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Indie gigs, comedy music and pride parties: Here's what's on in Nottingham this week: 17-23 June
Mon 17 Jun 2024This week we're highlighting the best evening and late night parties and music taking place around Notts. From indie gigs to 'Britain's funniest band' to Nottingham's Queer Prom, there's undoubtedly something for everyone in today's Pick of the Week.
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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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Theatre Review: Where I Belong
Sat 15 Jun 2024Lakeside Arts hosts poems and stories from two UNESCO Cities of Literature, Nottingham and Baghdad...
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Performance: the Ideal Life, In Partnership With Fabric As Part Of Transform Festival
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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 Craig Chettle, CEO of Nottingham’s Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies which turns thirty this year
Tue 11 Jun 2024Nottingham’s Confetti Institute of Creative Technologies turns thirty this year. Over that time it has grown from a college course with ten students to an institution with 3000 students and 400 staff, currently spreading its wings into London. We put some questions to their CEO and founder Craig Chettle about his journey over the last three decades…
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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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An interview with Pippa Hennessy, Notts' literary linchpin
Sat 08 Jun 2024From jointly masterminding Nottingham's bid to become a UNESCO City of Literature, to helping the Nottingham Writers' Studio to flourish, if there's something amazing and literary going in Notts then it's usually got Pippa Hennessy's fingerprints on it. As Five Leaves opens up submissions for pamphlets from debut poets, we chatted to Pippa, who'll be editing the series, to get the latest scoop...
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Five Leaves Opens Submissions for Diverse Debut Poets
Fri 07 Jun 2024Throughout June, Five Leaves Publications is accepting submissions for debut poetry pamphlets, particularly from under-represented or marginalised communities...could it be you?
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Gig review: Bruce Dickinson at Rock City
Thu 06 Jun 2024The floors of Rock City took a beating as Iron Maiden front-man and rock legend Bruce Dickinson visited Nottingham to celebrate his new album, and prove that he's still at the top of his game...
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