Easily Read

Rough Trade is more well known as a music store. They also sell various books, so it was a good setting for the UK launch of The Third Script book; a volume of short stories from writers in the UK, Tasmania and Iran.

My friend Matt has a story in it called Tom's Eyes. It's a true story about a terrifying adventure he had some time ago, when he went to live abroad.  Some of the other writes are in the photo, together with some others who read extracts from a couple of the Iranian and Tasmanian stories, as obviously they couldn't be there in person.

Also in the photo at the very back is screenwriter William Ivory, well known for the film 'Made in Dagenham', which was about a strike at Fords in the late 1960s over equal pay for women. And also at the back is none other than our very own official Robin Hood, who spoke for about five minutes about how good it was to live in Nottingham.

One of my favourite local bands The Madeline Rush played three new songs, acoustically this time. Which were of course very good. I bet they should a lot more grungier with their guitars plugged into their amps.

Going For A Take

The city centre has become Hollywood again, as a film crew have moved in to make a new TV series called Truckers.

It's written by local writer William Ivory, whose last big work was the screenplay for the film 'Made in Dagenham'.

As the title suggests, the story is about the staff that work at a local haulage company, and what they are like as people.

I've read that they are using a number of locations across the city, and so was quite pleased to see them doing a few scenes in the Old Market Square.