For many residents and councillors, the ceasefire vote was the fulfilment of a moral duty. It reflected Sheffield’s long tradition of internationalism and peace activism, from standing against ...

Back in 2019 Sheffield City Council declared a climate emergency, and the city has ambitious plans to meet net-zero targets by 2030. In trying to meet this target, community energy projects, ...

We Love What You’ve Done With The Place is back for its second outing at the Two and Six micropub on Snig Hill this weekend. We caught up with organiser and local artist Kieran Flynn, whose work is ...

Here’s an analogy based on a tragic real-life event: Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War. When Florence and her 38 nurses arrived at Scutari in Constantinople in November 1854 they set to work at ...

To understand the project better, I decide to have a go at mapping Park Hill, my own neighbourhood. Centred around the (in)famous flats of the same name, Park Hill effectively acts as a boundary ...

South Yorkshire will take back control of its bus network in 2027, bringing routes, timetables and fares under democratic control for the first time in decades. That’s the decision announced by South ...

Regular readers of Now Then will be familiar with the plight of the UK’s grassroots music venues. Only last week, the crisis finally hit Sheffield with the news that the much-loved Dorothy Pax, a ...

Rivers are powerful beings. They can make or break our towns and cities – many ancient settlements are only where they are because they were founded on the banks of a river, which centuries later may ...

The University of Sheffield (UoS) have announced they are planning to make “significant” staffing cuts to a highly-renowned department regarded as one of the biggest centres of expertise in Europe.

Stepping into the space next door to Showroom Cinema's cafe on a Friday lunchtime, you're immediately struck by the welcoming atmosphere. The air is filled with the aromatic promise of today's lunch, ...

It’s 9 December 2023, and the final session of the South Yorkshire Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Emergency is wrapping up. The participants have finished deliberating and voting, and a consensus ...

Hard-right populist party Reform UK came within ten votes of winning their first-ever seat on Sheffield City Council yesterday, after a shock by-election which saw a previously safe Labour seat switch ...