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Spinning Yarns: The Woolly Tellers talk storytelling in Nottingham
Thu 05 Dec 2024For fifteen years, storytellers Mick Whysall and Dave Brookes have brought history to life. As The Woolly Tellers, their atmospheric performances whip up scenes of misty cobbled streets, mysterious highwaymen, fen giants and deals with the devil. We met them for a chat prior to their event Dark Tales for Dark Nights at the Fox and Grapes, and heard all about the tricks of their trade...
Out of Time: Exploring the History of the Victorian Freak Show With Author Dr John Jacob Woolf
Tue 07 Jun 2022How is it that, in the space of less than a century, society’s attitudes towards people born with disabilities changed from them being exploited as the most popular form of entertainment in Victorian society to being seen with sympathy, dignity and respect? Partly based on our intrinsic fear and fascination with ‘the other’, and partly down to a myriad of other reasons - including the intervention of Queen Victoria herself - the freak show played an enormous role in shaping modern attitudes, and remains one of the most macabre, unusual and complex periods of British cultural history. Ahead of his talk at Nottingham Theatre Royal this month, Dr John Jacob Woolf, historian, author and expert on the Victorian freak show, explains more…
Film Review: Outside the Wire
Sat 23 Jan 2021Avengers star Anthony Mackie leads a strong cast in this weak action flick...
The Moonshine Sessions: ...Untitled by Marco Woolf
Thu 19 Sept 2019The Moonshine Sessions are a collaboration between Gigantic Tickets and Alchemistic Records borne out of a shared commitment to live music. They aim to provide a platform for cutting edge global talent as well as showcase the best of the vibrant music scene in our home city. This week's release sees Marco Woolf play ...Untitled.
The Moonshine Sessions: Devotion by Marco Woolf
Thu 12 Sept 2019The Moonshine Sessions are a collaboration between Gigantic Tickets and Alchemistic Records borne out of a shared commitment to live music. They aim to provide a platform for cutting edge global talent as well as showcase the best of the vibrant music scene in our home city. This week's release sees Marco Woolf cover Tirzah's song Devotion...
Wired Cafe Talk Coffee Culture in Nottingham
Fri 14 Apr 2017Set up by Très and Vanessa Gretton-Roche in 2014, Wired was right at the front of Nottingham’s coffee shop revolution. We got the lowdown on their success...
Michelin Star Hopeful Alex Bond Hosts Supper Club at Wired Cafe
Mon 03 Apr 2017It was mackerel, miso-baked aubergine and pork belly, among other delicious treats, for us as we headed down to Pelham Street’s Wired Cafe...
The Woolly Tellers Talk Storytelling in Nottingham
Mon 12 Dec 2016This December, Wollaton Hall is to be taken over by two men who’ve got sacks of tales, stashed. After making a name for themselves as a couple of the best storytellers about, The Woolly Tellers are bringing those magical Christmas bangers that leave gobs on floors and tears in peepers…
Hockley Hustle in Pictures - Wired, Homemade, Edins, The Lofthouse, Game City and Lee Rosy's
Tue 11 Oct 2016With Alex Milne, Motormouf, Ling Peng, Stacey McMullen, The Age of Stella, 3 Body Trio, Lowrie, and loads more
Art Works: Pauline Woolley's Sunshine Photography
Wed 27 Jul 2016This combined photographic image of the sun moving across the sky, in both Spain and the Maldives, was created using a homemade pinhole camera and a 35mm camera
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Wed 14 Oct 2015We got down to Lace Market Theatre to find out what battlelines are drawn in the drawing room
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