Win year’s pass to new cinema in Sheffield
The Light Cinema is coming very soon to Sheffield.
View ArticleHealth: ‘Childbirth is a straightforward event - not a high-risk procedure’
As a group of passionate and committed midwives in South Yorkshire, maternity users, and the Forging Families charity, we have been campaigning for a local birth centre to offer more choice to local...
View ArticleEducation: Why we need to drive the fear culture from schools
Much of Britain’s education system is run by fear. Ofsted is the institution near the top of the hierarchy that perpetuates this fear.
View ArticleFavourite Things: Feeding a spirit of giving across lifelong home city
Chris Hardy, aged 45, has lived in Sheffield all his life - in a range of locations ranging from The Manor to Fulwood.
View ArticleMad Management: Brexit - A formidable negotiation with economic consequences NOW
I was going to continue my theme of what needs to be put right in Sheffield before we can begin to get the best from our strengths. But, of course, all the attention is on Article 50 and its...
View ArticleColumn: Reduce sugar intake as part of diet
Easter is nearly here and the overload of chocolate and sweets will shortly begin.
View ArticleColumn: I was a cat lady but I fell in love with a dog
There is one thing in life that will never disappoint you. One thing that will love you unconditionally. It will cheer you up when you’re down, and take you out when you’re moping around the house.
View ArticleIn the Saddle: Why I’m daft about donkeys
I've always had a love of donkeys as they were the first animals which kick started my interest in horses but, at the age of two, I probably didn't realise what a significant part they would play in...
View ArticlePlight of the homeless in Sheffield is shameful
Sheffield is a hard place to be homeless. I’m not the only person who sees six or seven rough sleepers every day without fail, while walking through the city centre.
View ArticleSteel Life Portrait: Day the leadmill missed out on Material Girl Madonna
The fun part of this job is that each and every day, you discover something new.
View ArticleAntiques Column: And thus wine labels were born
During the Restoration (1660-1685 ) there developed a trend for decanting wine. This in turn created a need for labelling and thus metal wine labels were born – and by the 1770s they were commonplace.
View ArticleSimmsey column: Not bad for a Sheffield Steelers’ team with ‘no character!’
So the Steelers are Elite League Play Off Champions – for a record equalling 10th time (in just 21 years) - some record isn’t it?
View ArticleNorthern Lights: ‘Nobody is going to ride in on a white charger and do things...
Back in February two reports were published in the same week.
View ArticleSimmsey column: Desi and the Brits are Sheffield Steelers core strength
So this morning the Steelers confirmed that Guillaume Desbiens was the latest addition to their squad for next season, this after signing a new two-year contract with head coach Paul Thompson.
View ArticleTelegraph Education: Selection is the wrong answer to question of improving...
Parents with young children in Sheffield schools may be faced with a dilemma in a few years – will they try and get their children into a grammar school and possibly move house to be near one?
View ArticleNorthern Lights: Why city has more reasons to be cheerful than anywhere else...
These are undoubtedly some uncertain times for many of us residents of Sheffield and the wider region and, indeed, as business owners.
View ArticleMad Management: Leaders learning the lessons of history and being good to people
“Good morning, good morning!” the general said, when we met him last week on the way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ’em dead, And we’re cursing his staff for incompetent swine....
View ArticleEquality: Backlash cost of cut to be higher
On April 6, the Tory government put in place a shake-up of welfare payments that will disproportionately impact on the poorest people and children in society – of which two-thirds are actually in work,...
View ArticleWildlife Column: Mammal with a long snout and tail
When the author Kenneth Grahame wrote about ‘Ratty’ the water rat, he did not mean a troublesome mammal with a long snout and a long tail, but an altogether different animal, the water vole.
View ArticleColumn: Millennials need to get to grips with basics
A survey has revealed that a shocking one in five people don’t know how to boil an egg. A poll of over 2,000 adults revealed that many struggle with basic tasks, including how to change a light bulb.
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