Articles relating to: Sheffield
Back to the Future: Sheffield’s Hole in the Road
I feel as though I’m about to die. Not in a horrific, life flashing before my eyes kind of way, but in a dreamlike, out-of-body experience. Except, if I really was about to die, I would hope that a failed 1960s underpass might not be the last thing on which I rested my earthly gaze.
Review: Made in Sheffield, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
We’ve all heard it said that Britain doesn’t make things any more. We’re a service economy apparently, although I’ve never been quite certain what that entails. Does it mean we’re now merely the kind of country that waits at traffic lights to wipe the world’s windscreens, then hustles for a few coins in return?
From John Ruskin to Grayson Perry, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield
A new exhibition in Sheffield brings together old and new artworks to explore the world of John Ruskin. Do modern artists have just as much to say about the role of creating beautiful things as the Victorians did?
Brutal Beauty: the Park Hill Paintings of Mandy Payne
In 1981, Roy Hattersley, then Shadow Home Secretary, made a short film for Yorkshire Television about the Sheffield in which he grew up.
Richard Wilson on the Sarah Kane season at Sheffield Crucible
Daniel Evans, artistic director of Sheffield Theatres, has established a tradition of producing entire seasons dedicated to the work of one writer. But this month’s programme, which is devoted to the complete works of Sarah Kane, is a bit different.
Picturing Sheffield at the Millennium Gallery
You can tell a lot about a city’s self-image by looking at the pictures on sale in its gift shops.
Sheffield’s Missing War Monument
A Grade II listed monument was removed from Sheffield in the 1960s. The Victorian Society says it should be returned to its rightful place.
Brutalism, Bus Fares and The Box
Think of the camera’s shutter as a scalpel. See the photograph as a slice through time.
How sad, how lovely: the mystery of Connie Converse
Musicians can be strange, unpredictable, other-worldly creatures, completely wrapped up in the mysteries of their art. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they have a habit of going missing.
The Northern Soul Awards 2018
Are you an individual or an organisation based in the North of England? Why don’t you come to this year’s Northern Soul Awards? It’ll be a brilliant evening – 15th November at Manchester Cathedral. Tickets available here: https://awards.northernsoul.me.uk/buy-tickets/
The Northern Soul Poll
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