LeftLion Magazine - February 2019 - Issue 110

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Fusion Food Alan Gilby (alan.gilby@leftlion.co.uk) Editor-in-Chief Jared Wilson (jared.wilson@leftlion.co.uk) Editor Bridie Squires (bridie.squires@leftlion.co.uk) Editorial Assistant Emily Thursfield (emily.thursfield@leftlion.co.uk) Designer Natalie Owen (natalie.owen@leftlion.co.uk) Sales and Marketing Manager Ash Dilks (ash.dilks@leftlion.co.uk)

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Creative Digital Assistant Curtis Powell (curtis.powell@leftlion.co.uk) Videographer Georgianna Scurfield (georgi.scurfield@leftlion.co.uk)

Collective Efforts

A plethora of sustainable orgs, including The Urban Worm and Clean Yoga

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Save Stonebridge City Farm

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The animals doing bits for the community need a leg-up to stay put

Mods’ Gift

Jason Williamson on Sleaford Mods’ new album Eton Alive, and the B word

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Editorial

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Art Works

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Ayup Duck

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Lore Breaker

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Snap Notts

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Class Act

Music Editors Eileen Pegg (eileen.pegg@leftlion.co.uk) Becky Timmins (becky.timmins@leftlion.co.uk)

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A Furniture Upcycler in Notts

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Striking a Chord

Stage Editors Hazel Ward (hazel.ward@leftlion.co.uk) Dom Henry (dom.henry@leftlion.co.uk)

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Agriculture Shock

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Music Reviews

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Sustain in the Membrane

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Noshingham

Photography Editors David Hammond (david.hammond@leftlion.co.uk) Tom Quigley (tom.quigley@leftlion.co.uk)

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How It’s Fixed

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Stuff to Do

Cover and Poster Carrot

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Carrot Poster

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More Stuff to Do

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The Goose is Loose

Art Editor Alex Kuster (alex.kuster@leftlion.co.uk) Fashion Editor Anna Murphy (anna.murphy@leftlion.co.uk) Literature Editor LP Mills (books@leftlion.co.uk) Poetry Editor Chris McLoughlin (poetry@leftlion.co.uk)

Screen Editor Ashley Carter (ashley.carter@leftlion.co.uk) Sports Editor Gemma Fenyn (gemma.fenyn@leftlion.co.uk)

Interns Cleo Asabre-Holt Zoya Raza-Sheikh Writers Rebecca S. Buck Nottingham Fixers Rachael Halaburda Tommy K Ben Knight Alex Mace Sam Nahirny Adrian Reynolds Tim Sorrell Gav Squires Georgina Wilson-Powell

Photographers Simon Bernacki Wayne Ellington Fabrice Gagos Dan Hodgett Matt Keyworth Tom Morley Kim Watson Illustrators Jasmin Issaka Rikki Marr Alex McDougall Jenny Mure Corrina Rothwell

LeftLion Magazine has an estimated readership of 40,000 and is distributed to over 350 venues across the city of Nottingham.

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HQ announcements, plus a new photo feature powered by you lot

The latest Notts news, plus all the regular funny bits and bobtechs

The latest poet and photographer collab, inspired

by Church Rock Cemetery

All the secrets of repurposing, chucked together for your brain crevices

Find out about vertical gardening at the Urban Greening Conference

We got kitted out in the city’s charity shops, and uncovered their stories

Nottingham Fixers offer up an alternative to binning your broken wares

The city’s top tagger has dobbed us a sweet pullout poster this month

featured contributor Sarah Maloy A sustainability enthusiast working at living a lower-impact life, Sarah wants a better environment for all our futures.

She knows it isn’t easy, so she runs the business Join the Dots – sustainability made simple to empower individuals, schools, businesses and communities to make changes by taking their own sustainable steps. Her current projects are: Nottingham Zero Waste Collective, who run a plastic-free shop with sustainable household and personal care goods; and Nottingham Fixers Repair Cafes, where people learn to fix rather than throw away their broken things.

Visual artists featuring in the UKYA City Takeover share a couple of blinders

Who the bob is Mr Hood, and what does he have to do with The Green Man?

Filmmaker Luke Radford on his new project I’ll Be Here After The Factory is Gone

Send Project are teaming up with CRS and YMCA to share their love of music

Featuring the audible treats of Primal, BossMagnet, My Pet Fauxes, and Sundaze

We’ve sought out the city’s tasty morsels put together with a conscience

All the best events you could want for, all in the city of Nottingham

Keep an eye out for UKYA City Takeover events this month. Looks proper

In the future, a dystopian society seeks the poultry-based wisdom of days past

thanks to all our supporters UK Young Artists, Simon Blackham, Julian Bower, Kaye Brennan, Frances and Garry Bryan, Baz Byfield, Peteandreet, Christopher Chant, Ian Chaplin (a good egg), Geoff C, Nigel Cooke, Zoë Cooper, Basford Lad, Manon de Moor, Mark D, Alex Dick, Craig Durbin, Kay Gilby, Caroline Gilby, Richard Goodwin, Rachel Hancorn, Matthew Riches, Justin Clark, Qanon TheGreatAwakening, David Knight, Chris Middleton, Barbara Morgan, Ron Mure, Livi and Jacob Nieri, Barb Raynor, Chris Rodgers, Joshua Sayers, Ray Sharpe, In memory of Jenny Smith, Spicer, Helen Stirland (Kilpin), Nigel Tamplin, Nicola Williams, Stuart Wilson, James Wright

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editorial None of us want to see this planet go to bobbins.

We could argue all day about whose fault it is that the ocean is full of plastic, and that the ground is stuffed with rubbish, or we could move our arses and do summat about it.

Want to get featured? Send your high-res photos from around the city, including your full name and best web link, to photography@leftlion.co.uk

Looking through the pages of this issue, it’s clear we live in a city full of boggers making small but significant changes, all with the environment in mind. The world’s problems can leave us feeling hopeless and, while we need to point the finger at big corporations for their offences, there’s plenty of practical, day-to-day stuff we can do to work in harmony with Mam-Dukes Nature. It all starts at ‘om .

If there’s one message ringing from the many inspirational voices in this mag, it’s that little changes can make a big difference. Like them lot over at Mimm have been saying for yonks: think global, act local.

The brainchild of our Art Editor Alex Kuster, and powered heartily by our Assistant Editor and Off ice Eco Queen Emily Thursfield, this February issue unearths many a sustainable story. We’ve got The Urban Worm’s Anna de la Vega opening our eyes to the UK’s depleting topsoil supply, fashion shoots built from our city’s charity shops, local students saving perfectly good nosh from getting chucked in the bin, and even a couple of women combining litter picking with yoga.

Our Kuster was buzzing to help put #110 together: “I hope you enjoy reading about what this bustling, vibrant city has to offer and what all these legends are doing to make greater changes towards a more sustainable lifestyle,” she sez.

Because of Alex, we managed to bag the cheeky graff iti artist who’s been tagging up the city with root vegetables for the past few years. Soz Collins. Turns out that our cover artist, the infamous Carrotboy – or Carrot, as he’s known by his mates – has got a greener than green message behind the throw-ups. Discover the story behind the cover on page 26, and get that centre-spread pull-out poster on your wall. This one’s a beaut.

A special shout-out also goes to Sarah Maloy: this month’s Featured Contributor, and the brains behind many local, environmentally-friendly organisations. As well as talking to us about the Nottingham Zero Waste Collective, Sarah’s rounded up the gang at Nottingham Fixers to offer advice on how to mend household objects instead of chucking them away.

Nice one, muckers.

It’s all going off, waste cadets. As well as a few lessons on saving Earthy McEarthface from a soggy fate, there’s a heap of cultural goods to get stuck into: Sleaford Mods, filmmaker Luke Radford, Send Project, and the origins of our Mr Hood all included.

I am so hungover right now. photo: Wayne Ellington @duke10ellington

Now for the barrage of announcements from LeftLion HQ. Hold on to your knickers, fl at caps and faces. It’s about to get lairy.

Gawd knows how, but I’ve managed to wangle the prestigious position of Writer in Residence at Nottingham Trent University. For the next six months I’ll be hanging around NTU campuses, writing poetry and running workshops; if you’re part of the Uni and see me knocking about, come and say “Ayup!”

Fortunately for you, dear reader, it means our current Screen Editor Ashley Carter will be grabbing the reins of this wily dogsled of a magazine for the foreseeable. As you may have gleaned from his articles, he’s one of the funniest, cleverest boggers from around these ends, so you’re in for a treat with him as your new LeftLion Editor.

Like the unwelcome ex still making arse prints on your sofa, I’ll be sticking around in a lesser capacity as Editor at Large. Soz, you’ll not get rid of me that easily. I’m proud to be a part of the constantly growing, beautifully dysfunctional family that is LeftLion; especially now we’ve had some raucously splendid additions to our crew of volunteers.

Just recently, we’ve appointed a new Poetry Editor in the form of Chris McLoughlin, new Music Editors Eileen Pegg and Becky Timmins, and #105 Guest Editor Tom Quigley, who’s joining Photography Editor David Hammond in the role, and will be curating your finest snaps for the new Notts Shots feature on the right, there.

Phew. It all happens at bleddy once, dunnit? Welcome, you blinding creatures. I’m mad excited for what’s to come.

I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: this rag wouldn’t be as belting as it is without the creative bonces of Nottingham coming together to say summat. LeftLion’s powered by heart, square eyes, and the knowledge that there are people in this city who make stuff happen. Whether they’re tucked away in a Sneinton-warehouse workshop, tearing up the mic on the Rock City stage, or picking a crisp packet from a hedge on Wollo Park, we’re gonna shout about ‘em.

It’s a sort-of ta-ra from me for now, duck, but be sure to watch this space.

The wheels are turning.

/leftlion

Bridie Squires, Editor bridie.squires@leftlion.co.uk

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Hark at these dotty rascals. photo: Simon Bernacki bernacki.co.uk

Extinction peaks on photo: Kim Watson @kimxwatson

They’ll be installing bleddy Lapland next. photo: Matt Keyworth mattkeyworth.com

Blue mornings, moaning teeth mist photo: Kim Watson @kimxwatson

Sprays hunger in red. photo: Kim Watson @kimxwatson

Dave Bevan on a wallride ex. photo: Tom Quigley tomquigley.co.uk

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AYUP DUCK

“What’s been gooin’ off?”

illustrations: Rikki Marr WITHOUT A WIMPY My poor, quacking heart. Did you ever think you’d see the day Wimpy shut its doors? That place has been around since dinosaur times. Now it’ll join the rest of the fossils that’ve been embedded into the grave walls of Broadmarsh. It’s one more step towards them redevelopments. Any day now.

FLIPPIN’ ‘ECK One bloke from up Strelley bought himsen a couple of penguins, checked their microchips, and found out they’d been pinched from a zoo.

He belled the coppers to tell them about his new mates Pablo and Penny, and they’re now investigating a bloke on suspicion of birdglary.

BUS BALLS You see all sorts of tomfoolery on that FaceArse, but I’ve not seen many brushes dafter than this pair. After a night out on the lashery, two wazzocks decided it’d be a clever idea to crack their way into a Skylink airport bus, drive it down the road cackling their bonces off, and live stream the hijack on social media.

The silly boggers looked like they were having a great time, steaming ahead, taking it in turns pretending to be a real customer gerrin’ a ticket. Unsurprisingly, the jokers have been jailed and fined after being identified through the video footage. After being caught red handed, they both pleaded guilty and have had their bums slapped with sixteen- and twelve-week sentences. You’d have thought they’d have seen that one coming. Bleeding hellfire, lads. It was hardly one for Sherlock Holmes.

words: Adrian Reynolds illustration: Corrina Rothwell

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TAKE THE FLOOR Nottingham’s ravers and gig-goers lost their minds when Rock City started ripping up their floor and flogging bits of it off. Whatever toots yer fruit, I suppose. I’ve been doing renovations on me kitchen, so if anyone’s after some more, I’ve got a skipload of sticky MDF to get rid on. Giz a bell. Ten quid a pop.

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“I've worked in this area for the past twenty years. I was at a bearings company, and I was one of the last barmaids at Pegger’s before it closed down. I started working for Caroline who owns this café [The Avenues]. There was a fire, so it moved to that corner [Blend] when it was Tasty Bites, then to where the Sneinton Shop is. Now it’s back here.

I saw the hustle and bustle of the old-school days round here. At first, when they came in with all the changes and killed the market off, it felt deserted. But you can feel it coming alive again.

This building used to be a part of the wholesale market, that's why it's got bananas on it.

When I was young and used to go out at night, I’d get all my veg for the Sunday on the way home.

All the staff here are lovely. I've always liked working with people. I just treat everyone how I want to be treated. I don't like nastiness and I would rather walk away from it.

Down here, it's full of nice people now. It's had its days when, maybe, not so much.

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“I've just took my sister back to the coach station. While I was in town I thought I'd have a look around the shops. I've always lived in Nottingham. I've seen some changes. Don't watch your face, I've got fi ve grandchildren!

I trained as a counsellor, and I’m thinking about teaching it now. I've worked with all sorts of people in the past. Domestic violence, homeless, the council, the government...

They're funny, aren’t they? They're not in the real world, they're really not. What they doing with this Brexit thing? It ain't gonna work. They've sold everything off ! We don't own nowt! It's a crying shame.

I'm into my politics, and I'm passionate about it. Nobody should be starving. Nobody should be homeless.

You've just gotta open your eyes. The greatest thing is to know. What you've done and what you've implemented, nobody can take that back from you.

I've done jobs up here, and jobs down there. Don't forget where you're coming from.”

Jenny

Nottingham’s most opinionated grocers on...

Pantomimes We went to see both pantos this year! The one at the Playhouse and the one at the Theatre Royal. Our sister bought us tickets, which was very kind of her. Both were very good. There was a bit in the Theatre Royal one where everything went 3D, but unfortunately I dropped my glasses so I didn’t really know what was happening.

Notts County Twittergate Oh my goodness, what is going on? They’re at the bottom of the league and going down. Our father, the legendary Notts County groundsman Peter Thompson, wouldn’t be very happy. The chairman doesn’t look happy either. We don’t own a computer, but it’s not rocket science to understand that sometimes you want to be a bit careful about what you put out there on the internet.

The ongoing gentrification of Sherwood It’s great, but we have to wonder how long it’s going to last. A year back, there were 34 empty premises on the high street and now we can’t think of more than a couple. We’re going to do a pub crawl with our staff from the top, all the way down the road. We’ll be drunk by the time we get to our street and that’s only a few hundred metres away. leftlion.co.uk/issue110

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We talk about the serenity of cemeteries, crooked headstones lean higgledy-piggledy on a hilltop along Mansfield Road, lull concerns about the afterlife: our descent into Earth if burial is what we decide.

Sunbeam light streams, hitting headstones licked by lichen-muted green.

Algae creeps‌ stretches frayed stalk-like fingers over graves; sweeping stone protectively.

We note: life still thrives here above bones and worms and loss.

Our walking boots sink into soft moss as we stroll through the serenity of the cemetery, its crooked headstones, higgledy-piggledy on a hilltop over Mansfield Road.

If burial is what we decide our concerns about the afterlife, descent into Earth, are lulled a little dulled down a little by the life that’s thriving here: ivy, cherry blossom, a ladybird snug in a graffiti-smudged lady statue’s lughole, all above bones and souls and loss.

And on a headstone, boldly engraved, we spot the epitaph FEAR NOT 10

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Snap Notts #10 Poem: Cleo Asabre-Holt Photos: Fabrice Gagos Location: Church Rock Cemetery

My granny used to say “They don’t make things like they used to” and I guess she was right. Items were built to last back in her day. My parents, as pensioners, still owned stuff they’d received as wedding presents. We’re a throwaway world now.

It seems everything is replaceable, and it’s quite horrifying just how much gets cast aside. I like knowing that I’m doing something to counteract this madness.

I was inspired to start upcycling after seeing a piece of painted furniture in a French magazine many years ago. With several pieces of unpainted furniture in my home already, I just fished some half-empty paint cans from the shed and started experimenting. With a young family as my priority rather than the house, it was a great way to refresh my home with little cost. People saw what I did and liked it, and it grew from there. I never thought I’d be upcycling furniture for other people. I guess there was a demand, so I just met it.

There used to be a stigma surrounding secondhand stuff, but that’s certainly diminishing.

People have realised they can get gorgeous, unique pieces without having to spend a fraction of what they would on something new.

At an auction years ago, I’d been buying stuff all morning when I saw a stunning walnut dressing table, but I only had £13 left in my pocket. The bid started at 99p and never got higher, so I won it in the bargain of the decade.

dead or alive, on old things. The thing I enjoy the most about the job is taking a piece of furniture that’s been cast to one side and breathing new life into it.

A typical day will start with a browse. I have magazines that go back twenty years and every morning I spend a little time flicking through them at random. I’ve found it trains my eye and helps me to choose the classic pieces. Magazines like Country Living never get it wrong; their timeless pages are a worthwhile lesson in style, and it’s good inspiration for sourcing furniture or accessories. Sometimes the most challenging thing is making decisions. Choosing paint can be a nightmare.

Not all furniture lends itself to being painted though; with some pieces, it would be criminal. I’d

rather have cut my throat with a blunt spoon than have taken a brush to that walnut dressing table.

I’ll often make marks on a piece to give the effect of age and wear, also known as “distressing”.

I don’t always use sandpaper for this; I have a secret method that takes all the hard work, dust and health hazards away from the process.

Sometimes I kick pieces over or take a big hammer to them, to add a little more distress.

People would think I was crazy if they saw me doing it.

One time, a woman came into my shop telling me spirits lived in old furniture. She talked about this old guy and his travels, apparently drawing his stories from a vintage bureau I had in stock. I’m not sure I believed her, but it made the hairs on my neck stand up. The vintage and antique trade has a real mixed bag of characters; from recluse to eccentric, there’s a wonderful mix of creative people.

My hopes are that more people will turn to buying upcycled items rather than new. From when I first started doing this, things have changed massively. Hardly anyone was doing it back then; some people were actually shocked to see you’d painted a piece of wooden furniture.

Now, everyone’s at it.

illustration: Alex McDougall

Sometimes the pieces have been stored in attics or barns for years and you just don’t know what’s been crawling over them. You always get spiders,

Sometimes I kick pieces over or take a big hammer to them, to add a little more distress. People would think I was crazy if they saw me doing it.

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interviews: Cleo Asabre-Holt illustration: Natalie Owen

Agriculture Shock

This month sees the Festival of Science and Curiosity come to town. As part of the events, the Urban Greening Conference offers attendees the chance to find out about vertical gardening, resource efficiency and sustainable eating. We sat down with event organiser Penney Poyzer to find out about the conference...

You’re the chair of Nottingham Good Food Project and the co-founder of Nottingham Organic Gardeners.

How did your interest in food sustainability begin?

My mum was a good cook who always had veg growing in the garden. Brought up in Suffolk, I had a countrified existence: picking sweet chestnuts, being fascinated by wild mushrooms, collecting elderberries and blackberries. Scrumping apples was a big part of my childhood. I stole a lot of fruit. It’s definitely every person’s right to steal wild fruit.

Both volunteers and those using social eating spaces tell me their health and wellbeing have improved. Lots of friendships are made too.

Now, I’m an organic gardener. I remember the magical moment I first got my hands on my own produce. 27 years ago, I co-founded Nottingham Organic Gardeners and it’s still going strong. I also used to write the Organic Weekly column for Nottingham Evening Post.

Most food waste comes from believing we need more than we do, when we really don’t need to eat all that much. If you have surplus food, don’t bin anything that’s suitable for food banks. If neighbours don’t need it, food banks certainly do. Olio is an amazing app connecting local people, shops and cafés so surplus food can be shared instead of thrown away.

Tell us about the upcoming Urban Greening Conference on Tuesday 19 February...

At the conference, we’ll cover global changes within our environment, and there’ll be a physical vertical garden for guests to pick their own salads from.

Vertical gardening came about due to resource depletion; it’s more sustainable than conventional agriculture, which takes up an awful lot of resources, especially water.

The vertical garden I’m familiar with is based in the Urban Room on Carrington Street. It’s four layers of trays, one square metre in size. Each layer grows 36 coriander plants and, with all the lighting, it looks a bit like a plant rave! The turnaround from planting to harvest is 25 days, which is three times quicker than growing conventionally.

How can those of us living in smaller spaces get on the bandwagon?

In Notts we’re blessed with community growing spaces that are always looking for volunteers. Farmgarden.org. uk is a useful website. In your own home, sunny window sills are great for herbs and salad plants.

Nottingham Good Food Project (NGFP) promotes positive social eating spaces. What impact can they have?

NGFP is about so much more than getting people to eat.

Social eating spaces tackle isolation, which can cause depression, which affects eating. By bringing people together to eat, you’re not just filling their bellies; you’re providing a nurturing space where people can mix with one another.

Also, the people who come don’t have to worry about heating their house or washing up. They’re necessary spaces where you’re properly nurtured as a human being.

What can the average person do to minimise food waste and be more environmentally friendly?

Make a menu plan for the week, only buy what you need and try your best not to waste anything. Apply your judgement for use-by dates, unless it’s meat or fish.

Generally, everything else is okay for a little while.

If you have a small garden, grow your own fruit and veg. If not, purchase food locally and support the local economy. Local open-air markets like the ones down in Clifton and Sneinton are great. A savvy tip: wait until the end of the market when prices come right down.

Eat less meat or, if you are going to, buy from your local butcher. It’s better quality and your money stretches further.

Could vertical gardening rebalance some of the negative effects of global warming?

Sadly, no it can’t. We still need to move towards food sovereignty, waste less and eradicate the craziness of food being incinerated. It should be going straight to the people who really need it. We should be growing our own produce more; doubling our amount of fresh food at affordable prices would transform the environment and people’s health.

What does the future hold for vertical gardening?

It’s a resource-eff icient way forward, particularly in cities with lots of empty buildings. We need to start making use of these spaces. The Middle East and Singapore are exemplars and world leaders of vertical farming. They’re building skyscrapers that are multi-faceted constructions factoring in food production and water. We should be following suit.

What message do you have for the next generation?

Open your eyes. Get conscious. Get active. Make the change. We lack respect for the planet. People think water is an everlasting resource, but it’s not. We need to be aware of how precious our supplies are. This is the last generation that can do anything about it. “Business as usual” just won’t cut it. There must be massive change.

Green Light We also spoke with Chungui Lu, Professor in Sustainable Agriculture at NTU, who’s leading the activities on vertical gardening at the Urban Greening Conference…

Tell us what to expect from the event…

A focus on UK farming post-Brexit, Smart Green Growth and the wide implementation of vertical farming.

We’ll cover how the UK can become a global vertical farming hub and a European leader for improving Global Food Security.

What’s most rewarding about your area of research?

Developing practical solutions to global problems. We’re already helping many countries create safe, eff icient and sustainable food production.

What’s most frustrating?

Despite this being an essential area of research, securing funding is diff icult.

Can we actually do anything before it’s too late?

Yes. Vertical farming, if designed appropriately, is a solution. It’s possible to move agriculture to cities, return land to natural process and restore ecological functions.

Anything else you’d like to say?

Support future agriculture and vertical farming and share my enthusiasm, especially when we face such challenges.

Festival of Science and Curiosity’s Urban Greening Conference is taking place on Tuesday 19 February, 5.30pm - 7.30pm at NTU’s Urban Room at 38 Carrington Street. nottsfosac.co.uk

words: Alex Kuster

photos: Dan Hodgett

Meet Anna de la Vega from local social enterprise The Urban Worm. This Nottingham woman has been solving problems in waste management, and has found a way for the UK to salvage its depleting supply of topsoil... with worms.

Can you explain how composting works?

We need soil, and worms make soil. Worm manure is soil. There are three different categories of earthworm. For composting, you need a special one called a red worm.

You can put just about anything in your bucket: veg, coffee, eggshells, even beard clippings. I’m able to manage all household waste within my flat. It doesn’t smell, it’s just soil. People can do it in their homes; they don’t need a lot of space. It’s like having a pet.

How did you get involved with worms?

My MA was in Human Security and Environmental Change. I didn’t realise how bad the food industry was until then.

Before my MA, I worked in Nepal, using low-level technology to get people out of poverty. Worm farming is low-tech; we can control it without big, complicated machinery. It seemed like the most practical change to take direct action in Nottingham.

In 2016, I went to Cuba: the leaders in world farming. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, they lost 80% of their imports and exports. Because they got five times the market price for sugar, over a third of their land was used to grow it. When everything collapsed, they were starving.

The government supported the people to transform car parks into urban, organic farms. If it weren’t for the worms, they’d have been screwed.

Do you think you’ve made people more environmentally aware through doing this?

It’s taken me a lot of time, I’ve been going for five years and only in the last year have people started to pay attention. It’s been really hard and I’ve had a lot of resistance from vegans; at first I wasn’t allowed to go to Green Festival because I keep my worms in captivity.

What power do the worms hold?

They can double their population in sixty days. It takes up to 1,000 years to produce topsoil naturally, but a worm can do it in just five. So, there is hope. This is the solution, it’s just that people don’t know about it. Farms aren’t integrating vermiculture into their system. We can start again. It’s very Margaret Atwood and apocalyptic, but this is the opportunity for us to turn it all around.

I’d like to see people giving their extra worm castings away to community gardens or growing projects. I’ve also started a service called Deliverpoo, delivering horse manure. One of our highest profile customers is Sat Bains. I’m trying to get him to get a worm farm; growing your own food with worm manure provides the highest nutritional content available. It’s just about education and showing people that you can do something on a small scale. I know we can all feel overwhelmed to make changes, but this is easy. Anyone can come and see how it’s done.

The Urban Worm, Kentrigg Farm, Adbolton Lane, West Bridgford, NG2 5AS. 07971 171 525 theurbanworm.co.uk

words and photo: Alex Kuster

Gedling Climate Change Group are a collective of those bleddy do-good types. The environmentalists, of all ages and from all walks of life, are taking action in the hopes of making Nottingham a more eco-friendly city. We got out there with the litter-picking troop to see what they’re all abaht…

Change occurs when a bunch of people band together and take small steps towards a bigger goal. I don’t know about you lot, but I’ve got guilt knocking around when it comes to this planet we seem to have royally screwed up. It’s all about starting small though, innit?

Every month, Gedling Climate Change Group meet to clean the streets of Hoodtown. Anyone can do it; just put on a bright vest and off you pop.

While marching through Mapperley armed with pickers, we divided rubbish into recyclable and non-recyclable bags.

“It’s the little things that make the big difference,” says Charlotte Dooley, who runs the group’s social media pages. “A lot of people aren’t sure what they’re allowed to put in their green bins, and because of that, a lot of stuff that could be recycled gets sent to a landfill.”

One big change the group have been trying to implement is preventing fish and chip shops from using excessive amounts of

single-use plastics. “Some places have reacted really positively, and one even put up a photo of that whale that had swallowed loads of plastic bags,” Hooley says. “Some are less responsive, mainly because they bulk-buy all of their plastic material. It isn’t something you can fix immediately.”

The crew are keen not to force opinions or preach, though; they’re just popping round to their local for a chat. “It’s not that people aren’t bothered; it’s just that they don’t know,” Hooley continues. “Awareness is the key thing.”

As I said, it’s all about small changes; lots of individual actions, together, can make a positive difference. And Gedling Climate Change Group are doing exactly that.

If you fancy gerrin’ involved with an upcoming litter pick, or would like to attend a future climate change meeting, visit the Gedling Climate Change Group Facebook page. facebook.com/gedlingclimatechange

words: Emily Thursfield illustrations: Natalie Owen Tackling food poverty on the front line is Foodprint, a social supermarket run by students from the University of Nottingham. Not only does their Sneinton-based store provide vital produce to local residents in need, but each week they stop a significant amount of waste from clogging up landfills...

The rise of the zero-waste lifestyle has seen local folk crying out for a place where they can buy all their cupboard essentials, like pasta, lentils, oats and tea, without that pesky plastic ending up in their waste bins.

Enter Sarah Maloy, and the Nottingham Zero Waste Collective…

“We came up with a figure a couple of months ago which suggested that since we started, we’ve saved seven elephants worth of food,” says Leila BehzadiSpencer, a key member of the Foodprint team. “We’re doing our best to collect as much food as possible, and we’re making sure our collection route is done in an order that uses the least amount of petrol.”

“I’ve always been into sustainable living and using my knowledge to make choices about what I buy, but after reading Bea Johnson’s book Zero Waste Home, it really got me thinking about the waste we were creating as a family,” says Sarah. “I looked inside my bin and most of it was single-use plastic film, bags and other items that couldn’t be recycled.”

Run by a group of students from the university's branch of Enactus – a not-for-profit organisation looking to transform the lives of people in need – Foodprint collects surplus food from larger supermarkets, including items outside their sell-by date, and sells them at their own store in Sneinton. Still perfectly fit to eat, the produce is sold to customers for approximately 50% less than their original price. We’re talking veggies for 5p and bread bloomers for 15p.

After her search for a local bulk-buy shop came up empty, Sarah and her friend Kimberley Tew, owner of the online shop Plastic-free Pantry, created the Nottingham Zero Waste Collective Facebook group, and started a plastic-free pop-up store, where customers can bring empty jars and containers to stock up on a plethora of produce.

Each week, the organisation saves as much as 985kg of food from landfills by distributing extra items to a number of partner organisations. “We have good relationships with local food banks, like Walkers Notts,” says Leila. “We’ll provide them with crates of food and they’ll give us some things in return that they can’t use.

At the end of the day we’re all working towards the same goal and if things go wrong we can step in and help others out.”

With Sneinton having the second highest food poverty stats in the area, the shop is welcomed by the locals, with regular customers popping in for discounted cans of soup or fresh items from the bakery. Foodprint are now working on securing allotment space to grow their own produce and are looking to open a second supermarket.

101 Sneinton Road, NG2 4QL. 07557 644 532 foodprint.io

The pop-ups have been running since March 2018, and they’ve recently completed a month-long residency at Rough Trade. “The feedback we’ve had has been undeniably positive, and a lot of people have thanked us for doing this. I’ve learnt a lot from these people too; we have a lot of loyal customers who I really enjoy seeing, as we share zero-waste tips with each other.

Together, I do feel we can make a difference,” says Sarah.

Community is a recurring theme in Nottingham’s sustainability scene, with many organisations working together towards their shared goal. Nottingham Zero Waste Collective is now working alongside the local branch of Greenpeace on their plastic pollution campaign, and Sarah is continuing to work hard on her other main project, Nottingham Fixers. Watch this space, as we’ve been told that this plastic-free pop-up store may soon become a permanent fixture around these parts. facebook.com/nottinghamzerowastecollective

Clean Yoga sessions are run by two local fitness instructors, Victoria Douglas and Hannah Appleton, who combine their skills with a love for the environment. At each event, yogis take part in a stretching session, followed by an activity designed to inspire eco-friendliness…

How did Clean Yoga begin?

Victoria: Sustainability is something I've been conscious of for a long time. I worked as a dancer on ships for ten years, so I've seen the damage on the ocean first hand.

Coming back to land and walking around the Arboretum, I noticed how much litter was around. It made me want to raise awareness.

Hannah: I saw Victoria’s post on Instagram about wanting to run an event that combined yoga and the environment, like a beach clean. We worked at the same gyms but didn’t know each other very well, so I got in contact and it went from there.

What does a typical event involve?

Victoria: The first one was in May last year, and they’ve been progressing ever since. We’ve done a couple involving litter picks, a day retreat to the Peak Districts, and a picnic.

Hannah: 200 Degrees supplied us with food in big tubs, which is more eco-friendly than in little packets, and we dished everything out like dinner ladies. The latest event was a swap shop at the end of January, which was a yoga practice followed by an opportunity for people to swap unwanted Christmas presents, clothes and other items.

What has the response been?

Hannah: Better than I expected. Often when you talk about sustainability, people can turn off or say “just let me live”. But we’re not pushy or preachy, we’re just inviting people along to a yoga practice and to do some litter picking. We’ve already got a good community building up, and people have developed friendships from it.

What have you personally taken away from the Clean Yoga events?

Victoria: It’s still a learning curve for us too. I now shop locally for vegetables, because there’s no plastic. My toiletries are completely different, and I’m very aware of what I put down the sink; I’ve swapped to soap bars with natural ingredients. We both tried washing our clothes with soap nuts… and have decided they aren’t the one!

Hannah: Because I have a child, I'm really conscious of buying things that will last and can be passed on. I don't buy coffee unless I have my KeepCup or I'm having it in the cafe. You can't do everything, and it can feel overwhelming, but I think implementing little changes is good enough.

How do you think yoga has helped you on your journey with sustainability?

Victoria: If you're putting in the time and valuing yourself, it's going to spread to other parts of your life.

Yoga has made me calmer and more aware, but it also makes you want to care for other people.

Hannah: It’s about causing as little damage to yourself and to others as you possibly can. I guess that's how yoga and the environment link with each other.

How do you think yoga enhances people's lives?

Hannah: You'll become stronger and more flexible, but it also helps you mentally. Yoga brings a greater sense of self awareness; it helps you focus on what's happening now, and to let go of everything else.

Victoria: It’s important to create that space for yourself.

Phones and the internet are a constant presence; we're constantly engaged, but not necessarily in things that serve us well.

Hannah: There's so much sensory overload now. It's nice to go to a yoga class where the lights are low and you can just breathe.

What’s coming up for Clean Yoga?

Hannah: We've spoken about running another retreat in the autumn, and we have other ideas in mind. We'll probably do some more litter picks around the city and another picnic in the summer.

Victoria: The reason we got talking in the first place was because we both wanted to do an ocean clean.

Eventually, we hope we can work up enough support to do that. facebook.com/victorialouisealc facebook.com/hannahappletonyoga

words: Anna Murphy styling: Anna Murphy and Frances Daw photos: Dan Hodgett model: Olivia Powell

Sustain in the Membrane

Charity shops. Just for nanas? Don’t think so, duck. Once seen as a bit tired, blamed for “clogging up the high street” or perceived to be filled with junk, charity shops are actually a treasure trove, allowing customers to reuse, recycle and repurpose. We spoke to three Nottingham outlets who are helping local folk ditch the throwaway fashion mentality, and dug out a few gems from inside the shops...

Emmanuel House Gill Barker, Marketing Assistant at Emmanuel House, says, “People who buy from us get really good value, but buying from our charity shop directly supports a local charity; one that’s quite literally on the other side of the door.”

Emmanuel House Support Centre was established in 1976, with the adjacent charity shop running for thirty years. The centre is the only service of its kind within Nottingham, where people can walk in and receive support to recover from homelessness. In 2018, there were 20,337 visitors: a sobering number in a city the size of ours. All the money earned in the shop is spent within the same building, providing life-changing support to homeless and vulnerable people. Yet it’s not just the local impact that Emmanuel House are passionate about.

“Buying from charity shops extends the life cycle of a garment,” says Gill. “Today, both workers and the environment are suffering because of the way fast fashion is made, sourced and consumed. Consumers may think they are getting a bargain, but there’s a

huge cost to people’s lives and to our planet. Sustainability is crucial; we need a huge shift in our culture to recognise the value of clothing, and to become better at looking after what we own. This is where a person’s creative flair can come to the fore, by creating different looks through customising and showcasing clothes and accessories.”

Emmanuel House are challenging the way society looks at clothing and encouraging this creativity by partnering up with students on the Fashion Design course at Nottingham Trent University.

Gill explains: “The aim is to utilise the excess waste from the donations at the centre by giving level-one design students the opportunity to select fabrics to use for their projects. We hope this partnership will raise awareness of Emmanuel House, how important donations are to the service users, and the role that design can play in upcycling unwanted clothing.”

Sue Ryder “A common misconception about charity shops is that people believe the clothes may not be clean,” says Sue Ryder’s Store Manager, Sophie Stevens. “All our clothes go through a strict sorting system before being put on the shop floor to make sure all the items are in the best condition to be worn, so don’t worry!”

At fi ve years old, the Sue Ryder store on Goosegate is a vintage treasure trove. With everything from womenswear, menswear, furniture and accessories, it also has a pretty Instagram-friendly array of vintage bikes.

The charity was founded in 1953 and supports people during the most diff icult times in their lives. For over 65 years, their doctors, nurses and carers have given people the expert care – and compassion – to help them live the best life possible.

“Our most popular items are definitely our vintage dresses. But we also sell a lot of our vintage bikes, ceramics and frames. There’s so much on offer, I think everyone should be buying from charity shops.

It’s good for the environment, it helps fund a great cause and it’s reasonably priced. We offer one-off, handpicked items, so we can promise that you’ll be the only one strutting down the street in that retro piece.”

White Rose You could mistake it for the window of a regular high-street shop, but White Rose isn’t your standard fashion retail space, and it’s certainly not like your standard charity shop either.

“We wanted to get away from the charity shop stereotype, which some people think are unfashionable and in undesirable locations. We provide a recycled high street fashion boutique for people already shopping in Topshop, Zara and others,” explains Sam Boarer, Regional Development Manager for White Rose. You can see his point. White Rose is a fashion boutique first and a charity shop second; because of this, it ushers in a different audience.

However, don’t let the aesthetics fool you: this is not a case of all style, no substance. “White Rose was started in 2008 by Nottingham graduate students,” explains Sam. “It supports the Aegis Trust, who are the UK’s leading genocide prevention organisation. Aegis works in multiple countries around the world to stop genocide and to support affected communities.

“We look for any clothing donations, although our designer and brand-labelled goods sell like hot cakes,” says Sam. “Also, often due to size changes or impulse purchases, they’re items that have most likely been sitting in people’s wardrobes.

These items could do so much good if they were donated to charity.”

LeftLion Clothes Swap Sunday 17 February, 12pm - 4pm Design Junction, Avenue C, Sneinton Market £2 entry 7 items max for swapping Sustainability in Fashion Panel Discussion 2pm at Fox & Grapes All proceeds go to Sharewear Extra clothing donations accepted (Menswear needed!)

How It’s Fixed

words: Nottingham Fixers illustrations: Natalie Owen

According to a study by the North London Waste Authority, fewer than one in ten people attempt to repair their broken items, despite 42% saying they’d prefer to mend the thing than throw it away. That’s where Nottingham Fixers come in; their volunteers share skills, helping to build the confidence of anyone who wants to start repairing for themselves.

In a year, they’ve held multiple Repair Cafes that have helped over 200 people save 865kg of carbon from our atmosphere, and 73kg of waste from the bin. And that’s just for electrical items alone. Here, the team have given us a few tips on fixing household bits that you might ordinarily ditch.

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You’ve plugged something in and nothing happens. Now what? Try plugging something else into the same socket; if that works, the socket is not the problem.

With the faulty item unplugged, look at the cable, plug and case. Do they look damaged? If so, stop there as it could be dangerous. If all looks okay, check the fuse inside. Often you can prise it out carefully from the base of the plug, or you may need to undo the screw underneath to get the top off.

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There will be a number on the fuse, usually 3A, 5A or 13A. You can buy a replacement of the same value, or find one of the same value from another device in your house to test out. Make sure the top is screwed back on properly before plugging back in. If that doesn’t work, take a look at the wires inside and check that each one is secure in its terminal, as they can sometimes work themselves loose. If there’s still no joy, bring it along to the next Nottingham Fixers Repair Café so we can work with you safely to carry out the repair.

Sherwood Methodist Church, Devon Drive, NG1 2EN facebook.com/nottinghamfixers

Fuse

Darning a Knitted Item

If you’ve got a hole in your socks or jumper, don’t despair. Try this simple darn which can be used on any knitted or woven fabric.

You will need: • A darning needle (a stubby, blunt needle) • Yarn (similar or contrasting) • A darning mushroom (or alternative solid, smooth, rounded object) Put the darning mushroom inside the garment so the hole sits in the middle. Using the needle threaded with yarn, sew a running stitch a couple of millimetre wider, around the hole. This helps the fabric sit flat after it’s mended. Keep the fabric stretched out but don’t pull it too tight with your stitches.

Start by filling in the hole with “warp” – parallel, vertical, evenly spaced threads, that are anchored to your original running stitches.

When the warp is complete, weave over and under the threads with your yarn in parallel horizontal threads, making the “weft”.

Anchor each weft thread at the edge, where the running stitch is, and then weave back to the other side alternating the over and under. Do this as tightly as is needed to infill the hole. Secure the yarn and trim the ends.

Broken Zip

If it’s a stuck zip, rub a bar of soap or a pencil lead onto it to see if that will get it moving. If the teeth have come apart, get a pair of pliers and gently push them together at the point where they come apart.

Missing teeth? If there’s still enough room to open the zip then thread and sew large stitches across the zip just up from where the teeth are missing.

The zip will then hit the stitches, not the gap.

Pliers

Jump Rings in Jewellery The little rings that join bits of jewellery together are called jump rings. If one has come open, you’ll need to close it. Ideally, you’ll need two pairs of pliers; one pair with pointy ends (chain-nose) and the other with fl at ends (fl at-end).

To start, make sure you put the bits you want to rejoin back inside the open ring. Hold the chain-nose pliers in your dominant hand and hold the fl at-nose pliers in your other hand.

Use the fl at-nose pliers to steady one side of the jump ring and close the other end with the chain-nose pliers. This shouldn’t dent or damage the wire.

Jump Ring

The hardest bit is to bring the ends of the ring together without overlapping them. A good way to do this is to actually open the ring wider, not by pulling it on the same plane as the other ring, but actually moving it to the side at a perpendicular angle. Then when you close the ring, you can pull it slightly forward and sideways. Be careful not to overwork the ring or it might snap. If you’re not successful then bring your jewellery to one of the Nottingham Fixers events for help.

Tips for Bike Safety and Maintenance

Crafty Boggers words: Georgina Wilson-Powell

Nottingham’s not short of people who are good with their hands...

Glass jewellery is still a pretty unusual find, especially the minimal, geometric stuff that comes out of Bden Glass at Sneinton Market. Rose Kemp uses lampworking to blowtorch the molten glass into shape.

Her necklaces, earrings and bracelets are tough but beautiful, either clear or in the bright colours you’d normally associate with plastic. If you’re looking for something unique, check out her work in The Shop at Sneinton Market.

Also located in Sneinton Market is By Our Hands We Make Our Way, woodworkers who do a fine line of workshops. Learn how to make everything from a spoon to a stool, or be inspired by their beautiful relief carvings to get creative yourself. This collective is one of many up and down the country revitalising old skills and keeping heritage crafts alive.

Looking for something more gemlike for your jewellery? Nottingham-based Bonearrow uses ethically-sourced Sterling silver, crystals and gems to create stunning rings and necklaces that celebrate the dark hearts and midnight wanderers.

Head down to Handmade in Nottingham’s shop – or look out for their pretty markets – and you’ll discover more Nottingham crafters than you’ll know what to do with. From greeting cards to homewares, it’s a Mecca for local makers.

Take in local illustrator Hannah Satwell’s line drawings, delicate pottery inspired by the Lace Market from Rolling Roses or join the plastic-free revolution with smallbatch, handmade, hard-bar soap from the Black Acres Soap Pantry.

Have you ever been to Curious? The studios are home to Nottingham’s paper and mixed-media artists Sarah Manton and Jessica Kemp. They run courses for a range of crafts and pull in other local crafting experts to run workshops, from copper embossing to embroidery.

Make sure your gears change smoothly.

Bring your bike to Nottingham Fixers for help with any of these issues.

Check that wheels spin smoothly by turning the bike upside down and spinning the wheels.

Check your brakes. They should stop the wheel fully when the lever is only part pulled.

Oil the chain for smoother gear transaction. If it squeaks or looks brown, it needs some oil.

Any wobbles or a less-thanperfect spinning circle suggests expert advice is required

Don't allow brakes, when released, to rub the wheels.

This will slow you down.

Get the seat height right. Having it too low will make cycling hard work.

Listen for noises. Squeaks, rattles and scraping suggests something needs attention.

Check tyres regularly, and replace if they’re showing signs of wear or damage.

Pump up tyres until they are too hard to squeeze. This reduces the risk of punctures and makes cycling easier.

Keep your bike under cover. It will prolong its life and reduce maintenance.

Pop over to Primary Studios and discover Lane, a conscious collection of British craftsmanship, all curated by a designsavvy eye into one of the most stunning stores in town. It’s all about supporting the indie makers here; think slow design, slow living and treasuring each piece for a lifetime. The guys at Lane also sell stuff made in their design studio, from geometric prints to soft furnishings collaborations.

And let’s not forget the bakers. Kimberley Bell at Small Food Bakery – also located at Primary Studios – explores ancient grains and the power of community baking through her delicious sourdough, pizza and pastries. And what’s better than a craft you can eat? You can also explore other local artisan producers through her open kitchen on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Georgina Wilson-Powell is the founder of the stylish sustainable lifestyle magazine, Pebble, and the Pebble Guides series. The Pebble Guide to Nottingham was released last year. pebblemag.com

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SAVE STONEBRIDGE CITY FARM words: Rebecca S. Buck photos: Tom Morley

Started by local residents four decades ago, Stonebridge City Farm in St Ann’s is a well-loved part of Nottingham life. But with their future in doubt, this community charity has launched an urgent fundraising appeal...

For all the vivacity and convenience that comes with living in a well-populated, bustling city like Nottingham, there inevitably comes a time where the need to escape to somewhere more peaceful arises. A break from the interminable adverts publicising the latest Marvel film, the incessant stream of social media notifications or the endless sea of nameless faces. A return, if only briefly, to the feeling of serenity we all need to remain sane in a world where community has all but been replaced by individualism. In Nottingham, that experience can be found at Stonebridge City Farm, a free-to-visit sanctuary in the heart of St. Ann’s.

As well as acting as home to an array of animals, including goats, ponies and Kevin the tortoise, the farm provides an essential service to the community, supporting over 120 people every week, many of whom have learning disabilities and mental health issues.

They also provide a range of educational programmes in conjunction with schools and colleges across Nottinghamshire.

In 2018 alone, the registered charity received visits from almost 1,000 school children, as well as providing over 700 volunteer opportunities.

For all it does to present a place of tranquility for Nottingham locals, as well as a home for countless animals, it’s in these volunteer opportunities that the true value of Stonebridge City Farm becomes apparent. Providing a sense of meaningful purpose, independence and physical activity, these roles significantly help volunteers improve their mental health as well as their employment prospects, including providing a vital respite for families and carers.

Within a few minutes of walking around the farm, you’d be excused for forgetting that you’re still so close to the structured chaos of the city centre. A palpable sense of calm greets you everywhere you walk, and the increasingly rare presence of real community. Volunteers tend to the animals, selling small bags of food to feed to the goats and sheep, or providing young children with the opportunity to stroke one of their many guinea pigs.

Despite all that it offers to so many people in Nottingham, Stonebridge City Farm has come under threat of

closure as it struggles to survive the winter. Receiving no direct funding from two-thirds of the people it supports, the charity has found its public service grant funding reduced significantly over recent years. As visitor numbers inevitably dwindle during the colder months, so does the level of income provided from the on-site café, gift shop and guest donations, which currently provide 95% of the farm’s total income, along with garden sales, educational visits, grants and animal boarding (you can have your rabbit or guinea pig cared for at the farm for just £3 per day). With the danger of closure looming, the farm has launched a fundraiser, with a target of at least £30,000 to see it through the rest of winter and safeguard its future.

Considering this potential closure, it seems natural to query why the farm doesn’t introduce an entrance fee, particularly as similar attractions charge around £10 for admission. But Stonebridge is a community-focused charity, located in an area of the city where many simply cannot afford to pay for entrance. The aim is clear: to keep the farm inclusive and accessible to all.

“Stonebridge City Farm has become such an important part of Nottingham life for volunteers and beneficiaries, families as well as schools and colleges,” says Peter Armitage, General Manager of the farm. “This importance isn’t limited to the people that can visit, but what the farm represents on a larger scale. Far from just a green space for animals and home-grown vegetables, it’s an oasis of humanity, sustainability, education and compassion. It’s a manifestation of the important role community can still play in the modern world, providing joy, relaxation and genuinely life-changing experiences for its volunteers, and now is the time for the community which has benefitted so much from the farm’s presence to show their support. “I’m confident that the people of Nottingham will help us through the next few months so we can continue our work,” Armitage continues. “We are so grateful to everyone.”

As well as donating via JustGiving, you can also donate via bank transfer (Stonebridge City Farm, Unity Trust Bank, Account No. 20241218, Sort Code 60-83-01, Reference Appeal) or text donate (SBCF£ to 70085)

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UNDER COVER ARTIST interview: Alex Kuster

Ronan Somerville J’adoube I’m still trying to consolidate what I deem my “practice” to be. Am I an artist or a designer? Do I use illustration or installation? I still have the luxury of space to develop into, which is really exciting for me.

This piece is an illustrated chess board, complete with handmade clay chess pieces in a matching style. It’s called J’adoube, which is a chess term meaning “I adjust” used to inform your opponent that you do not want to move your piece, you only mean to adjust the placement.

It was part of the Royal Academy A-Level Summer Exhibition, and was accepted to exhibit with UKYA in Nottingham all before I’d finished my A-Level exams; I’ll be the youngest exhibitor in the Nottingham UKYA City Takeover.

Carrots. If you’re looking, you’ll see them painted all over these streets. We got the notorious graffiti artist Carrot to dob us a cover and pull-out poster for this issue, and asked him what’s up, Doc...

Why carrots?

My grandma made amazing carrots. Me and my family loved them.

She’d boil them in sugar, then put honey and butter on them. I started drawing them, and the first time I went out to do a painting, it was a carrot. I forgot all about it, and three years later I came across a 35mm film photo of it and remembered. It kind of went from there.

Is there more meaning behind the tag?

Food waste is a big one. It comes down to consumerism and our wasteful society. Making things out of found objects. As I was painting the carrots, I started living a really basic lifestyle: not buying anything new, always buying second hand, trying to buy from little local stores and trying to do the right thing. But I always f**ked up; you can never do everything.

What are you thinking when you’re painting?

I used to paint while thinking about sustainability, but still ate meat. I was still going to the chicken shop, eating loads, and not really thinking about what I was putting in my body. I realised I was a massive hypocrite by preaching all this stuff with the carrot symbol. Loads of people thought I was a vegan activist. It was a joke. I changed all that and became more intrigued by how meat production is the number-one polluter.

What reactions have you had to the carrot?

A lot of people can’t understand a tag, but some people say they like it. I think there’s a relatable aspect. Maybe it’s quite childish. The carrot speaks all languages; one minute I’m in Indonesia, then I’m in New Zealand, Spain, Portugal... I can go to any country and people know what it is, although some might think it looks like a tapeworm or a chode.

Why do you paint?

To learn how productive I can be. It’s like skateboarding in that you have your go-to tricks that you start repeating and falling out of love with because you’re not progressing. With painting, you have to keep breaking it and changing it up too. You’ve got to find new ways of doing things and loving what you’re learning.

Small Kid said to me: “Do it while you love doing it. Do as many of them as you can. As soon as you don’t enjoy doing it anymore, don’t do it.” It’s perfect. So simple. It all comes down to having fun. When you’re doing something and having fun with it, it comes out more interesting because you’re free.

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I started without a plan and just added new ideas to it over the course of a few months. At the time I didn’t have a studio space, so I hung it from the wardrobe door in my bedroom and returned to it each night. The full set of 32 chess pieces is still under

construction… my student loan doesn’t allow for much in the way of art supplies.

My illustrative style is inspired largely by Ralph Steadman, Martin Handford’s Where’s Wally?, and The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine film. This illustration is depicting a world occupied by magical creatures and chaotic happenings, and it’s really a metaphor for both mine and everybody else’s subconscious.

The imagery has been collated from individual drawings in my sketchbooks, some from my low points and some from my high points. Confronting my personal history and coalescing together separate moments of joy and pain into one fluid environment stands testament to the idea that I am the result of all that has happened to me, and that the same can be said about everyone.

Ronan’s work can be seen in Broadmarsh as part of the UKYA City Takeover, taking place across the city from Thursday 7 - Wednesday 13 February. All events are free ukyoungartists.co.uk

Art Works Kelly Fung Sit down I’m a bit of a collector, especially with broken objects.

I get an urge to bring them home and fix them in my own way. One day I found this broken Ikea stool on the street so I took it back to the studio. With only three legs, it had become something else, something more than an Ikea stool; you couldn’t sit on it, so it was free from human use. It looked different to its mass-produced friends.

It sat on my work table for a few weeks, until one day I collected a few mop heads while wandering around a living-goods store in Peckham. I chucked them on the stool when I got back to the studio, since I didn’t have much space at that time.

The combination of the mops and the stool immediately reminded me of a moment from my childhood: my family’s housekeeper would always sweep the floor while I was sitting on a stool watching TV. She would ask me to lift up my legs so she could clean the floor, and then she would clean the mop with the running tap water.

We all called her Mo Mo. She came from a very poor region of China, and she’s a very hardworking and generous woman. This piece was called MoMo as part of a collection of work called currently nowhere (now here).

I have since used it during a performance, and it’s now called Sit down. During the performance,

I first try to organize and tidy up the thread carefully, as I try to sort my thoughts and memories. I did not sit on the stool, but I let it sit on my face, my body. The stool is no longer a tool or item of furniture, it has become an object that carries my past and stories.

Kelly Fung is exhibiting at Joff + Ollie Studio as part of the UKYA City Takeover, taking place Thursday 7 - Wednesday 13 February. kellywfung.com

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Poverty Wages

WE CAN’T AFFORD AUSTERITY

Bankrupt Councils

NHS Crisis

Record s Homelessnes

Skint Schools

Austerity has reduced sections of our population to poverty. Universal Credit hit Nottingham recently, and the cost will be high. Combined with other benefits cuts, the poorest are being made to pay, but for what? We didn’t cause the banking crisis in 2008, we shouldn’t have to pay for it.

Join us for a public meeting to organise the resistance to austerity and begin to turn the tide!

Wednesday 13th March, 7.30pm

St. Peter’s Church, St. Peter’s Gate (Near M&S), Nottingham NG1 2NW

Speakers: Prof. Ruth Lister; Shankea Stewart (Windrush campaign);

Unite The Union; speakers against Universal Credit and Bedroom Tax; Women Against State Pension Inequality; Save Our Schools campaign; Save Queen Street Post Office & renationalise Royal Mail (CWU Union); Keep Our NHS Public and more tbc. nottspeoplesassembly.org

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He’s plastered on movie posters, book covers, bank logos and the sides of buses, but there is a side to Robin Hood that you may not be aware of. Today, Literature Editor LP Mills takes a deep dive into the strange and ancient history of Nottingham’s best-loved outlaw, Robin Hood.

Folklore is a funny old thing. Stories, when left to grow over the course of centuries, often end up as a tangled mass of unknown origins and mysterious conclusions, and no story could be more impenetrable than that of Robin Hood. However, while you may know the stories as they’ve been told on screens little and large over the years, you may not be aware of the figure’s deep connections with the folkloric roots of Britain as a whole.

Nobody is entirely certain where the Robin Hood myth began.

Some, such as Maurice Hugh Keen in The Outlaws of Medieval England, posit that Robin is based on a historical figure, most likely the disgraced noble and bandit leader Roger Godberd, whose settlement of Sherwood Forest and ongoing feud with the Sheriff of Nottingham certainly does point to having been a strong influence.

Others have argued that the character was a balladic hero akin to King Arthur and the knights of the round table, a complete work of fiction designed to represent the best of human nature. Indeed, due to the oblique references to “Lincolnshire Green”, a type of popular dye mentioned extensively in The Gest of Robyn Hode, one could even argue that Robin was a sort of early advertisement, the urexample of today’s modern sponsorship deal.

However, I’d like to go a bit deeper than outlaw kings and medieval subliminal branding. Instead, let’s look at the very beginnings of this legend, and how it relates to an idea that may well predate the English language itself. We are going to talk about how the Hooded Man is an echo of one of Britain’s oldest myths: The Green Man. If you’ve ever visited a medieval church like Southwell Minster, there’s a chance you may have already encountered The Green Man. A hideous visage with snarling teeth, wild eyes, and shoots of unruly vegetation bursting from every available orifice, The Green Man was what is now known as a grotesque: a form of religious art designed to ward away wicked spirits. The term “Green Man” is actually a modern one, first coined by Lady Julia Raglan in 1939, in which she linked the use of “foliate heads” in church architecture to preChristian pagan deities and other medieval incarnations of strange, untamed woodland figures. Lady Raglan’s hypothesis is a popular one, and provides us with a thoroughfare of how these unearthly arboreal beings became something approaching Kevin Costner in the 1991 classic Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.

For much of the medieval period, few festivals were more important than the May Day Parade. Celebrated on the first of May, the festival recognises the rebirth of the natural world following the onset of spring, and traditionally involves feasting, dancing, and the twirling reveries of a figure commonly known as Jack in the Green.

Jack in the Green was often depicted as a man dressed in a conical, bush-like cloak that covers much of his body and, much like the Green Man grotesques of early medieval churches, he was a wild hybrid of human and vegetation. Early references to the Jack in the Green figure are veiled and esoteric, with the majority of content

surrounding the being dating back to his revival in the mid-1800s.

However, it is particularly telling that a similar figure also makes its appearance in the May Day celebrations: Robin of the Merry Greenwood.

This Robin was not so much the vigilante hero he is thought of today, being more reminiscent of capricious pagan fairies and goblins.

Popular until the reign of Elizabeth I, festival-goers would often dress as this embodiment of misrule and mirth, with men riotously tearing about town. One case from 1492, cited by the folklorist J.C. Holt, sees a group of young men dressed as Robin and his entourage, defending their drunken behaviour by claiming that acting in such a manner was a long-standing tradition, turning an intoxicated spree into the preservation of cultural heritage.

Defiance is a theme that goes back to the very beginning of the character In time, this Robin Hood figure ameliorated into the more commonly understood folk hero we know today. The May Day festivities often came to be associated with passion plays featuring Hood and his beloved Maid Marian, in which the dashing Robin would fight off the advances of flirtatious knights who sought Marian’s hand. This defiance is a theme that goes back to the very beginning of the character, much as The Green Man represents our primordial nature and Jack in the Green embodies the untamed, Robin quickly became a figure of rebellion. His vendetta against the Sheriff of Nottingham goes hand in hand with a love of freedom, and he is often at odds with representatives of corruption, like low-level politicians and members of the clergy.

There are, of course, some slightly whackier theories as to Robin’s origins. In his essay Robin Hood, Sir Sidney Lee proposes that the name “Robin Hood” is in fact borrowed from an earlier entity, a “forest-elf” whose occupation of the wooded byways of Britain eventually became the activities of a peasant-hero battling against the establishment. Lee then goes on to posit the link between the name Hood and the Germanic Hödeken, a sort of fairy spirit believed to dwell in the secret nooks and crannies of the home, as well as the medieval figure of Robin Goodfellow, a puckish goblin referenced in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream .

Wherever one wishes to trace his origins, it is apparent that Robin Hood is an enduring force in British folklore. Perhaps he is a preChristian deity, called upon to shoo away wicked spirits, or perhaps he is a trickster, tweaking the nose of the law and battling on behalf of the common man. Regardless, as with many beings from myth we have ended up with an implacable figure, one who is at once benevolent, rowdy, dangerous, unknowable, and carefree; a man with many faces and many, many names.

words: LP Mills illustration: Jenny Mure

interview: Ashley Carter

It’s been almost sixty years since Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, Alan Sillitoe’s story of disenfranchised youth, was adapted for the big screen. Now, Notts filmmaker Luke Radford has brought the story back to life with his new project I’ll Be Here After The Factory Is Gone. We caught up with him to find out why Arthur Seaton’s story is more relevant than ever in 2019…

Tell us a bit about your new film project I’ll Be Here After The Factory Is Gone? is a narrative music video set in Nottingham, inspired by Karel Reisz’s groundbreaking and iconic 1960 film adaptation of Alan Sillitoe’s Saturday Night And Sunday Morning. The homage is an exploration of how a character like Arthur Seaton is still relevant and identifiable to a modernday audience.

How did you first get involved with the project?

I saw Saturday Night and Sunday Morning a few years ago and immediately read the book. It’s over sixty years since it was first released and the environment, themes and characters still resonate. I took themes and key elements of the original narrative and placed them in a contemporary setting with Arthur Seaton now working in telesales rather than the Raleigh factory.

Why was Saturday Night and Sunday Morning such a big influence?

The characters, setting, themes and dialect felt close to home. It sparked an interest in working-class identity, my own identity and became an anchor point for a lot of the photography, music and film I’m interested in. The film and book felt real, honest and refreshing but also full of anger and alienation, with Arthur fighting the anticipation of settling down and turning into his parents. I’ve shown it to a lot of friends who normally wouldn’t be interested in watching a black and white film, and they enjoyed it because it still resonates. Almost everything about the story and its characters is still relatable and recognisable in 2019.

What aspects of that story remain the most relevant in 2019?

The void of the factory has been replaced with call centres and retail work, and the young disenfranchised are boxed up from nine to five, with thoughts of the upcoming cathartic blow-out of Friday and Saturday night seeing them through the week. We still have to navigate boring work environments with condescending and patronising managers, but you bite your tongue so there's cash in your pocket for some new trainers and drinks on the weekend.

Obviously the film focuses on the lives of working-class characters. Do you think that’s quite rare in the film industry now in general?

I think the majority of working-class characters we see in film and TV are caricatures: violent, dumb and racist, or drug dealers, mainly due to how they are represented in the press. There’s a lack of authentic working-class characters on screen because writers and filmmakers from that background are rarely given a platform or voice.

Is anything being done to combat this?

Danny Leigh, film critic for The Guardian, recently said that the British Film Institute are now measuring class and socio-economic background in their funding, which is a decent start. Filmmakers and creatives from working-class

backgrounds as a whole have to work twice as hard to get their work made and distributed. Affordable cameras, editing software and social media have helped massively in getting music videos, shorts and low-budget features produced. It’s important to create your own opportunities as well; I’m not going to sit around waiting for investors and schemes for money.

What has the response been to the project so far?

Positive! The original is not only a classic but culturally significant, so I felt the pressure. While the film isn’t a licensed remake, Steven Hess – curator of Woodfall Films (the production company behind the original film, Kes, Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner and A Taste Of Honey) – has been supportive and understands what I’m trying to achieve. People shouldn’t watch I’ll Be Here When The Factory Is Gone expecting a direct adaptation; this is my take on the narrative and characters. The homage is a tiny glimpse of Saturday Night and Sunday Morning. There’s still a lot that can be explored.

Music is very integral to the project. Where did that come from?

Notts indie band The Ruffs provided the soundtrack for the film. MST is the drunken blur of Saturday night and Who Do You is the cold, sobering comedown of Sunday morning. I worked with The Ruffs lead Connor Spray on a music video a few years ago, I told him about Saturday Night and Sunday Morning and he completely got it. The two songs perfectly encapsulate the swagger and reflective calm of Arthur Seaton.

Who else was involved in the film?

Ryan Harvey and Michael Jobling from production company Them Pesky Kids produced the film; they understood the original, the characters and context. The homage wouldn’t have happened without them. Television Workshop alumni Aaron Lodge (Bodge) and Kelly Jaggers played the leads alongside Esmee Matthews; their performances felt honest and not just emulated versions of the original actors. Early on in pre-production, I had a strong idea of the film’s look, and director of photography Will Price had some amazing input and completely understood the tone and atmosphere.

When and where can people see it?

The film will launch online on Friday 1 February, on Them Pesky Kids’ Vimeo. It was screened ahead of the original late last year at Broadway during a season of films celebrating working-class filmmaking talent in front and behind the camera. It was a dream come true having the film play to a home audience back-to-back with the original. The city doesn’t do enough to remember and uphold its literary heritage.

The work of Alan Sillitoe is relevant now as much as it was in the fifties; I’m happy that the homage pays respects to an incredible story while also potentially attracting a younger audience to Sillitoe’s work.

I think the majority of working-class characters we see in film and TV are caricatures: violent, dumb and racist

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With a mission to engage people in creative experiences, Send Project has been providing music workshops and courses around Nottingham since 2005. Having recently teamed up with YMCA and CRS, the Sneinton-based studio continues to grow year after year, reaching out to more people than ever before. We caught up with Moon Cavanagh and Gaz Frost to find out how their music projects help young people and vulnerable adults in the city…

What is Send Project all about and where did it start?

Moon: There was a bit of grief on my street in Sneinton when some lads took offence at me for some reason. I had a chat with them; they were just bored, so we ended up writing some music with them, showed them how to DJ and that kind of thing. It stopped the trouble and snowballed from there. We started to work with more and more young people in the area, but I realised that I couldn't keep doing it in my house. I met Gaz, who said: “Why don't we do this properly?”

What kind of challenges do you think Nottingham's young people and vulnerable adults are faced with today?

Moon: How long have you got? Growing up in a city brings you so many challenges. You get less downtime, the pace of life is faster and expectations are higher. The political and economic state of the country is as challenging as it’s ever been, and people know that the only control they have is in their immediate environment. It doesn't mean that one person can't make an effective change, but it has to happen in an environment that’s realistic.

That’s a real challenge for young people: putting themselves outside of their immediate circumstances, finding that they have value, and knowing that they can make a change.

Gaz: On a more basic level, it’s opportunity. When I was young there were a lot of initiatives where you could go and chill with your mates and learn something. I used to go to youth clubs in Bestwood, Redhill, and Top Valley. Now, those places don't even exist.

I don't think there's a place where young people can go and have three or four hours in a safe space, where they don't have to worry about what's going on outside or what they need to do, they can just jam.

What benefits do you think will come from your new partnership with YMCA and CRS? Moon: There's so much experience and expertise between those two places. There are a lot of things that we do well here, but there are things that we could do better.

Gaz: In terms of physical studios, it’s about being able to go to a different place to work. A lot of it's to do with getting people outside of their postcode to explore what opportunities are out there. In that sense, it's great to spread out a bit.

What do you think it is about learning skills in music production and creative arts that helps the emotional development of people in a community?

Moon: Our tagline is “Enjoy, Creative, Achieve”. Do something you enjoy, create something.

The fact you can produce something and say “I made that!” is rewarding. With the lads we worked with on my street, that brought its own rewards. The incidences of nonsense went right down, because they had something to do.

How will this scheme help families as well as the individuals that take part?

Moon: We’ve had letters and thank you cards from families telling us that we’ve made such a positive impact on this young person's life. It’s heart-warming because it’s genuine.

Gaz: They see them in a different environment. We might only get to work with them in a specific setting, but they'll see them outside of school when they come home gassed about the work they've done, and see the changes being implemented from that.

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Moon: You can speculate as to what difference making music has, but we've got proof in that people have actually contacted us. In at least a handful of cases, it’s made a real change in other aspects of their life and that's really what we're after.

You can speculate as to what difference making music has, but we’ve got proof in that people have actually contacted us. In at least a handful of cases, it’s made a real change in other aspects of their life and that’s really what we’re after.

What do you see happening for Send Project in the future?

Moon: We've just had a project funded by Youth Music, who I can't speak highly enough of.

The pilot project is with the community music organisation, and is still in its infancy, but we see it growing and becoming a really important part of the musical and cultural support system in Nottingham.

Gaz: I think Send is definitely something that should be accessible all over the city, not just in the areas that we work. I just hope we can start to do a bit more work with more people in Nottingham.

Moon: We're not looking to build an empire, but there are cold spots all over the city that shouldn't be that way in this day and age. They're no less deserving in Aspley or Bestwood than they are anywhere else.

When do the sessions run and how can people get involved?

Moon: We run a Sound and Vision project on Tuesdays, and have placements in the daytime for young people between 16 and 25 who are not in employment, education or training, where the focus is on employability skills. Then from 5.30pm to 8.30pm on Tuesday evenings, we run our Sound and Vision music mentor programme, where we're focusing mainly on music goals.

On Friday evenings between 4pm and 6pm, the Nottingham education, employment or training is open again. We have started to get a lot of calls recently from places like supported housing, youth offending or care teams; these are the places we’re targeting, to let young people know that this is a possibility. Often, they're the most vulnerable and need the most support. Ultimately we'll speak to any young person that's interested and we'll find a way of working with them.

Send Project, Greenway Centre, Trent Lane, NG2 4DF. 0115 841 9208 sendproject.com

It’s set to be another big year for Sleaford Mods, with new album Eton Alive due to drop on Friday 22 February and a nationwide tour kicking off in the spring. We met up with Jason Williamson in a bustling cafe on Bread and Lard Island to catch up on the original Austerity Dog’s views on Brexit, eighties r’n’b and, erm, Shane Richie…

It’s been an amazing couple of years for Sleaford Mods. How’s 2019 shaping up?

Good. It’s looking good. The single [Kebab Spider] has had a great response, the tour is about 70% sold, so it’s looking alright.

When you announced the new album, you said: “Here we are again in the middle of another elitist plan, being digested slowly as we wait to be turned into faeces once more.” How do you feel about Brexit, then?

Like anybody else in this country. In Europe, they can’t understand it. I’ve been over in Berlin doing press for two days, and they just don’t get it. Jeremy Corbyn believes in it. I don’t exactly know his reasons, but he’s obviously got some and he’s not a stupid man. At the same time, it’s just not right at the minute. It’s just not acceptable: nationalism, patriotism. Once again, the working classes were conned and fed a load of dogshit.

You’ve got to be alert and you can’t be messing about. It’s not the seventies anymore; you can’t be wasted.

How have you seen it impact the people around you?

It’s created a massive divide. You had the divide and rule thing before with immigration, with “benefit scroungers”, and now you have it with this. From an elitist point of view it’s quite genius; they’ve never had it so good. It must be fantastic to be motivated by making money, paying no tax and getting away with it. You’ve just got to be an idiot not to see what these people represent and what their policies will mean. It’s f**king horrible, isn’t it?

A lot has changed since you first started out. Is it harder to summon up the anger?

No, no. It’s still there, it just comes in different ways. Part of it is not repeating yourself, as I don’t want to do that. I’m not going to try and make out I’m the person I was five years ago. Physically and psychologically, things change. I’m loving it.

I love life: I’m sober, I’m happy. You’ve just got to keep going. It’s a vicious game to keep yourself up there. You’ve got to be alert and you can’t be messing about.

It’s not the seventies anymore; you can’t be wasted. It’s not the done thing to say that you go to the gym as there’s this big stigma, but go against that, smash the stereotype. That’s punk rock. Bring it on. I’ve not had a drink for three years. I had to stop and the band’s got better.

You started out doing spoken word gigs, but on the last two records you’ve moved a little from your sprechgesang style and you’re actually singing. Is that a conscious evolution?

Yes, it is. We hinted at doing something like that on English Tapas, but on this one, there are three songs where we make a shift away from the usual sound. I’ve got into a lot more soul and r’n’b from the eighties, people like Chaka Khan, Alexander O’Neill, Luther Vandross and stuff like that. Andrew’s music was suggesting that to me from as early as the EP we released last year, with songs like Joke Shop.

With the new batch of stuff he sent through, there was a continuation of that, so I manipulated those ideas to fit my desire to want to try and sound more like that.

Eton Alive is your first release on your own label, Extreme Eating. What was the trigger to take the plunge?

We thought that, because we were independent before, perhaps we didn’t need a record label. Some of the camp felt like they were working for The Man, some of them felt that everything was being done for us and it just wasn’t very exciting, so we decided to leave. But it’s been a bit of a struggle really. We didn’t have much in place when we left and it was quite stressful. I knew it would be hard work, but we left too early. We should have waited for another year, released this album on Rough Trade and then done it. But we didn’t, and it hasn’t suffered. Well, it has a little bit, but not too much.

As a band, you’ve moved from playing venues in Nottingham like the Chameleon Café through Rock City and on to the Royal Concert Hall. Your tour in the spring is back in slightly smaller venues. Is this a deliberate move?

Yeah. It’s taking a conscious step back. We just thought it would be good to do a proper, classic UK tour. We did two nights at the Roundhouse last year and we should have just done one. It looks good, but if you don’t fill ‘em, what’s the point?

We just took it back to the smaller places that we did a few years back, intermingled with a few bigger places like Manchester and Birmingham. We’ll be looking at Rock City at the end of the year.

How would you describe your relationship with Nottingham?

Good. I’m proud of representing Nottingham. We’re not wankers, we haven’t turned into wankers and we’re a bona-fide band from this area.

Iggy Pop played a thirty-minute Sleaford Mods mix on his 6Music show on New Year’s Day which he described as being “like Jive Bunny on spice”. Iggy’s been a fan for a while, have you met him?

No, not yet. He came to watch us backstage, but we didn’t meet him as he left before we’d finished. Meeting him would probably be a bit weird. What would you say? I’d just crumble and get a bit fanboy.

Is there anyone else whose support for the band has surprised you?

What’s his name from Eastenders… Shane…?

Richie?

Yeah. He’s a big fan. Collared me at the Brit Awards [does cockney accent] ”Awight mate!” Yeah, he’s alright. A nice guy.

After the album release and the supporting tour, what’s next?

Festivals, more gigs in the autumn and then figuring out what we’re going to do and where we’re going to play next year. Are we going to go to Australia, America? We’ll see what happens.

interview: Tim Sorrell

Sleaford Mods Eton Alive (Album)

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Anyone thinking that Sleaford Mods might have mellowed following their gig at the Royal Concert Hall last year needn't have worried, they are just as angry as ever about the state of the country on their new album Eton Alive.

They've continued to evolve their sound over the last couple of years so, while it's still minimalist, it isn't as minimalist as it used to be. It's not a complete revolution, but there are even a couple of songs, When You Come Up To Me and Firewall , where Jason moves away from his trademark sing-speak angry ranting to almost full-blown singing. There's no change to his Mark E. Smith turn of phrase though, like on Policy Cream: "I got two brown bins, should I only have one?" and "Graham Coxon looks like a left-wing Boris Johnson" from Flipside. There are still choruses here that fans will love to shout back at the band when they're next on tour. Sleaford Mods bemoan "music magazines lying to us just to stay in print." But we're not lying when we say that this album is just what you need to get through the current (Eton) mess we're in.

Gav Squires

Primal Heart & Soul (EP)

BossMagnet BossMagnet (Album)

When it comes to rock music, three really is the magic number; the history of music is garlanded by magnificent three-piece acts: The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, The Jam, Green Day, Nirvana, Muse, Take That. Well, perhaps not that last one. As everyone knows, Take That were always better when they had Orange and Williams on-board in the classic lineup. Anyway. Where was I? Ah yes, trios. To be honest, although Primal are a technically a trio, they’re really a power duo with a singer, with Rory joining Dan’s guitar and Greg’s drums. As such, the key musical reference points here are duos like the Black Keys and Royal Blood. Still, let’s not split hairs here; the important thing is that Primal tick the most important box of them all: they rock. You want foot-stomping, swaggering blues-rock? Well, Primal have got that in spades. Stick it on loud and feel the music take hold. Tim Sorrell

This album is packed to the brim with glitz, glamour and a bit of abrasion. The self-titled LP dips and dives in various genre pools, finding their sound in something they call “power punk”. Listen to the opener Stagnant Dyke and it’s not hard to work out why. They’ll hit you with their infectious, groovin’ bass and drum combos before adding the crunch of a meaty guitar riff, while the soulful, sexy vocals dance around funk-filled trumpet and sax. While Hot Sauce is a dash to the finish line, Maybe puts on the brakes to show off a desperate and compassionate side to vocalist Dany Arna’s delivery. This is not, however, a matter of throwing stuff at the wall to see what sticks, this is a beautifully well-constructed soundscape that any lover of ska, funk or even hard rock will find peace with. Alex Mace

My Pet Fauxes A Beautiful Mess (EP)

Sundaze Live at Rainy Daze (EP)

This EP is nicely summed up in its threeword title. Each song hasn’t necessarily been put together in the simplest form, but the result is beautiful. The quality of music is world class in every way: from the magically composed rhythmic melodies, to the charming vocals and catchy lyrics. Both vocally and instrumentally, this band has a great sense of individuality, combined with a whole lot of talent. It’s an undoubtable recipe for success. In particular Twist It and Yesterday have an incredibly wholesome, riff y feel without overpowering the song, balancing all elements to leave you with a smooth and satisfying listen. If you’re looking for a new indie-pop, in-car favourite, or a house-party go-to, My Pet Fauxes have got your back.

Rachael Halaburda

Renowned for recent energetic shows at The Angel and The Chameleon, Nottingham-based Sundaze have released Live at Rainy Daze, a live EP recorded to tape by Kristian Bell of The Wytches down at Rainy Daze Recordings, a DIY-minded studio established by Crosa Rosa’s Joe Fisher.

Clocking in at one minute and 54 seconds, effervescent opener The Beginning is an instrumental crescendo, and will have fans of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard hooked. Mr Goo and T Party both reveal more complexity with pace and vocals: the latter serving up lashings of juicy distortion. The EP comes to a pulsating and jazzy conclusion on Electric Queen, with guitar riffs and basslines infectiously flirting their way through to the end. Live at Rainy Daze is delightfully hazy in its buoyant, guitar-led pop, with a psych sound that’s self-assured and exciting. Becky Timmins

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Jordon The Ego

Mid November

Spitting honest and sometimes outright funny bars, Jordon the Ego is a spoken-word artist and emcee we’re hyped to have discovered. With jazzy-yet-classic hip hop beats, there’s an air of Loyle Carner to his sound, but he’s distinct enough to stand out in the crowded genre. Lead singles Laundrette and Kaleidoscopes showcase his unique flow and very British take on wordplay as well as his confidence and laid-back attitude. He’s a proper mixed bag of an artist.

Slick r’n’b, sprinkled with elements of Justin Timberlake-esque pop, and finished off with a touch of trap. The new project of Michael Newcombe – who you may recognise from previous Nottingham acts like In Hindsight – feels a lot more raw.

Everything we’ve heard so far is honest. Newcombe’s lyrics put his emotions out there, and he conveys them in beautiful falsettos. Mid November have already put together an album full of pop gems, and we’re excited to hear what’s next.

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What did 2018 bring for Small Food?

It kept us on our toes. So much has happened. We made some brilliant connections with farmers and attended some inspiring events.

We went to Slow Food Terra Madre in Turin, presented our work at an international conference in Bologna and hosted UK Grain Lab.

Small Food Bakery Come grain or shine Based inside Primary Studios, Small Food Bakery sells artisan produce to the Hoodtown masses. All ingredients that go into their loaves, pastries and treats are bought directly from local farmers, ensuring both small food chains and good community vibes.

Our Alex Kuster had a word with chief baker and maker, Kimberley Bell…

What is Small Food Bakery and why did it start?

The bakery was conceived to explore what a sustainable food production and retail system might look like, without becoming part of the global commodity markets. Five years down the line, we’re putting it into action.

We buy almost all of our ingredients from farms that are working regeneratively and we operate in an open kitchen, selling our produce directly from the workbenches and communicating what we learn.

NeighbourFood Get fresh Shopping locally and sustainably has been made a whole lot easier by the folk at NeighbourFood, Nottingham’s click and collect online shopping platform…

The premise is simple: order your weekly shop using the online store from Friday to Tuesday, wait patiently as your order is harvested, baked, bottled and roasted on Wednesday, get down to Primary Studios from 6pm to 7.30pm on Thursday and collect your order from the local farmer’s stall. Simple.

“This method of shopping ensures there’s absolutely no waste,” says Shona Munro, local host of the nationwide enterprise NeighbourFood.

Along with co-host Bex Derry, the pair oversee the running of the Nottingham branch. “Producers set their own costs and receive 80% of the revenue, which is more than double the amount they’d receive if they were wholesaling to a supermarket retailer.”

Can you tell us a bit about the UK Grain Lab? UK Grain Lab is an event conceived to bring together farmers, millers, bakers, academics and scientists to explore how we can create an alternative grain economy in the UK. This year we welcomed over 150 people to Nottingham to bake, demo, teach, talk, and listen. People came from as far as Tasmania and Canada.

Do you have any recipes for utilising leftovers and not letting things go to waste?

My best advice is to ignore recipes.

They’re so prescriptive. Just check what food you have that needs to be eaten and find a simple way to cook it that is satisfying. One of my favourite things to make is bubble and squeak: odd bits of veg gently fried, bound with a bit of mash potato or rice, with salt and spices... even better with a fried egg on top!

a special dipping sauce, along with korean sticky chicken wings (£5.25) and bao buns (£6.50) stuffed with lemongrass beef and a crispy kimchi salad.

Chao Chao Chow down When you think of ringing in a Chinese takeaway, you might imagine a dry mouth from excess MSG intake and a stack of plastic tupperware you swear you’ll use.

Nottingham’s urban oriental kitchen, Chao Chao, might just be the antidote for your noodle-based problems.

Their slogan reads “fresher, cleaner, greener”: fresher, as all ingredients are sustainably sourced from a factory with the highest food-quality standards; cleaner, as there’s no MSG in sight; and greener, because all their packaging is recyclable.

The menu consists of your usual takeaway classics as well as other Asian-inspired delicacies. To begin, we dove into a generous portion of bang bang cauliflower (£4.75), a crispy, fried version of the veg served with

The real highlight of the small-plate menu was the gunpowder fried chicken (£6.50), the spicy meat covered in crushed peanuts and served with hot sauce. For mains, we split a portion of crispy and sweet teriyaki beef (£7.95) and selected two curries to tip our stomachs over the edge. The Malaysian street food curry (£7.75 for veg and tofu) was creamy and sweet, while the Balinese beef rendang curry (£9.75) packed a real punch, the fiery chillies and tender meat proving a delight to the tastebuds.

It felt great to eat this style of Asian food without a hint of guilt, especially knowing we’d saved a pile of plastic boxes from clogging up both our kitchen cupboards and landfills. Whether you order their food from Just Eat, pop in for collection or visit their bright and airy eatery in West Bridgford, Chao Chao is a great choice for a weekend pig-out. Emily Thursfield

75 Melton Rd, West Bridgford, NG2 6EN. 0115 981 9439 chaochao.co.uk

Small Food Bakery, 33 Seely Road, NG7 1NU. 0115 924 4493 smallfoodbakery.com

Sustain – the alliance for better food and farming – define sustainable food as produce that’s been produced and distributed in a way that contributes to a thriving local economy, and also takes the protection of plants, animals, natural resources and social benefits into account. NeighbourFood currently work with nineteen local food producers, with all produce coming from within a forty-mile radius.

Each business goes through a strict evaluation to ensure they meet the highest standards, so you’re sure to be receiving top-quality grub.

There’s over 350 products to choose from, including veggies from F Jackson and Son and meat from Manor Organic Farm. Another big focus of NeighbourFood is reusable packaging, with many producers serving up the goods in glass jars, cotton veg bags and tupperware that can all be returned and reused.

“It’s really important for customers to have the opportunity to shake the hand that feeds them,” says Bex. “We believe in transparency of practice, and in giving customers the opportunity to ask questions with a view to being more connected to what they buy, and to form a relationship with our food producers.”

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The most enchanting evening of the year returns for an orbital voyage through Nottingham. A right treat for the eyes, this year’s Light Night festivities are inspired by the fiftieth anniversary of Apollo 11 and man’s first steps on the moon. What better way to celebrate the moon landing than to hang a bleddy huge replica of the satellite in the Royal Concert Hall? This is the closest Luke Jerram’s installation has ever been to Notts, so it’s dead exciting. Head to Trinity Square to dance under the stars, or make your way to Sneinton Market for all kinds of shenanigans. It’d be complete lunacy not to…

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When? Saturday 16 February, 9pm Where? Rough Trade How much? Free

The ONEAM Sound is a brand new Notts collective of DJs, promoters and visual artists who believe the power of music brings people together. Featuring a set from resident DJs and an addition of slick instrumentalists and vocalists, the launch is set to be a night of good vibes, body shakers and foot stompers.

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Courses are available to book online or by calling us.

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Mollie Ralph EP Launch

When?

Friday 15 February, 7pm Where? Rough Trade How much? £5 advance, £7 on the door

Mollie Ralph’s a local talent mesmerising even the liveliest of audiences with her dynamic range, subtle guitar work and soulful vocals. Check in to Rough Trade to celebrate the release of her debut EP while simultaneously treating your ear canals to an evening of hypnotic song.

Tuesday 29 January marked the beginning of the international year of the Periodic Table, and the University of Nottingham will be celebrating with a special project.

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As we approach 150 years since the creation of the chart by Dmitri Mendeleev, UoN’s Research Professor of Chemistry, Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff, launched a campaign to make sure we remember Mendeleev’s achievement good and proper.

The university will spend the next few months working on a periodic table, Notts style. Think FR for Friar Tuck, Pa for Paul Smith and Eu for “Ey Up Mi Duck.”

With 118 elements to assign, they could do wi’ some help, which is why they’re asking your lot for suggestions. Got a good one? Head over to their website, and fill in the form to become part of histreh. nottingham.ac.uk/chemistry/nottingham-periodic-table

What’s on?

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đ&#x;Ž¨ The Bigger Picture Nottingham Contemporary Free, 2pm

đ&#x;“– A Sense of Place: Accessing Our Fictional Mind Map Nottingham Writers’ Studio ÂŁ16 - ÂŁ22, 12pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ Carmen Broadway Cinema ÂŁ13 - ÂŁ20, 12pm

đ&#x;“– Short Story Creation with Victoria Villasenor Waterstones ÂŁ118 - ÂŁ123, 6pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ Exhibition on Screen Season Six: Young Picasso Savoy Cinema ÂŁ9 - ÂŁ11. 6.30pm

đ&#x;“Ł The Meaning of Anarchism Five Leaves Bookshop ÂŁ3, 7pm

♍ John Smith The Glee Club £16.50 - £16.50, 7pm

đ&#x;Ž˛ Charity Pub Quiz The Maze ÂŁ2, 7pm

đ&#x;˜‚ Funhouse Comedy Club: Should I Stay Or Should I Go? The Maze ÂŁ4, 7.45pm

đ&#x;Ž­ Signal Her Return III Performance New Art Exchange Free, 11.30am đ&#x;“– An Evening with John Harvey Waterstones ÂŁ2 - ÂŁ3, 6.30pm ♍ Luxury Stranger Live The Chameleon Cafe Bar ÂŁ3 - ÂŁ7, 8pm đ&#x;”§ Sponsored Toddle with Rainbow Stripes Stonebridge City Farm Free, 12pm ♍ Ozzy Osbourne Motorpoint Arena Nottingham ÂŁ65.30, 7.30pm ♍ Riva Starr Trade ÂŁ14.83, 10am ♍ Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ35, 7.30pm

♍ The Illegal Eagles Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ22 - ÂŁ26, 5.30pm đ&#x;Ž­ Northern Ballet: Tortoise & The Hare Savoy Cinema ÂŁ5, 11am đ&#x;Ž¨ Sethembile Msezane New Art Exchange Free, 11.30am đ&#x;?´ Sofrito Saturday with Chef Jugz MinorOak ÂŁ13.95 - ÂŁ13.95, 6pm ♍ Discharge + Certified + Fight Back + King of Pigs The Maze ÂŁ12, 7.30pm đ&#x;Ž¨ Light Night: Family Lantern Making Curious? Nottingham ÂŁ10, 1.30pm

đ&#x;Ž­ ROH: La Travatia Savoy Cinema ÂŁ11 - ÂŁ13.50, 2pm ♍Sunday Brunch with Nicola Farnon Trio Peggy’s Skylight ÂŁ14, 11am đ&#x;”§ Whistle and Ocarina Making Workshop Bunkers Hill ÂŁ3, 3pm ♍ Cosmic American Presents: Akansas Dave Band The Maze ÂŁ12 - ÂŁ13.20, 7.30pm ♍ Island The Bodega ÂŁ11, 7pm ♍ Inglorious Rock City ÂŁ16.50, 7pm

♍ Kovic The Bodega ÂŁ13.20, 7pm ♍ Blondes: Nothing’s Cool Forever EP Launch Rough Trade Free, 7pm ♍ Acoustic Rooms: Emzae Rescue Rooms Free, 8pm đ&#x;‘Ş Retro Video Games on the Big Screen Bunkers Hill Free, 4pm

đ&#x;?ˆ Super Bowl 53 Rescue Rooms Free, 10pm

đ&#x;‘Ł Training Session by Igor and Moreno Dance4 ÂŁ5, 10am đ&#x;‘Ł Strictly Come Dancing: Live Arena Tour Motorpoint Arena Nottingham ÂŁ51.30 - ÂŁ153.90, 7.30pm ♍ Laura Veirs The Bodega ÂŁ20.35, 7pm đ&#x;Ž¨ Light Night Illuminated Headdress and Lantern Making Curious? Nottingham ÂŁ35, 6pm

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đ&#x;ŽĽ 100 Years of Hollywood Comedy Broadway Cinema ÂŁ35 - ÂŁ70, 2pm

♍ Three Body Trio + TrueMendous Metronome Free, 8pm

đ&#x;‘Ş Light Night 2019 Nottingham City Centre Free, 6pm

đ&#x;”§ Introduction to Filmmaking Broadway Cinema ÂŁ150 - ÂŁ180, 10am

đ&#x;?´ Samosa Crafting Workshop New Art Exchange ÂŁ15, 6.30pm

♍ Trio Con Alma Peggy’s Skylight £5, 7pm

♍ ESP Sound System + Fuku New Art Exchange Free, 7pm

♍ Saturday Night Jam Southbank City Free, 7pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ Exhibition on Screen Season Six: Young Picasso Savoy Cinema ÂŁ9 - ÂŁ11 , 12.30pm

đ&#x;”§ Digital Marketing Workshop with Debbiedooodah Antenna ÂŁ89.25, 9.15am

đ&#x;Ž­ Romeo and Juliet Nottingham Arts Theatre ÂŁ12 - ÂŁ14, 7pm

♍ Clambake + Percy + Joey Chickenskin The Chameleon Cafe Bar £3 - £5, 7.45pm

đ&#x;”§ Young Peoples Programme Backlit Gallery Free, 1pm

đ&#x;“– Writing Short Stories For Competitions Nottingham Writers’ Studio ÂŁ50 - ÂŁ65, 7pm ♍ Music Vocal and Instrumental Competition Nottingham Trent University Free, 1pm đ&#x;‘Ł Strictly Come Dancing: The Live Arena Tour Motorpoint Arena Nottingham ÂŁ51.30 - ÂŁ153.90, 2.30pm ♍ The Rumjacks + The Silk Road Rescue Rooms ÂŁ15.40, 6.30pm

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đ&#x;?Ť Professor Thorsten Chmura Inaugural Lecture Nottingham Trent University 5.30pm

♍ Presidents The Vat and Fiddle Brewery Free, 8pm

đ&#x;“Ł Sandi Toksvig Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ24 - ÂŁ27.50, 7.30pm

♍ Don Broco + Neck Deep + Issues Motorpoint Arena Nottingham £26.10 - £32.82, 7.30pm

♍ Alina Bzhehzinska Quartet Bonington Theatre £5 - £12, 8pm

♍ Soul Buggin’ Rough Trade Free, 7pm

đ&#x;ŽŠ Ghosts of the Caves Tour National Justice Museum ÂŁ7.95, 5.30pm

♍ Polyphia Rock City £13.20, 6.30pm

♍ INFL Open Mic Showcase The Angel Microbrewery Free, 7.30pm

đ&#x;’ƒA Queen Party Rescue Rooms ÂŁ3 - ÂŁ4.80, 10pm

đ&#x;Ž¨ UKYA Double Bill New Art Exchange Free, 3pm đ&#x;’ƒ80’s Throwback Party: Reggae and Soul The Maze ÂŁ5 - ÂŁ7, 10pm đ&#x;”§ How to Write Engaging Blog Posts Nottingham Writers’ Studio ÂŁ30 - ÂŁ40, 10am đ&#x;”§ Goal Setting + Vision Board Workshop MinorOak ÂŁ15 , 10am

♍ Brigitte Beraha + George Crowley + John Turville Peggy’s Skylight ÂŁ7, 1.30pm ♍ Arthur Lurkers Punktry & Western + Carol Hodge Foremans Bar Free, 5pm ♍ Aerial Salad + The Barracks + Swan Prince + Blank Headspace The Maze ÂŁ5, 6.30pm ♍ UKYA City Takeover 2019: Monica Tolia + Diggery Rough Trade Free, 7pm đ&#x;ŽĽ The Best of the 2018 Kendal Mountain Film Festival Broadway Cinema ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ12, 8pm ♍ The Shakes Revolucion de Cuba Free, 5pm

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đ&#x;˜‚ Patrick Monahan Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ12, 8pm

♍ Red Pig Flower, M-Flute and Simone Sims Longo Metronome Free, 6pm

đ&#x;Ž­ Made in Dagenham Nottingham Arts Theatre ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ13.50, 9.15pm

♍ Space Southbank City £5 - £15, 7pm

♍ Beth Rowley Metronome £14, 7pm

đ&#x;Ž¤Crosswords Open Mic The Cock and Hoop ÂŁ2, 7.30pm

đ&#x;?´ Speed Dating Bird and Blend Tea Co. ÂŁ5, 6.15pm

đ&#x;?ˇ Cocktails and Crime National Justice Museum ÂŁ21.95, 7pm

♍ Brigitte Beraha Beeston Library £8 - £10, 7.30pm

♍ Valentines Special with Triol Peggy’s Skylight £5, 7pm

♍ A Luther Vandross Celebration The Albert Hall £22.50, 7pm

♍ AmÊlie Aubrey’s Traditional Creperie £15, 7.30pm

đ&#x;“– The Dark Night of the Soul Waterstones Free, 6.30pm đ&#x;ŽĽ Night at the Movies Nottingham Trent University ÂŁ4 - ÂŁ8, 7.30pm

đ&#x;“– Mother Tongue Readings from Malta and Bosnia Five Leaves Bookshop Free, 5.45pm

♍ Yak Rough Trade 6.30pm

đ&#x;“Ł UKYA x ACE: Let’s Talk Funding New Art Exchange Free, 10am

đ&#x;”§ UKYA: Bored on Mars New Art Exchange Free, 10am

♍ Feel The Beat Pro #5 Metronome Free, 2.45pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ UKYA: Glossolalia Broadway Cinema Free, 6pm

♍The Artisanals + The Fargo Railroad Co. The Maze £12, 7.30pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ UKYA: Glossolalia Broadway Cinema Free, 6pm

đ&#x;Ž¤ UKYA: Poetry Jam Barley Twist Free, 2pm

♍ Avi Biffalo The Bodega £13.20, 7pm

đ&#x;?´ Hucknall Beer and Cider Festival The John Godber Centre Free, 5pm

đ&#x;”§ The Short Of It with Victoria Villasenor Waterstones ÂŁ123, 6pm

♍ Notts in a Nutshell The Maze £3.30, 7:30pm

đ&#x;˜‚ Dave Gorman Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ27.50, 8pm

đ&#x;Ž¤ DIY Poets The Maze ÂŁ3, 7.30pm

đ&#x;Ž¨ DIY Day Backlit Gallery 1pm

♍ 90s Karaoke Rescue Rooms Free, 9.30pm

đ&#x;”§ Valentine Silk Painting Curious? Nottingham ÂŁ38, 6.30pm

đ&#x;ŽĽ 100 Years of Hollywood Comedy Broadway Cinema ÂŁ35 - ÂŁ70, 2pm

đ&#x;Ž˛ Let The Singletons See The Quiz Rescue Rooms Free, 7pm

SATURDAY 16 FEB

SUNDAY 17 FEB

MONDAY 18 FEB

TUESDAY 19 FEB

WEDNESDAY 20 FEB

♍ Bryan Corbett Quartet Peggy’s Skylight £10, 8pm

đ&#x;‘’ LeftLion Clothes Swap Design Junction ÂŁ2, 12pm - 4pm

đ&#x;”§ Experience Virtual Reality Broadway Cinema ÂŁ20 - ÂŁ25, 10am

♍ Brendan Cole Live: Show Man Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £29 - £36, 7.30pm

đ&#x;ŽŠ Ghost Tours National Justice Museum ÂŁ9.95 - ÂŁ10.95, 6pm

♍ Sunday Brunch: Duncan Eagles Peggy’s Skylight £14 - £25, 11am

đ&#x;“– Short Story Creation Waterstones ÂŁ118 - ÂŁ123, 6pm

đ&#x;“Ł James Cousins Company Epilogues Lakeside Arts ÂŁ13- ÂŁ18, 7.30pm

♍ Saturday Night Jam Southbank Free, 7pm

đ&#x;‘Ş The South Nottingham Soul Society: Family All Dayer Malt Cross Free, 1pm

đ&#x;“Ł Fabulous Stories with Peter Chand Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ3.50, 2pm

đ&#x;?´ Hucknall Beer and Cider Festival The John Godber Centre 12pm

đ&#x;“– Nia Davies Five Leaves Bookshop ÂŁ3, 7pm

♍ UKYA: Ruth Spencer Jolly + Connor O’Mara + More Rough Trade Free, 2pm

đ&#x;‘Ş Explorers Fair: The Ball Run Factory Broadway Cinema ÂŁ12 - ÂŁ15, 1pm đ&#x;”§ Layered Silver Pendants with Alys Power Focus Gallery ÂŁ105, 10.30am

♍ An Evening with Afromanding The Maze £6.98, 8pm

đ&#x;”§ Wheel Taster Sessions The Harley Gallery ÂŁ15 - ÂŁ28, 10am

đ&#x;‘’ Hammer Down Hopkinson Free, 7pm

đ&#x;‘Ş Pizza Making St Anns Allotments Free, 11am

♍ Japanese Television + Shiftwork + R. Loomes JT Soar £5 - £6, 8pm

♍ Kettama Stealth £6, 10pm

♍ The Struts Rock City £17.05, 7pm

♍ Jammz + Special Guests Rough Trade 7pm

đ&#x;’ƒ Oneam Launch Rough Trade Free, 9pm

đ&#x;˜‚ Kitty Tray: Alaska Rescue Rooms ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ45, 8pm

♍ Acoustic Rooms: Tash Bird Rescue Rooms Free, 8pm

đ&#x;?ˇ Gin Tasting The Malt Cross ÂŁ30, 7pm

♍ Halfway to Paradise: The Billy Fury Story Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall ÂŁ25, 7.30pm đ&#x;”§ I Am: 7-10 Years New Art Exchange Free, 10am đ&#x;ŽĽ ROH Live: Don Quixote Bonnington Theatre ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ15, 7.15pm ♍ Notts in a Nutshell The Maze ÂŁ3.30, 7.30pm ♍ Catfish and the Bottlemen Motorpoint Arena Nottingham ÂŁ27.50 - ÂŁ103, 6.30pm ♍ Steve Aoki Rock City ÂŁ24.75, 7pm ♍ TheCityIsOurs Rescue Rooms ÂŁ10, 6.30pm

♍ The X Factor 2019 Live Tour Motorpoint Arena Nottingham £27.22 - £100.90, 6.30pm ♍ DJ Q Stealth 10pm ♍ Mollie Ralph EP Launch Rough Trade £5 - £7, 7pm

đ&#x;‘Ş Puppet Play in a Day City Arts ÂŁ10, 10am đ&#x;“Ł The Festival of Science and Curiosity: Talking Science The Bread And Bitter Free, 7.30pm đ&#x;“Ł Artist Talk: How to Approach Galleries Focus Gallery ÂŁ28, 6pm đ&#x;‘Ş Kaleidoscopes The Harley Gallery ÂŁ2.50, 11am ♍ Counting Coins + Motormouf + The Jellyfish Are Calling The Maze ÂŁ5, 8pm đ&#x;“– An Evening with Sarah Pinborough Waterstones ÂŁ3, 7pm

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THURSDAY 21 FEB ⚽ An Evening with Birtles + Clough Southbank City ÂŁ15 - ÂŁ35, 6pm ♍ Soul Legends featuring Lemar Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £26.50 - ÂŁ32.50, 7.30pm đ&#x;?´Â Supperclub with Little Ramen Shop Debbie Bryan £35, 6.30pm đ&#x;“– Japan Now, with Sayaka Murata and Kyoko Nakajima Five Leaves Bookshop £3 - ÂŁ5, 6.30pm ♍ Rob Heron & The Tea Pad Orchestra The Maze £12 - ÂŁ15, 8pm ♍ Whiskey Shivers The Bodega £13.20, 7pm ♍ Moonlighters Big Band Rough Trade £3, 6pm ♍The Orielles Rescue Rooms £11, 6.30pm

FRIDAY 22 FEB đ&#x;‘Ş Long Play: X-Ray Spex’s Germ Free Adolescents City Arts Free, 7.30pm ♍ Root Down: DJ Daddio + The Jazz Ambassadors Peggy’s Skylight Free, 10pm - 12pm ♍ A Hundred Crowns + Follow You Home + I, The Mountain + Crosslight + Dlvrr The Maze £6, 7pm đ&#x;š€ Professor Brian Cox Motorpoint Arena Nottingham £39.20 - ÂŁ118, 8pm ♍ Michael Bibi Stealth 10pm ♍ Subtone Society: Drum and Bass Special with Dialogue Albert’s £3 - ÂŁ5, 9pm ♍ Dance With the Dead (Beta Show) Rock City £18.15, 6.30pm

SATURDAY 23 FEB

SUNDAY 24 FEB

♍ Rusty Shackle The Bodega £11.20, 7pm

đ&#x;Ž¨Â Cyanotype Printmaking Debbie Bryan £38, 10am

đ&#x;ŽĽ The Big Bad Fox + Other Tales New Art Exchange Free, 10.30am

đ&#x;’Ş Hula Hooping Nottingham Women’s Centre Free, 2pm

♍ Juicy: The Double Birthday Special The Angel Microbrewery £11.10, 8pm

♍ Sunday Piano Series: Sasha Grynyuk Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10.50, 11am

đ&#x;š˛ Wheel Building Nottingham Bikeworks £70, 10.30am

♍ Irish Trad Session Malt Cross Free, 3.30pm

♍ DirtyFilthySexy Presents: Dystopia Albert’s £4 - £6, 9pm

đ&#x;“– Tutored Urban Writing Retreat Nottingham Writers’ Studio £7 - ÂŁ12, 10am

♍ Spirit Wrestlers Present: The 52 Card Trick Peggy’s Skylight £5.92, 7.30pm

đ&#x;’ťÂ Strandbeest Workshop Nottingham Hackspace £25, 10am

♍ Crosa Rosa (Beta Show) Rock City £8.80, 6.30pm

đ&#x;‘Ş Red Cross Benefit for Asylum Seekers The Maze £5, 7.30pm

♍ Beans on Toast Rescue Rooms £16.50, 6.30pm

đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Northern Ballet: Elves & The Shoemaker Savoy Cinema £5, 2.30pm

MONDAY 25 FEB

TUESDAY 26 FEB

WEDNESDAY 27 FEB

THURSDAY 28 FEB

♍ Blade Runner: The Final Cut Savoy Cinema £4.85 - £6.60, 8.30pm

đ&#x;Ž­Â Mr Wonderful The Studio Theatre £8.50 - ÂŁ10, 7.30pm

đ&#x;š˛Â Paradox Wrestling Riley’s Sports Bar £10, 7pm

đ&#x;‘ŞÂ Retro Video Games Bunkers Hill Free, 4pm

đ&#x;’ťÂ Gamecity Nights Metronome £8, 7pm

♍ Siblings Of Samhain + Flirting With Corpses at The Seal The Old Salutation Inn 7pm

đ&#x;“– Five Leaves Book Group: Milkman by Anna Burns. Five Leaves Bookshop Free, 7.30pm

đ&#x;“– Bethlehem: Biography of a Town with Nicholas Blincoe Five Leaves Bookshop £3, 7pm

♍ The Southern Companion + Stuart Landon The Maze £10, 8pm

♍ Sugarthief The Bodega £8.80, 7pm

đ&#x;’ťÂ Open Hack Night Nottingham Hackspace Free, 6.30pm

♍ Area 11 Rough Trade £11 - £13, 7pm

đ&#x;’ƒÂ Mikkeller Running Club The Stratford Haven Free, 7pm

♍ While She Sleeps Rock City £22, 7pm

đ&#x;ŽĽÂ Lancaster Skies Savoy Cinema £4.85 - ÂŁ6.60, 7.30pm

♍ Ruts DC Rescue Rooms £19.80, 6.30pm

♍ Lewis Fieldhouse Speciality Coffee Shop Pay what you can, 6pm

đ&#x;“Ł How the Mind Heals Your Body Brewhouse & Kitchen ÂŁ12, 7pm

đ&#x;Ž­ Summer Winos Bonington Theatre ÂŁ10 - ÂŁ12, 2.30pm

♍ James Yorkston Rough Trade 6.30pm ♍ Simon Thacker: The Virtuoso Composer Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10, 7.30pm đ&#x;˜‚ Adam Kay: This Is Going To Hurt Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £25, 7.30pm ♍ Acoustic Rooms: Press to MECO Rescue Rooms Free, 6pm

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đ&#x;”§Â Crafty Club Nottingham Women’s Centre Free, 10am ♍ Kodian Trio The Florist ÂŁ7 - ÂŁ9, 7.30pm ♍ Hugh Pascall Quartet Peggy’s Skylight £5, 7pm đ&#x;ŽŠÂ Ghosts of the Caves Tour National Justice Museum £7.95, 5.30pm đ&#x;?´Â Northern Monk Tap Takeover The Golden Eagle Free, 7.30pm ♍ Sean McGowan The Bodega £11, 7pm đ&#x;‘’ Fashion Re:Boot Nottingham Rough Trade £5, 6pm

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đ&#x;‘Ł Jazz Roots and Charleston Dance Class St Christopher’s Church HallÂ

đ&#x;Ž˛ Boardgames and Tabletop Games Vat and FiddleÂ

đ&#x;‘Ł Salsa Class Bunkers HillÂ

♍ TNT Tap and Tumbler đ&#x;Ž¨ Paint a Pot The Harley GalleryÂ

đ&#x;˜† Comedy The Glee Club Just The TonicÂ

đ&#x;Ž˛ Poker Night The GrosvenorÂ

đ&#x;Ž˛ Pub Quiz The Lion at Basford Rescue Rooms The Hop Pole The Golden Fleece Ned Ludd Fox & Grapes

♍ Live Music The Grosvenor The Lion at Basford Bunkers Hill Southbank City

đ&#x;Ž¤ Open Mic The Golden Fleece

đ&#x;˜† Comedy The Glee ClubÂ

đ&#x;’ƒ Tuned Rock City

đ&#x;Ž¤ Open Mic The Hop PoleÂ

đ&#x;’ƒ Disco Inferno Bierkeller

đ&#x;‘Ş Freelancers’ Workspace THINK Creative Space

♍ Live Music The Bell Inn Rescue Rooms đ&#x;Ž˛ Mega Drive Monday Bunkers Hill đ&#x;Ž˛ Backgammon The Lion at Basford đ&#x;‘Ł Argentine Tango White Lion đ&#x;Ž˛ Pub Quiz Ned Ludd Malt Cross đ&#x;Ž˛ Poker Night The Grosvenor

đ&#x;Ž¤ Open Mic Pepper Rocks The Overdraught đ&#x;Ž¨ Life Drawing Focus Gallery  đ&#x;Ž˛ Pub Quiz The Bodega Sir John Borlase Warren Annies Burger Shack đ&#x;’ƒ Pressure Rescue Rooms ☕ Night Off from The Sesh Your Sofa

đ&#x;Ž¤ Open Mic JamCafĂŠ The Bell Inn đ&#x;”§Â Open Hack Night Nottingham Hackspace

đ&#x;’ƒ Dirty Stop Out Propaganda

đ&#x;’ƒ Indie Wednesdays The Bowery Club

đ&#x;Ž˛ Pub Quiz Kean’s Head

đ&#x;’ƒ Pounded Propaganda

♍ Live Music Lillie Langtries ♍ Jazz Discovery Peggy’s Skylight

đ&#x;‘Ş Family Activities Nottingham Contemporary ♍ Live Music Southbank City The Southbank Bar The Hop Pole đ&#x;’ƒ Stealth VS Rescued Stealth and Rescue Rooms đ&#x;’ƒ Bopp Bar Eleven

đ&#x;’ƒ Get Lucky Rock City

đ&#x;Ž¨ Saturday Art Club New Art Exchange

đ&#x;’ƒ The Pop Confessional The Bodega

đ&#x;’ƒ Aces The Bowery Club

đ&#x;?´Â Social Eating THINK Creative Space

đ&#x;‘Ş Nottingham Mindfulness Group Sobar

♍ Live Jazz The Bell Inn đ&#x;Ž˛ Music Quiz The Lion at Basford đ&#x;‘Ł Lindy Hop Dance Classes St Christopher’s Church Hall đ&#x;’ƒ Industry Sundays The Bowery Club đ&#x;Ž˛ Pub Quiz The Trent Navigation Inn đ&#x;Ž¤ Open Mic Bunkers Hill đ&#x;?ş Hangover Tavern The Bodega ♍ Jazz Jam Peggy’s Skylight

ONGOING STUFF LIKE EXHIBITIONS AND PLAYS AND THAT đ&#x;Ž¨Â International Postcard Show 2019 Surface Gallery Mon 28 Jan - Sat 2 Feb đ&#x;Ž¨Â Emma Smith: 5HZ Primary Free Mon 28 Jan - Sat 9 Feb đ&#x;Ž¨ Harold Gilman: Beyond Camden Town Djanogly Art Gallery 11am - 5pm Mon 28 Jan - Sun 10 Feb đ&#x;“ˇÂ The North & East Midlands Photographic Federation Exhibition of Photography Patchings Art Centre Mon 28 Jan - Sun 10 Feb đ&#x;”§Â First Steps to Writing Your Novel with Eve Makis Waterstones £118 - ÂŁ123 ,  6.30pm Mon 28 Jan - Tue 19 Feb đ&#x;Ž¨Â Dick Jewell: Now & Then Bonington Gallery Free Mon 28 Jan - Sat 23 Feb đ&#x;Ž¨ UKYA City Takeover: Yiyuan Tang Art Shake Angear Visitor Centre Free Mon 28 Jan - Sun 24 Feb

đ&#x;Ž¨Â Desire, Love, Identity: Exploring LGBTQ Histories National Justice Museum Free , 9am - 5pm Mon 28 Jan - Sun 3 Mar

đ&#x;Ž­Â The Full Monty Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £17 - ÂŁ36 , 7.30pm Mon 4 Feb - Sat 9 Feb

đ&#x;Ž¨Â Hardeep Pandhal – Paranoid Picnic: The Phantom Bame Primary 11am - 6pm Mon 28 Jan - Sun 17 Mar

đ&#x;Ž¨Â UK Young Artist City Takeover Various Venues Thu 7 Feb - Wed 13 Feb

đ&#x;”§Â Art Invesetigator Max Lakeside Arts Centre Free , 12pm - 4pm Mon 28 Jan - Sat 30 Mar đ&#x;Ž¨Â Sylva: To Slowly Trace the Forest’s Shady Scene Weston Gallery Free Mon 28 Jan - Sun 7 Apr đ&#x;”§Â Brush Painting Workshop Lakeside Arts Centre £5 , 6pm - 8pm Wed 30 Jan - Thu 31 Jan ♍ Universal Works: Extended Sale Pop-Up Rough Trade 10am - 6pm Fri 1 Feb - Sun 3 Feb đ&#x;ŽŠÂ Family Activities National Justice Museum £10.95 , 10am – 5.30pm Fri 1 Feb - Thu 28 Feb

đ&#x;Ž­Â Wonderland Nottingham PLayhouse £6 - ÂŁ22.50 , 7pm Fri 8 Feb - Sat 23 Feb đ&#x;š€Â Festival of Science and Curiostiy Various Venues Wed 13 Feb - Wed 20 Feb đ&#x;Ž­Â Romeo & Juliet Theatre Royal and Royal Concert Hall £10 - ÂŁ34.50 Tue 19 Feb - Sat 23 Feb đ&#x;”§ Wax Carving with Loree Bologna Focus Gallery £150, 10.30am – 4.30pm Sat 23 – Sun 24 Feb đ&#x;“ŁÂ WEA: Lessons and Memories for the 21st Century Nottingham Mechanics Institute £46.20 , 10am - 12pm Mon 25 Feb - Mon 1 Apr

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Illustrated by Jasmin Issaka & Written by Ben Knight

Neo - Nottingham, October 3rd, the year 2500. It is a harsh and gooseless time...

No geese have been seen since 2019

Since then, Goose Fair has entirely lost its meaning.

No longer a festival of fun and togetherness, it has become a parade of fire and blood.

Carnage roams as the geese once did during the fairĘźs earliest days.

But the gooseless bloodlust hasnĘźt taken root in everyone. There are a few who yearn for the old days.

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