The spirit of freedom and equality is blowing through Sheffield’s rebellious streets like a summer breeze. It’s May, and the season kicks off with another Temporary Autonomous Arts (TAA) extravaganza coming to a secret site somewhere between 19th and 21st. Arts, films, performances, stuff for kids, music, loadsa fun from the Art and Soul Kollective (ASK). Last year’s urban myth was that the venue was squatted, but Sheffield’s finest police… [...]
April 29, 2011
The spirit of freedom and equality is blowing through Sheffield’s rebellious streets like a summer breeze. It’s May, and the season kicks off with another Temporary Autonomous Arts (TAA) extravaganza coming to a secret site somewhere between 19th and 21st. Arts, films, performances, stuff for kids, music, loadsa fun from the Art and Soul Kollective (ASK). Last year’s urban myth was that the venue was squatted, but Sheffield’s finest police… [...]
April 28, 2011
Going green has become a fashion trend in the last few years, something for celebrities to hitch their star to.
Suddenly knobbly shaped vegetables covered in dirt are in, as is veganism and biodegradable everything. Like a long-established band that suddenly have a top ten hit, environmental friendliness has suddenly got itself a lot more followers. Yet these new disciples tend to eclipse the dedication of long-time fans. One… [...]
There’s not a lot of sport in Now Then. I’m just going to state that now. However it’s not that none of us are fans, of course we are. It’s just that there are only so many pages in a magazine and you don’t often get sport that sits comfortably across from fine art, poetry and… [...]
April 27, 2011
Media Lens is a media analysis organisation set up by David Edwards and David Cromwell in 2001 to highlight the shortcomings of mainstream media reporting in Britain. Sending out regular email alerts to its subscribers, it questions the coverage of key topics by ‘impartial’ sources like the BBC, as well as traditionally liberal publications like the Independent. Ultimately, it hopes to encourage members of the public to challenge journalists and
April 26, 2011
On 31st March 2011, the Daily Express front page headline claimed ‘Salt Banned in Chip Shops’. The truth was rather more mundane – a scheme called ASK had been set-up in Stockport to put salt behind the counter of food outlets so customers would have to ask if they wanted it. Five places had voluntarily signed up. Nothing was ‘banned’. No one was ‘forced’ to do anything. There were no