The Sheffield Telegraph’s Secret School: More carrot and less stick required...
In a Sheffield school this week, a headteacher arrived at their office slightly nervous. It was Monday morning and the school was overdue an Ofsted inspection. They know that the telephone call to...
View ArticleTelegraph Voices: Should people in Sheffield be eating less meat in their diets?
The Sheffield Telegraph weighs up the cost - in terms of health and the environment - of eating meat in this week’s debate.
View ArticleFirst Person: Sheffield venues hold up a beacon for theatre
I have an extreme passion for theatre and performance, with the hope of becoming a professional director. Whenever I asked those in the business for advice they said, ‘Go and see as much theatre as you...
View ArticleThe Big Challenge: Time for more joined-up thinking on Sheffield’s environment
I’ve been living in Sheffield for 14 years now, but to me it’s so vast that I feel I’m learning new bits about the city every year. I’ve also been involved with Sheffield Climate Alliance (and by...
View ArticleFavourite Things: Maintaining a theatrical tradition in cultural city
Rachel Habergham moved to Harthill on the outskirts of Sheffield as a young child and has stayed within a few miles of there ever since. She now lives in the village of Wales with her husband, children...
View ArticleWild Side: Snippets of winter wildlife
Standing in the car park of our local gym one late afternoon, I had a wonderful view of an urban grey heron as it drifted over to drop down to the River Sheaf. In a more rural setting, Ray Sykes of...
View ArticleFavourite Things: Giving some thought to Sheffield’s different pleasures
Andy Hanselman is a partner in Sheffield-based Andy Hanselman Consulting with his wife Jill White. He speaks, consults and trains businesses how to ‘think in 3D’ - that means being ‘dramatically and...
View ArticleMartin Smith column: Revolution needed at ‘old boys’ FA
The FA. Get rid of the lot of them.
View ArticleDave Simms column: We have the League’s best Brits
Robert Dowd, a super talent. We know him as The Golden Child. Dynamic since he burst on to the scene some years ago.
View ArticleHealth: Why taking a view on services is a vital way of driving up standards...
We all have a view of the services we use – whether it’s a restaurant, shop or holiday – we decide whether it’s good or not. We may choose to never return to a restaurant and tell everyone how awful it...
View ArticleThe Big Challenge: Renewing the energy for change in Sheffield
“A strong sense of community is so abundant in Sheffield - as seen by the number of community groups and projects,” said Jeana Malhi, considering the existing strengths the city can draw on to boost...
View ArticleEducation Column: Tears, fluffed lines and mishaps part of the school...
In a Sheffield primary school this week, parents and teachers looked on with a mixture of pride, expectation, hope and fear as the traditional nativity started.
View ArticleFirst Person: Run the council for the people
I recently received responses from Sheffield Council to Freedom of Information requests on the Amey Streets Ahead and Veolia waste contracts.
View ArticlePassion for community at a well of spirituality
Marjorie Allan, aged 42, lives in Nether Edge with her three young children and husband Nick. Together the couple are Baptist ministers at The Well on Ecclesall Road – a lively, growing, contemporary...
View ArticleWhy Sheffield’s 20mph speed limit strategy hinges on a willing public
In common with many other local authorities throughout the country, Sheffield Council is attempting to change the driving culture and redefine what is considered to be the appropriate speed to drive at...
View ArticleThe Sheffield Telegraph’s Secret School: A wish list to make teaching a great...
The Prime Minister may not be the first person to enter your head when you think of Christmas cheer, but during the school holidays I have decided to write to her and ask if she can give the teachers...
View ArticlePause for Thought: An open and shut case
Solstice, Santa, surfeit and the sanctifications of, and as such I would be remiss if I were to diss in derisive hiss, the Winter Solstice (though not the surfeit and the Santas).
View ArticleColumn: How to keep everyone happy in workplace
It is becoming less practical for any organisation to measure productivity simply with numbers or to hold everyone on one team to the same standard.
View ArticleAntiques Column: Snow domes are popular collectables
Snow domes, or snow globes as we might know them, may conjure up images of cheap holiday souvenirs but they are a popular collectable nowadays and date back further than you would think.
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