https://crw.org.uk/ Grassroots culture, told by the people who make it en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 03:08:13 GMT https://crw.org.uk/pin-money-noticeboard-beats-algorithm/ https://crw.org.uk/pin-money-noticeboard-beats-algorithm/ Libraries, launderettes and chip-shop windows are quietly hosting the most human media network in Britain. A defence of the physical noticeboard—and the people keeping it alive in 2026. Common Room Weekly Community Media Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:05:52 GMT https://crw.org.uk/screen-tests-dead-shop-living-venue/ https://crw.org.uk/screen-tests-dead-shop-living-venue/ Empty retail units are being refitted as 40-seat cinemas, listening rooms and gig spaces by volunteers who would rather not wait for the high street to be rescued. Here is the unglamorous truth about licensing, loos and fire doors—and how to start one in your town in 2026. Common Room Weekly Arts & Spaces Sun, 08 Nov 2026 02:05:52 GMT https://crw.org.uk/dialled-in-five-community-radio-shows-winter-2026/ https://crw.org.uk/dialled-in-five-community-radio-shows-winter-2026/ When it is dark by half four, the algorithm can feel like a closed loop. These five community radio shows — from teenage broadcasters in Glasgow to a Norfolk farming phone-in — are doing something local, live and stubbornly human this winter 2026. Common Room Weekly Radio & Audio Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:09:36 GMT https://crw.org.uk/pass-the-plates-pass-the-mic-supper-clubs-uk-2026/ https://crw.org.uk/pass-the-plates-pass-the-mic-supper-clubs-uk-2026/ Supper clubs are no longer just a novelty night out. In Sheffield, rural Cumbria and Cardiff, they are quietly becoming the common rooms that pubs and community centres used to provide — if they can keep the door open and the prices sane. Common Room Weekly Food & Community Sat, 07 Nov 2026 22:09:36 GMT