Issue 136 July 2019

Last month, facing up to the climate emergency, Sheffield City Council announced a new target of 2030 to become carbon neutral. Plans will…

Ten years ago I created a think tank called the Centre for Welfare Reform, based here in Sheffield. It still seems like a crazy idea.…

Do videogames and poetry go together like Sonic and Tails - or do they leave you feeling cheated? Highscore Haikus was a fun collaboration…

We haven't had a heatwave like last summer just yet, but we should prepare to make the most of the sunny days and enjoy Sheffield's…

We're happy to bring you a preview of Genevieve Carver & The Unsung's new show this month. We were lucky enough to catch its first…

Tripadvisor Review posted by user SeanMorl on July 2nd 2019.

"I suddenly understood how that piece of paper could connect with other pieces of paper and become a flower. It was like an enlightenment. It's like opening a little door in your brain and allowing new ideas to come."

Cafe #9 in Nether Edge is as appropriate a setting for Carson McHone's alternative Americana as you could find in Sheffield. Wood-panelled,…

I feel slightly uneasy as I try to settle into an uncomfortable plastic chair in the darkened back room of Yellow Arch on a gloomy Sunday…

As ever, a raft of fringe events swirl around this year's Tramlines. Doomlines returns for its fifth edition at Hallam HUBS, with sludge…

Sheffield's electronic music lineage is like ripples reverberating in water when you cast a pebble. Right at the centre are the foundations…

Boxie is a new gig series looking to showcase emerging female artists in the city. It's just one of a whole host of new nights like Plenty…

Part of this year's Alternative Realities programme, Sheffield Doc/Fest's mixed reality offering, Spectre by Bill Posters and Dr Daniel…

Having very much enjoyed Peter Strickland's previous offerings, Berberian Sound Studio and The Duke of Burgundy, I attended a screening of…

For generations, African men have met in barbershops and this part of African culture is just as vital in the UK today. Throughout Barber…

This latest Sheffield Theatres production is a dazzling adaptation of Yann Martel's 2001 bestselling book. Given the novel is set mostly at…