For many residents and councillors, the ceasefire vote was the fulfilment of a moral duty. It reflected Sheffield’s long tradition of internationalism and peace activism, from standing against ...

I'm certainly getting a workout from all the activity, and can feel the sweat on my brow. But that’s nothing compared to the band, who are covered in the stuff. I can see now why they have a ...

British democracy is truly circling the wet rim of history’s greasiest toilet. Every major political party seems to be operating under the belief that Reform UK supporters have five votes each and ...

Back in 2019 Sheffield City Council declared a climate emergency, and the city has ambitious plans to meet net-zero targets by 2030. In trying to meet this target, community energy projects, ...

Model candidate The Doncaster Free Press report that Reform’s candidate for mayor, 30-year-old Alexander Jones, is a part-time male model who also works as a foreign exchange trader, after a previous ...

Here’s an analogy based on a tragic real-life event: Florence Nightingale and the Crimean War. When Florence and her 38 nurses arrived at Scutari in Constantinople in November 1854 they set to work at ...

It isn’t an easy time to be a senior leader at the University of Sheffield (UoS). The UK higher education sector is in a period of crisis, with international student numbers dropping sharply for the ...

South Yorkshire will take back control of its bus network in 2027, bringing routes, timetables and fares under democratic control for the first time in decades. That’s the decision announced by South ...

Student activists at the University of Sheffield (UoS) have protested throughout the week against the institution’s links to the Drax power station in North Yorkshire, which despite its claimed ...

Regular readers of Now Then will be familiar with the plight of the UK’s grassroots music venues. Only last week, the crisis finally hit Sheffield with the news that the much-loved Dorothy Pax, a ...

As both a food writer and poet, I am fascinated by how culinary delights and creative writing intertwine – the way both can tell profound stories and offer us deep insights into other cultures. So ...

Rivers are powerful beings. They can make or break our towns and cities – many ancient settlements are only where they are because they were founded on the banks of a river, which centuries later may ...