EY UP DUCK!
A Speakers’ Sunday Event FIVE SPEAKERS on all things Notts - Creativity, Literature, Football, Photography, Rebellion, Architecture, Suffrage, and much more…
On: SUNDAY 30th June 10.45AM – 12.30PM
Price: £5.00 (concessions available), Includes Breakfast, Tea/Coffee.
No booking required, turn up on the day.
At: The CANALHOUSE, Canal Street, Nottingham NG1 7EH
In: The function room, upstairs.
What: The LeftLion editor, ex-Mouthy Poet, and current Writer-in-Residence at NTU, BRIDIE SQUIRES will talk about mental health and creativity, with Nottingham as the narrative thread which ties it all together.
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| Bridie Squires |
Author CAROL LOVEJOY EDWARDS on Struggle and
Suffrage in Nottingham, the story of many women across the generations and
their struggle for equality. This was not just a struggle for the vote but also
for equality in the workplace and even in their own homes.
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| Lovejoy-Edwards is the author of Struggle and Suffrage in Nottingham |
REBECCA SPARHAM-SIMPSON an illustrated talk on Nottingham’s Buildings
and Architecture, from the early settlers through to the designers T.C. Hine, Joseph Else
and Watson Fothergill, and the future regeneration of the city.
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| Rebecca Sparham-Simpson |
Hear ‘My Nottingham Journey’, from local poet and author VICTORIA
WILLIAMS.
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| Victoria Williams |
With photography – including Nottingham at night - from
local artist and Mathematical Physician LAMAR FRANCOIS, who thinks of
photography as both an art and science, making new discoveries visually.
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| Lamar Francois |
And: In 2014 Nottingham was named the first City of Football
and, a year later, it became a UNESCO City of Literature, but which title is
Nottingham most deserving of? The case will be made for both accolades and
then it’s over to you to decide!
Plus: Breakfast (pastries, cakes, fruit), and unlimited tea
and coffee!
All hosted by @NathanTalking
This is the third Nottingham Speakers’ Club public outreach
event. Fuel for the body and the mind, come along and learn a few things you
may not know about Nottingham.
Nottingham Speakers’ Club is a part of the UK-wide
Association of Speakers’ Clubs, a not-for-profit members’ organisation open to
all.
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