"Sometimes people get anxious about a singer playing new music, but the crowd tonight cheer excitedly at the prospect" Hamish Yewdall went along to Sidney & Matilda to catch rising star Rubii's first-ever performance in #Sheffield. #Rubii

"The seaside theme is there in my music. All that world means a lot to landlocked Sheffield – it’s all a bit seedy, but a creative outlet" Sahar Ghadirian speaks to James Leesley, aka Studio Electrophonique, ahead of his debut album release this Friday ⬇️ #Sheffield #StudioElectrophonique

"We will continue our disruptions until institutions like the AMRC stop hosting these genocidal companies" Anti-apartheid activists have picketed an energy summit hosted by @sheffielduni.bsky.social involving companies that sell weapons to Israel's fugitive regime. @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

“We weren’t exactly winging it, but it was very improvised. I remember us asking each other: is this good? Are people going to like it?” We spoke to Cara Tolmie and Rotherham's own Rian Treanor about their intricate new album Body Lapse. @planetmurecords.bsky.social #Rotherham #Electronic

Capitalism has created a world of bullshit abundance, where we have too much of what we don’t need and too little of what we do. Join us in Sheffield on 2 October to hear Keir Milburn in conversation about the alternative: Radical Abundance ✨ Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497

"It's telling that the band feel in no hurry to leap from EP to LP, preferring instead to focus on more measured song development" Steve Hunting reviews the second extended play from Norfolk four-piece A Different Kitchen ⬇️

Where should organisations dedicated to social change keep their money? 🤔 Here at Opus, we're in the middle of moving our company savings to better balance high returns with our ethics and values. @sammgreg.bsky.social spoke to colleague Bashkim Muca to find out more ⬇️

#Sheffield councillors have backed a strongly-worded motion condemning the actions of apartheid Israel. It's believed to be the most critical motion any #Labour group has yet passed regarding the government’s response to the ongoing genocide. @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

Join us in #Sheffield on 2 October for an exciting in conversation between Keir Milburn and Debs Grayson about Keir’s new book 'Radical Abundance', co-written with Kai Heron and Bertie Russell. 📅 2 October 📌 Workstation 💷 £5 (£10 solidarity) Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/wordlife/1838497

“I got a FaceTime call from my partner. She was on the school run, I was just in Vegas. It was a very short conversation" We spoke to Red Rum Club at @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social about their early influences, first gigs, and the strange situations you find yourself in when touring. #Tramlines

The beautiful people at @ubilabmanchester.bsky.social hit the streets. Finally a social policy people can understand.

At Opus, we’re in the process of moving our company savings to a more ethical platform with better interest rates. @sammgreg.bsky.social spoke to colleague Bashkim Muca about the thinking behind the switch, and what learning we hope to offer to other organisations devoted to systems change ⬇️

“There’s a by-law in #Sheffield that if you don't bounce for this song, you’re not from Sheffield – we’ll have to send you to the south" Hometown heroes Reverend and the Makers play their biggest-ever gig at Rock N Roll Circus, marking 20 years in the trade. #ReverendandtheMakers #RockNRollCircus

"We're good friends with the Arctic Monkeys, and I just knew that this is the place" We were at Rock N Roll Circus in #Sheffield on Wednesday night, as @qotsa-official.bsky.social rolled into town bringing Big Freedia, Viagra Boys, Jehnny Beth and more along for the ride. #QOTSA

South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard has said Doncaster Sheffield Airport is now unlikely to reopen to passengers before 2028. He also said the economic benefits of spending £100m of public money on the carbon-intensive project would be “lower than we initially understood” @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

“You spend so much time with each other in the back of a van, you’ve got to like each other, you’ve got to be mates” We chatted to #Sheffield indie darlings The Rosadocs backstage at @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social about their dedicated fanbase and the first gigs they ever went to. #Rosadocs

"This year’s programme is a true reflection of our city – diverse, vibrant and welcoming to all" We're super excited about the lineup for this year's @otsfestival.bsky.social, led by Lemn Sissay, @lucyworsley.bsky.social and @kenanmalik.bsky.social, plus loads more 📚 @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

“There was a lot of young people there. Some of the songs they were singing word-for-word were made before they were born" Hamish Yewdall speaks to bassline legend K Dot about growing up in #Sheffield, learning his craft, and shutting down @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social two years in a row 🎤

Tomorrow, @friendsofalaqsa.bsky.social are hosting a huge march in Sheffield against apartheid Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza. 🕝 2pm 📌 The amphitheatre behind the station Find out more 👉 foa.org.uk/events/yorks... #TeamFOA

"You can listen to Toasty’s work from the late nineties and hear the quality that characterises his music even then" Akeem Balogun takes a look back at a Hotflush Recordings classic 20 years on. #Dubstep

"It was incredible seeing people get so invested and singing words back to you that you wrote down at 3am" Hamish spoke to rising singer-songwriter Freddie Halkon about newfound fame, being mentored by @thereytons.bsky.social and growing up on the Isle of Axholme. #FreddieHalkon #IsleOfAxholme

How can we re-forge our communities so they thrive? The @riverdonproject.bsky.social in #Sheffield is #Bioregionalism in action: #AI & digital mapping to curate care for the river accidentalgods.life/be-like-wate #AccidentalGods #Podcast w @jonnydouglas.bsky.social of @weareopus.bsky.social

“Creativity doesn’t fix grief. But it can shape it” A new collection of poems by the late Jill Angood offers reflections on flatlands, family and the constant presence of water. Ros Ayres meets Jill's partner Chris Pyke to talk grief, poetry and dancing. #Poetry #Sheffield #Grief

Sidney & Matilda hosted one of the more ambitious #TramlinesFringe lineups this year, with more than 30 artists across two stages over three days. On the Friday night, Steve Hunting caught Taut Angles, Dearthworms, Electric Tape Recorder, Precious Metals and Strixen. #Sheffield #Tramlines

“Normally Sunday crowds are dead, but this is like a Friday night” In the third and final part of our #Tramlines2025 coverage, Hamish Yewdall watches @thelastdinnerparty.bsky.social, Scouting For Girls, Kasabian... and an agonising penalty shootout ⚽ @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield

"It doesn't mean as much to other bands as it does to us. We did it without a record deal" Hamish Yewdall catches @thereytons.bsky.social – the first unsigned band to ever headline @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social – as well as Franz Ferdinand, Chloe Slater and bassline hero Big Ang. #Sheffield

With the advent of powerful new synthetic opioids, health workers fear we could be about to see an explosion in the rate of drug deaths in #Sheffield. Could 'The Thistle', a pioneering project in Glasgow that allows drug users to inject on-site, be part of the solution? @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

"Sheffield, it's got to be," as punk-poet Dr John Cooper Clarke has it. Hamish Yewdall catches the good doctor as well as Hot Chip, Baxter Dury, Lisa O'Neil, Fat White Family, and of course, Pulp, in the first instalment of our #Tramlines2025 three-parter. @tramlinesfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield

"I got bored with constantly being pushed in the direction of string quartets!" We caught Cattle Grid, Knorke and Mock Tudors at Delicious Clam for the start of #TramlinesFringe. #Sheffield #Tramlines

How can we re-forge communities of place, passion & purpose? The River Dôn Project in #Sheffield is #Bioregionalism in action: #AI & digital mapping to curate care for the river accidentalgods.life/be-like-wate... #AccidentalGods #Podcast w @jonnydouglas.bsky.social of @weareopus.bsky.social l

An inquiry into events surrounding the Battle of Orgreave will open this autumn, with campaigners hoping it will investigate alleged links between the Thatcher government and South Yorkshire Police. @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️ #OrgreaveInquiry #Orgreave

“This is great. Why don't we steal something?” Hamish Yewdall catches @billie-marten.bsky.social playing an intimate album launch show at @beartreerecords.bsky.social in #Sheffield.

"Making a stand feels important, and creating a space where like-minded people can come together is always worth the stress" Founder Oli Cubbin writes about Love Room, a new vinyl-focused night for Sheffield where the music and the people come first 🕺 #Sheffield #Techno #LoveRoom #Clubs

"As with all pioneers, they don't know the magnitude of what they're doing and have done" Remembering Uriah Rennie – Steve Hunting speaks to @hallamfc1860.bsky.social's Craig Denton about the impact the first top-flight Black referee had on the #Sheffield club ⚽️ #UriahRennie #HallamFC

If you're near Park Hill today, Britain's most famous brutalist estate is hosting an Open Gardens event until 4pm Explore areas of the estate not normally open to the public – and it's all completely free 🦋

"I just showed up with my ideas and they helped me figure out the rest" Arko Dutta meets the pair behind Kitchen Radio, Sheffield's new community radio station, ahead of their fundraising party at Spring Tank Studios tomorrow. #Sheffield #CommunityRadio #KitchenRadio

🚨 EXCLUSIVE: #Sheffield is set to become the UK's biggest city to trial an innovative new kind of zebra crossing. Cllr @benmiskell.bsky.social told us the aim is to encourage more active travel and to cut deaths and serious injuries on our roads. @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

A selection of film reviews from Sheffield DocFest by Maryam Jameela featuring Gaza Sound Man, Katwe, Soul of the Desert, and Sudan, Remember Us ⬇️ https://loom.ly/v_L9uCM

🎨 "We are really keen to work in places where there isn't that much access to arts and culture, especially for free." We spoke to Emily and Linda from RivelinCo about their latest venture, the Neighbourhood Artists Project: https://loom.ly/V6OeOns

This bonus episode is a raw, unflinching conversation recorded live at #Sheffield #FestivalofDebate by @weareopus.bsky.social with 3 of the most brilliant minds of our time: @kateraworth.bsky.social @indyjohar.bsky.social & James Lock accidentalgods.life/brilliant-mi #AccidentalGods #Podcast

💡 "The final thing I will say about the importance of imagination is that it’s an act of resistance." We chatted to Gemma Thornton, Head of Learning and Impact at Rotherham-based charity Grimm & Co, about the importance of imagination & creativity. https://loom.ly/WoU_ztM

"His range and power are remarkable, switching from long drawn-out notes of belting falsetto to conversational Geordie brogue" Tom Ronan catches the Tyneside bard Richard Dawson at Crookes Social Club 🎸 #Sheffield #RichardDawson

"For casting agents it does not matter, but for many trans people, seeing their own lives reflected on-screen is paramount" Alexandru Moraru on how representations of trans lives in Hollywood films are still dominated by cis actors, directors and screenwriters ✍️ #Trans #TransRights #LGBTQ

A statement from Opus on the government's decision to proscribe @palaction.bsky.social. You can also read the full statement on our website, where all of our sources are linked. ➡️ weareopus.org/post/opus-te... #PalestineAction

"I think we’re only limited by our imagination in how well we can use this space" A new one-stop-shop providing free advice to householders on how to make their homes more energy efficient and reduce their electricity bills has opened its doors in #Sheffield city centre. @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

"Don't be scared, we're all one big family in here" Tanita Hingerty joins the mosh pit for Malevolence, Sovereign and Demonstration of Power at Crookes Social Club in #Sheffield 🎸

A new campaign hopes to take advantage of upcoming legislation to take a #Sheffield grouse moor into community ownership. @reclaimourmoors.bsky.social have made a starting offer of £1 to Moscar Moor's current owner the Duke of Rutland due to its "poor condition". @sammgreg.bsky.social ✍️

"It is not enough for Sheffield to say it stands for peace. It must prove it, and it must do so in deeds as well as words" Writing exclusively for Now Then, three #Sheffield #Labour councillors call for an end to the city's involvement with the international arms trade ✍️ @mineshparekh.bsky.social

This Friday (and Sunday) at @sheffdocfest.bsky.social. "Inspired by lockdown mutual aid initiatives, artist-activists Hilary Powell and Dan Edelstyn decided to turn their street into an energy-generating powerhouse – a prototype for a new way of living" More info ⬇️ #DocFest #Sheffield

"There's a view now where people are saying, ‘Don't write albums, it's pointless’. But we thought that every song stems from the same emotional place" We spoke to up-and-coming Norfolk four-piece A Different Kitchen about their creative process. #Sheffield #Lincoln #ADifferentKitchen