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A Magazine for Sheffield

Issue 112 July 2017

As is customary for Now Then, we are online-only this month and next month, before returning to print in September.

We’ve got homegrown talent in NT#112 in the form of graphic illustrator and painter Marcus Method, who’s bright and bold work you may have seen on many surfaces across Sheffield and Manchester.

We also had the great pleasure of interviewing electronic music extraordinaire Chris Clark, ahead of his gig in Manchester as part of his Death Peak tour.

Elsewhere, you’ll find an interesting review of Byline Festival (a “protest against fake news and alternative facts”), a fantastic photo-journalism piece on European refugees, and a short interview with the director-producer of a documentary about doom metal in Sheffield and further afield.

Keep your submissions coming and feel free to get in touch with me.

This month's articles

Localcheck Community or Property?

This summer’s Grenfell Tower fire disaster in London shows the dangers of ‘gentrification’. It means gilding the surfaces, glossing over…

Refuge: At The Gates of Europe

The current refugee crisis has been the biggest mass movement of asylum seekers since the end of the Second World War, and an important…

Live / stage review Julius Caesar

Robert Hastie began his career as The Crucible’s Artistic Director by continuing the theatre’s commitment to staging high-quality…

Notes on Glastonbury

Notes on Glastonbury from a first-time attendee: 1. It's a cliché, but Glastonbury really is vast. It's scale is impossible to comprehend…

Headsup The Doom Doc

For fans of music heavy, slow and low-tuned, it’s an exciting time to be in the north of England. Doom metal is not for the faint of heart,…

Feed Your Appetite

Reading food blogs and following feeds on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram offers a rich feast to feed your food knowledge. These days,…

Marcus Method: Check The Method

If you walk around Sheffield or Manchester regularly, it's quite likely you'll recognise the work of this month's featured artist, Marcus…