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- The Hoodies are coming… Guest post from Lucy Goudie
- Festival highlights:
- Free activities for the kids at the Draycott Festival of Arts
- Victory Gin - East Midlands (acoustic)
- Band play through to area rock final
- Top prize for acting newcomer
- Group are put in the picture
- Support NTU Fine Art Technician Jim Boxall, who's been nominated for a Vimeo Fes...
- More fantastic news for NTU Fine Art Alumni Sarah Price!
- Fashion students - looking for an internship? Find out more here...
| The Hoodies are coming… Guest post from Lucy Goudie Posted: 19 Apr 2012 03:47 AM PDT
What if the people we feared were those keeping us safe? What if there was no fairytale ending? What if we were all meant to be outlaws? With the memory of last summer's devastating riots still fresh in the nation's collective consciousness, along with an increasing presence of and unease about 'hoodies' in newspapers, on television and over the internet, wouldn't it be amazing to discover that those we might have branded local thugs were actually keeping us safe from the real dangers? Born from this idea was the fictional group known as 'The Hoodies' – modern-day outlaws echoing from the time of the Robin Hood legend. Get ready to meet Police Constable Rob Loxley; an ex-soldier currently working for Nottingham Police Service. The outlaw of the digital age maintains the essence of Nottingham's famous sharp-shooter, but has a much darker side than the traditional legend. Out goes the archery, in comes pistol shooting; out went the tights and in came the tattoos. And who better to join the band of Merry Men than someone else famous for wearing a hood and being mysterious..? She's certainly not little, but she still wears red and now rides a motorcycle. Little Red Riding Hood grew up and turned bad in her incarnation as Scarlett Riding – a reforming drug runner helped out of her life of gang culture and crime by Rob Loxley in the first short story… Right on cue, blue lights came on in the windows of the black, unmarked police car. 'Run,' she thought. 'He'll never catch you now you're on the bike,' but the thought evaporated. 'Maybe I wanted to get caught,' she thought, slowing to pull in behind the car. Her phone, laden with threatening messages suddenly felt extremely heavy in her leather jacket pocket. 'Perhaps getting locked up is the one place they won't be able to get me…' The road split off into a bus lane and she drove into it, ignoring the Highway Code. She turned the key to shut off the cycle, and started to unclip her helmet as the tall, muscular build of Constable Loxley ducked out of the car towards her. "You clown," Rob said as the rider struggled with her helmet. "Driving with no insurance, no tax, no MOT… you're going to have the book thrown at you," he grinned, allowing his eyebrows to rise as the helmet came off and he took his first look at Scarlett Riding. This modern-day Robin Hood becomes an outlaw when the powers in the police force disagree with his no-nonsense attitude and single-minded determination to get to the roots of crime in the City of Nottingham. As the leader of The Hoodies, Rob begins vigilante action whilst fighting against the corruption that ousted him from the force. Join him and Scarlett on their crusade. Get ready – The Hoodies are coming. The first eight pages of Story One from In The Hood are available to read for free at the official website Become a Hoodie by following @PCRobLoxley and @ScarlettRiding on Twitter. Watch the Book Trailer on YouTube Lucy Goudie is a fantasy, sci fi and poetry author. She can be found at lucygoudie.co.uk or on Twitter @luciegoudie | |||||
| Posted: 18 Apr 2012 06:33 AM PDT  Festival highlights: book soon to secure your seats for this year's literary treats @ Check out our courses and workshops
 Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair A real beanfeast! Food, drink, arts and crafts, 26th - 27th May at Hardwick Hall
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| Free activities for the kids at the Draycott Festival of Arts Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:57 AM PDT
Festival highlights: book soon to secure your seats for this year's literary treats @ Check out our courses and workshops
Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair A real beanfeast! Food, drink, arts and crafts, 26th - 27th May at Hardwick Hall
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| Victory Gin - East Midlands (acoustic) Posted: 15 Apr 2012 12:38 PM PDT
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| Band play through to area rock final Posted: 18 Apr 2012 11:16 AM PDT For more information about the band visit www.ttloverdrive.co.uk. 1. Review: Macbeth, Nottingham Arts Theatre, by Alan Geary 2. Review: Save The Last Dance For Me, Theatre Royal, by Andy Smart 5. Review: Aynsley Lister, Old Ship Inn, Lowdham, ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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| Posted: 18 Apr 2012 08:02 AM PDT The Mablethorpe Visions Project was set up in 2007 after it became apparent that the Lincolnshire Archive held hardly anything about the Mablethorpe, Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe area and that the Media Archive of Central England (MACE) had just one ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
| Support NTU Fine Art Technician Jim Boxall, who's been nominated for a Vimeo Fes... Posted: 18 Apr 2012 04:00 AM PDT Support NTU Fine Art Technician Jim Boxall, who's been nominated for a Vimeo Festival Award 2012. Vote for his work - 'Quad Time' by The Joy Of Box in the 'Captured' category. You can vote once a day, so let's get to it and make sure he wins!  Vimeo Festival + Awards - 2012 New York City vimeo.com Vimeo is a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make. Use Vimeo if you want the best tools and highest quality video in the universe. | |||||
| More fantastic news for NTU Fine Art Alumni Sarah Price! Posted: 18 Apr 2012 03:49 AM PDT More fantastic news for NTU Fine Art Alumni Sarah Price!  2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show / RHS Gardening www.rhs.org.uk Welcome to the 2012 RHS Chelsea Flower Show with Show Gardens, new Fresh Gardens, exhibits, tradestands, cafes and restaurants. | |||||
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