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Localcheck Occupy Sheffield.

A good friend of mine pointed out that life is like a game of Monopoly. Very soon after you get into it you realise that someone's got the…

Localcheck Going Forward.

Around the end of the 1990s I first heard a new phrase in a particularly memorable meeting. You will have heard it. In the circumstances it…

Localcheck PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

Down at the railway station at midnight you can almost see the tumbleweed blowing across the tracks. Almost, because it's closed -…

Localcheck Education.

No-one's neutral about the education system. Whether you've been through it or you're still in it, you've probably got an opinion based on…

Localcheck Access Space

If you go down to the town today, you're in for a big surprise, at least in certain areas. Walk to the end of the Workstation. Don't cross…

Localcheck Community Radio

You could sail through any city and never experience one particularly invisible part of its culture - the radio stations. People who don't…

Localcheck May Goings On

The spirit of freedom and equality is blowing through Sheffield's rebellious streets like a summer breeze. It's May, and the season kicks…

Localcheck LGBT in Sheffield.

You don't have to be gay to enjoy a gay festival. This month, how about a quick round-up of lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT)…

Localcheck Death By A Thousand Cuts

Death by a thousand cuts was a form of torture in pre-communist China, a slow and lingering death that comes to mind as things like nursing…

Localcheck Don't Play The Game

So here it is, merry Christmas! Have you started buying presents, having fun, watching the high street sales rising and getting into debt?…