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    Community and Art

      It is very cold this morning, but a warm glow is close at hand.  Most readers of this blog won’t need telling about the benefits the arts bring to people in Nottingham. But if you like some university certified evidence, Nottingham Uni has a...

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  • Greig Stewart laser harp extravaganza, photo credit http://www.gamecity.org

    Links round up – the return of GameCityNights and more…

    It’s back! GameCityNights, the monthly after-dark, adults only exploration of videogame culture, kicks of Season Two tonight – tonight! – at Antenna on Beck Street, Nottingham. Starting 6 there’ll be a couple of hours business and networking before the fun starts properly at 8pm. Tonight,...

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  • Flamingo Fabric

    Guest Blog – Setting up a craft business Part 2

    Hello again! Carrying on from my blog yesterday, something that I’ve found quite challenging in setting up my craft business is how to price my products. Looking at similar items that are on the market is all very well but if they’re mass produced it’s...

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  • Red Anchor Stamp

    Guest Blog – Setting up a craft business

    Setting up your own business is tough. It takes dedication, perseverance and a lot of hard work. And I’m only just starting to scratch the surface. I thought I’d share the ups and downs I’ve had so far in getting Red Anchor Emporium off the...

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    Guest Blog – Crafts are cool

    Knitting is no longer purely a pastime for grannies. Neither is crochet, embroidery, cross stitch or any of the other fabulous textile based crafts which I have rediscovered in the last few years. They have seen a huge rise in popularity and TV programmes like Kirstie’s Homemade Home have certainly helped to bring...

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    Striving Towards the Divine

    To err is human, to forgive divine. Alexander Pope penned these words – really great words to remember, says I! Anyway, on the subject of the god-like, Backlit are holding an exhibition entitled Sisyphus Happy, starting Friday 28th January and running for two weeks. Sisyphus,...

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  • Photo by Stuart Bannocks, www.flickr.com/photos/42665617@N07/3944283648/

    Are we nearly there yet?

    Each year the serious newspapers use the Turner prize shortlist to ask “is it art”?  Our new Contemporary Art museum has challenged us with, by implication, this question, and I hope, will continue to do so.  This weekend sees the question posed again, by Nottingham...

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    Links round-up: Eclectic offerings

    January blues? Take a look at some of the lovely stuff we’ve heard about recently. Beyond breakdance To say dance is big right now is an understatement. Dance is so huge at the moment that I’m surprised I don’t see groups of shoppers transforming into guerrilla dance troupes down...

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  • Egg Timer

    Last chance to see…

    It’s behind you! Well, almost. Now Christmas has gone, it seems that festive fun and frolics are a thing of the past. But wait…there is a little bit more time left to see Mother Goose at Nottingham Playhouse.  The panto has just received four stars and what...

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    Guest Blog -There aint no party like a James Waring partAAy

    Well, New Year’s was fun. Totally annihilating, but fun nonetheless. In hindsight, it was probably the best damn New Year’s of my life to date… Months of eager build up had taken a bit of a toll; the raging cold Santa brought had settled nicely...

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