Localcheck Space in the City 26 May 2015 June is bustin' out all over, but not everything in the garden's rosy. Look around you. Within a few minutes’ walk you can find a dozen ‘To…
Localcheck Access Space: Do It Anyway 5 May 2015 Access Space is a long-running arts and technology charity, opposite the Rutland Arms on Sidney Street. From 15 to 17 May it's running Do…
Localcheck Keeping It Real 2 April 2015 These words are written in order to explain things which can't be summed up in a simple slogan. It's more complicated and I need to…
Localcheck Green or Black 25 February 2015 Sheffield was called a green city back in the days when 'green' meant hippies in sandals. It didn't really fit the description, and the…
Localcheck A Polemic To Kick Off 2015 1 February 2015 I don't really listen to politicians, but last month David Cameron said something odd. He wouldn't debate on TV unless the Green Party were…
Localcheck New Year's Revolution 31 December 2014 There's a weekly course just starting in Sheffield called Current Affairs, run by the Workers' Educational Association. It's a discussion…
Localcheck Cathedral Archer Project 30 November 2014 At first I smiled as I noticed the old couple, rucksacks on backs. Walking sure is on the rise in Sheffield in these health-conscious…
Localcheck The North 1 November 2014 There's a gun smoke scent of independence in the air since nearly half of Scotland voted for it, despite the pleas of the British…
Localcheck SLTV 31 August 2014 From 23 September, there's a new television channel you won't want to miss. At last Sheffield will be televised. Cue Sheffield Live TV.…
Localcheck Leading The Way 30 July 2014 We can be proud of Sheffield, because gay equality charity Stonewall has praised the way the Council works with education and youth…
Localcheck July Goings On 29 June 2014 I'm not really a fan of competitive sports, but no-one can miss the fact that the Tour de Sheffield rolls through the outer regions of our…
Localcheck War and Peace 30 May 2014 Sheffield's sun-filled summer climaxes this month with the blissful Peace in the Park Festival on Saturday 14 June at Ponderosa Park in…
Localcheck Local Elections 30 April 2014 The local elections have arrived again. This most vital part of democracy is like a grotesque parody of a TV quiz in which the contestants…
Localcheck Energy Efficiency in the City 30 March 2014 Is Sheffield really a green city? Apart from the trees, it's only pale green, with promises of eco-improvements to come. Let's face it,…
Localcheck Sheffield, Cycling City. 1 March 2014 I have a vision for Sheffield without the traffic. I'm not anti-motorist. I'm anti-motorised vehicles. All of them. Let's remove everything…
Localcheck Food For Thought. 31 January 2014 Britain has only about three days' supplies of food at any time. If our import supply chain ever gets interrupted, we’re in trouble. The…
Localcheck I predict a riot. 31 December 2013 I predict a riot. Or rather, social unrest. I've always been a bit left-wing but in a moderate, English sort of way. I think revolutions…
Localcheck Welfare State of Collapse. 26 November 2013 This month I write about someone you may have met. Clearly intelligent, his first career was in management and later he had a lucrative…
Localcheck LaDIYfest 2013. 31 October 2013 This month LaDIYfest happens in Sheffield. A joyful blend of music, fun and workshops, it's run by a volunteer army of women and men who…
Localcheck Access Space. 29 September 2013 When you hear the word 'culture', do you reach for your gun or your chequebook? Or the 'off' button? What is culture? What is art? We leave…