Michelle Tea: Cult Author and Organiser Talks Queer Culture, Class and Capitalism 1 December 2019 Writer and creative producer Michelle Tea came over from LA in October to talk about her new book, Against Memoir: Complaints, Confessions,…
Mark Steel: Comic and Columnist Gets Optimistic 1 April 2019 Mark Steel is a lovely person and a sharp comedian with many accolades. His columns in The Guardian and The Independent crack me up while…
Festival of Debate Launched: Sheffield festival announces over 60 events 10 March 2019 The lineup for the fifth edition of Sheffield's Festival of Debate has been announced, with speakers including George Monbiot, Ash Sarkar…
Board Games: 'Tis The Season 1 December 2018 Board games are a lot like life. Not in a 'we're all in the Matrix' kind of way, nor in a 'you win some, you lose some' kind of way. More…
#PeriodPositive: Time to End the Hesitation Around Menstruation 1 November 2017 Hey Sheffield, we can talk about periods, right? We're cool with this. Because in Sheffield we tell it like it is. Just like in Brooklyn,…
Period Positive: Sheffield: #periodpositive City 29 October 2017 Sometimes people call me The Period Lady and I’m okay with that. I’ve talked about periods in the school where I used to teach. My…
Francesca Martinez: How To Create A Better World 28 October 2016 Francesca Martinez is a comedian, writer, actor and activist. She tours globally and wrote the hilarious and utterly relatable What The…
#PeriodPositive : Time to end the hesitation around menstruation 25 April 2015 Hey Sheffield, we can talk about periods, right? We’re cool with this. Because in Sheffield we tell it like it is. Just like in Brooklyn,…
Space: It’s Not You I Just Need Space 28 September 2014 I love space. I don’t always know exactly what’s going on out there, but I think it’s pretty cool. I know it’s a quirk of human nature to…
1913: A Year That Influenced Everything 24 February 2013 My grandma would have been 100 this year, so I've decided to research and celebrate other centenaries in her honour. She was incredibly…
Libraries: What do you want to protect the most? 24 August 2012 I love libraries even more than I love museums. And I really love museums (see NT#48). The moment I approach the Sheffield Central…
Museums: England's fourth largest city deserves better 24 January 2012 At the time of writing, Museums Sheffield has lost its Arts Council funding. Not the 'We Wanna Do This One Tiny Cool Project' funding. No,…