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The Anti-Trans Moral Panic: Britain’s Grotesque Obsession
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 ...
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"Very bright and bold": DIY exhibition returns to Two and Six micropub for the second year
We Love What You’ve Done With The Place is back for its second outing at the Two and Six micropub on Snig Hill this weekend. We caught up with organiser and local artist Kieran Flynn, whose work is ...
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It’s time to clear out neoliberalism – the UK’s dark underbelly that dooms us to failure
Neoliberal has been the dominant ideology in the City of London since the 1980s. PLANT on Unsplash. On 28 April at the Festival of Debate, I’m hosting Public Finance Black Hole - The Big Lie. We’ll ...
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The University of Sheffield is failing. It’s time to put staff and students back in control
Members of People & Planet protesting about the presence of fossil fuel companies at the university's Careers Fair. People & Planet Sheffield. It isn’t an easy time to be a senior leader at the ...
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I had a go at mapping my own neighbourhood – and joined a project that could change how we see Sheffield for good
Light relief: my map of the Park Hill neighbourhood. When you think of your immediate neighbourhood, what are the first things that spring to mind? It’s unlikely to be the exact ratio of homes to ...
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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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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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Cooperative creatures: Squid at The Leadmill
Bike wheels and paint tins: Squid. Hamish Yewdall. I want to start this review by saying Squid are fantastic. If you have the chance to see them live, do it. But to describe why they’re fantastic is a ...
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The University of Sheffield are targeting another world-leading department for “significant” cuts – but staff are fighting back
School of East Asian Studies staff and students on a field trip to Tokyo, April 2023. The University of Sheffield (UoS) have announced they are planning to make “significant” staffing cuts to a highly ...
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Ten years ago, Crookes Social Club was in terminal decline. Meet the man who turned it around
Established in 1919, the importance of the then-Crookes Working Men's Club and Institute can be measured by the pivotal role this 105-year-old venue has played at the heart of this bustling Sheffield ...
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Our citizens' assembly was supposed to demonstrate a new kind of politics. But what happened next let the people of South Yorkshire down
The Citizens' Assembly included 100 participants drawn from 30,000 random invites. It’s 9 December 2023, and the final session of the South Yorkshire Citizens’ Assembly on the Climate Emergency is ...
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Reform come within ten votes of winning a seat on Sheffield Council in shock by-election result
Hard-right populist party Reform UK came within ten votes of winning their first-ever seat on Sheffield City Council yesterday, after a shock by-election which saw a previously safe Labour seat switch ...