Contributors Sam Froudist is a writer, blogger, and Bunting Enthusiast. Hailing from the Colonies (Australia), she’s a fresh Medway resident and has recently co-launched bunted!, a small bespoke bunting business in Rochester. Sam loves watching great theatre, getting overly passionate about things, and feeling so bourgeois that she has to throw red wine all over herself. Contact Sam at goodbyesamantha@gmail.com
Cover photograph of Bill Lewis by Emma Dewhurst Photograph of the Editor by Peter Still
Nick Walker is an events director, film critic and filmmaker. His flagship Medway project, The Other Cinema, is a weekly event held every Thursday at the Chatham Odeon. Following this Nick set up the Screen Classics programme at the Central Theatre, Chatham. He also writes, directs and produces short films and is the editor of Film Essay, for cinéastes wanting to write about film culture. Nick has worked for The Guardian and the London Film Festival. Currently he is Events Director at Film Education and Director of National Schools Film Week.
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Works by graduates, students and alumni of UCA (University for the Creative Arts). UCA have opened a Pop-Up Gallery at the Pentagon Centre, Chatham, upstairs, showing a wide variety of work in different mediums. Open Monday, Wednesday & Saturday 10am-6pm (See The Artist’s Space)
WELCOME This month we have featured the long-neglected Medway painter and poet, Bill Lewis, who is holding an exhibition of new works at The Deaf Cat café. Also, I’m excited to announce that we will launching a new book of Lewis’s poetry next month. Watch this space! I am slowly working on expanding the magazine, and before long hope to have even more listings sections and more great editorial from guest contributors. Get in touch if you’d like to be part of a Focus Group to talk about the shape of things to come – and happy reading. Emma Dewhurst
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