We’re teaming up with everybody’s favourite community festival Peace in the Park for the Now Then June launch party. We’ll be recommending attendees pay a donation of £2 on the door, and will be putting the proceeds towards funding this year’s festival. To tempt you into… [...]

Now Then June Launch Party/Peace in the Park Fundraiser

May 25, 2010

We’re teaming up with everybody’s favourite community festival Peace in the Park for the Now Then June launch party. We’ll be recommending attendees pay a donation of £2 on the door, and will be putting the proceeds towards funding this year’s festival. To tempt you into… [...]

Now Then Feedback Competition: The Winners

May 18, 2010

Below are the two winners of the inaugural Now Then feedback sheet competition, which we ran at the May launch event earlier this month. We were genuinely surprised by the quality of the submissions, it seems Now Then readers are a talented bunch! So talented in fact, that we’ve decided to make the feedback competition a regular thing. Anyhow, we were going to choose just one winner but that proved… [...]

I Wanted to Hit Him – A Food Rant

May 10, 2010

By Mark Heath. I wanted to hit him, this lanky greasy chav who was bragging to the bar maid at the top of his voice.”I’m a chef, you know.”"Really? Where do you work?”"Wetherspoons.”I’d just finished working a 70 hour week in a cellar kitchen with no natural light, making all fresh food for a busy independent… [...]

Mourning Glory

May 7, 2010

Image by Jonathon Brown.

Here is the full version of Tommy Blank‘s article about e-bituaries, which due to erm… ‘editorial oversights’ was left out of the final version of issue 26. Sorry Tommy…
Mourning Glory.The grave concept of the e-bituary.Tommy Blank.There are some things I’m not sure I’ll ever get comfortable

Spears at the Ready – Seasonal Cooking

May 5, 2010

By Florence HillierThis season’s asparagus is hitting market stalls and supermarkets across the country, its spears taking over the shelves like a green army. This delicious vegetable, best enjoyed I think with a good dowsing of melted butter, is possibly best known for the rather unpleasant effect it has on one’s urinary system. The… [...]