The Bradford Review | Issue 43 | Aug/Sep 2019

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s ’ r e k a e Sp Corner Speakers Corner is a creative, political social space in Bradford City Centre led by a collective of women and girls with events open to everyone. Their events are aimed at bringing people together to create positive action. Taiba Qayyum, 22 spoke to fellow members Mariyah Kayat, 18, Madeyah Khan, 18, Sabahat Rani, 18 and Sajidah Shabir, 17 about the collective and their experiences within it.

What is Speakers Corner?

Madeyah: Speakers Corner is a political, creative and safe space where we can come and share our ideas and know that we’re not going to be judged about it. We know that we’re allowed to say whatever we want and that everyone has an individual opinion and we try to respect that...we respect each others individuality.

What makes Speakers Corner Political?

Sajidah: It’s political because we actively campaign for things that we want to change.

We have our See Inside Me Campaign that raises awareness of the fact that in Bradford we’re trying to encourage parents and children

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to share viewpoints and hopefully make these relationships better. Through our campaigns we’re telling the people in the big seats that we as young people are trying to make change.

Tell us a bit more about the See Inside Me Campaign?

Mariyah: The See Inside Me campaign was created because we wanted to bridge the gap between parents and their children. We focussed on Mental Health, Relationships, Dreams and Aspirations. We wanted to make it easier for parents to speak to their children and vice a versa, and for parents to gain more of an understanding of what we go through on a daily basis.

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Where did the idea of creating a safe space in Bradford come from?

Madeyah: we took part in WOW- Women Of the World Festival Bradford in 2015 as volunteers and after the festival decided that we wanted to carry on with our campaigning and our political voice so we decided that we needed a space in the centre of Bradford where we can go without being judged.

What sort of events do you do at Speakers Corner?

Mariyah: We’ve done events like ‘Burn your Barriers’ where at the start of the New Year we write down what’s holding us back and then we go outside and we just literally burn our barriers by burning the paper that they’re written on.

We’ve done Peaceophobia where we tried to break the stereotype of young people in Bradford,especially young asian men in nice big cars. People think that they are into drugs but by getting together in their cars and speaking about

why they choose to have the cars it made people see that it’s just a hobby for them and lets them be creative.

We also campaigned for Kunan Poshpora which was highlighting all the mass rapes that have happened in Kashmir and how women not only in Kashmir but all around the world are silently suffering and we wanted to bring awareness to that.

Why is Speakers Corner important to you?

Sabahat: At times i’m saying things here that I wouldn’t normally say out allowed or things that I couldn’t speak to my friendship group about but when you’re around all these people there’s something that makes you say them naturally. The things you say here you know you’re not going to be judged about, because as soon as you walk through that door, even if it’s your first time, by the end of it you’ll feel like everyones a part of your family.

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Could you tell me about some of the demonstrations or public speaking events that you’ve taken part in?

Sabahat: We took part in WOW London in a panel called What Next? That was about what young people want for our future and what young people want to improve in their society. It was good to do that outside of bradford because we had an audience of about 1000 people and it was talking about the change we want to a different group of people.

We also went to the Million Women Rise March which was really empowering, just seeing so many women do a campaign where roads were shut down for women’s justice and empowerment.

Where do you want to take Speakers Corner next?

Sajidah: Speakers needs to have its own event like WOW, because speakers in itself is not just about women, it’s not just about the negativity we face from society but it’s about us as individuals and how a few women coming together can think about change. At Speakers Corner we can think about things that will help the future of Bradford because it’s not just stuck on talking about one thing, it’s not just stuck on talking about youth or about women, it looks at what are the problems 10

in all these areas and how can we try solve them.

Speakers Corner gives solutions and thats what we need. We don’t need people sat in chairs telling us what to do, we need people who’ve actually experienced these things to tell us what to do.

Madeyah: I see Speakers growing to a place where more young people come here to have an active voice. I see this place being put on the map of Bradford because I know how much this place can make a change to individual lives and i know that youth that are a part of the collective won’t rest until this place is actually on the map.

Why should you join?

Sabahat- Because Speakers is the platform where change is going to happen, it’s not just something you do once and create publicity and get people’s attention and then you just leave it thinking it’s going to stick in people’s heads. The topics you discuss here you come back to so many times that you people remember who are on the panels and the impact they have on them. I think people realise how much they can relate to what they hear.

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: s k l a T n Scree s i r r a H a c c Rebe Film producer, Rebecca Harris from Slick Films will be appearing in the Screen Talk series hosted by Bradford UNESCO City of Film on the 19th September. This enthralling series of Q+A’s on life working in the film and TV industry is one of several events marking Bradford UNESCO City of Film’s tenth anniversary.

Guest speakers share first hand insights into the business, and talk candidly about their experiences – from working in special effects to location managing and producing.

Rebecca Harris graduated with a first class honours degree in Film Production and now works for Slick Films where she is a full time producer, most recently of short films. Her official short film producing debut The Silent Child won the Oscar® for Best Live Action Short at the 90th Academy Awards on March 4th 2018. Later in 2018 Rebecca was conferred with the title Honorary Doctor of Letters by The University of West London for her work raising awareness

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through the medium of film. Her next short film production, A Glimpse, has just been entered into festivals and she is Co-Producing a BFI backed short film with Island Pictures called Stand Still, currently in post-production. Rebecca is in the early stages of developing her first feature length film.

What were the biggest challenges you faced breaking into the film and TV industry?

I don’t think I’d have been able to step into the industry without volunteering and working for free for a couple of years. When I graduated from university that was the toughest time for me, as I had to work out how to stay in London while trying to prove myself by volunteering full time Monday-Friday. I had to get around this by working in retail evenings and weekends. It’s never been about money for me, but there were times when it’s felt nearly impossible to follow what I was most passionate about.

What advice would you give to young people now trying to do the same thing?

If you’re faced with an opportunity no matter how small that you’ll learn and get good experience from, it’s worth going the extra mile for as it’ll pay off later down the line. If things start to feel really tough that’s usually positive, it means you’re out there pushing yourself. As long as you keep working hard and being kind you’ll progress. It should never feel easy or glamorous.

You have a passion for portraying powerful messages through film - what inspires you to do that?

If I’m in the lucky enough position to work on projects that are likely to screen at festivals worldwide, then I feel some responsibility to spend my time on stories that help give a voice to those who struggle to have one. In my opinion if you have an audience’s attention, make sure they’re told something important. Make sure they learn something. Saying that, I enjoy and watch many films that don’t necessarily have powerful messages at their core, it’s just something that personally excites me more about projects I work on.

What’s been your high point so far in your career?

To have my own eyes open to the severity of the lack of education for deaf children through my first read of The Silent Child script, to being trusted to be one of the producers, to us finding Maisie, to the crowdfunding, to the shoot, to the festival circuit, to being at the Oscars, to the film winning at the Oscars, to it airing on the BBC, to watching the Prime Minister on TV speak about and praise Maisie and the film, to watching Maisie meet the queen. The high points felt endless in that experience. It was a huge team effort producing the film and we’d always be the first to admit that we didn’t know the right or wrong way to do things, we just learnt as we went along while the situations we ended up in became more and more surreal.

team were very unwell it was like a plague. It was a biting cold January week in Market Drayton.

We had a crazy ambitious schedule intricately planned around child licensing. Equally ambitious set ups. It snowed midweek and because of continuity it meant we had to turn the intricate schedule upside down midway through the shoot. Taxis with the cast couldn’t turn up at one point because of the snow and ice. We didn’t have enough budget to add more shoot days.

But everyone supported each other and the story drove us all above and beyond our roles.

Tell us more about your forthcoming short, Loser Like Larkin, based here in Haworth....

Yes I visited Haworth earlier this year as we were sent the wonderful script by a writer called Phoebe Cowley and the story is based there.

Going to Haworth was like stepping back in time. I can see why so many high budget features are filmed there, it was as if a phenomenal production designer had already worked on the area when actually it’s all natural! The story is set in the 70’s and it focusses on a teenage girl’s struggle to fit in after she and her mother move from London to Haworth. Ultimately, the story celebrates young women as despite the initial social obstacles, her strength and choices allow friendship to win through.

Life probably doesn’t leave you much time to relax.. but when you do take a break what do you like doing?

I usually head home to see my family after every big shoot, it’s a lovely reward each time as my parents are retired and living on a boat so I’m often whisked off sailing somewhere, usually I don’t even ask where I just go along with it. There’s nothing better for getting some perspective than being in the middle of the sea.

I’d highly recommend being related to or making friends with sailors!

What’s been your worst working moment?

The highest point and lowest point are from the same project which says a lot. I don’t remember being more unwell than I was during the shoot week for The Silent Child, the majority of the

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Kafayat Adegoke:

Orisha

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Kafayat Adegoke is an actor and Performance maker with storytelling as my performance practice, amongst other skills within the arts. Since the successful execution of her one-woman show in January, at The Tetley Leeds, titled PER-SO-NA; an immersive theatre piece, based on Fact and Fictiaon about a Yoruba Nigerian that isn't so Nigerian. She is now staging this piece that tackles Gender Inequality and sexism to tie in with Bradford council's initiative to name streets after women to address the same theme. Orisha is a site-specific Live Art Installation piece tackling Gender Inequality while embodying Osun; the sensual Yoruba goddess of Love and Fertility.

Orisha addresses the audience with Irony and exaggeration in the form of storytelling to criticise patriarchal mindset.

Why have you chosen this theme, I don’t want to assume it’s simply because you identify as female.

Well, this is spun from my personal experience, from my early years living in Nigeria. And of course that is because of my femininity where there’s borders as to how a woman is allowed to express herself, and occurrences where my male cousins are pardoned but I would never in my existence dream of speaking up.

Why now though I have always wanted to do a piece around sexism; a deep-seated patriarchal mindset of our society. I started the development a year ago and after a while I just packed it up and put it aside. And then, on 11th of June the BBC published an article where it mentions that Bradford council is starting an initiative where they name streets after women (women that have been fighters of freedom), as a means to tackle the same theme, and I just sprung up like, this is the right time to revisit my piece. And I decided to make it community oriented where I involve local businesses and organisations.

What’s the rationale for Osun Embodiment Osun is a river goddess from the Yoruba tribe of Nigeria. I am Yoruba- which you can already tell from my name Kafayat Adegoke and as I like to always maintain my sense of identity within my work, it came handy. Osun is used as metaphor in this piece. She represents every and anything bountiful. Purity, beauty and life. She makes the world go round, and my best bit- she is highly seductive, such that she charms all the male

gods. She is the full definition of what a woman is. Infact, there is an odu in Ifa that chants, ‘’when the forces of the celestial realm wronged Osun, she left, and as soon as she did, chaos started. unexplainable ones. She is an Orisha which means Deity.

When and where is the performance 1st September 2019 at EYES Brewery (Old Bradford Brewery) at 4pm, as part of the Bradford Fringe programme- many thanks to them, BCB Radio, and Blooming Buds theatre company as well, for all the support and facilitation. Cecil Green Arts is providing ginormous suffragettes puppets and the absolutely delicious Pearls Tea room and Patisserie will be supplying complimentary food on the day. It is strategically set to be performed in a brewery as an indirect attempt to touch upon the misogyny and gendered stance of think beer-think men. EYES brewery will also be giving complimentary beer to guests, as their show of support of women empowerment which is clearly evidenced as 50 percent of their staff are women.

What do you aim for the audience to go away with, after seeing this installation The target audience is not gendered, but for the young women especially, I would like them to be inspired that the future is now and women are the future so they should go on and make their own history. Everyone one else, it would be great for them to have a much more enlightened approach to their lifestyle choices.

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The Birth, the Life and the Legacy of Leeds Other Paper

By James Collingwood It ran for 20 years as a radical newspaper bringing strong investigative reporting, news on community issues and a pioneering What’s On guide to the people of Leeds. It closed in 1994 after fighting financial problems. Its contributors included at various times writer and Chumbawamba member Alice Nutter and magazine editor James Brown. The story of Leeds Other Paper (latterly renamed the Northern Star) was one that ran from Heath’s three-day week to the mid 90s. James Collingwood spoke to some of the main forces behind the paper about what it was like to work for and its legacy.

Quintin Bradley and Tony Harcup both worked on the paper as journalists. w Tony worked there from the 70s and now teaches journalism at Sheffield University. He is the author of books such as “Alternative Journalism, Alternative Voices”. Quintin Bradley worked as news editor and now teaches at Leeds Beckett University. For Quintin who was a news editor from the 80s the LOP/Northern Star was competing against the resources of the local and national press so their stories had to be riskier or strongly community based to make an impact. For example, in 1993 the paper covered allegations that hundreds of homes in Armley had asbestos contamination and that this had possibly been covered up by the council. At the time the Northern Star described this as “possibly the most serious case of industrial contamination in the country” and an “environmental time bomb.” As a journalist Quintin was happy that “we had a fantastic source and a lot of information that had been released through freedom of information rules.” This allowed unique coverage by the paper. Tony Harcup is a great fan of this style

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of news reporting “Getting people to report on a committee for example. Old fashioned shoe leather reporting. Time consuming not glamourous,” Other stories Quintin was involved in included reporting on Eric Pickles controversial time on Bradford Council and also the work of Leeds Development relating to privatization. The paper were pioneers on a lot of issues. For Quintin “we were one of the first in the country to pick up on the rise of radical Islam in Bradford. …we were also always very cutting edge about the rise of the far right”.

One other thing that gave the paper it’s character and indeed changed its character over the years was its use of listings. Tony Harcup who worked at the paper from the 70s says these started appearing “Pretty early on but they got bigger. Right at the beginning there would be a few listings about things like claimants’ unions and advisory services. Useful stuff that wasn’t easily accessible because it wasn’t in the mainstream. Then gradually we would start listing events such as benefit meetings or whatever and that grew to become a big What’s On Guide.” Tony believes this eventually changed the nature of the paper. “By later stages perhaps when it changed its name to Northern Star, I think it went to more of an entertainment magazine with a bit of reporting in the early pages rather than a newspaper.”

To other contributors however the What’s On listings and the features were an essential part of the magazine. Paula Solloway who was a young Northern Star photographer responsible for features and covers in the 90s stated “ I did love the features work because I was free to do

The influence of the paper was wide. For Tony Harcup “Not everyone was into writing. Some helped with design or delivered the paper or did a bit of photography. They always relied on a lot of people who were doing it for the love. Even the people who were being paid were doing it for the love because it was barely a living wage! It was a lot of people’s first introduction to doing journalism or doing writing. I worked for mainstream papers and now I teach journalism.

Some people would turn up for 5 minutes though and you’d never see them again. It had a sort of long influence on a lot of individuals.”

whatever I wanted and found myself in all sorts of amazing scenarios with actors, musicians, police helicopters, DJs in tower blocks, new age travellers and lots more.”

For NME writer and future editor of Loaded (and currently editor of Four Four Two) James Brown.

“The Leeds Other paper was the main place you could find out locally what gigs were on. I’d see it in places like Jumbo records and bookshops.

I wanted to write about music and realised they might let me in. Other writers who would go on to write for the NME like Don Watson, Steven Wells and Lucy O’Brien were all writing for it, so it seemed a good thing to do.”

It is an interesting question for Tony to consider if there is anything similar to LOP/Northern Star in Leeds at the moment. “Nothing really. I mean there are local websites. I think the nearest thing – not local- but the nearest thing is down in Bristol. A thing called the Bristol Cable, which is mainly a website, but they do something in print. I think if you can imagine a digital version of Leeds Other Paper this would be the nearest equivalent in that they are doing local news from an alternative perspective in that city. They’ve been going quite a while now and I think that’s quite an interesting model. There’s nothing really going in the same way in Leeds. People often say to me why did it close. I think a better question is how did it keep going!” A wonderful 20-year legacy though.

Alice Nutter who got a job as features editor and was at one stage working 70 hours a week for £72 says she was in her element doing things like interviewing Gerry Adams and putting him on the cover when he was “Public Enemy Number One.” She also interviewed Bernard Manning for an article about racism in comedy.

For Alice “At the same time as dipping into popular culture the paper kept it’s overtly political edge. LOP reported on and identified local fascists etc. The fascists targeted the building as a result, and they beat up the photographer Digger Dee.” It was difficult to get insurance for the city centre building during this time.

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s: n o s a e s e h t f Changing o g n i w o r h t t a Pies & h Many places in the world have special things that mark the changing of the seasons. Japan has cherry blossom marking the beginning of Spring and England has shops starting to sell Christmas stuff marking the ending of Summer.

Bradford seems to have developed it’s own peculiar signs of early spring and passing summer in the shape of a oddly dressed bloke who appears on the streets as a fluorescent bishop in January, and carrying a foot wide pie any time from June.

He also appears dressed as a mad hatter to advertise ‘Hat Throwing’ competitions he has invented.

The man is Glyn Watkins, Bradford based, self proclaimed, ‘poet, writer and showman’.

This year Glyn was wearing his top hat to advertise the Yorkshire Hat Throwing Championship at Bowling Hall Museum, Bradford; part of a full day of events celebrating Yorkshire Day, Thursday 1st August, from 11.00.

The competition involve landing a hat on a target, so is a measure of skill and hand eye coordination, rather than strength, and is suitable for all ages. T.I.F.F.T.H.A rules (Transnational Institute of Formally Thrown Hat Associations) say that all hats must be safe to throw, that no metal is allowed, and that neither hat abuse or hat fighting will be tolerated.

The Museum is free to enter and the Hat Throwing entry is by donation.

The fluorescent Bishop is part of Glyn’s remarkably successful campaign to get Bradford celebrating Bishop Blaise, the Patron Saint of Woolcombers, after a near 200 year gap. The Saint’s Day is on the 3rd February, and this year saw the Bradford Industrial Museum having a 20

record February attendance figure for Bradford’s first wool festival; a festival both Glyn and the Museum have committed to repeat next year on the first Sunday in February.

The pie is baked by Glyn, has his website in the crust (making it his iPie) and is to draw attention to his celebration of J.B.Priestley’s birthday on the 13th September and: ‘a meat and potato pie that defied Hitler!’

That pie was made famous by a BBC Radio broadcast Bradford born Priestley made in September 1940, part of a series called ‘Postscripts’. Bradford had been bombed and while nobody was hurt, Priestley had been told that a pie shop that used to have a massive pie in the window with steam coming out of the top had been destroyed.

Priestley came home to see the damage, and perhaps stand in the ruins of the shop to “… catch perhaps a last faint lingering whiff of that steam…”. But to his joy the shop was damaged but the pie was still there steaming “Every puff and jet of that steam defied Hitler, Goering, and the whole gang of them. It was glorious.”

So for 20 odd years Glyn has been doing shows on 13th September where people listen to him reading Priestley, look at pictures projected on a screen, and eat meat and potato pie (or vegetarian alternative) and peas.

This year the celebration is at the Jacobs Well on Kent Street. He will be doing two shows. One at 4pm and another at 7pm. It is free entry, but pies will have to be paid for. There will be a choice of home made meat and potato or a vegetarian butter pie (potato and butter in a pie!).

Check Glyn’s show page at www.bradwan.com for details, or find @hatthrowing on instagram.

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Hello Universe!

This month marks the fiftieth anniversary of Neil Armstrong and the crew of the Apollo 11 mission broadcasting live from the moon.

The National Science and Media Museum’s summer family exhibition Hello Universe takes an interactive look at how information from the cosmos has been recorded over hundreds of years, and in particular the five decades of space exploration that followed Armstrong’s momentous ‘giant leap’ in 1969.

The exhibition’s journey starts with Galileo Galilei and his hand drawings of the moon from the 17th century. It takes in the significant role played by a Bradfordian in the 1969 moon landing story and looks at the image and sound technologies that allow the depths of the universe to be explored in greater detail than ever before.

Galileo was one of the first people to view the moon through a telescope, making highly detailed drawings of what he saw. These will be on display in an original copy of his 1610 book Starry Messenger. Visitors to the exhibition will be able to compare their own attempts with Galileo’s, as well as view one of the world’s earliest astronomical books.

The exhibition goes on to focus on arguably the highlight of human lunar activity, the 1969

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Apollo 11 flight and moon landing, and specifically how technology was developed to transmit live pictures a quarter-of-a-million miles back to earth. It includes the role of Mike Dinn, born and educated in Bradford, West Yorkshire, who emigrated to Australia and played a significant part in this event. In 1969 he was Deputy Director at the Honeysuckle Creek communications station in Canberra, the facility which received the images of Armstrong’s historic moment and made them available for broadcast across the earth’s TV networks.

Also featured are a range of objects related to space travel from the 1960s to the present day, from the personal collection of Mark Wrigley from Sheffield, a trustee of the Institute of Physics.

His interest in science and technology stemmed from watching the 1969 event live on television as a schoolboy. He filmed the screen with a Super 8 camera, in the days before domestic TV recording technology existed, and this footage will also be displayed alongside items of memorabilia.

Interactive elements include building LEGO spacecrafts, top stargazing tips from the West Yorkshire Astronomical Society, and a chance to create a bulletin in the style of the Arecibo interstellar radio message which was transmitted

from earth in 1974. Displays include a half-size scale model (2.3m x 1m) of Viking, NASA’s first Mars lander, and the latest, most detailed images of the cosmos projected onto a 5m x 3m screen, giving families the chance to journey through the solar system and beyond, looking at the ways stars and planets are viewed and understood.

Gaia by Luke Jerram

Data from NASA’s Pioneer, Voyager and Cassini missions demonstrate how much information we have received from space over the past 40 years, and photographs from NASA’s Voyager probes will be included in the exhibition, on loan from the National Space Centre.

Luke Jerram’s Gaia, created using detailed NASA imagery of the Earth’s surface, will be installed 3m above floor level in the museum’s eight-storey foyer, as an introduction to the interactive family exhibition Hello Universe which continues in galleries one and two.

Mike Dinn will be live via Skype for a screening of The Dish (2000), starring Sam Neill and telling the story of the images being received in Australia when NASA discovered the station in California could have problems with positioning (20 July, 5.30pm, National Science and Media Museum).

Gaia can be viewed from 16 July – 1 September. Hello Universe gallery exhibition runs from 19 July 2019 – 22 January 2020).

A three-dimensional illuminated artwork of the Earth, measuring seven metres in diameter, will be suspended in the entrance foyer of the National Science and Media Museum as part of the upcoming exhibition Hello Universe: An Interactive Journey Through the Sights and Sounds of Space.

The rotating artwork is 1.8 million times smaller than the real Earth, with each centimetre of the internally lit sculpture describing 18km of the Earth’s surface. In the 50th anniversary year of the first moon landing, it enables visitors to view the Earth as if they were in space.

The sculpture recalls the first time an image of the Earth, viewed in its entirety, was produced - a result of a photograph taken on NASA’s Apollo 17 mission in 1972. www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk

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By Mike Farren

Saltaire Festival’s flagship exhibition this year is an exciting blend of different arts and science, using the history of the textile industry to shed light on the future. I caught up with locallybased photographer Tim Smith, whose work and ideas are at the heart of the exhibition, to find out more.

Companies, both based in Bradford. They’re looking at film clips I’ve shot of textile workers and machinery and using them as inspiration for a performance piece that’s going to be filmed and layered with footage from the mills themselves and projected onto fabric, alongside the exhibition.”

A long-term Bradford resident, Tim tells me how he moved here in the 1980s to work for Bradford Museums taking lots of photograph of different communities in the area, including many of those that came to Bradford to work in the textile industry.

The still photographs in the exhibition will also be printed onto textiles by Extreme Display, a company based in a former mill building in Keighley. However, what really makes this exhibition different, Tim tells me, is that “It looks at what the textile industry has become in the 21st century and looks forward in terms of how traditional textile technologies are being used not just to create materials and fabrics one would expect, but are also being used to manufacture just about anything!”

That industry is clearly a source of great fascination to him, forming the basis of several previous photography-only exhibitions. He goes on to say, “When I’ve been to textile mills, I’ve often thought about the repetitive movements the workers make. If you stripped out the machinery, it would be almost like they were performing a dance with expressive, graphic physical movements.”

Thus, for the Festival show, “I’m working with Balbir Singh and with Gradient Dance 24

Image by Tim Smith

Weaving the future

This ‘anything’ covers applications from cartilage in artificial knees and heart valves made from silk to carbon for planes and space satellites – all being manufactured locally in miles such as Wyedean Weaving in Haworth. Tim points out, “Salts Mill was at the centre of the world’s first

As examples, Tim cites punch cards that were, in effect, the first binary programme system, to drive card looms and weave an infinite number of complex patterns, as well as the way the head of a digital printing machine moves, which is very reminiscent of the way a shuttle moves through a loom.

It’s clearly a highly relevant concept to Saltaire and Bradford, as Tim explains, “The thing about textiles is that virtually every family in Bradford has a connection. You’ve only got to go back a generation and mills like Salts or Listers or Drummonds are churning out miles and miles of fabric. Textiles does not employ the vast numbers of people in Yorkshire that it used to do but if you

scratch below the surface, there is this vibrant ecosystem of companies still beavering away.”

He adds, “It’s something that Salts Mill and Saltaire Festival are really keen on because Saltaire is a place that’s always re-inventing itself.”

It’s inspiring to be reminded that the textile industry is not just ‘history’ or ‘heritage’ but something that feeds into the present and the future of Saltaire and Bradford.

Factor in support from the Campaign for Wool organisation, who are working on sustainability and manufacturing industry’s impact on resources and waste, to add up to a deeply relevant piece.

With the innovative interpretation promised by Tim Smith and collaborators, this seems like an unmissable part of this year’s Festival Weaving the Future will be on display in the roof space at Salts Mill throughout the Saltaire Festival on weekends afterwards into October

Image by Tim Smith

industrial revolution, when the textile industry was taken from a village industry to a factory system. It’s also at the forefront of the ‘fourth industrial revolution’, coming together from digital technology, data and the hyper-joined-up world we live in. A lot of companies now based in Salts Mill are driving this digital revolution, which is an evolution from the early textile industry.”

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The Bradford Classic

The Bradford Classic 2019 looks set to be the biggest and best show yet. The popular classic car show, now in its 15th year has more cars and more opportunities to get involved.

For the opening night (Friday 16th August) The Light Cinema on Broadway are showing one of the greatest car films ever made, The Italian Job. A delightful British film about a gold heist in Italy and featuring the red white and blue mini’s that steal the gold and the show. 2019 is also the 50th anniversary of this classic film and part of our celebrations of the Mini’s diamond jubilee.

On Saturday 130 cars have booked in to the show and for the first time entries have had to close before the event takes place.

British cars range from the Bradford built Jowetts to the E-Type Jaguar, described by Enzo Ferrari as the most beautiful car ever built. There are huge American cars and sleek Japanese cars.

Not all are classics, some are custom builds or Kit cars.

Once again Made Bradford is bringing their Market to City park and visitors will be able to sample some culinary delights as well as toys, vintage and automobilia.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Mini there will be a screening of The Best of British on the big screen, telling story of the Mini from conception to the last production run. Also appearing on the Big Screen will be the Great Race from 1969 which tells a story about a race

from New York to Paris at the very dawn of the automotive era.

Throughout the weekend there will be classic music on Ivegate with a 1950s Rock and Roll night on Friday, Groovy sixties night on Saturday and Glam Rock on Sunday.

For the first time at The Classic, The Sporting Bears will be running passenger rides in a choice of 15 classic and exotic cars. Simply make a donation to enjoy a passenger ride in your dream car. All proceeds will go to the BRI neo natal unit.

Across town The Broadway Shopping Centre hosts Classics on the Broadway. A collection of modern and classic racing cars from a wide range of motorsport disciplines. Experts will be on hand to advise on how to get into motorsport as a driver or volunteer. There are plenty of opportunities to become a marshal and get close to the action.

The special guest for 2019 is Mike Wood, International rally co-driver 1955 – 1998. Mike has competed in over 100 international events taking 7 outright wins and many class wins.

During his career he has partnered with world class drivers including Timo Makinen, Rauno Aaltonen, Tony Fall, Hannu Mikola and Tony Pond to name but a few. Mike will be judging cars for the Best in Show as well as hosting a number of special events. www.bradfordclassic.com

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Get Smart Festival The Get Smart Film Festival is a brand new cinematic event in Bradford that champions short films made using smartphones and tablets from around the world. The festival is being organised by Reel Street Productions, a Bradford based video production company in partnership with Bradford UNESCO City of Film as part of their 10th anniversary. The festival aims to give a platform to independent filmmakers by enabling them to share their films. The smartphone film festival takes place from Thursday 19th September to Saturday 21st September 2019 and is the first event of its kind for the region.

As Bradford has become a popular location for UK and international film productions it’s only right that local filmmakers are encouraged to showcase their talents. Gone are the days when expensive cameras are needed to create broadcast quality films. Most people can probably name a few well known films they didn’t enjoy watching, despite the fact that those films may have been shot with 4K and high definition cameras. It simply proves the point that a great film does not solely depend on the type of camera that was used, it has more to do with other factors such as a fantastic script or an engaging narrative that entertains people.

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have entertained audiences across the world, even though most cinema goers would not have realised these films were shot on mobile phones.

The categories for the film festival entries are Best Fiction, Best Documentary, Best of Bradford, Best Youth Film (made by filmmakers under the age of 18) and On in 60 Seconds, for films lasting under a minute. There are so many fantastic entries to the festival that audiences are guaranteed to be entertained and there truly is something for everyone.

The festival will open at the Cubby Broccoli cinema in the National Science and Media Museum, and will also feature talks by media professionals. The University of Bradford will host screenings on Friday and Saturday night, and in true cinema fashion, ice cream and popcorn will be available to make the nights extra special!

Attendees will also have the opportunity to take part on social media to join a hashtag and vote on their favourite films watched over the festival.

A number of selected films will also play on the Big Screen in City Park, so if you are passing through, keep an eye out for some amazing short films, and remember they were made using a simple smartphone similar to the ones most of us walk around with in our pockets and bags.

For more information visit www.getsmartfilmfest.com

Bradford k n i r D & d o o F Festival 9th-11th August 2019, City Park, Bradford

New for 2019, Bradford BID will launch the first Bradford Food & Drink Festival in partnership with established festival experts, PJJ Events.

The festival will take place in the picturesque City Park and is expected to attract 1,000s of visitors over the weekend of 9-11 August.

A hot food court will offer up some of the best street food around with quirky vans and units supplying food inspired from all corners of the globe. An array of local producers will line the streets offering cheeses, chutneys, preserves, breads, olives, spirits, liqueurs and plenty more.

There will also be live music on stage throughout

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the day from local bands and artists with deckchairs on hand so you can sit back and relax and keep your toes tapping to the music all day long. A whole host of speciality bars will include a real ale bar, gin bar, cocktail bar and of course pimms & prosecco!

A programme of free children’s entertainment featuring circus skills workshops will run across the weekend. And for those who feel brave enough - or hungry enough - there is a daily Man v Food competition on the main stage. www.pjjevents.co.uk/bradford-food-drinkfestival

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Visitors to this year’s Keighley & District Agricultural Show are promised a varied and exciting day, with something for everyone.

The popular event takes place on Saturday 7 September at Marley Playing Fields, Keighley, BD21 4DB. This year’s Main Ring attraction is Tom Longton and his Working Sheepdogs. Other attractions include City of Bradford Pipe Band and the return of the popular terrier racing, ferret racing, fun dog show, show jumping, heavy horses and driving. Yorkshire stone masons Swales in the Dales will be demonstrating their skills along with West Riding Wood Turners. There will also be displays of vintage cars and tractors.

There will be children’s amusements, pony rides, trade stands, both outdoors and in the Craft & Local Food Marquee. Catering stands and a licensed bar will offer food and drink throughout the day.

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The Keighley Show

As well as traditional agricultural classes - cattle, sheep, pygmy goats, large fowl, bantams, waterfowl and eggs, equestrian - there are also 60 classes in the handicraft, flower arranging, art, photography and baking sections, including some for children, and over 100 classes in the Horticulture section for novices and experienced gardeners alike. And last but not least, classes for rabbits and guinea pigs.

There will be free parking or a free vintage bus service running regularly between Hanover Street and the showground, via the Railway Station.

For further details visit www.keighleyshow.co.uk

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Shuttle Shuffle Festival

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Tony Wright

Shuttle Shuffle 2019 is a festival that takes people on a trip through the various cultures that have flavoured Bradford, in an embracing journey that celebrates grassroots culture and the people who bring the city to life. And this year Bradford’s Urban Grassroots Music Festival in Little Germany is bigger than ever, and now includes three fabulous venues with six stages, music, comedy, spoken word, dance, workshops, outdoor market and stage and much more…

new laughs to kick the party off.”

Bradford Playhouse is the grassroots soul of Shuttle Shuffle, housing The Priestley Stage full of great bands, local and regional, from punk to metal, Indie to soul, including of course the Sorm Stars, Ec-tix and White Ribbons. Also this year, Poetic Justice, Temporal Storm, Peter Cat, The Brookes, Joe Solo, Velvela, Shane Pain, Aiden Hatfield, Dalmas, Abbey Falls, Braver Than Fiction, Purple Thread, and Sky Valley Mistress.

Bradford Cathedral, A beautiful venue with a very special set of concerts including Eduardo Niebla, flamenco and classical composer, The Churwell Community Choir, also Konrad Kinard’s music and spoken word performance, Imagined America. Also, performances by The Refugee Choir, poignant and beautiful, plus an array of Acoustic artists including Stranger Creatures with Tattie Lexi, and much more.

And this year on the Friday night includes the Shuttle Comedy Club, hosted by the lovely folk of Bradford Festival Fringe, who said “The night will be fully immersive and you will be invited to Pick a card… shuffling the comedy up, there’s no headliners in this game, when your card is drawn you’re up! Partnering with Shuttle Shuffle this year we’re opening the weekend with a night of

New to the festival this year, The Merchant Bar, with Hostess Dawn, this bar is at the heart of the Little Germany community throughout the year and welcomes Shuttle Shufflers with a variety of music performances throughout the weekend.

The Bradford Cathedral grounds also host a variety of outdoor performances with a mixture of music, salsa dance, children’s puppet theatre, The Refugee Choir and Yorkshire Gig Guide Open Mic, plus an array of festival artists throughout the weekend and includes on the Saturday at 7pm Celebrated DJ Rory Hoy, party time, dance music- not to be missed. The outside area also hosts the craft and food market.

Includes Bradford Blues Club Showcase, with Ben ‘Blue’ Waters, Chris ‘the man in a hat’ Martin, Diamond Dac Duo and Gerry Cooper.

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Festival music performers featured throughout the weekend include, Candy Mountain, Dr Crow and the Forbidden Zone, A Guy in a Band, and USA artist, Dan Sheehan.

On Saturday night, after all the other venues have closed, the Merchant Bar becomes the heart of the festival, hosting the Shuttle Late Night Hub featuring festival artists late into the night with Stranger Creatures and compere Tattie Lexi.

Bradford Playhouse, another exciting venue with three glorious stages; The Auditorium, with a selection of performances through the weekend, including; Nigel Clark from Dodgy, Tony Wright from Terrorvision, Eduardo Niebla, The Soap Girls, Verity White Band, Jess Gardham, Jesa an exciting band from Zimbabwe, Everyday People, and Broken Flowers.

Also on the Auditorium Stage, on the Sunday, will be a unique performance showcasing the music and culture of South East Asian Women, compered by Madiha Ansari.

The Studio, spoken word stage, compered by Miles Salter, York-based writer and musician will feature some fantastic spoken word talent from Yorkshire and beyond; poets, comedians and storytellers. Miles Salter has pulled together a team of talented performers to take part at the

event. Among those performing will be bestselling children’s writer Nick Toczek, renowned spoken word performer Joolz Denby, York poet Oz Hardwick, Hannah Stone, Luke Hogarth, punk poet from Leeds, Tom Priestley and many, many more.

The Acoustic Stage will be a fabulous musical feast featuring acoustic artists including Dave McKinley, One Sided Horse, The Lewis Burner Band, Cold Culprits, Rocksalt Acoustic, Ben Blue Waters and the All-Star Blues Band, as well as Silver Lode, and Stranger Creatures.

As well as Gallery Space with grassroots photographs by Martin Singleton, and other events too Tickets; ÂŁ20- get you in to all venues (available on line at www.yorkshireticketshop.co, also at the Merchant Bar, Sorm Studios, in selected shops, including; The Retro Republic in Shipley and Five Rise Records in Bingley) Shuttleshuffle.co.uk

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Bingley Weekender James, Doves and Ocean Colour Scene headline the first Bingley Weekender, a three day festival at Bradford & Bingley Rugby Club from 30 August- 1 September.

Friday’s headliners Ocean Colour Scene achieved both critical and public success in the 90s. The band released 5 top ten albums. One of which, Marchin’ Already reached number one in 1997. The band’s biggest hits include The Riverboat Song and The Day We Caught The Train.

Continuing with the theme of Brit Pop icons, James Walsh of Star Sailor Fame will be appearing to play some stunning cuts from his recent album ‘Tiger On The Bridge’ and more.

Giving some strong yorkshire representation on Friday are Fling, an up and coming Bradford band who specialise in creating self described ‘wonky pop’ tunes. Recently they signed to iconic Leeds label Dance To The Radio who are

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responsible for publishing work from bands including Forward Russia, Dead Naked Hippies and Grammatics.

Also performing on this day are Idles. Idles are at the epicentre of the punk revival that has taken the industry by storm recently and sold out an entire UK tour last autumn off the back of their album Joy as an Act of Resistance.

Saturday provides a compelling mix of established and emerging indie acts. After taking a long hiatus from 2010 till late 2018, Doves are well and truly back. The band are responsible for brilliant tracks including Black & White Town and There Goes The Fear Again.

The second day of the festival includes performances from Tom Grennan, Circa Waves, Anteros, The Blinders and more. Tom Grennan has managed to gain a legion of fans, release some fantastic tracks such as ‘Royal Highness’ and ‘Sober’ and even bag a world record for

Left: Doves Right: (clockwise from top right) James, Ocean Colour Scene, Fling, Idles

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Circa Waves, one of the newly announced acts are one of the UK’s best loved indie acts. Their sunny indie first caught people’s attention back in 2015 with their debut album Young Chasers.

In addition, Sunday includes performances from iconic British acts Miles Kane and Billy Bragg.

Bookings including The Night Cafe, The Snuts, Ten Tonnes and local lads The Indigo Project ensure that festival goers get to see some of the next generation of up-and-coming bands.

Doncaster band The Blinders have quickly risen to the top of the indie pile for their political lyrics and wild live shows. Their dystopian debut record ‘Columbia’ is a strong statement of intent.

Another Yorkshire band playing who will need little introduction are Leeds natives Marsicans who the national music press can’t get enough of.

Sunday 1st September at Bingley Weekender has a billing of epic proportions. Headliners James are regarded as one of the prolific bands that arose from the Madchester scene. Their discography includes tracks such as Sit Down

Although music is the primary focus of the fantastic new festival, there is so much more to Bingley Weekender. The boutique, family friendly festival will include street art, comedy, great food and opportunities to camp/ glamp depending on your preferences.

Although there are no more early bird tickets left, a limited number or tier one tickets are now on sale for adults and children.

For tickets and more information head to www.bingleyweekender.co.uk

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Theatre Highlights Fleabag 12 September, Picturehouse at Science and Media Museum See the award-winning one-woman show that inspired the BBC’s hit TV series Fleabag, broadcast live to cinemas from London’s West End. Written and performed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge (TV’s Fleabag, Killing Eve) and directed by Vicky Jones, Fleabag is a rip-roaring look at some sort of woman living her sort of life. Fleabag may seem oversexed, emotionally unfiltered and self-obsessed, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

The Girl on the Train 10-14 September, Alhambra Theatre The Girl On The Train adapted from Paula Hawkins’ novel – an international phenomenon selling over twenty million copies worldwide – this gripping new play starring Samantha Womack and Oliver Farnworth will keep you guessing until the final moment.

An Audience with Sir Ranulph Fiennes 27 September, Bingley Theatre Listening to Sir Ranulph Fiennes’ incredible stories leaves you dumbfounded and in a state of disbelief.From his self-deprecating tales of academic failure, through his time in the Forces, to discovering lost Middle Eastern cities and of course, his many and varied expeditions, it’s amazing how much one man has crammed into his life.

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Music Highlights

Ben Ottewell

Infest

8 August, Salt Beer factory

23-25 August, University of Bradford

With an avid following from the days in his former band Gomez. His latest album A Man Apart is the singer/songwriter’s third solo offering and a record that crosses musical genres such as Americana, blues and folk backed by Ben’s unmistakable gutsy and gravelly voice.

Started by a group of Student friends back in 1998 and now a well respected, internationally recognised specialist music festival, hosted at Bradford University Infest continues to showcase a host of Alternative electronic artists, each August bank holiday weekend.

Featuring genre-defining and well respected acts from the world of electroindustrial and dark electronic music, from the 1980s to the present day, festival goers are treated to artists from all over the globe. With acts from as far away as Canada, the USA, Venezuela and Australia, not to mention the UK, France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Iceland, Sweden and more.

The Guns n Roses Experience 7 September, Nightrain Since their very first gig the Guns n’ Roses Experience train has been rolling at an incredible pace, visiting various Middle Eastern countries, mainland Europe, Cyprus, Ireland and all of the major venues in the UK. With a spectacular sound and stage show, The Guns n’ Roses Experience meticulously recreates every visual detail and every musical note to capture that reckless spirit of the original Guns ‘n Roses.

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Fans come to the show for the chance to see some very significant acts, alongside new talent. Artists perform on an impeccably run stage in intimate surroundings, managed by a well respected production crew that rightly has a great reputation and a waiting list of bands wanting to perform, year on year.

As well as the live bands, Infest hosts DJs from across the globe, including local city music scene DJs and big club headline names, known across the world.

Lincoln Durham 6 September, Underground Bradford Lincoln’s true biography is in his live show. The passion in his sweat drenched, electrifyingly mesmerizing one-man-band show draws you in to feel every scar and drop of blood in his painfully intimate lyrics.

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Ranagri 12 September, Glyde House Ranagri are a contemporary folk and world music band featuring Dónal Rogers, Eliza Marshall, Ellie Turner and Joe Danks. Dónal Rogers’ vocals are forcible and fresh with influences from folk to world music and a powerful message to boot. A band who exude good times and happiness but are not afraid to tackle serious issues like homelessness and the current trend for fake news which surrounds us.

Simon Scott, Marcus Fischer, and Hotel Neon 17 September, FUSE Art Space Simon Scott is a sound ecologist and composer from England. His albums Soundings, Insomni and Below Sea Level explore the creative process of actively listening, the implications of recording the natural world using technology and the manipulation of natural sounds used for musical composition (Field Recording). He plays the drums in UK band Slowdive, runs his SPS mastering studio from his Cambridge home and has also collaborated with artists Fennesz, Philip Jeck and Clair M Singer, Taylor Deupree and Marcus Fischer, The Sight Below, Mike Weis, Nils Frahm and James Blackshaw.

Marcus Fischer is a first generation American musician and interdisciplinary artist based in Portland, Oregon. His work typically centers around memory, geography and the manipulation of physical audio recording mediums.

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