Alt-Sheff

Was ‘fracking’ supposed to sound rude, like masturbation, or is that just me? When the 2010 film Gasland indicated that ‘hydraulic…

Last month a huge black column of smoke, visible 20 miles from Sheffield, raised far-reaching questions on issues ranging from austerity to…

A huge social experiment is being conducted on the world, and it's time to talk about it. It's almost invisible to many people. Discussion…

It seems strange to be reflecting on a sad theme when we’re heading for midsummer, but the green garden of Sheffield is missing two of its…

An old man once told me that there used to be about 50 small shops in his village. It was Beighton, then in north-east Derbyshire but later…

I want to wear a Free Bradley Manning t-shirt around Sheffield, but I probably won't. It could get me into arguments on topics that I…

I really support public transport, but the proposed HS2 high speed rail plan has so many weak links that it's strange the three mainstream…

The film The Full Monty put Sheffield on the map as a city with humour, depth and even a bit of sexiness. You had to live here to know just…

Activism can spring up as a protest reaction, or else existing actions may create the conditions for further developments. In Sheffield…

PlanningOnce, on a Christmas day walk across an icy field, I came upon a poster pinned to a telegraph pole. It was the notice of a planning…

Did you notice our wizard government has magically criminalised squatting in empty residential houses? This follows hysterical headlines…

He has the kind of face that always looks shocked. We sat over a coffee in the warm Sheffield sunshine. 'What have I done to deserve this?'…

A small chain of local shops, Rhythm & Booze, was bought out recently after hitting a difficult patch. This is a shame, because it was…

Lift the bin-lid on Sheffield's waste disposal and recycling services and you'll find a whole can of worms; problems that go way beyond the…

Last year the Global Commission on Drug Policy, a highpowered panel including several former heads of state, concluded that the so-called…

Today I heard about someone coming to Sheffield and being transformed. Literally, fundamentally changed. That's not an expression people…

Fighting is never the best way to settle an argument. We teach children this, yet we also show them a stream of gun-filled movies, displays…

Imagine for a moment that you live far from the cosy comforts of Sheffield and that brutal forces of control dominate daily…

As Now Then is often proud to point out, there are a lot of good things about living in Sheffield. But some of the best things around here…

I've been thinking a lot recently about the American idea of downshifting. It's more than some middle-class fight for the 'good life'. You…