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It falls to us to reassemble the South Yorkshire citizens' assembly on climate
As the last visitors to the LightFest scientific exhibition are being ushered out of the Millenium Gallery, their minds expanded by the various displays, around the corner we are half a dozen people ...
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Terry Murphy
Former Labour MP Alan Milburn’s recent talk in Sheffield was dangerously misleading and lays the groundwork for further government cuts, suffering and scapegoating. For ‘economically inactive’ people, ...
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No Alan, we won’t fix the economy by further punishing disabled people
Alan Milburn giving a speech about social mobility as part of the Salford Lecture Series in 2014. University of Salford At the Work & Health: Innovation in Practice conference in Sheffield last Friday ...
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South Yorkshire to take back control of its buses by 2027, as failed experiment with privatisation finally comes to an end
Around 50 campaigners with the Better Buses For South Yorkshire group gathered outside the mayor's office to mark the decision BBSY. South Yorkshire will take back control of its bus network in 2027, ...
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“Enemy Feminisms is a love letter to feminism”: Sophie Lewis and the desire for earnest feminism
Counter intuitively, I do think Enemy Feminisms is a love letter to feminism. That might not be what it looks like on the tin, but I think this is me working through what conflict has actually already ...
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“Running is about freedom – I’m not expected to be anyone”: meet the film-makers taking this year’s ShAFF in their stride
This weekend is a big one in Sheffield’s outdoor sports calendar. From 21 to 23 March, the Showroom hosts the return of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival (ShAFF), a celebration of the outdoors and the ...
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Climate campaigners call on the University of Sheffield to cut ties with UK’s biggest polluter
Activists from Extinction Rebellion worked with students from People & Planet as part of the action. People & Planet. Student activists at the University of Sheffield (UoS) have protested throughout ...
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The crisis in live music: an MP tells Now Then what the government should do next
One of Sheffield's most important grassroots venues, The Dorothy Pax, closed for good last week. Dorothy Pax. Regular readers of Now Then will be familiar with the plight of the UK’s grassroots music ...
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You came for the jet show: Divorce at Bear Tree Records
This one'll melt your face off: Felix, Tiger and Kasper of Divorce. Steve Hunting. I'm beginning to think my articles for Now Then about the perilous state of grassroots music have become some sort of ...
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This year’s Sheffield Adventure Film Festival is putting the future of our planet front and centre
Founded in 2006, the Sheffield Adventure Film Festival, or ShAFF as it’s universally known, has long been a yearly staple for those seeking out high-octane celluloid thrills, ranging from white-water ...
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“There’s a lot of trust in this country – it’s just not with politicians”: Sheffield hosts the UK’s Democracy Summit for the first time
The day opened with a panel discussion on the theme of confronting threats to democracy. Democracy Network. What does real democracy look like? Is it our current system of elections, parliaments and ...