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A Magazine for Sheffield

Issue 121 April 2018

As you may have gathered, this month marks ten years of Now Then. This double page spread is our attempt to say thanks to every writer, artist and advertiser who has supported the magazine since day one. The list is massive, so to anyone we have neglected to include, and to those we have included, please know that your involvement has been absolutely vital. Thank you.

Opus, the company that publishes Now Then, is also celebrating its tenth year, so throughout 2018 we are planning ten special things to mark the occasion. The first is this bumper issue of Now Then, and the second is the Now Then 10 cocktail launching next month at Public bar. Read more about this on the Food page and stay tuned throughout the year.

You can read about some of the other things Opus is planning elsewhere in this issue. We’re really excited about 2018. The world feels smaller by the minute, so it’s often tempting to think we’re on a downward trajectory as a species. Maybe we are, but hopefully all the great stuff we cram into these pages shows that there is still hope.

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This month's articles

Localcheck Now Ten!

Remember 2008? The biggest economic crash of our time hit us the same year as this magazine. Yes, it's Now Then's tenth birthday. In the…

Superhero: Saving the Parallel City

For Now Then’s tenth birthday, I decided to rifle through the various pieces I’ve written over seven of those years, exploring the fringe…

A Celebratory Feast

Steam Yard Aberdeen Court, 97 Division Street, S1 4GE steamyard.co.uk "Every breakfast is a special occasion to us. Anytime we can…

Now Then 10 Cocktail: By Public

We were wracking our brains for a way to celebrate the tenth birthday of Now Then when Public, the new cocktail bar in the basement of the…

Richard Hawley Music on the edge

From playing with Treebound Story and Longpigs in the eighties and nineties to a stint with Pulp and a string of acclaimed solo albums…

Headsup Platform 4

Known for their eccentric compositions, high-quality performances and friendly nature, Platform 4 – consisting of Tom James, Tom Owen,…

Now Then 10: A Decade in Print

v2.0 Coming Soon... We launched the Now Then Discounts App in September 2014 with the dual aims of encouraging people in Sheffield to…

Talking Heads

Over the last decade, Now Then has spoken to hundreds of musicians, composers and groups about their work, from celebrated veterans of…