Ben Eckersley

Ben Eckersley is a Sheffield based musician. He teaches cello and piano and plays in a bunch of Sheffield bands including Captives on the Carousel and (going back a bit) 7 Black Tentacles and Woolly Mammoth. You can also see him with the Sheffield Beatles Project for which he’s the musical director and heading up the Sheffield team for Sofar Sounds. He loves a good quiz, and runs what he hopes is Sheffield’s trickiest quiz night monthly at the Treehouse Board Game Cafe.

23 July 2021

A big list of independent businesses in Sheffield which still have Covid-safe procedures in place. Last updated: 1 August 2021.

1 March 2019

'Transport For The North' sounds more like an enthusiastic response to the question 'what do we want?' - before the traditional follow-on…

17 January 2016

Hailing from Fife, singer-songwriter James Yorkston is a well established Scottish solo artist, first coming to prominence with his debut…

13 May 2015

Michael Nyman is a world renowned composer, pianist, writer and critic. His lengthy collaboration with Peter Greenaway and his hugely…

15 August 2014

Sam and Sofia – Sam Genders and Sofia Hagberg – are a husband and wife promoter team putting on a fantastic line-up of gigs around…

22 January 2014

The contemporary classical music scene in Sheffield and other local cities is, I sometimes think, possibly the most underground arts scene…

21 May 2013

Northumberland-based folk band The Unthanks will be in Sheffield performing their live soundtrack to internationally acclaimed filmmaker…

28 September 2012

Papa Westray, known locally as Papay, is a small island at the far north end of the Orkney Isles, an archipelago off the north coast of…

28 March 2012

I love travelling on railways. I enjoy chatting to strangers, having occasional naps, and most of all, watching the view. Anyone else who's…

24 March 2011

Eventually, Britain will become a republic and people will look back on days like today with incredulity. "Why", they will say "did anyone…

Ben Eckersley

The Sheffield 'Taking It Slow' list

Transport for the North: It's Transport, Stupid

James Yorkston: Scottish singer-songwriter comes to Sheffield

Michael Nyman: War Work

Headsup Sam and Sofia

Sound Contemporary Classical Music in Sheffield.

The Unthanks: Songs from The Shipyards

Papa Westray: A model of community ownership

Railways: Alternatives to HS2

Royals: Read this on April 29th