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discover science A spectacle of science is coming to Bradford this month as the British Science Festival presents a packed programme of free events, talks and presentations. BY haigh simpson
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his month Bradford will host the British Science Festival for the fourth time in its 184 year history, giving residents and visitors access to some of the brightest minds in modern science through a series of workshops, exhibitions, talks and lectures. The festival programme covers everything from artificial inteligence to Indian fashion via methane leaks and stinky bottoms! And best of all it’s all free. We caught up with two of the key figures behind this year’s event to find out a bit more about the festival and what it means to Bradford. Ivvet Modinou (IM) is Head of Engagement at the British Science Association, and her team is responsible for managing all the BSA’s activities and events for public audiences, including the annual British Science Festival. Emma Bridge (EB) is Head of Communications at the University of Bradford - she was involved in managing the successful 2011 Festival and is a key player in the delivery and promotion of this year’s event. First of all can you tell us a bit about the British Science Festival...
places in bars, shops, theatres and museums in the city centre. Immediately afterwards, the Festival Fringe will run from 11 - 18 September featuring family fun activities and a schools programme.” Why have you chosen to hold the event in Bradford this year and what are you hoping the city will bring to the event?
IM: “The city has a rich scientific, industrial and cultural heritage, and the University of Bradford is a leading science and technology university so it’s the perfect place to host us. This year, we’ve been particularly excited to work with local “The city businesses in the Independent has a rich Quarter and the West End, to bring out some of the hidden scientific, science within our hobbies and industrial interests – like music, fashion, tech etc. Look out for events and cultural every night in everywhere from heritage, and Bombay Stores and the newly opened Bier Keller to the National the University Media Museum and Waterstones.”
of Bradford is a leading science and technology university so it’s the perfect place to host us.”
IM: “The British Science Festival has been running since 1831 and travels to a different city each year. We aim to shine a spotlight on that city and the local region, especially its heritage and the cutting edge research and innovation going on there. This year, we’re in Bradford from 7 – 10 September. Across the four days of the British Science Festival there are more than 100 events covering many different aspects of science. We have events throughout the day on topics as diverse as health, technology and sport to dinosaurs, space and the arts. After dark we have an exciting series of events taking
The festival has been around for over 150 years, can you tell us a little bit about its history and in particular its connections to Bradford...
IM: “This is our 184th year. We came to Bradford in 1873 (the 43rd festival), 1900 (our 70th meeting), and, most recently, were hosted by the University in 2011. Some of the topics we discussed at those early Festivals – such as space science, the history of our own planet, the teaching of science in schools and the impact of alcohol – would be just as relevant today. Meanwhile, this year there are lots of great events that shine a light on the research being done at the University and also celebrate Bradford and the local area. Visit www.britishsciencefestival.org for full details and booking.”
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The festival has managed to have a huge impact on popular science over the years, what would you say is its greatest achievement and what is the best invention or theory to have made its first public appearance at the event?
“The Festival has been host to the announcement of many major scientific advances over its long history.”
IM: “The Festival has been host to the announcement of many major scientific advances over its long history. Examples include Joule’s experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat in the 1840s, the discovery of the first of the inert gases, argon, by Rayleigh and Ramsay (1894), and J.J. Thomson’s discovery of the electron (1899). My favourite fact is that the dinosaur officially got its name at one of our Festival meetings!”
EB: “More recently, at the British Science Festival in 2011 the University unveiled its ‘smart bomb’, a new cancer treatment derived from colchicine, a natural compound occurring in the autumn crocus plant, indigenous in the UK. This was a really big story and received a lot of attention from the media. After this
the Bradford Crocus Cancer Appeal was launched which underpinned the University’s on-going commitment to take these types of cancer drug discoveries from the lab to the clinic. The appeal recently hit its target, enabling new cancer drug discovery work to take place in the city, following the purchase of a new cutting-edge proteomics mass spectrometer, now installed at the University’s Institute of Cancer Therapeutics. The equipment will allow researchers to analyse proteins in cancer cells at a much quicker rate, improving the number of opportunities for the development of new cancer medicines.” Who is the festival aimed at and how can people get involved? IM “The Festival is aimed at anyone over 16 who is curious about finding out more about science, technology, health, medicine, engineering, manufacturing, the environment
Left: Ivvett Modinou introduces an event at British Science week Right: A gruesome performance from the 2011 festival What is the most impressive thing you have ever seen at the British Science Festival? EB: “I saw Dame Ellen MacArthur present her vision on Science of a Circular Economy at Bradford in 2011. I remember being really amazed by the event and her vision really impressed me. It helped me to understand how businesses should look at how their products are made, sold and then discarded, each time using finite resources. The Re:Centre at the University of Bradford is home to the Northern Office of The Ellen MacArthur Foundation and, in partnership with the foundation, our Faculty of Management and Law developed the world’s first MBA in Innovation, Enterprises and Circular Economy.” Finally, who is your favourite scientist past or present and why? and the natural world. If you’re a fan of science or nature books, TV or documentaries, there will be something for you. Perhaps you’re more interested in exploring another side of art, fashion, music, and the city itself... well there are plenty of events for you too! The Festival Fringe is aimed at schools and family audiences. All tickets are free, and people can book online at www.britishsciencefestival.org” How do you decide on the content for Festival and is there anything in particular you are looking forward to this year? IM “We put the programme together with the University of Bradford, our 16 Scientific Sections and other national partners. This year, we have curated more than 100 events from across the scientific spectrum, taking place over four days on the University campus and throughout the city. It’s a really rich and varied programme that will stimulate, inspire and provoke – we think there is something for everyone and hope to see you there!”
IM: “Someone I really admire at the moment is neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon. She debunks myths about the differences between the male and female brain. We’ve got a great event called ‘Women and the trouble with science’, which Gina will be speaking at on the evening of 8 September.” EB: “I work with loads of amazing scientists at the University of Bradford every day. Through my work I like to look at the way people communicate science and bring it to life, and I don’t think anyone has done that better than the incredible Sir David Attenborough. In 1998 the University gave him an Honorary Degree for his contribution as a broadcaster and a writer.” The British Science Festival will take place from 7-10 September. To find out more and book tickets visit: www.britishsciencefestival.org. The British Science Festival is supported by Siemens and hosted by the University of Bradford.
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“It’s all about awareness, for people to get involved and have fun as well. It’s all about getting adults back on their bikes!”
get on yer bike City Park hosts a celebration of cycling with stunt performers, spectacular displays and educational workshops keeping the youthful crowds entertained. BY philip lickley One sunny day - a dream for cyclists and Bradfordians who descended on City Park’s mirror pool to make the most of it - we got an exciting Cyclefest run by Go:Cycling in the shadow of City Hall, following on from recent huge events like the Tour De France and Tour De Yorkshire. Cyclefest was a collaboration between the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and Pennine Events. I spoke to Jemma Crossen from Pennine Events who gave me a flavour of the event. “It’s all about awareness, for people to get involved and have fun as well. It’s all about getting adults back on their bikes!”
Andrew after they went head-to-head in a highjump challenge, clearing over four feet on their bikes from a standing start, an impressive feat to watch. They remarked on Bradford’s terrain being suitable for such practice. “Everyone seems happy and enjoying themselves and it’s a lot busier than I was expecting, especially for a weekday.”
Cyclefest was a great chance for people of the city to rediscover their bikes and the younger residents to be able to jump on a bike for the first time, whether to ride or to power a smoothie whilst enjoying the mirror pool. Local resident Philip had come down with friends to see the family film on the City Park big screen and enjoy the mirror Features of Cyclefest included free cycle pool, and visited the displays as well. “We’ve training and maintenance, information stands, just come out for the day and we’ve loved it. We maintenance sessions including a stripped down loved the water feature and the smoothie bike.” bike to re-build, a pedal-powered smoothie maker and craft activities for the young visitors, Concluding our trip round the buzzing event Jemma all alongside live music from a DJ. There were summed up the benefits. “Cycling is important also adapted bikes being used in a special generally for health but I think particularly area, allowing people of all abilities to be able in the West Yorkshire districts we’ve found to cycle, including some for disabled riders. people really have a thirst for it at the moment!” David Roberts of Pennine Events, there to help service bikes as part of Dr. Bike, summed up the ethos behind the event. “We’ve been asked by local authorities with money from the Department of Transport, to get everyone on their bikes, from children to adults.”
Jemma was also keen to reach out to people who may not have cycled before. “Do it, get a bike! It doesn’t have to be the best bike ever. Think about where you want to cycle, and speak to somebody. There’s lots of projects that can hire bikes out. I think it’s really just about biting the bullet. Go and get one and see where you end up!”
There were also street theatre acts, including wacky bikes, a stiltwalker and some excellent stunt You can find out more about Go:Cycling at wygocycling. displays during the afternoon. Ben Slinger of com and there are plenty of other opportunities in Bradford Trials Display has spent almost fifteen years doing including the great Cycling4All team at cycling4all.org.uk cycle tricks. I spoke to him and cycle partner
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mind the gap One of Bradford’s best kept secrets, Mind the Gap are a nationally-recognised theatre group showcasing the talents of learning-disabled artists through cutting-edge performance, film and workshops. BY Lisa Mallaghan
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ind the Gap is England’s largest learning disability theatre company, internationally renowned, and one of Bradford’s many hidden gems. Born and bred in Bradford, the company is 28 years old and has almost always been in Manningham, where it now has its permanent home - Mind the Gap Studios - in the beautiful Lister Mills development. We work in partnership with learning-disabled artists to deliver a bold, cutting-edge and worldclass artistic programme that impacts locally, nationally and internationally. Making work that excites, surprises and challenges audiences. Our aim is to produce great theatre to make audiences think differently. By ‘theatre’ we don’t just mean shows you can see in arts and theatre venues, but also performances and events in different spaces and places.
of us! Or many say ‘Mmm, Mind the Gap… I’ve heard of them but I’m not sure why?’ It’s that old problem of Bradford not being great at bigging-up what it has, and people from Bradford (including ourselves!) not being great at boasting!
We’re really proud to be in Bradford, and we perform here all the time - you may have seen the bright yellow chickens at Bradford’s festivals, “Mind the or Irresistible at the Cow and Gap’s work Calf rocks and in City Park, is prolific, featuring a massive crane and a burning car, or Immovable – the it’s exciting six foot block of York stone that and it never appeared in City Park for four days. Maybe you’ve even been stops. At to Mind the Gap Studios to see the moment one of our theatre productions – Stig of the Dump or Treasure we’re working Island - in recent years. Any of on a project this ringing bells? We hope so.
about the Magna Carta with young disabled and non-disabled people from across Bradford.”
Mind the Gap’s work is prolific, it’s exciting and it never stops. At the moment we’re working We make professional theatre on a project about the Magna productions that tour to venues Carta with young disabled and across the UK, and outdoor non-disabled people from across ‘festival’ works that tour nationally Bradford, making a film and and internationally. In July this touring a workshop to local year alone we took performances schools. We have an Academy, to Ireland, France, Germany and which delivers five regular Singapore. Other disability (and courses for aspiring performers non-disability) arts companies with learning disabilities. Our visit Mind the Gap from around resident artists are creating the world to learn from what we do and how we do it, there are books written their own productions as well as touring with about our work, and one of our actors - Liam Mind the Gap’s professional work. And on top Bairstow - is about to appear on Coronation Street. of all of this the whole company is working towards our current major project - Contained. Yet many people in Bradford have never heard
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Mind the Gap’s Chicken Coup! at Lister Park in 2011 Contained is a really exciting new project, a interwoven true stories about family and collaboration between Mind the Gap, Alan friendships, love and loss, the everyday and the extraordinary. Combining Lyddiard - artistic director of live performance, film, the Performance Ensemble photography, music and dance, and former artistic director of “Contained Contained explores those small Northern Stage - and Denis is about moments in life that suddenly Darzacq, the award-winning become meaningful, moments French photographer and one thing that teach us about ourselves filmmaker. It’s a multi-artform - capturing and the world we live in. project that includes performance, short films, music, documentary, and sharing Contained premieres at Mind film residencies, an exhibition, and the stories the Gap Studios on 16 and maybe even a book. No matter 17 October 2015 at 7.30pm, what art form, Contained is about of people before going on to tour the UK one thing - capturing and sharing with learning and beyond. To book tickets the stories of people with learning go to www.mind-the-gap. disabilities in a true way, a growndisabilities in org.uk or call 01274 487390. up way, in a way that doesn’t say a true way.” ‘aw bless’, but that says ‘this is So come and see us, meet us, me, I am here, and I am fine’. use our beautiful studios, we Contained (the performance) is a vibrant, always welcome volunteers and placements, get compelling and personal new show - nine involved, spread the word - Mind the Gap is in Bradford, and it’s truly brilliant.
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it’s a classic Dozens of classic vehicles of all vintages pull in the City Park crowds for the tenth annual Bradford Classic BY philip lickley Sixty classic cars parked up in City Park on 15 August for the tenth annual Bradford Classic, with the summer weather coming out in celebration. The day included vehicles from the birth of automobile history through to modern soupedup cars courtesy of a local Bradford business.
many in the crowd ahead of the first game of the season. They delivered a range of great uptempo songs on guitar and cajon drum, with hits from Simon and Garfunkel, Bob Marley and Kings of Leon alongside a spirited mash-up of No Diggity and Thrift Shop and a Bradfordthemed take on the classic Country Roads.
Other attractions included live music, a climbing wall, table tennis and free face painting, but the stars of the “The event show had to be recreations of the famous KITT car from TV pulled in a series Knight Rider and the timecrowd who travelling DeLorean complete with its gullwing doors, Mattel spent the hover-board, flux capacitor and day looking OUTATIME number plate. Though these two cars got a lot around of the attention there were plenty the classic more to see - rally cars, American vehicles, highway patrol cars, classic vans, a Royal Air Force racing mini, an taking photos Austin Rover and a double decker in them and London bus for those interested in something a bit bigger, with inspecting new exhibits arriving all the time.
Before leaving I had to find out more about the star car on site and spoke to Mike Hutchinson from DeLorean Yorkshire, owner of the travelling time machine and fan of the movies, who has been working on the car since meeting a DeLorean historian at the Birmingham NEC over two years ago. The car is fully driveable and part of a cottage industry of DeLorean enthusiasts who keep the cars up and running, reaching a peak in this thirtieth anniversary year.
“The DeLorean community is one of the nicest and friendliest engines.” you’ll ever come across. Any The event pulled in a crowd issues with the car, you put the who spent the day looking problem on the forum, and around the classic vehicles, taking photos people will tell you an answer straight away!” in them and inspecting engines - a buzzing atmosphere. The Police Museum also opened its And finally, has Mike ever got the car up to the doors and there was a vintage fair in City Hall. famous 88 miles per hour? “Yes I have. Legally of course on a race track - unfortunately it doesn’t go The crowd were entertained by two sets from back in time but I’d like to think that’s just a wire local acoustic band The Good Citizens, the out of place!” guitarist modelling a Bradford City shirt like
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out of the ordinary Meet the man linking Bradford locations with writers and artists through an interesting and accessible course, Good Companions. BY john bromley
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he Bradford area has been a source of outstanding literature for at least two centuries. This creativity has often been profoundly influenced by the environment out of which it evolved, a significant example being Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte. Bob Butroyd has made the links between literature, art and places meaningful in his own life, including Rotherham, Sheffield and Scunthorpe and, more recently, Bradford. I met Bob to find out how his Good Companions Around project came about.
School. That’s what got me really fascinated by so-called ordinary lives and what so-called ordinary people can achieve in so-called ordinary places. You’re teaching a new WEA adult learning course, Good Companions: Sharing your passion for inspirational people from Bradford. What’s the basic outline and approach of the course? It’s an interactive course. People will share and develop their own interest in Bradford writers and artists, linking them to related locations and sharing these passions through methods they choose - oral, written, photographic or audiovisual media. Or from other locations if they wish. There’s already a maverick interested in the course who wants to explore the inspirational writers small and artists from Shropshire!
John: Bob, you’re an economist who has strayed into what we might call culture - or popular culture. What’s your particular view of culture? “In a Bob: I have a background in economic history, education and way I want action research. They have one thing in common, the search for it to fight and development of what people against the find important in life. What they value, and why. Economics is all idea that about what people value. Culture the North is is a huge subject. There’s plenty of it about! My approach to full of crap culture is through beliefs, values towns.” and behaviour. What first drew you to work with culture? Get Carter, by Ted Lewis. I was a bored youth living in what I was told were boring places, namely Scunthorpe and Rotherham. And I believed what I was told when I was young. I couldn’t wait to get away. Then I found out that Get Carter, filmed in Newcastle, was actually all about and set in Scunthorpe. I couldn’t believe it. Rotherham was a mining area, and I found all these fantastic novels had been written about the pit villages I went to school in, drank in, courted in, that were on my doorstep. But the final thing that got me interested was the work of Tariq Mehmood. He had been a pupil at Tong School. I had worked there in the mid 80s and early 90s, after he’d left, and I found he had written Hand on the Sun, and a large part of it is about Tong
Who is the course for? Anyone with a passion for some aspect of art, or literature, or music, or architecture, or history, or people, and who wants to share that passion. You don’t have to be an expert. We want people to share how they see things, not how a professional might see them. To get more idea of what it’s about have a look at my website, www. goodcompanionsaround.com where there’s also a WEA course page. What do you think your course can add to the Pride Of Place initiative that’s taking root in Bradford? There’s a series of books called Crap Towns, and they can be funny in a way but it all adds to the idea that some people are living lives that are worth less than others. In a small way I hope this course promotes what people in Bradford are good at. In a small way I want it to fight against the idea that the North is full of crap towns. If you’re interested in the WEA Good Companions course led by Bob, enrolment can be made at www.wea. org.uk/courses or by telephoning WEA on 0113 245 3304.
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the last match A new play by Bradford-based writer Colin Philpott tells the story of the last match, a game of cricked played out while the world prepared to change forever. by sue denim
Sport and art seem to inhabit different worlds but Bradford audiences will get the chance to see them collide when a new, innovative short drama about the very last day of cricket before the Second World War is staged in September The Last Match is based on the events of Friday 1 September 1939 – the day Germany invaded Poland, children were evacuated from cities across Britain and troops mobilised before Britain declared war two days later. Despite these momentous events the cricketers of Yorkshire and Sussex decided to finish their three-day county championship cricket match at Hove even though other games elsewhere were called off as news came through of the German invasion. The new drama captures the surreal atmosphere of that day at Hove as a game of cricket continued amidst a collapsing world. It explores how people react in times of crisis, differing responses to duty and sacrifice at such times and it also recalls the astonishing performance on the field in what proved to be the final match ever played by one of Yorkshire’s greatest players, Hedley Verity.
Monkman, whose first feature film The Knife That Killed Me was released this year, was attracted to the project because he believes it transcends cricket. “When we piloted a trial version of it in Scarborough last summer, it seemed to get a good reaction both from cricket fans and non-cricket fans alike.” The production contains film and poetry, runs for about forty minutes and will be performed twelve times in late August and September at venues in Sussex and Yorkshire including Bradford. Philpott is producing and Monkman is directing.
“The new drama captures the surreal atmosphere of that day at Hove as a game of cricket continued amidst a collapsing world.”
The drama is the brainchild of Bradford-based Colin Philpott, former director of the National Media Museum and previously head of BBC Yorkshire, who now runs the lobbying group Bradford Breakthrough as well as his own creative consultancy.
“I’ve always been fascinated by what it must have been like that day at Hove with people clinging on to the last vestiges of peace by enjoying a day of cricket at the seaside. It feels a bit like Drake playing bowls on Plymouth Hoe as the Armada advanced up the Channel” says Philpott, who wrote the drama with friend and film director Kit Monkman.
The Bradford performances will take place in the David Hockney Theatre at Bradford Grammar School at 4.15pm and 6.30pm on Wednesday 23 September. They’re open to anyone and tickets are available from the school but can be accessed via the project website at www. thelastmatch.com The evening performance in Bradford will be followed by a short discussion with Philpott and Monkman about the story behind the play. Performances have already taken place at cricket grounds including Hove, the ground where the original match took place, as well as at Yorkshire’s home ground of Headingley on 1 September (the anniversary of the game).
“Many people think that Hedley Verity is simply a pub in Leeds. We think he’s something of an unsung hero and we hope that the story of his last match can be more widely known through this play. It’s a story which speaks to a cricketing audience but also, we believe, to wider audiences interested in history and in how people deal with moments of crisis.”
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The British Science Association’s prestigious Award Lectures have been presented at the British Science Festival since 1990. They aim to promote open and informed discussion on issues involving science and actively encourage scientists to explore the social aspects of their research. They are awarded to active, early career researchers who are skilled in communicating their research. Notable Award Lecture winners who are now well known science communicators include, Professor Brian Cox (winner in 2006) Maggie Aderin-Pocock (2008) and Richard Wiseman (2002).
Monday 7 September, 11.00-12.00
Tuesday 8 September, 11.00-12.00
Live coding: creating languages for making music
How do you solve a problem like nuclear power?
Algorithms are changing the way we experience the world, and have huge potential for new collaborative ways to make music. Uncover a completely different side to programming as Alex McLean demonstrates how you can use live coding to create music and visuals, with live demos and videos of ‘algoraves’.
Fusion energy has the potential to be one of the most important scientific breakthroughs. Physicist, Ian Chapman explores the challenges in nuclear fusion and explains how the international ITER project is combatting them. Take control as Ian allows you, the audience, to choose the path of his talk.
The Daphne Oram Award Lecture for Digital Innovation was awarded to Alex McLean by the British Science Association.
The Rosalind Franklin Award Lecture for physical sciences and mathematics, supported by Siemens, was awarded to Ian Chapman by the British Science Association
Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford
Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford
Free: Booking required
Free: Booking required
In partnership with: Victoria & Albert Museum
Supported by: Siemens
Monday 7 September, 14.00-15.00
The secret chemistry of art: unravelling an age-old textile mystery In the 18th and 19th centuries, the distinctive red hue of Turkey red dye drove a huge industry on a global scale. However, the secret to making the dye has never been uncovered. Discover how Julie Wertz is using historical texts and cutting edge chemistry to unravel this age-old mystery. The Jacob Bronowski Award Lecture for science and the arts was awarded to Julie Wertz by the British Science Association Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford Free: Booking required In partnership with:
Jacob Bronowski Award Lecture for science and the arts winner Julie Wertz
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British Science Festival Bradford 7-10 September
Wednesday 9 September, 14.00-15.00
Tuesday 8 September, 14.00-15.00
Who owns outer space? As governments and corporations continue to venture beyond our own planet, how do we decide who owns space? Jill Stuart draws on her extensive research into outer space politics, explaining our existing laws, where they’ve come from and how politics on Earth affects what happens in the cosmos. The Margaret Mead Award Lecture for social sciences was awarded to Jill Stuart by the British Science Association Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford Free: Booking required
The coming of age of plastic electronics Electronics have transformed our lives beyond recognition but there could be radical change around the corner with plastic electronics. Engineer, Radu Sporea explains how these new materials and unconventional devices could be more efficient, cheaper and easier to manufacture than existing technologies. The Isambard Kingdom Brunel Award Lecture for engineering, technology and industry, supported by Siemens, was awarded to Radu Sporea by the British Science Association Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford Free: Booking required Supported by: Siemens
Wednesday 9 September, Time: 11.00-12.00
The invisible world below your feet: fracking, geology and you Talking about our rocky underworld can invoke strong reactions - especially where fracking is concerned. Join geologist Hazel Gibson to explore how we think about the ‘land beneath our feet’ and discover how what happens down there in the subsurface affects our lives up here on top. The Charles Lyell Award Lecture for environmental sciences was awarded to Hazel Gibson by the British Science Association Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford Free: Booking required
Game of clones: why should we care if our friends are similar to us?
Thursday 10 September, 11.00-12.00
Game of clones: why should we care if our friends are similar to us? Do you find yourself making friends with people like you? Katherine Woolf draws on her often controversial research to explore why this happens, and its impact on success and injustice. Discover how you can challenge the status quo to create a fairer, more integrated, more successful society. The Charles Darwin Award Lecture for agricultural, biological and medical sciences was awarded to Katherine Woolf by the British Science Association Venue: Norcroft Auditorium, University of Bradford Free: Booking required
British Science Festival Bradford 7-10 September
A selection of British Science Festival highlights... Discover incredible things about the human mind, the human body and our everyday lives. Events are free, though booking is required: britishsciencefestival.org
Events Tuesday 8 September 10.00-11.00 University of Bradford
Born in Bradford: parks, pollution and play Hear the latest findings from a study following over 13,000 children born in Bradford. Find out what this ground-breaking project can teach us about the influence of exercise and the environment on our children’s health and put your questions to the experts involved.
Tuesday 8 September 16.30-17.30 University of Bradford
The air in Saltaire Ever wondered what’s in the air you breathe? This summer, residents of Saltaire, Bradford, took to the streets to measure the air quality in their town.
Wednesday 9 September 10.30-11.30 University of Bradford
The future of fertility treatments Join Channa Jayasena to find out about the future of fertility treatments such as IVF – and Kisspeptin, the hormone that could be a game changer.
Wednesday 9 September 13.00-14.00 University of Bradford
Methane leaks and Stinky Bottoms Sulphur-rich groundwater in the Craven Basin occurs naturally. Studies on this allows us to use stable isotopes of sulphur, oxygen and carbon to determine if the methane comes from fossil fuels or is biogenic, and hence decide if water has been polluted by fracking.
Wednesday 9 September 17.00-18.00 University of Bradford
Plumbing in the deep sea The biggest flows of matter on earth are not driven by the wind, nor carried by rivers, but occur in the deep ocean. These flows can travel for thousands of kilometres and build sediment deposits as deep as Everest is high. Join Dan Parsons to explore how these flows move and discover the challenges of studying sediment flows in the deep sea.
Thursday 10 September 10.00-11.00 University of Bradford
The secret to sporting success: talent, training or technology Bryce Dyer will explain some of the controversies surrounding high tech sporting equipment and ask whether an athlete’s training is still enough to be the difference between success and failure.
Thursday 10 September 12.00-13.00 University of Bradford
Submerged servers: harvesting digital heat Join Jon Summers to discover how a revolutionary liquid-cooling technology could cut the carbon footprint of the internet.
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the British Science Festival? 143 windows in Television is still 01274 one of 723 the main which we can all explore the world. I was hugely influenced by science television growing up. It’s a powerful way of getting people engaged with a wide range of ideas, places and people. What’s the scariest thing you’ve done for a TV programme? Sitting on a twitchy horse as the world’s largest Brazilian cattle herd decide to break rank and stampede past was pretty terrifying!
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Futuro de Hierro
26th July @Brunel Rooms, New Bradford playhouse By steve walsh Since being appointed Fellow in Music at Bradford University in 2012, Bradford-based musician and artist Andy Abbott has played a key role in helping to focus the city’s music culture into what now constitutes a formidable presence in the cultural life of the region. Abbott has utilised his cachet in the DIY music culture of West Yorkshire to bring prominent musicians and bands from the national and international community to the city via specific events, principally Threadfest and Recon, the latter in conjunction with another regional DIY arts facilitator, Lumen Arts. He has also used venues that have a specific resonance with the history and culture of Bradford. This gig neatly covered all these aspects by being the second in a new series under the M@BU (Music @ Bradford University) banner at new venue the Brunel Rooms, and by providing an opportunity for local musicians to rub shoulders with more internationally renowned musicians in their particular field. It featured three solo artists known principally for their associations with other bands, here given a platform to exhibit alternative aspects of their musical art. Game_Program is Jon Nash playing a bank of analogue synthesizers to create beatdriven loops of varying intensity and complexity. Nash is a key figure in the Leeds DIY music scene, being the guitarist in Cowtown, longstanding stalwarts of that scene. He plays drums for Hookworms, a band associated with the
recent Psyche Rock upsurge and gaining national recognition, and Nope, a Krautrock-style trio/ quartet that includes Abbott as its guitarist. This kind of involvement in multiple projects across a range of musical genres is typical of the activities of musicians involved in the DIY music scene. While Game_Program delivers some eminently listenable music, there’s a sense in which this particular Jon Nash enterprise remains a work in progress. By contrast Melting produces a series of linked, song-length pieces from a single laptop that sound like compositions from a fully developed musical mind. Melting is in fact Esme Newman, a guitarist and singer with a small but significant presence in Leeds, principally as a member of the now defunct Etai Keshiki and now in noise punk trio Commiserations. Newman usually brings a powerful energy and strong sense of performance to her music, so it’s unusual to see her calmly contemplating a laptop screen. Each piece is formed around a simple, core idea which is then subtly developed to maintain interest but without swamping that original idea. If anything unites the pieces it’s the presence of deep, pulsing bass frequencies but aside from that there’s much variety and invention - from doom metal-like drones, to crisp and lively beats - and a welcome strain of sonic playfulness and fun. Barcelona’s Víctor Hurtado has a significant but relatively low-key presence in European avant garde music circles by dint of his collaborations
MIke Wilson & Damien Barber 3rd september @glyde house, bradford By joe grint After our usual break from guest artist nights in August we’re starting our autumn season off in fine style. On later Thursdays in September we’ll be welcoming local legend Roger Davies (10 September), the hugely talented Becky Mills (17 September) and national treasure Jez Lowe (24 September) to entertain our audiences. We start our superb line up on 3 September with two of the finest exponents of traditional song in the United Kingdom. Mike Wilson and Damien Barber have a rich shared repertoire of traditional material plus the work of modern folk writers such as Peter Bellamy, Ewan MacColl and Mike Waterson. Raised in Norfolk and heavily influenced and associations with UK experimental band Nurse With Wound and German art-noise legends Einstürzende Neubauten. So, while Hurtado seems to be a natural collaborator, Futuro de Hierro is his solo project. His basic tools are the distorted noise and effects drawn from his collection of electronic devices both old and new. While many practitioners in the harsh noise field value endurance and discomfort as part of the listening experience, Hurtado has a natural exuberance and elan that invests a kind of liberating joy in his take on what is undoubtedly extreme music. Although spoken in Spanish his slogan-like vocals sound like a rallying cry for a
by such earlier Norfolk singers as Walter Pardon and Bellamy, Damien is a stylish and distinctive singer, either unaccompanied or using guitar or concertina. He is also leader of the hugely successful Demon Barbers collective. Mike Wilson is the youngest member of the Wilson Family, Teesside’s powerful singing siblings who have raised the rafters at many a festival or folk club event and have recently worked with Sting and appeared at the BBC Proms at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets for all the nights are available on the door and we would recommend people get down to Glyde House early to secure a good seat. We look forward to seeing you there! noble cause, and the thundering beats give the roil of noise a structure that pulls it back to more recognisable forms. The end of the set is greeted with a genuine burst of cheering and applause from a clearly delighted, if small, audience which makes a change from the kind of chin stroking, ear poking and desultory clapping that is a feature of the end of too many harsh noise gigs. The M@BU residency at Brunel Rooms continues throughout the rest of the summer with a similarly eclectic mix of the great and the good from the DIY music scene around this country and from overseas.
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The 24 Hour Show @the bradford Playhouse, October 9
By Megan Murray What’s the most fun you can have in 24 hours? The Bradford Playhouse presents The 24 Hour Show! The 24 Hour Show begins on Friday 9 October at 7pm with the reveal. The title is announced to the cast and crew and the fun begins. Auditions take place, the cast is decided, rehearsals begin and then it’s the hard part - learning songs and lines, perfecting blocking and giving our all for the performance of a lifetime. Whilst the cast start rehearsals the crew go to work. Set plans are finalised and the build begins, lighting is rigged and focused, sound effects recorded, costumes fitted and props manufactured, but will the paint dry in time? We get to Saturday - at 7pm the house opens, the audience start to arrive and quiet descends, the calm before the storm. The question on the audience’s lips – what is the show?
The 24 Hour Show continues to be one of the highlights of the Bradford Playhouse’s year and we would love you to come and join us. To get involved either come to the Bradford Playhouse, Little Germany, on Friday 9 October at 7pm (over 16s only) or support us by coming along to watch at 7:30pm on Saturday 10 October. We understand it’s a big ask of our audience to come to a show when you don’t know what it is before you arrive, but how can you go wrong? We look forward to seeing you there and hope you enjoy the show as much as we do. Please see www.24hrshow.co.uk For more information please contact Megan Murray, Theatre Company’s Manager 07542 950590, megan@ bradfordplayhouse.co.uk or Ric Neild, 24hr show codirector, 07794 141791, ric@24hrshow.co.uk
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a firm of poets 1st october @theatre in the mill
By rachel kaye A Firm Of Poets are offering a poetry night with a twist when they visit Theatre In The Mill on Thursday 1 October. The four poets will not only be performing a mixture of spoken word pieces but are also encouraging budding poets to appear on stage for the first time. The Firm will be holding a workshop on the afternoon of the performance, offering local poets advice and techniques on how to perfect their craft. The poets will then be invited to perform during the show that evening. Ralph Dartford, a founding member of A Firm Of Poets said: “The Firm have been performing for a while but this is the first time we’ve involved the audience in this way. We can’t wait to meet the poets in the workshops before the show and help them perform in front of an audience on the night.” A Firm Of Poets is Ralph Dartford and Matt Abbott, joined in Bradford by fellow poets Genevieve Walsh and John Darwin. A cross between a poetic super group and Whose Line Is It Anyway, the show is fast-paced, creating a fun and entertaining night out. The group’s aim is to create The People’s Republic Of Poetry – a network of spoken word performers throughout the UK. Work performed by the participants will also be added to an online e-book, which
will grow as the tour travels around the country. Ralph Dartford writes narrative poems from the heart, sometimes funny, sometimes bittersweet, sometimes sad as a lost dog. Ralph has been published in the Guardian, Stirring Magazine (US), Pulp Faction, Exterminating Angel Press (US) and London Territories. His first collection, Cigarettes, Beer and Love was published by Ossett Observer Presents in 2013. Ralph Dartford studied creative writing under the tutelage of the late Michael Donaghy at Birkbeck College, where he received a First. Matt Abbott is a self styled punk poet, lyricist and frontman for the band Skint & Demoralised. He has performed hundreds of gigs worldwide, from Norwich to New York and Barnsley to Berlin. His lyrics with S&D gained national acclaim from Sunday Times Culture, the Times, the Guardian and the Independent. Championed by the BBC’s Steve Lamacq, Matt has read alongside Carol Ann Duffy, Kate Tempest, John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright, Mike Garry, Tim Clare, Helen Mort and Rommi Smith. A Firm Of Poets are appearing on 1 October at Theatre In The Mill, off Shearbridge Road, Bradford, BD7 1DP.
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find out what’s happening in bradford this month TUESDAY 1 SEPTEMBER DISCOVER TUESDAYS - BEST OF ENEMIES 6PM, PICTUREHOUSE @ NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM During the controversial 1968 presidential election campaign, the then-ailing ABC TV network ran a series of debates between novelist and liberal iconoclast Gore Vidal and his polar opposite on the right, William F. Buckley Jnr. This is an account of their heated clashes. Discover Tuesdays is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
THURSDAY 3 SEPTEMBER SCREEN ARTS - NT LIVE: THE BEAUX’ STRATAGEM 8PM, PICTUREHOUSE @ NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar’s wild comedy of love and cash. Screen Arts is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - DAMIEN BARBER & MIKE WILSON 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Two of the finest exponents of traditional song, also with a repertoire of modern material, eg MacColl, Bellamy, Mike Waterson. £6 / £5 members. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
FRIDAY 4 SEPTEMBER LIVE LOUNGE ACOUSTIC WITH JIMBO LYNCH 6PM, GINGER GOOSE Acoustic excellence and nifty covers from a rising star. Free entry.
FUNKIN’ SOUL 7PM, 1in12 CLUB Monthly funk, soul, ska and hiphop night brings live band Fold from Leeds alongside 1in12 resident DJs Hashfinger, DJ Sleazy G and DJ Jon G. Doors at 7PM. Entry £2 members/£3 guests www.1in12.com
BEN WESTERMAN’S FIRST FRIDAY FUNK AND SOUL REVIEW 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR A sophisticated evening of 100% pure funk
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KING ZEPHA LIVE 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR “...a timeless blend of ska, rocksteady and jump blues for good lads.” www.alsdimebar.com
JATP JAZZ - PAUL KILVINGTON TRIO 8.30PM,GLYDE HOUSE Paul Kilvington has plied his ENORMOUS pianistic talents across the world (Bob Mintzer, Branford Marsalis, Jack Jones), a career culminating in him shaking the legs off JATP’s beloved Yamaha, so when a musician of this ilk describes this gig as ‘excited about it - could be explosive !!’ this is definitely one not to miss. http://jatpjazz.blogspot.com
SINGERS, MUSICIANS & POETS 8.30PM,THE CASTLE Sing, play, recite a poem or a ditty, or just sup the Castle’s fine selection of real ale and listen. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77
BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE 3-9:30 PM, MYRTLE PARK, BINGLEY Back by popular demand will be fans’ favourite James. Since forming in Manchester in 1982 James’ enduring creativity and musical legacy has made them one of the most influential British indie bands. Amongst 20 Top 40 singles in the UK, James’ anthemic hits include She’s A Star, Laid, Born Of Frustration, Sometimes, Getting Away With It (All Messed Up), Come Home, How Was It For You and Sit Down.
SATURDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 22ND ANNUAL MULTI-FAITH WALK FOR FRIENDSHIP 9.45AM, GURDWARA GURU NANAK, BD4 7DP Bradford Concord Interfaith Society invite you to join this multi-faith walk to experience the hospitality of faith communities and make new friends. This is a linear walk of about 2.5 miles visiting the following places of worship: Gurdwara Guru Nanak Dev Ji; 9.45-11am, Jamia Masjid; 11.30-12.15pm, St Joseph’s Catholic Church; 12.30-1.15pm, Bradford Trident Park Lane Centre; 1.15-2pm, and Shree Prajapati Hindu Temple; 2.30-3.15pm. www.gurunanakgurdwara.org
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SNAPP LIVE 9PM, GINGER GOOSE Making a welcome return to the Ginger Goose it’s the Mod boys from Wakefield. Always a great night. Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk
SOMEBODY’S BROTHER LIVE 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR Will the Snazzy Waistcoat return? Only these heroes know. Returning to the Bradford scene...give it up for Somebody’s Brother!! www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
MAMMOTH TANK LIVE 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot. Free entry.
LEXI LEGS LIVE 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL The ever--popular Miss Lexi Legs returns to the Sun with her amazing show filled with a mix of glamour and outrageous comedy! Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford
BINGLEY MUSIC LIVE 11:30AM-9:30 PM, MYRTLE PARK, BINGLEY Headlining Saturday is the multi-talented Labrinth. Bingley Music Live has rarely had a headliner with so many strings to his bow. Singer, songwriter and producer Labrinth does not conform to one music genre. He straddles R&B, dance, soul, hip-hop, electronic, gospel, drum and bass, dubstep, grime and garage to name a few.
SUNDAY 6 SEPTEMBER YOUNG OPEN 2015 - LET’S GET RECYCLED! 12-3PM, Cartwright Hall Gallery Celebrate the wonderful talent of young people in our district who feature in the Young Open 2015 exhibition and be inspired to create your own artwork. Join Musarat Raza for a fun-filled workshop making 2D and 3D creations or simply have fun with paints and glitter. Free and no need to book. Children must be accompanied by an adult. www.bradfordmuseums.org
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BRADFORD CATHEDRAL 10 September to 17 October 2015 An exciting exhibition celebrating Bradford’s textile heritage through the eclectic and diverse talents of contemporary artists – includes new work and pieces from the Arts Council-funded Pick & Mix Exhibition inspired by the Bradford College Textile Archive Collection. Illustrated talks by artists on Thursday 10 September from 6.30pm. Free entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org
VINTAGE SUNDAYS - LA GRANDE BOUFFE 2.30PM, PICTUREHOUSE @ NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM The most famous film by Italian provocateur Marco Ferreri (Dillinger is Dead), La Grande Bouffe was reviled on release for its perversity, decadence and attack on the bourgeoisie yet won the prestigious FIPRESCI prize after its controversial screening at the Cannes Film Festival. Vintage Sundays is a regular strand at the Picturehouse Cinema. Visit their website for more film screenings. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
THE SUNDAY GROOVE 3PM, BRADFORD BREWERY Come get your Sunday groove on with Le Pedro and Nancy Shuffle, who will put the sunshine into your Sunday with latin, disco and afro-beat tunes. Free entry. www.facebook.com/BradfordBrewery
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#BSF15 - FROM BOMBAY TO BRADFORD 6PM, BOMBAY STORES An evening of music, demonstrations and hands-on activities at the UK’s largest Asian department store. This celebration of Asian culture will include a fashion show and sari demonstrations, as well as the chance to learn about different dyes and fabrics used in Asian fashion. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - ALGORAVE 7PM, BIER KELLER
Vibrant lively covers band playing funky pop and soul. Perfect for a fun-filled Sunday afternoon. Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk
Join live coder Alex McLean and friends for an evening where music, technology and art collide. Drop in to explore an interactive sound installation and discover a new kind of live electronic music where performers use algorithms to compose live music and beats. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
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#BSF15 - THE EVOLUTION OF HIPHOP 7PM, BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE
CHEQUERED LIVE 3.30PM, GINGER GOOSE
#BSF15 - GENERAL ELECTION 2015: BRADFORD AT THE POLLS 4.30PM, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, RICHMOND JSB LECTURE THEATRE Many people are disillusioned with mainstream politics. Join Parveen Akhtar to examine the current political values, attitudes and behaviours of residents in Bradford, based on data collected around the 2015 general election. How can this research help us involve diverse communities in the political process in our increasingly multicultural society? This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10
Hip hop is more than just a music genre. For many fans it’s an identity and provides an outlet for discussing often marginalised societal issues. Through its beats, lyrics and sub-culture it has influenced everything from poetry and music to politics and resistance. Unpick the power of hip hop beyond the turntable with DJ Semtex and guests. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - ART IN UNUSUAL SPACES 7PM, 1in12 CLUB The 1in12 club will be taking part in the sprawling and extensive celebration of science and arts with Art In Unusual Spaces bringing us artist Jean McEwan, writer Javaad Alipoor, musicians Seth Bennett, George Murray and Aby Vulliamy and dancer Chemaine Cooke with each performer leaving something for the next to work with. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE 7.30PM, THE STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Enjoy a healthy dose of laughter in this science meets comedy event with neuroscientist and part-time comic Sophie Scott and special guest, Stuart Goldsmith. Tickets FREE, £1.50 booking fee. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
TUESDAY 8 SEPTEMBER #BSF15 - THE UGLY TRUTH: WHAT DO OUR CITIES REALLY NEED 12PM, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD, RICHMOND JSB LECTURE THEATRE Do our cities need revitalisation through gentrification or reinvigoration through communication? Do we need a single comfortable community or diverse, contradictory publics? Drawing from a decade of research into graffiti and street art, anthropologist and curator Rafael Schacter stakes a claim for the ugly yet important, the disagreeable but necessary. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
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find out what’s happening in bradford this month #BSF15 - ANNA FEIGENBAUM: PROTEST CAMPS 1PM, WATERSTONES Anna Feigenbaum explores protest camps around the world, from Occupy Gezi to Occupy London. In these spaces people build miniature villages and imagine alternative worlds together. Journey through different cultural, political and geographical landscapes as Anna offers a ground-breaking view of this global phenomenon. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - THE Z LIST DEAD LIST: MED LIST 7.30PM, THE STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Join comedian Iszi Lawrence and guests for a special medical edition of the Z List Dead List: described by Nottingham Live as “an adult version of Horrible Histories”. Tickets FREE, £1.50 booking fee. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
#BSF15 - TRANSFORMATIONS: NORTH PARADE AFTER DARK 6PM, NORTH PARADE Bradford’s independent quarter transforms after dark as regional and national artists, scientists, makers and performers take over the area’s best venues. Dive into a range of creative activities, performances and exhibitions, and experience a completely different side to the city. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
WEDNESDAY 9 SEPTEMBER #BSF15 - TALKING COLOUR 6PM, SOCIETY OF DYERS AND COLOURISTS The Society of Dyers and Colourists opens its doors for an interactive evening of colourful fun. Join us for bite-sized talks, creative activities, performances and live experiments exploring the language and psychology of colour. Uncover how we think about and talk about the colourful world around us. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
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#BSF15 - BRYONY KIMMINGS AND TIM GRAYBURN: FAKE IT ‘TIL YOU MAKE IT 7PM, THEATRE IN THE MILL Six months into their relationship Bryony finds out Tim suffers from severe clinical depression. Fake It ‘til you Make It is a wickedly warming, brutally honest and heart-breaking show about the wonders and pitfalls of the human brain, being in love and what it takes to be a ‘real man’. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - DALLAS IN WONDERLAND: ADVENTURES IN SCIENCE TELEVISION 8.15PM, NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM From Mexican sewer diving to space station Soyuz launches, presenter Dallas Campbell has had more than his fair share of adventures for our viewing pleasure. Join us as he shares hair-raising tales from the frontline of science TV programme making, and talks about the challenges of bringing big science to the small screen. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
LIVE PREMIERE - HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD 8PM, PICTUREHOUSE AT NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM In 1971 a brave group of young activists set sail from Vancouver in an old fishing boat. Their mission was to stop Nixon’s atomic bomb tests in Amchitka, a tiny island off the west coast of Alaska. A panel discussion, broadcast live via satellite, will follow the screening. The panel will feature legendary fashion designer and long-standing Greenpeace supporter Vivienne Westwood, director Jerry Rothwell, Robert Hunter’s daughter Emily Hunter and will be hosted by Mariella Frostrup. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
THURSDAY 10 SEPTEMBER HERITAGE OPEN DAY 10AM-4PM, PEACE MUSEUM The Museum will be open from 10am till 4pm with a range of family friendly activities, including poppy making, peace dreamcatchers
and handling activities where visitors can get to grips with some objects. Refreshments will also be available. Also open on Friday. Free entry. www.peacemuseum.org.uk
#BSF15 - WHY EDUCATION MATTERS MORE THAN EVER 8.15PM NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM The incoming President of the British Science Association is Professor Dame Athene Donald. The English and Welsh education systems impose subject choices earlier than almost any other country. How does this limit the way the public perceive and experience science? Does this reinforce cultural divisions and reduce diversity? Dame Athene Donald asks if our education system is the biggest barrier to the public engaging with science. This event is part of The British Science Festival. Visit their website for information on all the events happening, 7-10 September 2015. www.britishsciencefestival.org
#BSF15 - LATES (CSI BRADFORD) 6.30PM NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM The National Media Museum Lates is a night of FREE entertainment for adults where you can experience exclusive shows, talks and activities. CSI Bradford will put your detective skills to the test as you take part in our interactive evening investigating the science and technology of crime fighting. www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk/lates
#BSF15 - GEORGE EGG: ANARCHIST 7.30PM, THE STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Join George for this comedy show meets illustrated lecture meets cookery demonstration, fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe and discover the science behind his absurd but resourceful cooking methods. Tickets FREE, £1.50 booking fee. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - ROGER DAVIES 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Now firmly established as one of West Yorkshire’s finest performers with his original take on local people and places. A firm club favourite. £6 / £5 members. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
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EMPIRE BY JON TONKS IMPRESSIONS GALLERY, CENTENARY SQUARE 11 September to 12 December 2015
Empire is a fascinating journey, six years in the making, exploring life on four remote British overseas territories - Ascension Island, St Helena, Tristan da Cunha and the Falkland Islands. Perhaps better known as places of conflict, exile and Darwinian experimentation, Jon Tonks has photographed the people and landscapes of each territory, capturing traces of the past and offering a window into the communities and lifestyles that, despite the distance, remain very firmly British. www.impressions-gallery.com
FRIDAY 11 SEPTEMBER SALTAIRE BREWERY BEER FESTIVAL 2-10PM, SALTAIRE BREWERY, BD17 7AR One of the beer events of the year! A celebration of real ale and craft brewing using their connections to source over 40 beers from around the country. All beers are served from hand pumps from chilled cellars and there’s a range of artisanal ciders and British and American craft keg beer. If you get peckish there’ll be a hog roast and other hot food. £5 entry includes free pint, commemorative glass and programme. Also on Saturday 12 September. www.saltairebrewery.co.uk
JOHN WALKER PIANO & VOCALS 6PM, OLD BANK A lively early evening session with skilled pianist John. Always a great night. Requests and guest singers welcome. Free entry. www.facebook.com/theoldbankbradford
MARTIN ROSCOE 7.30PM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL Critically acclaimed pianist Martin Roscoe opens the 2015-16 chamber season at Bradford Cathedral. Tickets £14-£16. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
VIBRACATHEDRAL ORCHESTRA 8PM, FUSE West Yorkshire behemoth Vibracathedral Orchestra occupy Fuse for an extended showcase of their endless free-form psychedelic jams. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co/events
PAUL PEARSON & FRIENDS 8.30PM,THE CASTLE A fantastic singer and guitarist all the way from Sheffield. Performs both self-penned songs and puts his own slant on well-known covers. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77
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EDDIE PIRELLI PRESENTS DEDICATED GROOVE 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
KALEIDOSCOPE 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Reggae, dancehall classics, roots and culture. Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk
SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER
AL’S BIG DAY OUT 3 @ MALIK HOUSE 3PM, MALIK HOUSE The return of Al’s party-down-the-road with a whole new line up of bands and your favourite cocktails and brewskis. Just round the corner at Malik House! www.alsdimebar.com
SALTAIRE FESTIVAL ALL DAY, ROBERTS PARK
Free outdoor festival for all the family, which will see City Park buzzing with live science demos and hands-on activities. Free event. www.fringesciencefestival.org
Annual celebration of music and art, with a popular continental market spanning two weekends in September. There’s something to entertain everyone. Saltaire is vibrant and buzzing with activity for much of the year but at Festival time it’s extra special. www.saltairefestival.co.uk
WORLD CURRY FESTIVAL 1PM, LISTER PARK, BD9 4NS
GOOD CITIZENS LIVE 8PM, BEERHOUSE
Spice up your life with the colours, smells and tastes of the World Curry Festival. The festival combines a love of curry and cooking, with live demonstrations, tastings and vibrant market stalls. This event promises to be a powerful sensory experience - sights, sounds and tastes! Free event. Also on Sunday. www.worldcurryfestival.com
Acoustic trio with a powerful and unique sound. Free entry.
#BSF15 - FAMILY SCIENCE FRINGE FESTIVAL 1PM, CITY PARK
HERITAGE OPEN DAY 10AM-4PM, CITY HALL Bradford’s City Hall is opening its doors to the public so come inside to view this magnificent building and find out about Bradford’s rich history. Objects from Bradford Museums and Galleries collection will be displayed around the site and volunteer guides will be in position to help you with information and activities. local magistrates will be performing mock court cases throughout the day. These highly popular sessions will be held in the Victorian Court Rooms and are all based on real cases and original documents. www.heritageopendays.org.uk/directory/sneaky-peek-
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THE FLAMING DRAGONS 9PM, CITY VAULTS Fabulous rock covers band. Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk
LAUGH OUT LOUD COMEDY NIGHT 8PM, THE STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Bringing together a fantastic line-up of top professional comedians from all over the world to make you LOL! Featuring Mark Maier, Jonny Awsum, Adam Rowe. Hosted by Damion Larkin, one of Britain’s most promising comedy talents. Tickets £16.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
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TUESDAY 15 SEPTEMBER
Minimal Bouge - spoken word performance and experimental music ensemble from Bordeaux featuring steel drum, double bass, synthesiser, percussion, prepared guitar and voice. Lord Rectangle - a ‘calypso band for dancing’ by members of Minimal Bouge plus a guitarist and singer from LA. The Family Elan - Bradford-if-not-the-world’s finest psychfolk power trio taking us on globespanning trips with shredding electro-saz and bouzouki, driving bass and smashing drums. £5/£4 unwaged on the door. www.facebook.com/burnelrooms
The first in a new season of monthly Tuesday morning concerts, with James Woodrow (violin) and Alexander Woodrow (piano). Coffee and cake served from 10.30am, concert from 11am until 11.45am. Free entry. www.bradfordcathedral.org
COFFEE CONCERT 10.30AM, BRADFORD CATHEDRAL
WHEN POLITICS & SCIENCE COLLIDE 7PM, BRADFORD BREWERY Part of British Science Festival Fringe, Cllr Simon Cooke and Prof Marcus Rattray debate evidence (or lack of it) in policy. Free entry. www.facebook.com/BradfordBrewery
GOD SOUNDSYSTEM 9PM, 1in12 CLUB
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
Details to come closer to the date but expect dubstep, jungle and bass from a hard hitting soundsystem until 5AM. Doors from 7PM. www.1in12.com
HOMAGE2FROMAGE 7PM, BRADFORD BREWERY A cheese club with the aim of celebrating great cheese in an informal fun way - this is not about snobby cheese and wine tastings! Each event is themed (cheddar, Irish, blue etc) and they have special cheese guests to talk through their fromage. So, if you are passionate about cheese, curious about how it’s made, where it comes from, who makes it, why something so simple can be so diverse, so versatile, so delicious – this is the club for you. Tickets £10 (members), £12. www.facebook.com/BradfordBrewery
FAIL THE ENEMY LIVE 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot. Free entry.
THE GREGGS SHOWGIRLS 10PM, THE SUN HOTEL Saturday 12 September sees the return to the Sun of The Greggs Showgirls! HIDE THE GIN!!! Free entry. www.facebook.com/sunbradford
1IN12 PRESENTS - THAT FUCKING TANK 7PM, 1in12 CLUB That Fucking Tank playing classic rockinfluenced instrumental power-riffing from a thick guitar and drums, Tank are very much dance-friendly and are playing a fully-amplified treat. Big Love bringing sweet and melodic indie rock. and Hercules Morse returning to the 1in12, a six-piece brings you waves of sound inspired by post-rock, folk and luddite rebellion! Bands kick off at 8PM. £3 for members and £5 for guests. www.1in12.com
SUNDAY 13 SEPTEMBER #BSF15 - FAMILY SCIENCE FRINGE FESTIVAL 11-3PM, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD The University’s City Centre Campus is being taken over by a Science Market and interactive workshops for all the family. Free event. www.fringesciencefestival.org
NFL OPENING DAY TAILGATE PARTY 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR The first day of the NFL season is here and Dime Bar is showing it on the big screen. Come cheer on your team and enjoy complimentary tasty tailgate food. www.alsdimebar.com
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COOLY G 8PM, FUSE DJ, producer and semi-professional footballer Cooly G brings deep house tribal dubstep to Fuse Art Space’s Exquisite Corpse programme. Colourful lyrics, impressionistic
use of vocal processing and oily grooves. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co/events
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - BECKY MILLS 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE A truly superb singer/songwriter, not so often seen in these parts who stood in at short notice last year and gave us an excellent evening. £6 / £5 members. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
FRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER TEA & TOAST @ IMPRESSIONS 4PM, IMPRESSIONS GALLERY A discussion event with the aim of forming an open and supportive platform for people who wish to find inspiration and social proof of other people doing creative things in Bradford. www.facebook.com/howdoBD
CARL & SHANE 6PM, OLD BANK Another early evening session of acoustic classics from two very experienced musicians. Lots of great covers. A must see. Free entry. www.facebook.com/theoldbankbradford
FUNNY BONES - THE IMBECILE’S GUIDE TO FIRST AID 7.30PM, STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Join Tony Sutcliffe in this hilarious new comedy show based on his experiences of over 20 years as a first aid trainer. You will be invited into a world of medical mayhem and mirth, with Tony trying to impart his vast but somewhat suspect knowledge of subjects ranging from CPR to childbirth. Tickets £13.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
ONE NIGHT OF QUEEN 7.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL One Night of Queen with Gary Mullen returns to St. George’s Hall. According to the reviews ‘when you close your eyes and hear Gary Mullen sing you would be hard pushed to believe he hadn’t just popped in a Queen CD and pressed play. Gary Mullen not only sounds like the late, great Freddie Mercury but there is an uncanny physical resemblance’. Tickets £15-£19. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
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find out what’s happening in bradford this month RANDOM RAJ PRESENTS THE ECLECTIC COLLECTION + DAM LIVE! 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR
UBU COMEDY NIGHT 7.30PM, UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD AMP BAR As part of Freshers’ Week entertainment. Enjoy an incredible two hours of comedy headlined by Carl Donnelly, plus Mark Smith and Ahir Shah plus MCing from Hayley Ellis. Tickets £7.50. www.ubuonline.co.uk/events-and-entertainment/ freshers-week
Combining the sounds of Creedence and Springsteen with the mellower tones of Dylan and John Mayer, DMA are bringing back old-school Americana rock. ‘It just makes you want to fill your car up and keep driving’ - Sound and Motion Magazine. Ladies and Gentlemen, for your aural pleasure, DMA! www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
FRESHERS’ PARTY WITH SPECIAL LIVE PERFORMANCE 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR
CHUNK IN BRADFORD WEEKEND 8PM, BURNEL ROOMS @ THE BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE
We’re keeping it a secret for a little longer but They’re Big, VERY BIG! www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
In the first in a series of events programmed by invited DIY spaces, organisations and collectives from across the UK we have a packed bill of mainly-heaviness from Leeds and Bradford selected by CHUNK, including; Esper Scout, Downard, Bearfoot Beware, Clenstch, Bradford Scratch Orchestra, Astral Trip + many more. £6/5 on the door. Weekend tickets £8. www.facebook.com/burnelrooms
YURTEA EVENING 7.30PM, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Enjoy live music and try freshly blended tea in an intimately yurty surrounding. Bar open. Entry price £TBC. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
SAWDUST LIVE 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB
FIE, FIE, FIE 8.30PM,THE CASTLE
Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot. Free entry.
An alternative electroacoustic band from across West Yorkshire, guitars, vocals, saxophone, keyboards, percussion, harmonies, and sincerity and wit in equal measure. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77
SUNDAY 20 SEPTEMBER SKY RIDE BRADFORD 11AM-3PM, CITY PARK An unforgettable day of traffic-free bike riding, with a brand new route around some of the city’s most iconic landmarks. Tricks & Tunes area, and Europe’s number one mountain bike and BMX demonstration team. Free event, visit the website to sign up. www.goskyride.com/SkyRideBradford
SATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER THE BASIL BRUSH SHOW 2.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Britain’s most loveable fox is back on the road along with his TV chum Mr Stephen (aka Chris Pizzey). Together they will take you on a journey of laughs, storytelling and song in a brand new specially-written ‘live’ stage show packed with fun and excitement. Tickets £15.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
BOLLING HALL CENTENARY EVENT 12-5PM, BOLLING HALL, BD4 7LP Bolling Hall opened to the public of Bradford on 22 September 1915 after a year of devastating war. The oldest domestic building in the district was saved for the education and enjoyment of the people of the city and remains open and free of charge to this day. To celebrate, they’re stepping back in time to the day the hall opened and meeting some of the people who were present in 1915. There’ll be a funfair, living history demonstrations, light refreshments and costumed characters
YURTEA INSTALLATION 12-4PM, DELIUS ARTS CENTRE Family friendly activity - learn how to grow and blend your own special tea and enjoy it in the yurt. www.facebook.com/Artworks.at.Delius
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MONDAY 21 SEPTEMBER MRS KLEIN 6PM, THE BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Nicholas Wright’s engaging drama Mrs Klein centres on the real-life figure of Melanie Klein, one of the pioneers of child psychology in this country. The action of the play takes place in Klein’s home in London in 1934 over the course of one evening and the following day, shortly after Klein’s son has been reported killed in a climbing accident. There were no witnesses to the incident and the drama examines the effect of this devastating and unexpected tragedy on Klein, her daughter Melitta (also a psychoanalyst) and her new assistant Paula, a refugee from Hitler’s Berlin. www.bradfordplayhouse.org.uk
TUESDAY 22 SEPTEMBER THE BASIL BRUSH SHOW 1.30PM & 4.30PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Based on the award winning picture book by Julia Donaldson, the multi-million selling author of THE GRUFFALO, ROOM ON THE BROOM and STICK MAN comes WHAT THE LADYBIRD HEARD, a glittering new stage show ideal for pre- and primary school children with live music, singalong songs, puppetry and plenty of audience participation. Tickets £12.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
ROMEO & JULIET, BP BIG SCREEN 7.30PM, CITY PARK Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet of Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers is a classic of 20thcentury ballet, and a heartbreaking match for Prokofiev’s score. Created for The Royal Ballet in 1965, it’s a key work in the company’s repertoire and a must-see for ballet fans and newcomers alike. www.roh.org.uk/about/bp-big-screens
WEDNESDAY 23 SEPTEMBER SEAN KELLY LIVE 8PM, STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE Auctioneering star of the huge hit TV show, Storage Hunters, Sean Kelly first found a taste of fame through stand-up comedy over
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EXQUISITE CORPSE FUSE ART SPACE, 5-7 RAWSON PLACE 16 JULY - 3 OCTOBER 2015
Exquisite Corpseexplores female form and stereotypes from the perspective of 11 female artists. Through video, painting, performance and illustration, the exhibition also considers the potential of contemporary technology as a tool to examine female self identity and evaluates the impact it has upon constructs of femininity. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co 15 years ago. Now he brings his live comedy debut to the UK! Tickets £16.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
THURSDAY 24 SEPTEMBER ETIENNE JAUMET 8PM, FUSE Etienne Jaumet brings a distinctly beat-led yet introspective take on psyche/jazz/electronica to Fuse Art Space. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co/events
TOPIC FOLK CLUB - JEZ LOWE 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Little needs to be said about this master of songwriting and performing, now recognised as a musical ambassador for his native North East. £6 / £5 members. www.topic-folk-club.org.uk
THIRSTY THURSDAY 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR
BIG SIS PRESENTS - RIDE ON TIME 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR All the floorfillers from the 80s and 90s! www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
BRADFORD BLUES CLUB - KATH READE 8.30PM, GLYDE HOUSE Kath Reade is a popular singer influenced by Bessie Smith. Three well-respected musicians come together to pay homage to the women of the blues. www.facebook.com/BradfordBluesClub
EDDIE EARTHQUAKE AND THE TREMORS 8PM, AL’S DIME BAR Authentic and energetic beat combo with great harmonies playing rock ‘n’ roll and pop hits and obscurities from the 1950s and 60s. www.alsdimebar.com
TOTAL WORLD PRESENTS - MANJULA 8PM, THE LATVIAN CLUB, BD8 7BY
VANESSA 6PM, OLD BANK
Manjula, since its birth in May 2014 has been exploring, innovating and bringing together rhythms and melodies from other cultures to create a beautiful mix of sounds from around the globe. This band produces forward-thinking global music incorporating Portuguese, Latin Jazz and African influences with the haunting ambience of Indian vocal training. Tickets £10/£8 concessions. www.ticketsource.co.uk/event/97802
Local acoustic female artist Vanessa. Modern pop covers plus a few surprises. Free entry. www.facebook.com/theoldbankbradford
MICK & SUSIE DARLING 8.30PM, THE CASTLE
A clever mix of cheap drinks and chilled-out live music, featuring The Abiders, a tightlydelivered bundle of joy. www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
FRIDAY 25 SEPTEMBER
CHILE BENEFIT GIG 7PM, 1in12 CLUB A benefit to raise funds to support the victims and families affected by the tragedy at the DOOM gig in Santiago, Chile on 16 April 2015. With 23 bands over three days, this is one not to be missed. Ticketed event so be sure to order your ticket ASAP via the Facebook event page. Search ‘Chile Benefit’. www.1in12.com
A very humorous and entertaining husband and wife duo who play a range of instruments and sing songs about a way of life almost gone. Definitely a night not to be missed. Free entry. www.facebook.com/erebus77
DIG JAZZ! AND TRAINER TROUBLE PRESENTS LISTEN UP! 9PM-2AM, NEW BEEHIVE INN CELLAR BAR Dig Jazz! and Trainer Trouble playing old vinyl records and a bar serving craft/real ales. Expect funky breaks, vintage soul, reggae-reggae bass and more than enough
jazzy soundtracks and beats to tap your toes to. Free entry. www.newbeehive.co.uk
SATURDAY 26 SEPTEMBER GOLDEN MOMENTS 7PM, KALA SANGAM Live performance from the amazing Liz Lea, hailing all the way from Canberra Dance Theatre in Australia! Tickets £7.50 / £5. www.kalasangam.org
STAND ALONE 8PM, DELIUS LIVED NEXT DOOR Unapologetically powerful, charismatic and tightly presented. Bradford-based Stand Alone combine the driven, heavy rock influences of Biffy Clyro and Alter Bridge with outstanding musicianship, soaring melodies and close harmonies. We give you Stand Alone!! www.facebook.com/delius.livednextdoor
THE MIGHTY FERTLES 9PM, CITY VAULTS Upbeat classic covers from great British artists like the Jam and the Undertones. Free entry. www.cityvaults.co.uk
ELEMENTS LIVE 9PM, GINGER GOOSE Local ska, reggae and Motown covers band are a real crowd pleaser. Free entry. www.gingergoose.co.uk
M@BU AND RECON PRESENTS CHARLES HAYWARD (THIS HEAT), ANTA, THE HYSTERICAL INJURY, & DEAN MCPHEE 8PM, BURNEL ROOMS @ THE BRADFORD PLAYHOUSE Charles Hayward - drummer and founding member of the legendary experimental rock group This Heat. Anta - heavy and very loud instrumental progressive rock quartet from Bristol. The Hysterical Injury - bass and drums, sister and brother duo from Bath who mix Lightning Bolt / Death From Above-style big noise with catchy tunes and finely-crafted pop songs. Dean McPhee - Bingley’s ambient guitar maestro loved by The Wire, Uncut
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AS SIRENS FALL, LIVE 9PM, TRASH NIGHTCLUB Live music at Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot. As Sirens Fall are three members of the Keighley-based act You Had Me At Hello, along with members of Revolt and Nine Volt Heart! Free entry.
Frederikke Hoffmeier (aka Puce Mary) is a Copenhagen-based noise artist. Her densely layered slabs of industrial aggression are frequently discussed in the context of work by the plethora of punk bands emerging from the Danish capital. Breaking Colts are a twopiece bass/drums/vocals noise explosion, heavy riffs and monolithic bass rumble punctuated with percussive outbursts and and super-tight grooves. Free entry. www.wearefuse.co/events
Roger Waters, co-founder and primary songwriter of Pink Floyd, fuses the epic and the personal in Roger Waters The Wall, a concert film that goes well beyond the stage. After the film, The Simple Facts, a unique opportunity to see Roger Waters and his Pink Floyd bandmate Nick Mason – reunited, unscripted, and in conversation to answer questions submitted by fans from around the world. www.picturehouses.com/cinema/National_Media_ Museum
Winner of Best Cabaret Newcomer 2012 (Boyz) and Drag Idol 2011, Tutu has visited the Sun a few times over the years and always goes down a storm! www.facebook.com/sunbradford
TRAPDOOR - ALTERNATIVE ROCK PARTY! 10PM, THE MILL NIGHTCLUB A legendary rock and alternative party the last Saturday of every month. DJs on two floors playing alternative rock, punk, ska, and metal. Featuring Wobbly Bob (Ska) and Trixters Aerial Dance Academy. £5 on the door, £4 NUS. www.themillbradford.com
WEDNESDAY 30 SEPTEMBER REMINISCENCE SESSIONS 10.30AM, NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM Share your memories at these free Reminiscence Sessions; last Wednesday of every month. Photographs, films and television programmes are provided to inspire your recollections of a particular aspect of life. Meet new friends, share memories and enjoy a chat over tea or coffee. Suitable for ages 55+. www.nationalmediamuseum.org.uk
SUNDAY 27 SEPTEMBER EPILEPSY ACTION BRADFORD 10K 9AM, CITY PARK Bradford’s biggest and fastest 10k road race! Starting and finishing in City Park, the route is fast and flat, so it’s a great race for both firsttime runners and those looking to achieve a personal best. Entry fee £18-£20. www.epilepsy.org.uk/bradford10k
FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER FUNKIN’ SOUL 7PM, 1in12 CLUB Details to come closer to the date but expect more funk, soul, ska and hiphop from this regular monthly event. Doors at 7PM. Entry £2 members/£3 guests. www.1in12.com
TIM VINE 8PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Tim Timinee Tim Timinee Tim Tim To You is Tim Vine’s first stand-up tour in four years. Tickets £23.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER THE SHUTTLE SHUFFLE FESTIVAL 11AM-11PM, FACTORY STREET STUDIOS, BD4 9NW Two days, over 30 bands, live art, handmade stalls, food and more, for all ages. www.theshuttleshufflefestival.co.uk
THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER LUKE JERMAY - SIXTH SENSE 7.30PM, STUDIO @ ALHAMBRA THEATRE
TUESDAY 29 SEPTEMBER
You’ll be amazed at Jermay’s incredible powers - he knows your past, present and future, sometimes better than you do. From your favourite schoolteacher, childhood pet even the colour of your underwear, Jermay impossibly knows all, sees all and tells (almost) all in an expert display of telepathy and personal predictions about your future developed to amazing razor-sharp accuracy. Tickets £17.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
FREDDY FLINTOFF - 2ND INNINGS 8PM, ST GEORGE’S HALL Cricketing legend and England team hero Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff is hitting the road to celebrate the 10-year anniversary of his historic 2005 Ashes victory. Tickets £26.50 - £51.50. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
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ANNIE, the world’s favourite family musical, comes to Bradford for one week only, starring Craig Revel Horwood, the BBC’s Strictly Come Dancing judge, as the tyrannical Miss Hannigan! Also on Wednesday - Saturday. Tickets £21.50 - £40. www.bradford-theatres.co.uk/whats-on
ROGER WATERS - THE WALL 8PM, PICTUREHOUSE AT NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM
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YOUR GUIDE TO ongoing events in and around bradford MONDAYS The New Beehive Inn
8.30PM
A mutually supportive poetry group
SMARTPHONE QUIZ
The Sun Hotel
8pm
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karaoke
Westleigh Hotel
7PM
Popular student karaoke night
DISCOVER TUESDAYS
Picturehouse Cinema
6PM
Discover stunning cinema.
ORGAN RECITAL
Bradford Cathedral
1pm
Organ recitals featuring guest musicians.
QUIZ NIGHT
Bradford Brewery
8PM
£1 entry, jackpot question - winner takes all.
BELLISFUL YOGA
Delius Arts Centre
6.30pm
Vinyasa Flow yoga classes by Yoga Bradford
TOPIC FOLK CLUB
Glyde House
8.30PM
A friendly and inviting live music event.
ICE SKATING FOR BEGINNERS
Bradford Ice Arena
6.30PM
Skate UK Beginners Lessons
MUSIC @ THE CASTLE
The Castle
8pm
Folk singers and musicians
POLISH & ENGLISH KARAOKE
Balanga Bar
8pm
Authentic Polish tavern
THANK FORSTERS IT’S FRIDAY
Forsters Bistro
8pm
Live acts every Friday
ASHTANGA YOGA
Kala Sangam
10.30am Beginner’s class in Ashtanga Vinyasa yoga
BRADFORD PARK RUN
Lister Park
9am
KS ACADEMY
Kala Sangam
9.30am Classes in music, dance, language and yoga.
SATURDAY STOP
Impressions Gallery
10am
Free creative activities for children
LIVE BANDS
Trash Nightclub
9PM
Bradford’s brand new rock bar and late spot.
Picturehouse Cinema
12pm
Classic films back where they belong.
beehive poets
TUESDAYS
WEDNESDAYS
tHURSDAYS
FRIDAYS
SATURDAYS Free and friendly timed 5k run.
Sundays VINTAGE SUNDAYS
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The latest programme is called Champions Show The Way (CSTW), which is a part of The Bradford District Care Trust/NHS. It gives people support to run activities out and about in the community, the activities all have some link to health such as relaxation sessions, walking groups, art classes, some of which support physical health and mental health. How did you get involved in this line of work?
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Who are you and what do you do? I’m Sarah Jane Naylor and I’m a community development worker and a community health officer. I have a long term love for the cooperative movement and have, over the years, enjoyed learning from previous involvement in Bradford’s member-run social centre the 1in12 and from living for quite a few years in the Hive, a Radical Routes Cooperative. What’s your relationship with Bradford? I was born here, though five years in Scotland and a year in sunny Devon have affected my accent a little. I’ve got a connection to Bradford’s industrial recent past through my grandparents, who both came here after WW2 and met through work at Listers Mill. My Mum and Dad (who are ace and very creative) are Bradford born too. Can you tell us a bit more about your latest projects? As a community health worker I get to oversee some really great activities in the community.
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Most of my working life has been spent as a community food grower and a horticulture therapist, and my career path started out with volunteering, which is a great way to learn. I eventually became interested in community work more generally and wanted to see how i would go on as a community development worker role, so went for it, got into it and I have learnt a lot. The voluntary sector is going through a really tough time and many organisations and community centres are really struggling for funding. I feel those cooperative aspects of the Bradford community will become even more important. What are your hopes for the next generation of Bradfordians? I hope that the voluntary sector, with its many important projects and organisations manages to find the resilience to stay open in the face of ridiculous cuts and I hope that they are financially supported somehow. I also hope that the younger generation will give some support to projects like Horton Community Farm and the many other great projects in the City all doing their own thing to make it an even better place to live and learn. The Champions Show the Way Programme can be found online at www.bdct.nhs.uk/cstw or you can contact our team by email champions@bdct.nhs.uk or phone 01274 321911.
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British Science Festival
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Bradford Family Science Weekend
Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September A free science themed family festival in the centre of Bradford Saturday 12 September City Park Science Market Media Museum Bradford College
11am to 3pm 10am to 4pm 10am to 3pm
Saturday 12 September University of Bradford
11am to 3pm
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Featuring… • Dr Marty Jopson, the BBC One Show’s resident scientist presents Zap, Crackle & Pop • Rocket Making • Animals handling • Plus lots, lots more
British Science Festival Bradford 7-10 September
Celebrate the best of British science. Expand your horizons with four days of free events, talks and performances from across the scientific spectrum. Join leading academics to discover, discuss and debate the latest ideas and innovations set to change our future.
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