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Life on Nottingham's Canals
Thu 05 Sept 2019Of late, my thoughts have been occupied with worst-case Brexit scenarios. Even if the UK doesn’t descend into a completely apocalyptic state, the impending destitution might be a welcome opportunity to disconnect from modern society and adopt a nomadic life of reflection and fresh air. But where to live out this idyllic fantasy now that our borders will end at Dover? Perhaps the UK’s network of inland canals and waterways? My intrepid companion Bunty and I went to find out…
Life on Death Row: "I witnessed two executions – it’s not a pleasant experience at all."
Sat 20 Jul 2019A practising Buddhist priest for over four decades, Kobutsu Malone established the Dharma Song Zendo in New York State’s notorious Sing Sing Prison, and serves as a death row chaplain. Now in his sixties, we talked to Malone as he reflected on a life spent trying to reform America’s broken justice system through Buddhist teachings…
A Probation Officer in Notts
Thu 04 Jul 2019"I don’t want to lock everyone up when we can try and work with them, but equally we don’t want to create any more victims"
Out of Time: Life in Nottingham During The Cold War
Mon 17 Jun 2019Our regular history features takes a look at just how close Nottingham came to being obliterated during the Cold War...
Film Review: High Life
Fri 17 May 2019Claire Denis's slow-paced space drama is a far cry away from the alien-filled adventure films that normally make up the sci-fi genre...
Life's Rich Tapestry: The Creative Textile Project Encouraging Women to Use Their Voice
Wed 06 Mar 2019Life's Rich Tapestry is a collaboration between Offshoots East Midlands C.I.C and Ignite futures and funded by the Big Lottery, The Arts Council and Nottingham Women's Centre, with the aim of using the creative arts to empower women to use their voice...
Remembering Baby: Life, Loss and Post-Mortem at Surface Gallery
Tue 23 Oct 2018In October, Surface Gallery welcomed Remembering Baby; an exhibition which sensitively explores what happens when a baby dies, from the view of a parent and medical professionals. Adrian was deeply moved...
We Went to a Zombie Life-Drawing Class and it was Awesome
Thu 24 May 2018We got down to the National Justice Museum for The Drawing Dead, a concept birthed by our very own ketchup correspondent, Tommy K. All we knew was that there was a zombie on trial in Nottingham, and we had been called up to be the court artists, so over to High Pavement we plodded...
Life on Alfreton Road
Thu 24 May 2018We don’t really do Alfreton Road any more. Not like Arthur Seaton did in Saturday Night Sunday Morning, bingeing in the bars where “the effect of a week's monotonous graft in the factory was swilled out of your system in a burst of goodwill.” Not like the workers who ground away in the sweatshops of an earlier, even darker day and, dirty and spent, spilled out by the thousands into the cobbled streets when the big bell went.
Life After Spanky Van Dykes
Thu 22 Mar 2018
The sun rises and sets, empires rise and fall, and Spanky Van Dykes has closed. Even though it’s been a few months since the alternative bar – the big, dark place that projected He-Man episodes in silence – closed its doors unto wooden boards, its regulars still find themselves in a lost state. Those dejected lot who once found their homes - and their lives - in Spanky’s now wander the street in utter confusion. We wrangled as many of them as we could to ask how they’re getting on.
What's Life Like on the MA Creative Writing Course at NTU?
Thu 25 Jan 2018Tuesday Goacher talks boosting confidence with academic study...
Life Begins At 40 - A Conversation With Charmaine
Thu 25 Jan 2018Growing up in Bestwood and raising five sons, all Charmaine knew was being a Mum.
When 40 hit she knew she had to make a change...
David Belbin on the Life and Works of Stanley Middleton
Thu 11 Jan 2018Novelist and chair of UNESCO City of Literature David Belbin on the late, great Stanley Middleton...
Neil Fulwood on the Life and Works of Alan Sillitoe
Wed 10 Jan 2018Notts poet Neil Fulwood explains why Sillitoe is important to the landscape of Nottingham literature...
Miranda Seymour on Lord Byron, Ada Lovelace and Life at Newstead Abbey
Tue 09 Jan 2018The English literary critic and novelist talks us through the legacy of the historical figures...
This Short Sweet Life: Interview With Huw Costin
Tue 12 Dec 2017The Torn Sail frontman discusses the band's debut album...
The Roxy Ball Room Is Bringing Thurland Street To Life
Wed 11 Oct 2017Ping pong, beer pong and red plastic cups? Yep. Please.
Photo Series: A Day in the Life of Barry Middleton
Tue 05 Sept 2017Chris Middleton shares intimate photographs of his father's battle with vascular dementia and Parkinson's, and the impact his illness had on his family...
A Tattoo Artist in Notts
Wed 09 Aug 2017Tattoo artist Gray Silva, of Netherfield-based parlour Rampant Ink, tells us how he got into inking, his inimitable style, and why you shouldn’t come to him if you’re after a cliched tattoo of a cloud in the shape of Bart Simpson’s bum…
The Abortion Debate: Pro-Life vs Pro-Choice at the QMC
Fri 10 Mar 2017We spoke to the protesters from both sides down at QMC. Please be aware that this article contains frank discussion about sexual assault and abortion...
BalletBoyz' Michael Nunn on Life at Nottingham Playhouse
Sat 04 Mar 2017Life. Something every person can relate to, and an ingenious concept for a ballet production. Who could be more up to the challenge than the inimitable BalletBoyz; a dance company, comprised entirely of male dancers, that’s been breaking boundaries and shattering preconceptions since it was founded in the early noughties. We had a chat with co-founder, Michael Nunn, ahead of their European tour…
Derrick Buttress: My Life as a Minor Character
Tue 28 Feb 2017Our Literature Editor James Walker talks the literary legend...
This is Your Life: Nottingham
Wed 09 Nov 2016Our literature editor James Walker is offering a potted history of Nottingham’s literary history...