Malcolm McLaren’s impish looks were matched by a wry tongue-in-cheek approach to creative ideas: Risque, amusing and always chipping-away at convention and conformity. An eclectic artist who rejected ‘Rock and Roll. then in a clever rebranding exercise duped the record industry and sold it back to us under another name – ‘punk rock’ – such [...]

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Left Lion, Write Lion

On September 4, 2009 By Paul Fillingham

I thoroughly enjoyed the presentation by Left Lion at the Nottingham Writer’s Studio last night. Often mistaken for a student gig-listing, Nottingham’s Left Lion website is emerging as a cultural hub for creative pursuits within and around Nottingham. The three main protagonists Jared Wilson, James Walker and Al Needham delivered anecdotes and admitted differences as [...]

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Pictorial history of Leeds-based 80s Art School band the Smart Cookies now on Flickr. View Smart Cookies ‘Hard times’ photo-set.

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