancashire. Public speaking has made me much more confident, and now I’m happy to do a speech at a moment’s notice. That’s the best thing that’s come out of it for me. Well, that and the knowledge about the real origins of mankind. I eventually dropped the subject to try and get back to normal life. The wife and I both had full time jobs – she was a nurse, and I was a postman. I’d be getting up at about 3.45am to start work for 5am. I’d work til 1.30pm, then I’d come home and have a nap for an hour. From there, the rest of the day would be my own, and it was all UFO, UFO, UFO. I lived and breathed it. I don’t think I’m going to get into investigations again. I’ve found what I wanted; if people want answers, go and find them for yourselves. That’s the best advice I can give. Explore every avenue, from crop circles and cattle mutilations to abductions and secret technologies. I tried to incorporate as much of it as I could in my research to see if it was all connected, and most of it is. It isn’t hard to live a normal life away from UFO investigating; I just put it to one side and leave it there. It’s that simple. It still affects you to an extent, because whenever you’re walking around, be it day or night, you’re always looking up. What’s that? Oh, it’s a star. Always looking up. It never leaves you.
words: LP Mills illustration: Natalie Owen
In the second half of the twentieth century, the people of the East Midlands found themselves anxiously watching the stars, anticipating a war between worlds. Literature Editor LP Mills takes a deep-dive in the strange and inexplicable culture of UFO hunters that sprung up in Nottingham following World War Two. The year is 1954. Across Nottinghamshire, people turn their eyes to the skies in awe as a mysterious object hovers overhead. Described by one eyewitness as a “flying car”, this inexplicable piece of stratospheric hardware is unlike anything the city and its residents have ever seen before. To the uninitiated eye, it is obvious that this machine, with its alien shape and its jerky movements, is from somewhere very strange indeed. Hucknall. The machine in question was none other than the Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, more affectionately known as the “Flying Bedstead.” This remarkable example of vertical take-off and landing aircraft was first developed by Rolls Royce at the Hucknall Aerodrome, and consisted of two jet engines suspended between a clumsy scaffold and completely lacking in anything one might consider “aerodynamic.” The pilot, bedecked in flight leathers and aviator goggles, was to sit in an uncovered seat atop the rig, no doubt dodging wayward geese while absolutely kacking themselves. While the Flying Bedstead was far from a success, eventually crashing in 1957 and killing its test-pilot, the response of Nottingham residents to this bizarre footnote in the aviation history is indicative of the cultural climate of post-war Britain. Starting in the 1940s, much of the world became fascinated with the space that loomed, uncanny and unknowable, above their heads. By the 1950s, popular culture had become saturated with stories of green men and flying saucers, and by the 1970s, we entered the golden age of the amateur UFO investigator. The phrase “golden age” is perhaps misleading. While science fiction serials like Doctor Who and Battlestar Galactica beamed nightly visions of extraterrestrial threats into British homes, it would be remiss to suggest that UFO investigation (known in the biz as ufology, alternately pronounced OOH-FOLO-JEE and YEW-FOLO-JEE) was a national pastime. There are few records detailing membership fi gures, but conservative estimates suggest that UFO hunting groups were primarily made up of a handful of passionate enthusiasts. However, such groups were incredibly well-connected, resourceful, and thorough. Newsletters published by the now-defunct National Unidentified Flying Object Investigation Society (or NUFOIS, for short) detail hundreds of reported sightings from 1973 up to 1981, ranging from your typical fl ashing lights floating through the sky, to more exotic cases, such as “molten metal” objects and bewildering humming noises. NUFOIS, which was chaired by local author, editor and historian Robert W Morrell from his home on Meadow Lane, provided meticulous and often level-headed information regarding unexplained phenomena in and around the Midlands, and was well-read enough to be preserved in an impressive archive of UFO-related documents at the Central Library in Nottingham.
Another story has several reports filed with the local police detailing a mysterious orange light seen darting through the heavens that was eventually traced back to a drunken barge pilot on the Trent setting off flares.
In fact, it is quite the understatement to say how well-connected UFO hunters were in the 1970s. Without the help of the internet, NUFOIS was part of a network that regularly communicated with Nuove Realtá in Italy, the SAF Bulletin in Sweden, the German Journal für UFO Forschung, and even the New England UFO Newsletter in Massachusetts. Indeed, in a conversation with local historian and author Frank Earp (himself an avid ufologist, and author of the blog Nottingham Hidden History Team, from which the earlier story about the Flying Bedstead came from) he confessed to being investigated by an MI5 agent who was convinced the jargon-heavy lexicon and sprawling web of connectivity boasted by the ufological world was part of a Communist plot to infiltrate the West. As is often the case, the salad days for UFO hunting groups in Nottingham was short-lived. While there are no-doubt ufology teams operating in Nottingham to this day, they seem to lack the coordination of their bygone peers. This decline may be due to a cultural shift from seventies sci-fi images of big-headed aliens and swirling spaceships and towards true-crime, superheroes, and other zeitgeists of the early 21st century. However, one could make the case that the decrease in popularity can be attributed to the groups themselves. A cursory scan through the Nordic UFO Newsletter, a publication that compiled findings from ufology pamphlets across the globe, suggests that Robert Morrell was considered a sceptic, whose questioning of the legitimacy of the UFOs cited by his cohorts lead to tension within the community. A pamphlet published in the March of 1981 by the Northern UFO Network (or NUFON) details the controversy caused when Morrell described the previous year’s conference as “unscientific”, claiming that it was another symptom of “paranormalism sweeping through our midst.” Morrell’s own publications further cement this cynicism. Many issues of the NUFOIS newsletter go as far as to outright state that sightings received by the organisation typically occur at night, and can usually be attributed to something as mundane as a satellite. One account describes a mysterious series of bright white lights that illuminated the sky above West Bridgford that were later revealed to be the floodlights from the City Ground. Another story has several reports filed with the local police detailing a mysterious orange light seen darting through the heavens that was eventually traced back to a drunken barge pilot on the Trent setting off fl ares. As I have alluded to, the ufology craze of the twentieth century has been phased out and replaced with other, more mundane interests. Since the dissolution of groups like NUFOIS (which eventually joined NUFON and other contemporaries to form the Delta Project, a website featuring entertaining articles such as The Kate Bush Mysteries: Fact or Fiction?), keen ufologists must now conduct their investigations in solitude, their meetings relegated to the shady corners of pubs and patios. But fear not, reader: for as long as there are inexplicable objects in our stratosphere, there will be vigilant Nottingham knights keeping an eye out.
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Anyone who casts their eyes skyward on the evening of Thursday 21 March might be treated with a view of the supermoon – a phenomenon whereby the moon appears especially large in the sky. One man guaranteed to be watching is John Hurst, chairman of the Nottingham Astronomical Society, a group dedicated to discovering the secrets of space... Described on their website as “a friendly group of amateur astronomers from all walks of life”, the folk at Nottingham Astronomical Society are united by their love of observing the night sky. Gathering together on the first Thursday of every month at the Memorial Hall in Gotham, guest speakers from across the country are invited to address the collective on all things astronomical in an accessible way. “Our speakers don't fill the screen with equations. It's not really a university lecture to people who are studying the mathematics of astronomy,” explains John. “They explain these complex ideas in much simpler terms, which does make things more interesting. Even the youngsters can understand.” Past guests have included Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, who co-discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967, and Dr Allan Chapman, presenter of Channel 4’s Gods in the Sky and Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society. While these monthly talks serve as the backbone for the society’s indoor activities, their primary endeavour is to observe the sky, regularly doing so from their Cotgrave observatory. Hand built by members back in the eighties, the observatory is home to the society’s pride and joy: a 24inch Newtonian telescope. Members can lock themselves away and scour the stars to their heart's content - weather permitting, of course.
“The weather’s not too kind these days,” says John. “We don’t get many clear nights and, when we do, it’s often short notice. These days it tends to be cold and cloudy, which puts a dampener on it. Being up there in the cold and dark when it’s cloudy is a bit soul-destroying.” Astronomy has been a lifelong pursuit for many of their members, including John, whose imagination was caught by a set of star charts in a library book he discovered at the age of twelve. Armed with a second-hand naval telescope, he set about learning his way around the night sky. While life as an electrical engineer consumed the majority of his adulthood, he joined the society in 2003 and quickly rose up the ranks. His role as chairman ensured he oversaw the society’s seventieth anniversary celebrations, back in 2016. Or so he thought. “The latest incarnation of the society began in 1946, but we’ve since discovered that, owing to a break because of World War Two, there was actually a Nottingham Astronomical Society started in 1921,” he says. “If we could join the two together, there’s a possibility that we could genuinely say that our society is one hundred years old.”
Being up there in the cold and the dark when it’s cloudy is a bit soul destroying The group also enjoy running an outreach programme, inspiring the next generation of astronomers. They’ve organised multiple stargazing nights in and around the city, and have partnered up with local Scout organisations to share their knowledge. “We’ve been to Attenborough Nature Reserve quite a few times, Wollaton Hall, Nottingham Castle, and not to forget our Stars in the Square event.” The latter, which took place in the Old Market Square, made for a surprisingly successful evening. “When somebody first suggested it, I thought that’s the last place I’d want to go for looking at the sky, but in actual fact it’s the moon that people are most interested in seeing. Light pollution doesn’t bother you much when you’re looking at it because it’s so bright.” That brightness, John says, is one of biggest misconceptions amongst amateur astronomers. “The one time when astronomers don’t go out is during a full moon. People think it’s the best time, but it’s really the worst. The light from the moon actually pollutes the rest of the sky.” With an eye on the future, the NAS wish to improve facilities at their observatory and expand their membership, which costs as little as £5 a year for under eighteens, or £30 otherwise. They even offer the first two sessions for free, so you can get a feel before you take the plunge. “Come along, listen to the talks and meet new people. If you like it, come and have another go.” “You don’t need a degree,” John explains. “It’s the oldest science, and is available to everybody. We’re talking about the Universe and what’s out there. Sometimes you just look up on a dark night and think, ‘What’s it all about, Alfie?’ Once you get into it, it sparks an interest that doesn’t die… as long as you don’t mind the cold.”
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For most of us, thoughts about where the Universe ends and what’s really out there are confined to the early hours of the morning when you’re desperately trying to sleep. But for Dr. Julian Onions, answering life’s most challenging questions is simply part of his day job. We caught up with the University of Nottingham astrophysicist to talk galaxy formation, Sandra Bullock and everything in between… First things first, your name is wonderful. Dr. Onions, are there many layers to what you do, and has it ever made you cry? I think the start of my PhD was the nearest I came to crying! I was so much in the deep end, and I wasn’t sure if I would ever come out. Fortunately, I did in the end. Judging from my first question, you can probably tell that I’m not someone that understands astrophysics. What is it exactly? Astrophysics is basically the study of everything outside of the Earth. It’s split up into lots of subdivisions, but the term “astrophysics” covers everything: how stars work, how galaxies form, how the universe behaves. Specifically, I work on simulations, so rather than studying the Universe through telescopes, I load big models of it into a computer and, if we’ve got all of the equations right, we are able to press “go” and see the Universe in front of us. If everything goes right, it should look similar to the real Universe. We can use this system to make predictions, because we are able to spin the Universe around and know what it will look like from all angles, which allows us to see where a lot of invisible stuff is. What invisible stuff? Well a lot of this is driven by something called dark matter, which we can’t actually see or detect – other than its effect on gravity. But in the simulations, we can just throw dark matter in and see where it is and what effect it has. Dark matter wasn’t known about until the late eighties, and about two decades ago we discovered dark energy, which we know even less about. Dark matter we can do reasonable simulations with and, even though we don’t know exactly what it is, we’ve got a fairly good handle on how it behaves, whereas dark energy is something that we’re quite at sea about. There are lots of theories about it, but nothing concrete at this stage. Dark matter and dark energy make up 95% of the Universe, which means for the last two hundred years, we’ve only been studying 5% of the Universe. What is actually at the edge of the Universe? Nobody knows. The trouble with the Universe is that we’re limited by the speed of light; so how far light has travelled is as far as we can see. The Universe began 13.8 billion years ago, and we can pretty much see the edge of that - about 400,000 years after the Big Bang - but we’re almost sure that’s not the real edge. It’s a bit like standing in the middle of Nottingham; you can see everything around you, but you can’t see Leicester because it’s over the horizon.
To what extent is the human brain actually equipped to handle this level of information? Not really at all I don’t think. Every time I try and think of the distances and times involved, I have to go and lie down, but after a while you get more used to it. We deal in something called gigayears, which is a billion years, and I often have to stop and think, “that’s a few billion years I’ve casually been tossing around.” Sometimes the numbers are just nonsensical. Do you think there is something innate in humankind that drives us to try and understand the Universe? I think it’s really just curiosity. It’s always been there; we all just want to know why things work. The more you look at things, the more you realise you don’t quite understand it all, and you want to answer that next question. We didn’t know that dark energy existed twenty years ago, and now we really want to know what it is. It’s not going to give us flying cars or hovering skateboards, but it might - who knows. It’s changing at a rate that we will need to know what it does in millions of years time, if we haven’t wiped ourselves out by then. How much has the popularity of people like Brian Cox helped push the study of the Universe into the wider public sphere? We definitely saw a significant bump in undergraduate applications with Physics when Brian Cox and people like him become popular; we mythically call it the Brian Cox effect across universities. It can only be a positive thing; it increases diversity. Physics used to be really bad; when I first started, out of a class of 150 students, only three were females. Now it’s about ten or fifteen percent, and going up each year, which is really good. Have you got a favourite planet? Saturn! It’s just amazing. The first time I saw it through a telescope it looked exactly like it does in a book, and you just think ‘Wow, that’s crazy’. Every planet has something special about it. Is there any validity in astrology? No. None whatsoever. Obviously Space Jam is number one, but what is the second best film ever made about space? That’s difficult. I’ve got a real sweet spot for 2001: A Space Odyssey, I’ve seen that a number of times, probably more than I should have. I really like Contact too – Carl Sagan really made sure that most of his ideas were scientifically valid. But usually I can keep my suspension of disbelief in check. Although saying that, Gravity has some moments. For astronomers, the worst part of that film is the breaking of the Hubble Telescope. two hundredI couldn’t care less about Sandra Bullock, but seeing that get wrecked was absolutely heartbreaking.
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Radio has undergone something of a revolution of late, with the internet explosion facilitating a new wave of niche, localised, underground stations that capture the unique sound of their areas. Proving that Nottingham is no exception, our tastemakers have launched their own platforms too, marking the city’s contribution towards this growing movement. “Whatever the future holds, we need to remember that people have two ears, and they’ll always want to stick something between them.” That “something” refers to radio, a medium regularly identified as being in its death throes, but one that continues to prove an essential part of people’s daily lives. The man behind the statement is David Lloyd, a Nottingham-born expert with over forty years of experience in the broadcast business firmly wedged under his belt. His recently released book, Radio Moments, is filled with more of these nuggets, “Forty years ago, if you were lucky, your city had a single, commercial radio station.” How times have changed, as 2018 saw two new independent broadcasting platforms, MIMM and City Beat Radio, burst onto the scene in Nottingham. Whether played in the car, in the off ice or on an actual radio device - usually found in your parent’s kitchen or garage - radio is everpresent, with a large stream of channels just a flick of a switch away. It’s not surprising then that, according to a 2018 audience research study, 88% of the UK population tune into radio each week. However, 63% tune into digital radio – DAB, online, DTV or an app – on a weekly basis too. Naturally, we’re not too sure on the listening fi gures for the pirates… Where Leeds has KMAH, Bristol has Noods and London has Balami, NTS, Rinse and many more, it’s exciting to see that creatives in Nottingham have launched their own platforms too, marking the city’s contribution towards a growing movement that gives every UK postcode and beyond far more than one station to choose from. First up is MIMM Radio, launched last September, from the collective that was founded by Nathaniel Coltrane Wilson in 2011. “MIMM (which stands for Music Is My Motive) has always been about culture, art and other creative outlets - particularly music - but in recent years the focus shifted towards clothing. With the radio we wanted to get back to our roots, creating a broadcasting platform that was visually enticing too,” says Oli, who works for the station. Streaming straight out of MIMM’s shop front in Hockley, anyone walking past Broad Street on a particular evening may see some local selectors playing, framed by the colourful world fl ag mural that adorns the store. If not, each set is also streamed live on the channel’s Facebook page. “We have a number of local crew members on the show. It’s an extension of using the MIMM platform to promote different brands in the area. People like Running Circle, Soul Buggin’, Afrodisiac, Truth and Lies and 2Step have featured in the past, and it’s great to have a platform to showcase these creatives.” With strong ties to the world of music, hosting events and even releasing records in the past, it’s natural that MIMM Radio airs shows from DJs, producers and artists in the city. But Oli goes on to explain that the goal is to take it broader and branch out from purely dance music. They want to curate shows that explore all of the
interesting people in Nottingham, with plans for talk-based scheduling, inviting guests to tell the story of local scenes like graff iti, coffee and beer, for example. City Beat Radio launched in November 2018, headed up by Nick Strang of record store/record cutting studio/collector’s institution, Plates. With underground community at its heart, it’s another shining example of utilising the airwaves to cater to the needs of an audience that, in terms of number, might not be as big compared to commercial stations, but has passion in abundance. “I have a lot of love for stations like KMAH, NTS, Red Light, etc, as they have such good music and interesting DJs. Red Light in particular came out of a really interesting social objective of regenerating an area that needed it in Amsterdam, which no doubt got people's attention,” Stang said. “Once the Plates shop closed last year I was looking for something else to keep things moving on the music side of things and radio was something I noticed was lacking in the city. I was also meeting so many interesting creatives here and it made sense to have somewhere that could help represent that on a regular basis.” Calling the curious alleyway of Cobden Chambers its home, City Beat broadcasts every weekend. Its schedule is a combination of local DJs - including Late Night Wax, Soul Sister Brown Sugar, Tradition Hifi, Afrodisiac and Stang himself - as well as discussions (our own Bridie Squires has been known to say a word or two) and live musical performances. “Radio reminds local people that their city has something to be celebrated and that there is some kind of unity between both the artists/ collectives as well as the listeners. It also has the potential to reach a global audience. For City Beat in particular, I want anyone who has creative interests to feel like they have another outlet and opportunity to share it with the local people. I find a lot of very talented people here still struggling to reach as big an audience as they'd have liked so it's really just an attempt to help that in any way we can.” It would be silly to say that this is a completely new phenomenon for Nottingham, with a rich pirate and digital radio history, a thriving student radio scene, as well as other FM stations like Trent FM in our archives. However, these two platforms, each still in their early stages, mark an exciting moment for local music and culture, as well as an opportunity to harness the city’s true sounds, and we look forward to watching, and hearing how they facebook.com/mimmradio develop over facebook.com/Citybeatradio time.
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Dave Smee I was born in Cambridge two years before the outbreak of World War Two. Some of my earliest memories are of the nightly bombing raids during the blitz, and later, of walking to school with my trusty satchel and gas mask, past bombed out houses that had been opened up like dolls’ houses. When I was eleven, I won a scholarship to grammar school where I was encouraged to develop my talent for drawing, and then at sixteen I studied illustration at Cambridge College of Art. I began to establish myself as a freelance water colourist and illustrator working for book publishers and national newspapers and magazines, before winning the Shell poster prize in 1970. While working for Penguin Books, I was introduced to Ursula LeGuin, who asked me to illustrate her critically acclaimed Earthsea trilogy.
What do Nottingham and outer space have in common? Well, if you’ve got the creative skills of Alex Traska, quite a bit. We had a chinwag with the Nottingham artist to find out how he managed to put together such a cracking cover and pull-out poster... Tell us a bit about yourself… I’m a proud Nottingham resident, and have been for 35 years. I’ve always kept my foot in the door of various music, arts and cultural goings-on, and as a freelance designer during my studies at NTU in the early 00s, a lot of my work came from designing posters and flyers for nightclubs and gigs. After studying, and a lot of faffing about running the now-closed Myhouseyourhouse radio, I set up a business by accident in 2011. Eight years later we’re now a team of six at Makermet a brand consultancy, design and marketing agency in the Lace Market. What was the inspiration behind this month’s cover and poster art? “Would you be up for doing a cover for the space issue of LeftLion?” was the brief in its entirety - but who needs more? It’s space, and the imaginative possibilities are endless. There’s a photo trick where you take a 360-degree picture of a place (say, Market Square) and it looks like a planet - I think LeftLion featured some recently. I wanted to do that, but went with photo-collages making up Nottingham-related planets, sat amongst lots of other Notts references and hidden jokes. How does it compare with other projects you’ve created? It’s been great to have a ‘vanity project’, where you can dust off some old tools and techniques you can’t whip out on corporate projects we often work on through the agency. It harks back to the work I did for a series of club nights in London around 2009, which used this photo compositing technique. I’m a designer who can’t draw, so I’ve always had to find alternative ways of depicting what’s in my mind’s eye. Fortunately, eighteen years of late nights with Photoshop means I’ve not had to buy a pencil sharpener in years. Tell us about some projects you’ve worked on in the past… In terms of local work people may recognise, I used to do a lot of work for Dealmaker promoted events; a series of posters commissioned by Ste Allan for Quantic, Polar Bear, Portico Quartet, Zara McFarlane and Origami Biro gigs. I did the Dealmaker logo too, which until a few weeks ago was above their door opposite the Broadway Cinema. Now, working as Makermet, we maintain the websites and print work we’ve developed for Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and the Creative Quarter, amongst lots of other local tourism projects and support for small businesses. What do you think about Nottingham’s creative scene? It’s as exciting as it’s been in my memory. The explosion of independent businesses in Hockley has given the community a great focal point, with plenty of bars and coffee shops to bump into everyone doing so much amazing creative work here. It doesn’t feel like we’re all in competition either - there’s enough work to go around for all the artists, photographers, agencies and freelance designers that I know - so we’re all keen to hang out, share ideas and beers. I think Dizzy Ink has been one of the most exciting additions to our creative scene here, and they deserve a massive shout out for all their hard work putting together workshops, talks and zine fairs as well as trying to run a business! That’s bloody hard work. What have you got planned for the future? More sleep. Less work. A natural wine pop-up. Basically, anything that gives me more time away from the glow of a computer screen. I don’t want to become trapped by a profession I love so much. Have you got anything else to say to the LeftLion readers? Go and do a workshop at Dizzy Ink. And - shameless self promo - come to The Angel on the first Sunday of every month where I DJ as one half of LOOSE JOINTS. We play all manner of good tunes whilst drinking more beer than you should on a school-night. makermet.com
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I built a reputation as a portraitist and caricaturist, carrying out many private commissions, including those of the original cast of the Royal Shakespeare Company's production of Les Misérables. In 1994 I moved to Nevada where I found work at the University of Las Vegas as an archaeological illustrator of Native American rock art sites in the desert of the American Southwest. I’d always loved the landscape I’d seen in the old Western movies, so it was a dream come true.
After retiring from UNLV in 2015, I relocated to Nottingham, a city I’d visited regularly for thirty years, to spend time with my daughter, son and their growing families; a place which holds many happy memories for me. Now in my eighties, I try to keep active by taking photographs of the city’s buildings and of shop fronts I find interesting, which I then paint back at home. My paintings of Nottingham are inspired by my love of the independent nature of so many of the shops and beautiful architecture of the city, as well as the vibrant energy and culture of the people who live here.
A limited run of Dave Smee’s Nottingham prints are available to buy. For more information, contact helena.hup@talk21.com saatchiart.com/account/artworks/1157371
Art Works William Gregory MacArthur The painting I’ve chosen to show here is very important to me because finishing it was the moment I was fully convinced in my art. With any creative pursuit, one tends to flit from excitement to severe doubt, but this selfportrait removed all doubt for me; I’ve been different ever since. I’m braver now, and I no longer need to convince or be convinced. I work very quickly with a lot of figurative paintings. What excites me is being able to see something raw and spontaneous; with my style the idea needs to be captured and finished just as quickly as it appears, as it’s the only way to get a genuinely impetuous look. I don’t like to take longer than thirty minutes to finish each painting. I refuse to keep going and going, chasing how I originally envisioned it. Why force it? Sometimes it’s not meant to be, and you need to let it go. As my work has elements of randomness about it, being conscious of how close you are to ruining the painting at any moment can have a consciously negative effect on the way you paint. I’ve found a bottle or two of wine before a painting session sorts that problem out. I see opinions in the art world as everyone being wrong; it’s just some have more people that agree with them than others. As an artist, a buyer or
a casual observer, there’s nothing to be scared of; there couldn’t be anything that is more accessible than art, either it works for you or it doesn’t. It’s important to be brave; I see too much fear and uncertainty in the hearts of people. Especially the reluctance with trying and failing in dreams and long held aspirations. Trying and failing takes everything from you, even your ability to fantasise about it any longer. But you have to risk it all. You have to. Instagram: @William.Gregory.MacArthur
With the The Big Painting Challenge set to return to our screens for a celebrity special series, we caught up with artist, curator and Nottingham resident Diana Ali to talk about her career and role as a mentor on the BBC One show… Early on in our conversation, Diana Ali recounts an interesting story about an experience she had while travelling to Israel. Ironically, as she prepared to curate an exhibition on the theme of entrapment, Diana found herself being held in custody by law enforcement agents on arrival in Tel Aviv. Her passport confiscated, she was held in a cell for several hours. On being interviewed for a second time, she began to build a rapport with one of the officers following a discussion centred on a painting hanging on the wall. They eventually released her without apology or explanation. She speaks of the incident with a characteristic matter of fact-ness, and without judgement or anger. This ability to adapt to difficult situations is one that stemmed from the necessity to do so during her childhood. Although born in the UK, Diana’s family moved to their native Sylhet in Bangladesh, returning to Eccles, Greater Manchester, when Diana was just six years old. She recalls her anger and frustration at being unable to communicate during an art class at the school she arrived at speaking no English. As you would expect, the other children set about painting houses and rainbows. ‘’I had no idea what an English house looked like, so I smeared black paint all over the paper with my hands,’’ which resulted in a serious telling off from the teacher. But as Diana recalls, the experience was a positive one. ‘’I remember loving the feeling of paint in my hands, even though I didn’t understand what the brushes were for.’’ As well as making her first work of art that day, Diana regards this as the first time she used her art as a means of communication. ‘’Art for me is that voice…the things that you can’t say out loud.’’ She was also doing something that would go on to become a theme of her art – subverting material – using art media in ways that were different to the norm. After school, she went on to college in Salford and later secured a coveted place on an Art Foundation course at the prestigious Manchester Metropolitan University. After completing this, she left the city to study Fine Art at Nottingham Trent University. It was during her early years in Nottingham that Diana was first free to live and do as she pleased, far from the restrictions of her family home.
for art-related education is constantly being cut as governments generally don’t value the positive impact it can have on people’s lives. So, what of her work on the BBC show, The Big Painting Challenge? When a BBC producer called to ask her to participate in the programme she said yes immediately and, after a couple of series getting used to the cameras, she takes delight in being part of a show that brings art into ordinary people’s homes, ‘’I’ve had builders come up to me saying ‘I’ve got the acrylics that I got for Christmas out and I’m having a go’ because of the show.’’ She hopes the programme will make the subject seem within reach to those who want to pursue it, as well as bringing art to audiences who wouldn’t otherwise have access to it. ‘’There are so many artists out there who think they can’t do it and end up going into other careers and regretting it later.’’ Being seen on the programme has also led to new opportunities and she is now collaborating on an exhibition, Change the Script, which gives voice to the stories of Muslim women from around the world. Diana admits to feeling emotional and excited at her own success these days. After all the years of plugging away to create opportunities, and living through the lean times, she is revelling in her achievements. There’s also an added bonus of being on the telly, which makes her efforts all the more worthwhile: ‘’My mum finally thinks I’ve got a proper job!’’
The Celebrity Painting Challenge is set to air on BBC One this Spring
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There are so many artists out there who think they can’t do it and end up going into other careers and regretting it later Although her parents disapproved of the subject choice, Diana’s father was eventually supportive of her decision to leave home and study art, because of the value he put on education, while her mum remained perplexed by her daughter’s choice of career path. Struggling to afford the expensive art materials, she found herself using what was available, including mud and spices, mixed with everyday household items like soy sauce, glue and oil. “You become inventive when you don’t have much,” she explains. This also added an extra dimension to her work, “a smell, an essence” that others noticed. Diana embraced this, “I felt I was really engaging with my audience in a way that others who just focused on the visual weren’t.” One of her installations, Aftermath , creates what looks like a domestic murder scene complete with a “blood” drenched table cloth which, on closer inspection, turns out to be copious amounts of jam. Diana sees her work as a curator as an extension of her artwork. “I hate the word ‘curator’ – it sounds like you’re managing other people. Curating is about connecting with other people. I collaborate with them… to get artwork into a space.’’ Many of Diana’s curatorial projects involve large numbers of artists with whom she works closely, sometimes creating pieces in conjunction with artists and non-artists, such as Correspondence, a project wherein she writes to members of the public and responds to junk mail. In 2005, Diana’s first exhibition, The Voices at City Arts centred on a recurrent theme of her work: communicating through art. This, and many of her other exhibitions, here in the UK and abroad, had been secured through sending speculative proposals to galleries. “You’ve got to get out there,” says Ali, of her tenacious method, which also serves as advice to other artists. “Make those calls, send emails, connect with other artists… get ideas going.” The result of all her hard work? She has now had exhibitions of her own work and curated shows in Europe, the USA, Asia and Australia, making her a truly global and entirely self-made success. She has also held workshops for people from underprivileged backgrounds, including travellers, men and women who have experienced domestic violence and children who have been excluded from school. Through these workshops, Diana says she has cemented her belief in the power of art to improve people's lives. She would like to do more art outreach work, but says that funding
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Renowned for raucous live shows and a coalescent approach to making music, Gentleman’s Dub Club are a nineman force to be reckoned with. This month sees them return to Nottingham, hot off the heels of the release of their latest album Lost In Space. We grabbed vocalist, Johnny Scratchley, for a chat about his band’s sound, their intergalactic ambitions and the possibility of an alien abduction… How did you all meet, and who brings what to the table musically? We met many moons ago when we were at university in Leeds. At the time there was a big dub scene, and a nice crossover existed between local and student audiences. The thing to do was to go to this night called SubDub – a dub night with the residential group Iration Steppas. We just fell in love with it, and gravitated towards each other through that event. We were all musicians; multiinstrumentalists Toby Davies and Niall Lavelle were already starting to produce records. We got together to try and recreate what we were hearing at SubDub, and it all snowballed from there. In terms of what we bring, that core unit is still there. But the band is very equal – everyone contributes, from the lyrics and melodies, to the guitar lines and chords. Any songs that get written, whether personally or as a group, always go through the whole band as a filter. And everyone contributes in their own way.
Trying to follow fads or recreating what other people are doing doesn’t mean anything when you’re stood in front of a group of people who just want to dance. You’ve got a diverse range of influences. How would you articulate your sound? Dancefloor reggae or heavy dub - I’d say that gets to the heart of it. We listen to a lot of dub and reggae music, and also ska, but our influences individually range from heavy metal and classical, to jazz and hip-hop. We’ve always worked in environments which promote dubstep, drum and bass, garage, grime and UK hiphop. We’ve just taken all of those things and created something over many years that we call our own. And how has that evolved since you first came together in 2007? We live in a very different world now – has that had an impact on the way you approach writing music? I think we have stayed in silo with it to be honest. You make a decision as an artist on whether you want to follow trends or to do what feels right. I wouldn’t say that one approach is better than the other. Ultimately, it’s great to have the freedom to do whatever comes naturally, because that means you can really enjoy it without watching the rest of the industry. If you’re in line with other sounds and tastes, then great stuff, but if you’re not, then whatever. What do new listeners need to know about Gentleman’s Dub Club? We have always lived and breathed for performing live. Every time you stand in front of an audience, you’re creating a different environment, and there is a different dynamic every time. To be able to enjoy that moment – that’s why we do it. We don’t use backing tracks or overly synthesize our sound, we create something for that moment and for the relationship with that audience. If you haven’t seen it, then tune into the music – but really come and see it live to understand what we’re doing. Trying to follow fads or recreating what other people are doing doesn’t mean anything when you’re stood in front of a group of people who just want to dance.
How do you get pumped for those wild live performances? We always come together as a group before shows to do vocal warm-ups. And we wear suits, which is a big part of it – like putting on a costume and getting into character – so that’s pretty important. We also know each other so well and we’re such good friends that there’s a real comradery. When we go on stage together it feels like we’re a team. What inspired you to explore a new intergalactic dimension on your new album Lost In Space? Apart from the fact that I knew LeftLion was going to be doing a space-themed issue a year and a half after we started writing it… it felt like a really natural thing to do. Our first album Forty Four was made in the basement where we started in Leeds. The next one was called The Big Smoke, which was when we moved to London. Then the one after that was Dubtopia, which is based on a floating island above London. So we felt like the only natural next step would be to go into space. Coupled with the fact that there’s a strong connection between dub music and space, there’s a lot of space in the music itself, and room for otherworldly sounds like echoes, delays, sirens and weird little squeaks. Guests on Lost In Space include Swedish reggae star Million Stylez and reggae veteran Winston Francis. How do you approach collaborations? It’s all pretty last minute and unplanned to be honest! We recorded the tracks and then afterwards thought about people who would work well on certain tracks, and then reached out to them. Fortunately, both of the people we wanted were up for it! We have been big fans of Million Stylez and his sounds for a few years now. And working with Winston Francis, an all-time reggae legend who has been around for so many years, was just an absolute pleasure. You’re hitting up The Level at NTU in March. How have you found previous shows in Nottingham? We’ve played in Nottingham loads before. The first time was in a tiny pub somewhere in the city centre - it probably only held just over a hundred people but it was rammed and amazing. We’ve played all of the venues in Rock City to big student crowds, which are transient, but with a good solid heart. Shows always seem to sell out too, and I can’t think of a bad show, which is wicked. We’re very pleased to be coming back. What can we expect from your live show on this tour? It’s nice that this tour is based on an album with such a coherent theme, so we’re currently working on new visuals, but the big thing is that we’ll have a lot of new tunes to play. We’ll be playing our big tunes, as we always have done, but because this album has got a really strong identity, it will definitely be part of the show. Do you believe that we actually went to the moon? Absolutely. And of all the members of the band, which one of you is the most likely to get abducted by aliens? It would potentially be me, actually! Or maybe Matt Roberts…he’s so unique. Yeah, he would be a good test subject for the aliens to try and work out.
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As a founder member of the DiY collective, one of Britain's first house sound-systems, Pete Woosh has been a leading figure in the UK counter-culture for almost thirty years. Whether DJing solo or with his long-time DiY sidekick, Digs, he has performed everywhere from Glastonbury to Dismaland, Banksy’s apocalyptic theme park style art exhibition. But after being diagnosed with highly aggressive head and neck cancer in December of 2015, he decided to take a natural approach to treatment, and is about to launch The 52 Card Trick project to give something back to everyone that helped him... Tell us a bit about The 52 Card Trick project... I set up The 52 Card Trick project to give something back to all of the people that helped me when I was first diagnosed with cancer. For 52 weeks we will be releasing up to three tracks per week on Bandcamp for people to buy. All of the musicians have donated their time and talent completely free, and at the end of the twelve months all proceeds will be donated to our chosen partners. We will also be releasing some amazing music from different people; some you may have heard of, and some that are not so well known. The idea is to give everyone an equal platform, so we can all support each other through mutual association.
The single biggest thing we can do is to get rid of the stigma that comes with cancer; people view it as a death sentence Your DJing has become more eclectic, moving away from your trademark house sound. Will the project reflect that musical diversity? I wouldn’t say move away from; it’s more like going back to where I began. When me and Digs first started DJing as DiY in the early nineties, we would play eclectic sets in back rooms, bars, fields at raves, on our Serve Chilled Radio shows on Rave FM and at our night at the Cookie Club – anywhere that would have us really! I’ve always collected all sorts of music, so I’ve decided to mix it up and include a selection that is more of a reflection of where I am now in life. Which artists have signed up so far? We will be releasing music that sounds like it heals our ears. We’ve got people that I’ve known since the DiY days, like Hot Toddy, Schmoov!, Nail and Coyote. Then we also have newer artists, like Three Body Trio and Yueseke Hasegawa. Yueseke is originally from Japan, and I just happened to spot him busking on Clumber Street a few years ago. As well as those guys, we’ve got Sufi music from Shah e Mardan, DJ Raph from Kenya, Brawther from Paris and many others.
Have you decided which charities you will be donating the proceeds to? The proceeds will go to two charities and one local group called Active Cancer Therapy Support, who do a lot of great work in Nottingham. On a regional level we are supporting Together Against Cancer, who are based in Leicester, and on a national level, the Penny Brohn Centre in Bristol. All three organisations operate on different levels, but are all equally important in what they do. None of them receive government funding, so they rely on the public to keep going. How is your own battle with cancer? I am feeling good. How long it will continue, I have no idea. Cancer can be a slippery opponent, but the journey so far has been at times enlightening, and others frightening, but one that I am happy to have taken. What is around the corner I have no idea, but for right now I am feeling happy, creating and looking forward, which, after three years of living with cancer, has got to count for something. For me, taking control of what I put in to my body, as well as learning how my body works, has been a big learning curve and one that I have enjoyed. As a society, we have no idea of the constant stress that we are putting ourselves under, and we need to learn how to take the pressure off. There is so much that we can do, both to prevent cancer in the first place, and to learn how to cope with it if we do get diagnosed. The single biggest thing we can do is to get rid of the stigma that comes with cancer; people view it as a death sentence, and we need to start questioning how we treat the disease as a whole. How can people get involved with the project? As well as Bandcamp, we have a Spirit Wrestlers [Pete’s collective] Facebook page, as well as a YouTube channel where people can keep up-to-date with the project. We are also designing some Spirit Wrestlers playing cards, and a few other delightful things to keep an eye out for as the project progresses. We’re looking forward to putting on some amazing indoor and outdoor events, in what we like to call “temporary sacred spaces”. spiritwrestlers.co.uk
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Thank you! Beat the Streets on Sunday 27 January – a brilliant music festival with a serious purpose. Thank you to all the wonderful people at DHP who made it happen; to all the amazing musicians, venue staff, roadies and band crews who gave their services; DHP’s many business partners, and to the thousands of music fans who attended. Rough sleeping is near to record levels nationwide and public support is needed more than ever. The fantastic funds raised will help local rough sleepers now and in the year ahead. Beat the Streets money is already helping to accommodate people in need, supporting reconnection services and outreach to people who need it. In addition funds are enabling Framework to provide prevention services to stop people from becoming homeless in the first place.
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Austerity has reduced sections of our population to poverty. Universal Credit hit Nottingham recently, and the cost will be high. Combined with other benefits cuts, the poorest are being made to pay, but for what? We didn’t cause the banking crisis in 2008, we shouldn’t have to pay for it.
Join us for a public meeting to organise the resistance to austerity and begin to turn the tide!
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Speakers: Prof. Ruth Lister; Shankea Stewart (Windrush campaign);
Unite The Union; speakers against Universal Credit and Bedroom Tax; Women Against State Pension Inequality; Save Our Schools campaign; Save Queen Street Post Office & renationalise Royal Mail (CWU Union); Keep Our NHS Public and more tbc. nottspeoplesassembly.org
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As a member of Nottingham’s skateboard scene, photographer Tom Quigley has developed a reputation for brilliantly capturing candid moments of the subculture. An advocate of creating art that his audience wants to see, his work has been praised for its authentic portrayal of life as a skateboarder in the city, striking a balance between the everyday and the sublime. Following on from his 2014 and 2015 shows, his latest exhibition, Weekends And Everything In Between, is at Surface Galley this month…
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Holt firing a wallie over his favourite block at Sneinton Market, our unoff icial HQ and meeting point for skateboarding. Due to the amazing architecture there, it's a natural inheritance from the glory days of skating the Old Market Square. The colours are the result of cross-processing some slide film down at The Photo Parlour - Nottingham's film photography hub. In skateboarding, as well as in photography, there's skill and there's chance. Somewhere in between the two is capturing a perfect pole jam from Dave and still keeping him unharmed from the light leak. Dave Bevan ripping at our old DIY skatepark, built by the skate community just outside of the city centre, before it was sadly demolished. Somehow Dave's tan and choice of trousers matched the colour tones of the dusty landscape.
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Tom Quigly’s Weekends and Everything In Between is at Surface Gallery until Saturday 9 March
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“The world is a circus” reads the programme for the latest show – Cirque – from septet Mnozil Brass, who return to Nottingham for a show at the Royal Concert Hall this month. Merging comedy with virtuoso brass performances, they astound audiences the world over with the quality of their music, while simultaneously dissolving them into hilarity. A band that has to be experienced to be truly appreciated, they are funny, but the music, their talent and their sheer love of their craft is always front and centre. We caught up with the band’s sharply-dressed trumpet player (and sometime magician) Roman Rindberger who, when he’s not touring with Mnozil, is also a professor of music in his native Vienna... Imagine we’ve never heard of Mnozil Brass. Describe yourselves... Well, some people say what we do is a bit like Monty Python with music. I know this is going to be taken as a bold statement, but maybe it is the best explanation for what we do. We play all sorts of musical styles mixed up with singing and acting on an empty stage. We don’t only play music: we play with music. By that I mean we mix up and arrange many different songs and pieces in order to create something new. All with trumpets, trombones and a tuba! What about your name, where’s that from? Josef Mnozil’s is a pub in Vienna. 26 years ago there was a session every other week where everybody could play music and jam together. It’s across the street from the music university, so a group of students started having real fun, playing some folk tunes and marches together. This was the beginning of Mnozil Brass. Other than Monty Python, who are your comedy inspirations? And what about your musical heroes? Many great entertainers and comedians. Spike Jones and Victor Borges come to mind. For music, it is a never ending list of people who wrote good music: it goes from Bach to Shostakovich, and into all kinds of pop stars like Michael Jackson, Tom Jones and Abba! It is impossible to name them all – where there is good music, there is good inspiration! How much do you know about Nottingham? Not so much! We stayed there overnight once, as far as I remember. So, in fact, we are more than curious to explore the city, with its amazing history and sights. Your current show is called Cirque. What can the audience expect First of all, a lot of good music. Cirque is a story about circus and everything that includes. We have some sad and funny clowns, a magician, a director
and, of course, a tiger. It is a typical Mnozil show with very loud, and then very soft highlights from the world of music. My favourite part is when we play a piece from Stravinsky’s Firebird, and the whole overture of the little opera Die Fledermaus by Strauss. You don’t have sheet music on stage, and you move around a lot. How do you avoid making mistakes? Making mistakes is an important part of creating a new show, because it immediately leads us to new ideas and funny situations. Our credo is to play with as much energy and engagement as possible and there is no space then for taking care of mistakes. Playing by heart opens up a lot of possibilities in acting and storytelling while you play. And it’s more fun!
We don’t only play music: We play with music. Do you find British audiences different to audiences elsewhere? Basically, there is not much difference between all the countries we play. But there is one thing in the UK that always makes me smile: if something really unfair happens in our scenes on stage, the British audience tend to have a more emotional response than other audiences – they are very sympathetic! What are the best and worst things about being on tour for most of the year? The worst thing is the travelling, and having to move on every single day from one hotel to the next. But the best thing is being able to give some happiness and fun to all the people we play for. We really enjoy that people around the world understand the language of music, and it’s really nice to see how it connects with them. It’s also really cool to play in so many great halls and see so many different places all over the world. We are blessed and really happy to be able to do all of that! Finally, is there anything else you’d like to add? We are looking forward to coming to Nottingham and playing for you!
Mnozil Brass are performing at the Royal Concert Hall on Friday 8 March 2019. Tickets are on sale now.
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Pre-match Preparation The team spent the week leading up the final in digs at nearby West Kirby, where players dedicated their time to some light running in the mornings, followed by gentle walks in the afternoon. Self-discipline was key, ensuring that players were limited to just one glass of beer with their dinner, and one bottle of stout each evening. The Big Day A crowd of 37,000 turned out to watch Notts County and Bolton Wanderers battle in out it the final, which is not far off the current capacity for Goodison Park. It’s important to consider that there is just shy of 40,000 relatively comfortable seats in the stadium now, as opposed to the 37,000 people standing, mashed-together in a swirl of noise and excitement, desperately trying to elbow their way to a better view of the action. It would be another 33 years before people around the country were able to listen to live commentary on the radio, and a decade more until the FA Cup Final was broadcast live on television. Until the newspapers printed the results either later that day, or even the following morning, those lucky 37,000 would be the only ones to know the outcome. Striker Daniel Bruce had several chances to break the deadlock for County, but his efforts were denied by both
keeper George Toone to give the travelling Wanderers fans something to cheer on an otherwise thankless day. The Hero Journalists at the time ran out of superlatives to describe County’s cup final hero Jimmy Logan. He wasn’t the first man to score a hat trick in an FA Cup Final (William Townley did it for Blackburn Rovers in 1890), but he’s still one of an exclusive group of just three (completed by Stan Mortensen, who achieved the feat for Blackpool in the 1953 final). The likes of Alan Shearer, Thierry Henry, Wayne Rooney, Michael Owen and Didier Drogba have all tried, but it’s been 66 years since anyone else has joined the elite club. Starting his career at Ayr United, Logan scored on his international debut for Scotland in a 4-3 win over Wales in 1891. His performances soon grabbed the attention of Sunderland, who were quick to bring him south of the border for their 1891-92 league-winning season. After returning to Ayr, Logan was snapped up by Aston Villa for the princely sum of £30, going on to score seven goals in ten games for them during the 1892-93 season. That was enough for Notts County to come calling, and just a year later he was scoring his FA Cup final hat trick, doubtlessly the highlight of his short career.
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With Notts County having spent the majority of the season struggling to avoid relegation to the non-league, it’s easy to forget that things haven’t always been doom and gloom for the Meadow Lane club. In fact, this month marks 125 years since the world’s oldest professional football club won the FA Cup. Despite being one of the greatest moments in the Magpie’s history, it’s a story that ended in tragedy for Jimmy Logan, the striker who scored a hat trick that day… The Stadium The game took place at Goodison Park on Saturday 31 March 1894. It was the newly opened home of Everton Football Club and, having undergone some significant upgrades over the years, is still where the Toffees play to this day. Wembley Stadium, which was to become the official home for the FA Cup Final, was still three decades away from opening. The Route to the Final A total of 32 teams entered the FA Cup that year(compared to 736 this season), meaning that teams only had to win four games to reach the final. The 1893-94 season saw Notts County in the old Second Division, where they finished a very respectable third; with the concept of play-offs almost a century away, they were just one place short of achieving promotion. Their cup run began with something of a giant killing: a 1-0 home win over First Division Burnley, which they followed up with a 2-1 victory over non-league Burton Wanderers. The third round saw them locked in a cagey battle with local rivals Nottingham Forest, following up a 1-1 away draw with a 4-1 win at home in the replay. The semi-final draw saw the Magpies face the mighty Blackburn Rovers at Bramall Lane, the ground at which Sheffield United still play their home games. Having already won the FA Cup five times since its inception in 1872 – including a final against County three years previously – revenge was both sweet and thoroughly unexpected for the Magpies.
the woodwork and an inspired performance from Bolton keeper John Sutcliffe. But on 18 minutes, midfielder Arthur Watson opened the scoring, latching on to Jimmy Logan’s inch perfect through ball. Logan then went from provider to scorer, finding himself unmarked 11 minutes later to double the lead, ensuring that Notts County went into half-time two goals to the good. The second half didn’t see Bolton’s fortunes improve, as Logan added a second goal on 67 minutes. Just three minutes later, the striker completed his hat trick, smashing a volley past Sutcliffe to give County an unassailable 4-0 lead. With three goals and an assist, there was no doubt that Logan would be adding the match ball to his FA Cup winners medal. With only pride left to play for, Bolton grabbed a consolation goal three minutes before the final whistle, with Jamie Cassidy pouncing on an error from County
Something of a footballing nomad, within a year he’d move on to Dundee, Newcastle and then nearby Loughborough, who were in the Second Division. It was there that, after a game against Newton Heath, Logan’s story came to its tragic conclusion. After discovering their kit had been lost, Loughborough’s players were forced to play in their clothes. Rainfall was relentless, ensuring that Logan and his teammates spent 90 minutes soaked to the bone, before travelling home still wearing their wet garments. Logan caught a cold, which eventually developed into chronic, fatal pneumonia. Within two years of his heroic FA Cup final exploits, Jimmy Logan was dead, buried in an unmarked grave at the age of just 25. But in 2016, Notts County super-fans Andy Black and Jimmy Willan launched a crowdfund campaign to finally honour Logan with a headstone at Loughborough Cemetery, as well as a new ‘James Logan Way’ sign near Loughborough FC’s stadium. A well-deserved, long overdue tribute to the man responsible for the greatest moment in the long history of Notts County Football Club.
The Stats NOTTS COUNTY Toone, Harper, Hendry, Bramley, Calderhead (C), Shelton, Watson, Donnelly, Logan, Bruce, Daft Date: Saturday 31 March 1894
Notts County 4-1 Watson 18’ Logan 29’, 67’, 70’
Bolton Wanderers Cassidy 87’
BOLTON WANDERERS Sutcliife, Somerville, Jones (C), Gardener, Paton, Hughes, Tannahill, Wilson, Cassidy, Bentley, Dickenson Attendance:: 37,000
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The Five Hundred Bleed Red (Album)
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Debut full-length LP, Bleed Red, from Nottingham metalheads The Five Hundred grabs you by the throat with a vice grip until the 42-minute run-time is up; this is modern metal to the letter. The quintet has given a brilliantly well-rounded sound, exhilaratingly fast-paced riffs, as if produced by the Mighty Thor himself on the back of a filthy bass tone. But the real stars of the show come with the well-articulated vocals and drums; the former melding forms of clean and harsh cries to form an ever-dynamic experience, while the fills and breakdowns, heavily supported by the latter, never fail to keep your head banging. 80% of the track listing is what you’d come to expect of a metal album in 2018 (by no means a complaint), but on the odd occasion Bleed Red throws a curveball and knocks it out of the park: The Narcissist may not be your conventional ‘banger,’ but the implementation of more orchestral elements like keys and grand symphonies keeps the listener on their toes. Having said that, this album will certainly have you screaming along to its catchy melodies and vicious breakdowns for weeks to come. Alex Mace
Garry Perkins One Day (Album)
Dog Explosion Dog Explosion (Album)
Mellow instrumentals and slow vocals combine in Garry Perkins’ thoroughly enjoyable newest release. The album brings together a number of acoustic instruments to back somewhat melancholic lyrics in a collection that finds itself somewhere between country and indie music. Tunes like For You From and Come and Go make for a somewhat sombre atmosphere to some of the collection, but title track One Day has a much happier outlook. While still feeling right at home with the genre of the rest of the album, the song also utilises a slightly more upbeat backing track. The result: a notquite-so moody conclusion to the album. If soft-spoken indie music is your favourite thing to listen to, this album could well be right up your street. This might not be a collection that you can dance to; instead, it offers a perfect relaxation collection, and who doesn’t need that? Alex Keene
Dog Explosion’s debut album provides an 11-track mishmash of two popular genres: electronic and rock. Rock-style lyrics, intense and creepy, meet heavy bass backing tracks in almost every tune as the collection carries through. The album boasts impressive vocals throughout; in fact, the talents of this one-man-band are clear in each aspect of these songs’ production. Where it becomes truly impressive, however, is the apparently seamless mashup of elements from genres that are usually miles apart. Standout track Action! is quicker than most, and shows exactly how enjoyable a mix-and-match electro-rock tune can be to listen to. Lyrically, this album goes a long way, from the downright creepy imagery of first track Hot Meat to the slower, steadier outlook of Generator, this isn’t a collection you can just chuck on in the background while you’re doing other things. You have to really listen; it’s what these tunes deserve. Alex Keene
Shxdow Mr Ouija (Album)
Pete Beardsworth Pour Un Homme Seul (EP)
Shxdow’s new album, Mr Ouija, is a must listen this month if you’re into Darkside music. There are major influences from Breakbeat Hardcore and Jungle within Shxdow’s creation; with an electronic dance music vibe, low frequency bass lines and aggressive rap, this album sets you up for an all-night rave. Half of the album is purely instrumental with deep synthy notes and horror film style music compositions through the use of time-stretching – even creating a scratchy metallic quality at times. The song 1000 Immortals is a must-have on your hardcore rave playlist - but we must warn you: these lyrics are not the kind of thing you want to be teaching the kids. However, the speed and fluency in Shxdow’s bars asserts him as a name to watch. Rachael Halaburda
The newest release from Nottingham’s own label/ridiculously talented group of mates, Running Circle, comes as a solo project of Three Body Trio’s Pete Beardsworth. And, unsurprisingly, it’s a corker. Pour Un Homme Seul brings a beautifully packaged EP offering jazz-infused sounds with relentless soul that’s enough to convince even those most scared of the genre. Opening with a bright vocal piece and featuring dubbed, almost trip-hopesque beats as well as oriental fl avours throughout, we wish we caught this fella doing bits at Peggy’s Skylight recently, to see it in all its live glory. Whatever – it’s just as brilliant heard through the speakers with a warm glass of red and is a must-listen piece, as well as testament to the talent we have here in this city. Eileen Pegg
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Cucamaras
Different Life Collective
Named after the most infamous shot bar in Nottingham, Cucamaras are balls-to-the-wall badass indie that we wanna hear destroy The Maze, The Chameleon and JT Soar. Big riffs, a vocal that screams swagger and a debut single, Glass Jaw, that makes us want to lose our shizz while clutching our can of Red Stripe.
A bunch of Nottingham humans, from many diverse creative worlds, coming together to form a collective of proper Notts wizardry. The easy one liner would be “Notts’ answer to Brockhampton”, but they’re so much more than that. Unique flows, mad hyped live performance and, overall, such an air of “these guys are very sick at what they do”. In total there’s thirteen of ‘em in the collective. And when ya bring a bunch of homosapiens of this talent, and in those numbers - you know it’s gonna be special. The debut tape drops soon. We cannot wait.
While there’s clearly an air of Alex Turner and co. at influence, it’s distinctly Notts, and not just by name. And tbh, we just can’t get those riffs out of our heads. facebook.com/cucamarasband
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They also do blooming good pizza, with 12” or 6” ‘piccolo’ size. As a sucker for an interesting favour combo, I went for the lamb shoulder, mozzarella, prunes and jalapenos (piccolo £5.50) which was ace.
As someone who usually goes for the classic Margherita, I tend to judge a pizza place on how it handles the classics. But Sach convinced me to steer away from my usual and try the goat’s cheese with apple and thyme.
Happy Dough Lucky Dough you really like it? If you want to enjoy real, Napolistyle pizza, check out the positive vibes at Happy Dough Lucky in the heart of Hockley. After starting out as a pop-up restaurant for an initial twelve-week run at The Lace House in January 2018, they’re still there, and word on the street is that they’ll be sticking around until at least the end of March; something my pizzaloving belly is happy to hear. Owner Sach and his team voyaged across the world before starting this venture, developing their eclectic array of toppings in Turkey and Morocco, before learning how to perfect their dough in Naples, Italy – the birthplace of pizza.
And I’m glad he did, because it was amazing. The experience was like eating a pizza, Sunday lunch and dessert all in one go. The tart yet sweet apples balanced with thyme and cheese gave a piquant taste that I won’t forget, made all the better by the best garlic dough balls I have ever had. When developing their menu, the team stick to real fior di latte cheese, which they import weekly. It’s in this approach that Happy Dough Lucky excels, developing a depth of authentic fl avour combinations that really sets them apart. Their latest menu also reveals an ability to adapt to the season, including new pizzas like nduja, roquito peppers, chilli and rocket, as well as a lemon roasted broccoli, friarielli and garlic mushrooms. Grab a slice of the action. Jahanara Choudhury
My dining partner chose taleggio, portobello mushroom, garlic, lemon and thyme oil (piccolo £5) also good and earthy.
Holy Calzone Bless up It’s highly unlikely that you will ever have enough money to convert a church into your home, and let’s face it, can you really be arsed? Fortunately the guys behind Junkyard and Boilermaker were arsed and have taken on the church on Trent Boulevard, West Bridgford, and converted it into an awesome, airy space with a devotion to the community too: there’s space at the back for yoga, exhibitions, makers fairs and laid back sunday DJ sessions. It’s family friendly but not full of screaming kids running around like crazy - they are all too occupied by the retro arcade games and other cool stuff to do. Obviously there’s a wicked selection of craft beers, cocktails and decent coffee to be had as well.
Choosing the smaller pizzas gave us room for some sides too; white anchovies marinated in lemon and chilli (£3) are always good - silky smooth and light unlike the intensely salty, darker ones usually found on pizzas. The beef and smoked pancetta meatballs with chilli creme (£5) were really good and the white base for the sauce made an interesting change from the standard tomato based meatball sauce. There’s a few outside tables and because it was unusually warm for late Feb we sat in the sun and had a couple of ice creams (£3.50 for two scoops). Ash Dilks 105 Trent Blvd, West Bridgford, NG2 5BN
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Corner Stone Pizza There’s no topping this Taking full advantage of the first bit of sunshine to come our way in what feels like decades, I went full littleEnglander and sought out the highly recommended Corner Stone Pizza in Sherwood; a quaint little pizza place that allowed me to feast on an eclectic menu selection whilst dining al fresco. The greeting I received when I first arrived felt more akin to being welcomed into a friend’s house; it was clear from the get-go that these guys cared about their customers. Without wanting to sound contradictory, the menu was both simple and wideranging. You aren’t bogged down with an endless list of pizzas that are essentially the same as one-another, but there is doubtlessly something for everyone, including vegetarian, vegan and gluten free options. Refreshingly, pizzas were available both whole and
I plumbed for a pair of slices: one cheese and tomato and another with red peppers, onion, chilli and feta, with a side dish of sweet potatoes topped with whipped feta and spring onions. The food arrived in impressive time, and was everything you could hope for from a pizza and more. The base was the combination of faultless texture and taste, and the toppings were fresh, delicious and, in the case of the peppers, onions, chilli and feta slice, complimented each other impeccably. The sweet potatoes were cooked to perfection, and the whipped feta topping was an innovative, delectably welcome addition. With its eccentric ‘storage container’ setting, stunning food, relaxed ambience and superb customer service, it’s impossible to recommended Corner Stone Pizza highly enough. And what’s more, they even offer a delivery service to the nearby Kraft Werks bar. Get on it. Ashley Carter
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Following the enormous success of their International Women’s Day Festival last year, Bras Not Bombs are back with a day packed with exciting events across Hockley. Founded in 2016, the organisation urges ordinary women to donate their nearly new bras, new underwear and sanitary products to projects that support women in refugee camps across Lebanon, Syria, Sarajevo, Kenya, Uganda and Turkey. This year’s events include live music, exhibitions, discussion panels, keynote speakers, films, auctions and plenty more. Global Sisters will also be presenting an eclectic menu of family recipes and performances upstairs at The Angel. Head on down to celebrate all things female while supporting a vital cause.
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Parisa East, Nottingham’s grassroots events producer, is celebrating ten years of her live music brand, Acoustickle, with a series of her trademark special live events. She’s kicking off the festivities in style at Peggy’s Skylight, with an all-female line up of jazz, RnB and soul artists, including rising star Jaz Karis.
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Nottingham Plant Swap When? Saturday 2 March, 11am Where? Rough Trade How much? Free
Join fellow green-fingered folk to swap your plants and cuttings at Rough Trade. Each plant, cactus, succulent or cutting can be swapped for a token, which in turn can be redeemed for a new plant. As well as trading your trilliums, there’ll also be a cracking selection of local independent stalls to browse.
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What is The Carousel? The Carousel is a new artspace, taking over the building formerly managed by The Writers’ Studio, which is perched on the edge of Hockley overlooking Sneinton Market. We feel the warmth of this area through the community of small businesses and couldn’t imagine a better location. With the right environment and facilities, members can develop their creative practices in a comfortable and sociable workplace. We have a lively programme of workshops, talks, exhibitions, collaborative projects and pop-up events which will give everyone the opportunity to engage with art. Who is involved with setting it up? We’ve got Farida Makki, who is an artist with an architecture background, Martin Rayment, a local artist and art technician and Benjamin Kay and Craig Proud, the directors of local print, design and creative workshop studio Dizzy Ink. Do you need any previous experience with art and design to get involved? We’re inclusive! There was a need for a place in Nottingham where people that wish to collaborate could do so. Our main ethos is education and hosting workshops to share skills with others, and one of our biggest features is our open access print facilities. Here, members can naturally build important skills over time alongside other printmakers. When can people go? We’re having a big ol’ knees up on Saturday 30 March to properly launch the space, but we’ve already had people signing up! We’ve divided the building up into lots of different sized studios and memberships, so everybody has a way to become part of the project. How do people get involved? If you would like to get involved early then send us an email so we can arrange a time for a tour! Look out for posters in the window, things floating around the social mediaverse or pop in and chat to us. The next big event is on Saturday 9 March for International Women’s Day. Is there anything else you want to say about it? We’re extremely proud to be able to bring about a project like this for such a deserving city. Also, Nottingham needs a screen printing studio! The Carousel, 25 Hockley, Nottingham NG1 1FH hello@thecarousel.co.uk facebook.com/TheCarouselNG1
What’s on? FRIDAY 1 MARCH
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MONDAY 4 MARCH
TUESDAY 5 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 6 MARCH
♍ Dead Kiwis JT Soar £5, 7pm
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Drawing Workshop: Charcoal Cafe Roya £20 - ÂŁ20, 2pm
đ&#x;”§Â Dizzy Ink Risograph The Carousel £25 - ÂŁ30, 6pm
♍ Peach Fuzz With Lukas Wigflex The Chameleon Cafe Bar £5, 10pm
đ&#x;?Ť Open Day Baitul Hafeez Mosque Free, 12pm
đ&#x;˜‚ MissImp’s Improv Level Two: Creating Characters Malt Cross £105 - ÂŁ120, 7pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Hardeep Pandhal: Performing Heritage New Art Exchange Free, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
đ&#x;˜‚ Tim Vine: Sunset Milk Idiot Nottingham Playhouse £25.50, 7.30pm ♍ Larkins The Bodega £11, 7pm
SATURDAY 2 MARCH ♍ Rio Carnival Night Peggy’s Skylight £10, 7pm ♍ Spem in Alium Nottingham Cathedral £10 - ÂŁ15, 8pm đ&#x;‘ŞÂ The Nottingham Plant Swap Rough Trade Free, 11am đ&#x;˜‚ Last Minute Comedy New Art Exchange ÂŁ10, 7.30pm
đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Anton & Erin: Dance Those Magical Musicals Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £29.50 - ÂŁ42.50, 3pm ♍ 10 Years of Acoustickle: Jaz Karis Peggy’s Skylight £7 - ÂŁ10, 7pm ♍ The Zeros + Thee Eviltones The Chameleon Cafe Bar £12, 7.30pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ No-How Generator Dance4’s iC4C Free, 12pm đ&#x;ŒłÂ World Wildlife Day Lakeside Arts Centre £5, 2pm đ&#x;š˛Â Wrestling Resurgence: This is Spinal Graps Nottingham Contemporary £12 - ÂŁ25, 4pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ One Cut Of The Dead Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 8.15pm đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Life Coaching Nottingham Womens Centre Free, 5:00pm đ&#x;”§Â Writing, Planning and Pitching Non-Fiction with Beth Kemp Writing School East Midlands £123, 7pm - 9pm ♍ Noise from the Next Generation 2019: Junior Final The Maze £2 - ÂŁ3, 6pm ♍ Acoustic Rooms Tenth Birthday Party Rescue Rooms Free, 8pm ♍ Sundara Karma Rough Trade £11.99 - ÂŁ21.99, 6.30pm
đ&#x;Ž¨ Mardi Gras Masks Curious? Nottingham £35 - ÂŁ35, 10am đ&#x;”§Â Nusic Academy Workshop Metronome Free, 5.15pm đ&#x;ŽĽÂ St Ann’s 50/10 Stonebridge City Farm Free, 5:30pm đ&#x;š˛Â Intermediate Bike Maintenance Nottingham Bike Works £65, 6pm đ&#x;?´Â Pancake Day Auberies Traditional Creperie From ÂŁ5, 10am đ&#x;“– Book Launch: Dear Nature by John Newling Nottingham Contemporary Free, 6pm đ&#x;”§Â Write Like A Girl Nottingham Writers Studio Free, 6pm
THURSDAY 7 MARCH
FRIDAY 8 MARCH
SATURDAY 9 MARCH
SUNDAY 10 MARCH
đ&#x;ŽĽ BFI Film Academy Screening Broadway Cinema Free, 7pm
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Fempowerment New Art Exchange Free, 10am
♍ The Spice Girls Show Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £22.50 - £26
đ&#x;”§Â Memoir Writing Course MinorOak £48.56 - ÂŁ64.55, 6pm
♍ #EndFGM Fundraising Concert The Maze £3 - £5, 7pm
đ&#x;”§Â A Curious Cushion with Sarah Manton Curious? Nottingham £38, 10am
♍ Spellbound The Old Salutation Inn Free, 9pm
♍ Mnozil Brass: Cirque Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £26.50, 7.30pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ Cranford Nottingham Arts Theatre £5 - ÂŁ8, 7.30pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Border Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ An Evening With Mhairi McFarlane Waterstones Nottingham £3, 6.30pm
đ&#x;“˘Â Underground Hardtrance with Guyver + DJ Fergus The Angel Microbrewery £5 - ÂŁ8, 9pm
♍ Bitches Be Brewin’ JamCafÊ Free, 8pm
♍ Fun Loving Criminals Rock City £27.50, 6.30pm
♍ Metal 2 The Masses: Heat 4 The Maze £5, 6.30pm
♍ Women in Music: International Women’s Day Party Rough Trade Free, 6pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ Living With The Lights On Nottingham Playhouse £12, 7.45pm
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đ&#x;“ŁÂ Women Say Stuff Cafe Sobar £3, 6pm
đ&#x;”ŹÂ Science in the Park Wollaton Hall Free, 11am đ&#x;ŽĽÂ A Chump at Oxford + The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case Broadway Cinema £3.90, 1pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Centre For Advanced Training, Open Taster Session Dance4’s iC4C Free, 3.45pm đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Bras Not Bombs International Women’s Day Festival Hockley £6.60, 2pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Legends: Sandra Taylor School of Dance Nottingham Playhouse £16, 7pm ♍ Rock Against Racism: Attila the Stockbroker Rough Trade Free, 6pm
đ&#x;˜‚ The Gilded Merkin: Burlesque + Cabaret The Glee Club £15, 6pm đ&#x;”§Â Wildflower Brooches The Harley Gallery £95, 10am đ&#x;ŽÂ There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly Djanogly Theatre £8 - ÂŁ8.50, 3pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Legends: Sandra Taylor School of Dance Nottingham Playhouse £16, 2.30pm ♍ Ady Suleiman Rescue Rooms £18.70, 7.30pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Bolshoi Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty Savoy Cinema £11 - ÂŁ13.50, 3pm
đ&#x;“– Art for All: British Socially Committed Art Five Leaves Bookshop £2 - ÂŁ4, 7pm đ&#x;Ž¤Â Our Voices Are Verses Malt Cross £7.70, 8pm đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Stan & Ollie Bonnington Theatre £4.70 - ÂŁ5.80, 5pm ♍ Fast Car To Florence The Bodega £6.60, 7pm đ&#x;ŽÂ A Midsummer Night’s Dream Nottingham Playhouse £8, 12.30pm đ&#x;˜‚ Michael McIntyre: Big World Tour Continued Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £30, 8pm
MONDAY 11 MARCH đ&#x;Ž¨ Drawing Workshop: Don’t be Precious City Arts - Nottingham £6, 7pm ♍ Moon Boogie with The Killer Bees Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10, 7.30pm đ&#x;”§Â Feel The Beat Pro #6: Artist Development Metronome Free ♍ Let’s Swim, Get Swimming + Exploder The Chameleon Cafe Bar £4 - ÂŁ5, 7pm đ&#x;“ŁÂ Psychic Night The Willowbrook 8pm ♍ Young Pilgrims Beeston Library £8 - ÂŁ10, 7.30pm đ&#x;ŽÂ Bess: The Commoner Queen Djanogly Theatre £12 - ÂŁ16, 7.30pm
TUESDAY 12 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 13 MARCH
THURSDAY 14 MARCH
FRIDAY 15 MARCH
SATURDAY 16 MARCH
đ&#x;“– Jewish fiction from Lithuania Five Leaves Bookshop £3, 7pm
đ&#x;Ž¤Â Write The Poem Debbie Bryan £3 , 7.30pm
đ&#x;Ž˛Â Sound Stage Festival Quiz Broadway Cafe Bar Free, 8.45pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ True Stories + Introduction Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 9pm
đ&#x;”§Â Weave a Clasp Purse Debbie Bryan £38, 10am
đ&#x;“ŁÂ An Evening with Aggers + Tuffers Royal Concert Hall £20 - ÂŁ25, 7.30pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Crosswords Open Mic The Cock and Hoop £2, 7.30pm
đ&#x;?´Â Liquid Light Tap Showcase Brew Dog Free, 6pm
đ&#x;˜‚ Nish Kumar Nottingham Playhouse £24, 7.30pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Women in Music Metronome £3 - ÂŁ5, 6pm
đ&#x;š˛Â Tea And Tinkering Nottingham Bike Works Free, 10am
♍ Hogshead Presents: Blitz + Ten Days Later + CottonMouth The Old Salutation Inn £1, 7pm
đ&#x;Ž¤Â Find Your Voice Nottingham Trent University Free, 4pm
đ&#x;“– 9 Lessons in Brexit: Ivan Rogers Waterstones Nottingham £7, 6.30pm
đ&#x;”§Â Wildflower Brooches The Harley Gallery £95, 10am
đ&#x;˜‚ Foil Arms and Hog: Craicling Nottingham Contemporary £20, 7.30pm
♍ Markers + Haress + Caius Burns JT Soar £6, 7.30pm
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ  Animorsels Antenna £5, 6pm
♍ Linkin Park Tribute Band Alberts £7.70, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ The White Crow + Q&A Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 7pm đ&#x;”§Â Women Write Science Nottingham Writers Studio £10 - ÂŁ15, 12pm đ&#x;“– An Evening with V. E. Schwab Waterstones £3 - ÂŁ5, 6.30pm
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Gallery Tour: Is This Art? Wallner Gallery Free, 1pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Grief Gatherings Dance4’s iC4C Free, 6.30pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Calculative Environments: Audrey Samson Nottingham Contemporary Free, 6.30pm
♍ Wildstreet + L.A. Cobra + Todd Michael’s & The Screaming Hearts + Lippstikk The Maze £10, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ The Johnny Cash Roadshow Nottingham Playhouse £25, 7.45pm
đ&#x;”§Â Press Mess New Art Exchange £25 - ÂŁ90, 6pm
♍ Bring Me The Horizon: Amo Album Signing Rough Trade £11.99 - £24.99, 5.30pm
♍ Snapped Ankles Rough Trade £9.99 - £15.99, 6.30pm
đ&#x;”§Â Social Media Spring Clean MinorOak £20 - ÂŁ25, 10.30am
♍ Rammel Club #096 The Chameleon Cafe Bar £5 - £7, 8pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ Lost Voice Guy: I’m Only In It For The Parking Nottingham Playhouse £14.50 - ÂŁ16.50, 7.30pm
SUNDAY 17 MARCH
MONDAY 18 MARCH
TUESDAY 19 MARCH
WEDNESDAY 20 MARCH
đ&#x;˜‚ MissImp’s Improv Level Two: Creating Characters Malt Cross £105 - ÂŁ120, 7pm
♍ The Ultimate Battle of the Bands Nottingham Trent Students’ Union Free, 7.30pm
đ&#x;‘Ş Poetry Workshop: Women Write at the Centre Nottingham Womens Centre Free, 5.45pm
đ&#x;”§Â Decorative Mark-Making City Arts - Nottingham £6, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ The Devil Outside + Q&A Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 6.30pm
♍ Perkelt Ye Olde Salutation Inn Free, 8pm
đ&#x;‘ŁÂ Argentine Tango Lessons White Lion £4 - ÂŁ5, 7.30pm
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Rebel Women: Reading Audre Lorde Nottingham Womens Centre Free, 6pm
đ&#x;?ŤÂ Open Hack Night Nottingham Hackspace Free, 6.30pm
♍ The Dodge Brothers Metronome £10 - ÂŁ15, 8pm đ&#x;“ŁÂ The Hairy Bikers Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £19.50 - ÂŁ39.50, 7.30pm đ&#x;“˘Â St Patrick’s Day Southbank CIty Free, 11am ♍ Beggars of Life + Live Music Broadway Cinema £13 - ÂŁ15, 2.30pm đ&#x;‘ŞÂ St Patrick’s Day The Old Market Square Free ♍ The Nottingham Jazz Orchestra: Ella + Ellington The Federation Club £6 - ÂŁ8, 8pm ♍ Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham Djanogly Theatre £10 - ÂŁ18, 7.30pm đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Irish Trad Session Malt Cross Free, 3.30pm
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Life Coaching Nottingham Womens Centre Free, 5pm đ&#x;”§Â Writing, Planning and Pitching Non-Fiction Writing School East Midlands £123, 7pm đ&#x;“ŁÂ Slow Reading Group: Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women Nottingham Contemporary Free, 7pm ♍ Hayseed Dixie Rescue Rooms £20.35, 7.30pm
đ&#x;”§Â Write Like A Girl: Scriptwriting with Helen Cross Nottingham Writers Studio Free, 6pm đ&#x;ŽÂ What The Floyd Nottingham Arts Theatre £18, 7.30pm đ&#x;”§Â Life Drawing With Oliver Lovely Focus Gallery £13, 2pm ♍ Deaf Havana Rock City £20.35, 7pm
♍ Blue Planet II Live Motorpoint Arena Nottingham £45.70 - £68.10, 7.30pm
đ&#x;Ž¤Â Open Mic Night The Maze Free, 8pm
♍ Lost in Space The Angel Microbrewery Free, 2pm đ&#x;š˛Â Build A Bike In Two Days Nottingham Bike Works £100, 10.30am ♍ Yonaka The Bodega £8.80, 7pm đ&#x;”ŹÂ British Science Week Lakeside Arts Centre £5, 10am đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Lego Club Rough Trade Free, 11am ♍ Phlexx Records Presents: Sancho Panza Rough Trade Free, 7pm
THURSDAY 21 MARCH ♍ Robert Mitchell’s Epiphany 3 Bonington Theatre £5 - ÂŁ12, 8pm đ&#x;“– An evening with Kate Mosse Beeston Library £5, 7pm đ&#x;ŽÂ Opera North: Katya Kabanova Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £15 - ÂŁ62, 7.30pm đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Joni 75 Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 7.45pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Holy Smoke Nottingham Contemporary £5, 6.30pm
♍ This Feeling + The Honeymoon Suite + LNC + The Frantics The Chameleon Cafe Bar £7, 7.30pm
♍ Dodie Rock City £22, 6.30pm
đ&#x;”§Â The Poetry of Language Nottingham Writers Studio £10 - ÂŁ14, 6pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ The New York School Poets, with Martin Stannard Waterstones £3 - ÂŁ5, 7pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Business Networking The Embankment £10, 6pm đ&#x;“ŁÂ The Changing Nature of Sherwood Forest Djanogly Theatre Free, 1pm
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What’s on? FRIDAY 22 MARCH
SATURDAY 23 MARCH
SUNDAY 24 MARCH
MONDAY 25 MARCH
TUESDAY 26 MARCH
♍ Gentleman’s Dub Club The Level £17.50, 7.30pm
đ&#x;‘’ The Syndicate Marketplace Rough Trade Free, 12pm
đ&#x;Ž¨Â 3D Paper-craft Artwork Debbie Bryan £40, 10.30am
♍ Verbal Warning The Old Cold Store Free, 8pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Book Group: The World-Ending Fire Five Leaves Bookshop Free, 7pm
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Mindfulness Group Cafe Sobar £1, 2.30pm
đ&#x;˜‚ MissImp’s Improv Level Two: Creating Characters Malt Cross £105 - ÂŁ120, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ BBC Philharmonic: Discovering Martinu Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £12, 7:30pm
đ&#x;˜‚ Tom Stade: I Swear To... The Glee Club £17.50 - ÂŁ19.25, 6pm
đ&#x;‘Ş Big Fish Little Fish The Glee Club £6.50 - ÂŁ8.50, 1.30pm
đ&#x;Ž¤ Poetry with Peter Manson Five Leaves Bookshop £3, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Broadway’s Mystery Film Broadway Cinema £3.50, 8.45pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Saturday Night And Sunday Morning + Introduction Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 8.45pm
đ&#x;”§Â Drawing Workshop: Visual Instruments City Arts - Nottingham £6, 7pm
đ&#x;˜‚ Funhouse Comedy Club: Rosco McLelland The Admiral Rodney £5, 7.30pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Out of Blue Preview + Q&A Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 6pm
đ&#x;š˛Â Intermediate Bike Maintenance Nottingham Bike Works £65, 6:00pm
♍ Matt Andersen The Bodega £16.50, 7pm
♍ Orchards The Bodega £7.70, 7pm
♍ Confetti Live The Maze Free, 7pm
đ&#x;”§Â Calculative Environments Nottingham Contemporary Free, 6.30pm
đ&#x;ŽÂ Skellig: Pay What You Can Performance Nottingham Playhouse £0.50, 7pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Diana Ross: Her Life, Love and Legacy Savoy Cinema £8.50 - ÂŁ10.50, 7.45pm
đ&#x;”§Â Primrose Pendants The Harley Gallery £90, 10am ♍ Desperate Journalist The Bodega £12.10, 7pm đ&#x;’ƒÂ Sonny Fodera Stealth £22.40, 10pm đ&#x;’ƒÂ 00’s Emo Anthems The Maze £5.50, 11pm
đ&#x;ŽĽ Big Trouble in Little China Food + Film Rough Trade £18, 7pm ♍ Mezinee: Andrew Wood Trio Peggy’s Skylight £7, 12pm đ&#x;‘ŁÂ U.Dance Lakeside Arts Centre £6 - ÂŁ8, 7.30pm ♍ Poppy Folk Day The Poppy and Pint £5 - ÂŁ18, 12.45pm
đ&#x;“– The Tenth States Of Independence Five Leaves Bookshop Free, 11am
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Makers’ Market The Embankment Free, 11am
♍ Soft Girls And Boys Club The Bodega £5.50, 7pm đ&#x;“ŁÂ Queer Club Culture Panel Discussion Nottingham Contemporary Free, 2pm
đ&#x;“ˇÂ Experimental Photography Visual Arts Studio £40 - ÂŁ50, 10am đ&#x;‘ŁÂ The Three Little Pigs Savoy Cinema £5, 12.15pm
WEDNESDAY 27 MARCH
THURSDAY 28 MARCH
FRIDAY 29 MARCH
SATURDAY 30 MARCH
SUNDAY 31 MARCH
đ&#x;Œł Guided Tour St Anns Allotments Visitor Centre £5 - ÂŁ5, 1.30pm
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Life Drawing The Florist £3 - ÂŁ3, 7pm
♍ Poets Off the Ends New Art Exchange Free, 7pm
đ&#x;?´Â Mother’s Day The Malt Cross Free, all day
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Destiny: The Tale of Kamakura Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 8.30pm
đ&#x;”§Â A Memoir Writing Course MinorOak £48.56 - ÂŁ64.55, 6pm
♍ A Burial at Sea + Vogons + Codices + Myotopes JT Soar Free, 7pm
♍ Symphonic Queen and The Beatles Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10 - £31, 7.30pm
♍ Soundin’ Off: The Last Poets Peggy’s Skylight £20, 7pm
♍ Julian Bliss: Celebrating Gershwin Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £15.50 - £21.50, 7.30pm
♍ Perfect Cadence + The Outlines + Rolling People + Imbue The Maze £6, 6.30pm
đ&#x;ŽŠ Crime Club: Outlaws and Exiles National Justice Museum £9 - ÂŁ10, 6pm
đ&#x;˜‚ Richard Morton + Andy White + Dominic Woodward Bartons £11, 7.30pm
đ&#x;“ŁÂ Wednesday Walkthrough: Abigail Barr Nottingham Contemporary Free, 6pm
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Where Chimeys Are Seen Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 6pm
đ&#x;”§Â Flower Rings and Pretty Things The Harley Gallery £90, 10am
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ A Face in the Crowd Nottingham Contemporary £5, 6.30pm ♍ Live at Lunch: NYCGB Fellowship & Nottinghamshire Schools Choir Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall Free, 1pm
♍ Kodian Trio Bunkers Hill £7 - £9, 7.30pm
♍ The Upbeat Beatles The Albert Hall £25.65, 7.30pm
đ&#x;’ƒSubmerged The Irish Centre £16.75 - ÂŁ27.75, 9pm
♍ EMOM The Chameleon Cafe Bar Free, 7pm ♍ Metal to the Masses: Heat 7 The Maze £5, 7pm
♍ Lady Bird The Bodega £8.25, 7pm
đ&#x;”§Â Silk Painted Scarf Curious? Nottingham £38, 10am đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Asterix: The Mansions Of The Gods Broadway Cinema £3.90, 12.15pm đ&#x;“– The Synopsis Surgery: Lecture and Workshop with Oliver Munson Writing School East Midlands £37.50, 2pm đ&#x;š˛Â Junior Bike Mechanics Nottingham Bike Works £60, 10.30am đ&#x;”§Â Copper Spoons With Alys Power Focus Gallery £80, 10.30am ♍ Cloudbursting (Kate Bush Tribute) Rescue Rooms £17.60, 6.30pm
♍ Rammel Club #097 The Chameleon Cafe Bar £5 - ÂŁ7, 6pm đ&#x;?´Â Vegan Mother’s Day Dinner with Chef Craig Floate Debbie Bryan £37, 6pm đ&#x;ŽĽÂ The Rocky Horror Picture Show Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9, 12pm ♍ Nottingham Philharmonic Orchestra The Albert Hall £5 - ÂŁ18, 3pm đ&#x;˜‚ Tommy Sandhu The Glee Club £15, 6.30pm đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Stage Russia: Smile Upon Us, Lord Savoy Cinema £9 - ÂŁ11, 5pm
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ONGOING STUFF LIKE EXHIBITIONS AND PLAYS AND THAT đ&#x;Ž¨ The Harley Open The Harley Gallery Free Sat 19 Jan - Sun 24 Mar
đ&#x;ŽÂ Mr Wonderful The Studio Theatre £8.50 - ÂŁ10 ,  7.30pm – 9.30pm Tue 26 Feb - Sat 2 Mar
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ The Fight Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9 Fri 15 Mar - Thu 21 Mar
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Desire, love, Identity: Exploring LGBTQ Histories National Justice Museum Free , 9am - 5:00pm Fri 22 Feb - Sun 3 Mar
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Kobiety Mafii 2 Savoy Cinema £4.85 - ÂŁ6.60 Fri 1 Mar - Sun 3 Mar
đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Wow! It’s Night Time Djanogly Theatre £8.50 Sat 16 Mar - Sun 17 Mar
đ&#x;“ˇÂ Weekends & Everything in Between Surface Gallery Free ,  12:00pm - 6:00pm Sat 2 Mar - Sat 9 Mar
đ&#x;ŽÂ Opera North: The Magic Flute Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £15 - ÂŁ62 Tue 19 Mar - Sat 23 Mar
♍ Bandwise! Bluecoat Academy £25 - £27 ,  10am – 5.30pm Sat 2 Mar - Sun 10 Mar
đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Us Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9 Fri 22 Mar - Fri 29 Mar
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Sally Whitrow Think Creative Space Fri 22 Feb - Mon 4 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Sandy Bartle Think Creative Space: Cobden Chambers Fri 22 Feb - Mon 4 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Hardeep Pandhal: Paranoid Picnic Primary 11am - 6pm Fri 22 Feb - Sun 17 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â The Colour of Love New Art Exchange Free Fri 22 Feb - Sun 24 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Sylva: To Slowly Trace the Forest’s Shady Scene Weston Gallery Free Fri 22 Feb - Sun 7 Apr đ&#x;Ž¨ Exhibition: Daniel Steegmann MangranĂŠ Nottingham Contemporary Free ,  10am - 6pm Fri 22 Feb - Mon 6 May đ&#x;Ž¨ Is This Art?: How the Internet Disrupted the Art World Wallner Gallery Free Sat 23 Feb - Sun 31 Mar đ&#x;”§Â Social Media Marketing for Beginners The Pearson Centre for Young People Free - ÂŁ38.50 ,  9.30am - 3pm Mon 25 Feb - Mon 4 Mar đ&#x;“ŁÂ WEA: Lessons and Memories for the 21st Century Nottingham Mechanics Institute £46.20 ,  10am - 12pm Mon 25 Feb - Mon 1 Apr đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Horrible Histories Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10 - ÂŁ21 Tue 26 Feb - Sat 2 Mar
đ&#x;Ž¨Â Homage to the Bauhaus: The Jack Kirkland Collection Djanogly Art Gallery Free Sat 2 Mar - Sun 2 Jun đ&#x;ŽÂ Toolbox Festival Djanogly Art Gallery Mon 4 Mar - Fri 8 Mar đ&#x;ŽÂ The Gang Show Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £8 - ÂŁ17.50 Mon 4 Mar - Sat 9 Mar đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Captain Marvel Savoy Cinema £4.85 - ÂŁ6.60 Thu 7 Mar - Sun 10 Mar đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Hale Country This Morning, This Evening Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9 ,  6.30pm Fri 8 Mar - Thu 14 Mar đ&#x;”§Â Historical Fiction Writing Arnold Library Free - ÂŁ46.20 ,  10am - 1pm Sat 9 Mar - Sat 30 Mar đ&#x;ŽÂ The Funeral Director Nottingham Playhouse £11 - ÂŁ13 ,  7.45pm Thu 14 Mar - Sat 16 Mar đ&#x;ŽÂ Room on the Broom Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10.50 - ÂŁ12.50 Thu 14 Mar - Sun 17 Mar
đ&#x;ŽÂ Skellig Nottingham Playhouse £8.50 - ÂŁ30.50 Fri 22 Mar - Sun 7 Apr đ&#x;Ž¨Â Shirley Trevena RI and Friends: Watercolour and Mixed Media Works Patchings Art Centre Free Sat 23 Mar - Mon 6 May đ&#x;˜‚ Benidorm Live Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £20 - ÂŁ48.50 Mon 25 Mar - Sat 30 Mar đ&#x;ŽÂ The Television Workshop Presents: Wendy and Peter Pan Metronome £7 - ÂŁ11 ,  6.30pm Tue 26 Mar - Sat 30 Mar đ&#x;ŽĽÂ At Eternity’s Gate Broadway Cinema £4.50 - ÂŁ9 Fri 29 Mar - Sun 31 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Mother’s Day Weekender Debbie Bryan £18 - ÂŁ39 Sat 30 Mar - Sun 31 Mar đ&#x;ŽĽ Die WalkĂźre (Richard Wagner) Broadway Cinema £13 - ÂŁ20 Sat 30 Mar - Sun 31 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Connected 2019 Photography Exhibition Patchings Art Centre Free Sat 30 Mar - Fri 3 Ma
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Emily McCarthy, BA (Hons) Graphic Design What is life like as a Graphic Design student at NTU? It’s great fun! It’s highly challenging and fast paced, but I personally find this encourages me to push my work further. No idea is too crazy or ridiculous, there’s always someone around that can help bring it to life. What made you choose to study in Nottingham? I’d heard from lots of people that it was a great university and had loved some of the previous year’s graphic design work that I’d seen online. But honestly, whilst walking around the town centre on the way to my interview I just knew that this was where I wanted to be; I hadn’t even seen the university yet! Tell us something most people won’t know about being an Art and Design student at NTU... The freedom is incredible, and the tutors, whether they’re from your Art and Design course or not, are great. We get access to amazing industry contacts through live briefs and guest lectures almost every week, so for many people it means they’ve got their foot in the door when it comes to finishing their degree. Also, we have an incredible Graphic Design degree show coming up this year: @NTUOUTLINE. People should definitely come and check it out! Tell us about the inspiration behind your spacethemed collages... I’ve always used collage. Whilst scrolling through Instagram, I came across numerous great collage accounts and realised that I hadn’t used this method for any of my projects this academic year. My project is called Conspiracy Theories. I chose the 1969 moon landing; by comparing the true story to conspiracy theories surrounding the landing, I decided that I would create a range of collages that somewhat ridicule the true story. While using some footage of the 1969 event to create the abstract collages, I thought these could be used as imagery in an editorial about the landing. As it’s the 50th anniversary of the moon landing this July I felt that this could be a celebration of fifty years of conspiracy theories surrounding the event. Where are you hoping your Graphic Design degree will lead you? I get asked this question a lot, I’m still unsure of where I want to end up with my Graphic Design degree. I’ve got many interests in editorial design, typography, collage and printmaking so, for now, I’m just going to carry on being creative and see where I end up!
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