Bliss it was in that dawn to be alive: rewiring culture, rewriting books, music, dance, art: Turing would be proud

Featured Image: Reginald Marsh, ‘Harlem, Tuesday Night at the Savoy,’ 1932. (© 2013 Estate of Reginald Marsh/Art Students League/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York) Above: still from BBC news coverage of the meeting of Donald and Melania Trump and Emmanuel Macron and Brigitte Trogneau to commemorate Passchandaele and Bastille Day July 14th. The women have been described […]

Broad Marsh Requiem: Last Post First Stop: Rani and Kelly: it’s been like working in a doctor’s surgery, we knew everyone…stolen moments..

Featured image Rani Matharu and Kelly Robinson, colleagues and friends working their last day in the Broad Marsh bus station newsagent. Above: serving the last customers, First Post Ltd Newsagent Sunday 9th July When you listen, look, read and talk about the plans to re develop the Broad Marsh Centre where are the stories about […]

Soft Moves Between Philanthropy, Boxing, Feminism and Social Activism

Above: founder of Box Smart ZaHra Butt The point is that she’s from Nottingham, develops projects across Nottingham that consider the world, the counterpoint, that her grandad was a prisoner of war in the second world war for eight years and her dad started Nottingham’s first takeaway, Royal Sweets on Gregory Boulevard in Nottingham. ZaHra’s […]

We’re ready to talk about the things that matter

Featured image: London Fire Brigade, the second world war 1940 There’s a great podcast just now called Between Us it’s on iTunes and SoundCloud these casts are where a couple of psycotherapists (John Totten and Mason Neely mull over the bigger questions around life and put themselves in our shoes. Above John Totten and Mason […]

Deliciousness and romance in Monica’s Kitchen, Minor Oak Sat 1st July 2017: Luscious Caribbean Menu

A Pop Up restaurant is an opportunity for the people who run them to test and practice, refine and listen, produce the chemistry, the ethos, of your unique product, your cooking, your food. Jamaicans like to be the best and last night Monica’s Kitchen proved that it really is the best. It was hosted at […]

Museumand…..The National Museum of Caribbean Culture: Catherine Ross and Linda Burrell: walking, singing, making and creating through history and silence

Featured Image: Catherine Ross of The National Museum of Caribbean Culture Notts TV is really working for me: I think its coverage of a wider, more inclusive Nottingham is hopeful for the city. Bringing normality of coverage to local cultural exhibitions, for example, the great piece Rachel Mlota did on the Art of Black Hair […]

Don’t Walk On By on Exchange Walk: Buy Flowers for your fundraisers (or anyone!)

Featured Image Roy Purdy, Celebrated Flower Seller, Exchange Walk, Nottingham You’ll have seen Roy on Exchange Walk: what you might not realise is how many other people know him and always get their flowers from him. Roy has a brilliant take on life and people and is a joy to talk to. SaveSave

Keeping It Real: Russell Press Printing and DIY Digital: Beautiful Print From The Local, For The Local

Above: Local Author Chris Matthews book Homes and Places published by the fantastic Russell Press Making gorgeous local print since 1968 Russell Press are part of Nottingham’s print history. Now with a growing online ordering and fulfilment system, this adds a unique dimension to their ability to fulfil on time, to budget across Nottingham and the whole […]

Arboretum Ward and Nottingham East: Councillor Merlita Bryan means a new kind of community business: care, support, expect miracles

Featured Image: Arboretum Councillor Merlita Bryan Canvassing in Berridge Ward with Nottingham East MP Chris Leslie On Friday I was lucky enough to spend a couple of hours with Councillor Merlita Bryan who was out canvassing with a labour team in Arboretum, her own ward with the Nottingham East MP Chris Leslie. Canvassing is an […]

I want to write about how we share emotion in an age of rigid segmentation

Featured Image: how highly segmented Experien credit and spending data becomes the norm in social and cultural planning: The Rotterdam Arts & Culture Segmentation Model An effective approach to culturalmarketing in the greater Rotterdam area and above, another mosaic, a biological one, which explains that such segmentations and maps for an understanding of biological circulation are […]