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Our June cover artist Zarina Teli talks about her work and inspirations
Mon 17 Jun 2024Our June cover artist Zarina Teli talks about her work and inspirations
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We speak to poet Luke Wright before his appearance at Nottingham Poetry Festival
Tue 11 Jun 2024You’re invited to Luke Wright’s Silver Jubilee! He’s throwing the ballad bunting up and stacking the plates full of poems for a visit to Nottingham Poetry Festival tomorrow, commencing his five date UK tour celebrating his 25 year long career.
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We speak to Benjamin Wigley, director of Paa Joe & the Lion ahead of Nottingham Poetry Festival
Mon 10 Jun 2024Next year, Nottingham Poetry Festival will be celebrating its tenth anniversary. The longevity and success of the festival, which began as a project by Confetti and is now its own company, is an ode to Nottingham’s burgeoning poetry scene. This year, part of a jam-packed programme, is a screening of three films featuring poetry by the late, great, Benjamin Zephaniah. We spoke to the film's director and friend of Zephaniah, Benjamin Wigley, along with the festival’s creative director, Alma Solarte-Tobón.
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We speak to dub poet Linton Kwesi Johnson ahead of Nottingham Poetry Festival
Sun 02 Jun 2024Pioneer of dub poetry, NME journalist, trailblazing activist, father and grandfather, the first black poet published by Penguin Modern Classics - Linton Kwesi Johnson has worn all these hats and more. Wondering which hat he’ll wear at the Nottingham Poetry Festival on June 14, we gave him a call…
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LeftLion Issue #172 June 2024
Sat 01 Jun 2024Featuring Craig Chettle of Confetti, 10 years of Notts TV, Alex Bond, Nadia on the General Election, Summer Festivals and Euro 2024...
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Ebenezer Cobham Brewer: The Victorian writer from Notts who created his own dictionary
Mon 27 May 2024For more than 150 years, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable has been a prized possession for imaginative authors. In a house near Sherwood Forest, we remember the man who first wrote it…
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LeftLion Issue #171 May 2024
Fri 03 May 2024This month's edition of LeftLion takes a deep dive into the world of fanzines and indie publishing in Nottingham. Read about football fanzines The Pie and Brian, St Ann's anarchist archive Sparrows' Nest, a new exhibition about the Women's Liberation Movement in Nottingham, and hear from the creators of Moan Zine and Queer Zine. We also interview Notts party people Soul Buggin', businessman Brian Butterfield, and Skate Nottingham.
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Poetry, Light Displays, and The History of Electronic Music Here's What's On This Week in Nottingham: 15 - 21 April 2024
Sun 14 Apr 2024There's plenty to keep you entertained this week in Nottingham, from futuristic light displays in the sky to reflective poetry and the history of electronic music. Here's our top picks of what to get up to....
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