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We Speak to Jim Cooke, Co-founder of 1980s-2000s Notts County Football Fanzine The Pie
Tue 14 May 2024Merging football, music and real ale, Notts County fanzine The Pie took football back to the community when it ran over 87 issues from the late 80s to the late 00s. We speak to one of the original founders Jim Cooke about the history of the publication...
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Comic festivals, choirs, funky soul and jazz, and gigs: here's what's on in Notts 13 - 19 May
Sun 12 May 2024Sing, dance, create and learn in Notts this week, with a lovely hodgepodge of events across the city...
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Theatre Review: A Tribute to Amy + Screening: Back to Black
Wed 08 May 2024Theatre Review: A Tribute to Amy + Screening: Back to Black
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We Speak to Julie Pritchard, Creator of 1980s-90s Nottingham Forest Football Fanzine Brian
Tue 07 May 2024It’s the late ‘80s, the internet doesn’t exist yet, and neither does the Premier League. However, the community around local football clubs is strong and one avid supporter, Julie Pritchard, decides it’s time for a Nottingham Forest fanzine. Thus Brian is born lasting eight years and 47 issues…
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We take a look at the history of zines, including many homegrown mini-mags made right here in Notts
Sat 04 May 2024From its roots in 30s sci-fi fan fiction and 70s New York punk, the illustrious medium of the zine has sprouted many fascinating publications, with many homegrown mini-mags made right here in Notts. Let us take you on a whistlestop tour of this curious corner of culture…
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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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Imploders, Healer Of Bastards, Grail Guard, Lindow Moss, Scene Killers @ The Old Bus Depot
Fri 03 May 2024Miniature Designer and Youtuber Louise Sugden Talks Warhammer and the Industry’s Roots in Nottingham
Tue 30 Apr 2024From working at Games Workshop to amassing over 100k followers on YouTube, Louise Sugden is a hardcore Warhammer hobbyist whose miniature goblins have sold into the thousands. We sat down to discuss the art of miniature making, being a YouTube creator, and how the industry is so embedded in Nottingham.
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We Hear the Story Behind Luminarium Inventors Architects of Air
Sat 27 Apr 2024If you have ever agreed with the phrase ‘there’s nothing new under the sun’, respectfully, you are mistaken. Tucked away in one of Nottingham’s many old lace factories, Architects of Air are once again busy building a wondrous world-class experience like no other. The Luminarium: Luminimax has its international premiere at Lakeside Arts at the end of May, so we went down to the workshop to hear more and see exactly what it takes to build such a strange unique experience.
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