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This week, The Tribune had some really heartening news. On Thursday, they announced the shortlist for the British Journalism Awards in December in London. In the local news category, not one, but two of the journalists nominated are working for our tiny team right here in Sheffield!

Part of the model of 1900 Sheffield City Centre at the University of Sheffield Library exhibition of the work of architecture lecturer Peter Blundell Jones. Made by his PhD students in 1998.

Stumbled on this. Kevin McCloud setting out how the UK housing market is shaped by a small number of large house builders whose control of the market enables them push up prices whist core prices of land & building materials remain largely static. www.granddesignsmagazine.com/kevin-mcclou...

A Tasquinha Dos Guindais restaurant in Porto - basically a few tables in an alley and old fella with a bbq and sardines, a salad and white wine. Cash only and a discussion on the why Salah isn't hitting his usual heights this season. Holiday perfection.

If you read one thing today, please make it this by @ophiraophira.bsky.social at @manchestermill.bsky.social. A moving, honest story about the Crumpsall terrorist attack and the long history of Jews and Muslims in North Manchester.

Renishaw (Derbyshire) Harvest - 28th September - two weeks earlier than last year and a far better harvest.

Miriam is a national treasure. pbs.twimg.com/media/G2GyW5...

Very frothy and indignant commentary on ID cards at present. Personally I am not bothered by it - it will bring us into line with virtually all other European nations. Clearly all sorts of issues around the system would need to be debated - cost - effectiveness of UK gov roll-out - mandatory?

Just been interacting with an AI chatbox for ID mobile. Absolutely useless. Bring back humans

Scottish Green Party leadership election - 7,000 members only 950 voted - 13.5% turnout. Is this indicative of modern politics - all shouty, polemical social media but few folk actually engaging and participating? www.heraldscotland.com/news/2542506...

Average full-time pay in UK by decile and age. Sobering reading but actually not that suprising if you have followed these things over the past couple of decades. pbs.twimg.com/media/GykyLw...

There has been a 'Torygraph' story about the alledged sell off of allotments driven Angela Raynor which has been jumped on by all the opponents of this gov' from the right to the left. Except it isn't true. This from Horticultural Week. www.hortweek.com/no-evidence-...

This is a spiteful act of cultural vandalism. It was in place before Phil Mills took control of the Leadmill. My memory is that it was paid for by a public grant. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

This century has seen a significant decline of insects in my garden & allotment (although this summer has been better than most). Research here suggests having a more 'untidy' or semi-natural garden with less lawn & hard landscaping may help. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Along with Leeds and Leicester, our researchers have found that increased urbanisation can be linked to a 43% decline in pollinating insects. This includes nocturnal moths, hoverflies and bees. (📸 - Emille Ellis)

Anybody interested in Chinese rap? This on Lanlao who reflects life in small city China whilst rapping in colloquial Mandarin. Sixth Tone is probably best English language magazine that has a handle on counter-culture across China. www.sixthtone.com/news/1017438

With 'Mixtape' showing on BBC 1 about a Sheffield teenage romance pinned together through the making of mixtapes I am reminded of this old skool classic from Joe Driscoll(this is the Don Hendicutz remix). www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnQd...

Omar El Akkad has produced in 'One Day, Everyone Will Always Been Against This' one of the most important books of our age. I read it in two sittings and beyond its searing indictment of those complicit in genocide it is brilliant writing.

Sea temps at present in Med are 8C above average. Statiscally this is a one in a thousand year event. x.com/Met4CastUK/s...

This 15.6%ABV blockbuster - Dongfang Yuxing Winery, Geruihong Yeguangbei, Helan Mountain East, Ningxia, China - has won best in show in 2025 Decanter World Wine Awards. Not available outside of China. Yet. 2022https://decanterresultsapi.decanter.com/api/DWWA/2025/wines/773037/image

Spectacular scene on the outskirts of Sheffield this morning - captured with my phone #photography #landscape

I occasionally look at GFS models (a US weather prediction computer model- others are available). This for 26th June caught my eye - 40C in London 39C in Sheffield. We'll see but that is extreme for any time let alone late June x.com/TWOweather/s...

My Phyllostachys nigra 'Boryana' has flowered after 2 decades. Have collected the seeds. I'm unsure of the best way to propogate them. Anybody have an experience of this?

Renishaw vines last week

Spent most of April in South Korea visiting my youngest who works there and absolutely loves it. A modern, vibrant, cultured, high trust, organised society with breath-takingly good public transport, high-rise cities and stunningly beautiful countryside.

@sheffieldhallamuni.bsky.social seem to be in engaged in a real-estate fever dream with its London campus & Sheffield estate but the one modern building of architectural merit they have neglected is the 'kettle drum'. Needs listing and proper utilisation. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The Times of India reporting yesterday on the US revoking study visas for students who have been judged to post or like social media" hostile towards U.S. citizens or U.S. culture (including government, institutions, or founding principles)." timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/man...

Sharrow Lantern Carnival this evening, 6.30-8.30 in Cemetery Park/General Cemetery (off Ecclesall road) Lantern parade around the cemetery, samba bands, fire dancers, bar and pizza van #Sheffield

If you haven't caught up with Gareth Southgate's Dimbleby lecture do. Aside from addressing the rise of toxic masculinity Southgate's lecture is a master-class in pacing, timing and diction. Why he isn't in the Lords when Botham is? www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Concacaf Cup semi-final. USA 0 Panama 1 That made me laugh. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

@adamleaver.bsky.social & @richmgoulding.bsky.social setting out their work on Manchester's property led development model is valuable to anybody interested in how capital flows build, sustain and escape urban space in the UK & beyond. But what are the alternative models?

Yorkshire Water Bill drops today. £991 pa. For a terraced house with 2 people(un-metered). A 31.52% increase! Yorkshire Water are owned by Singapore Sovereign Wealth Fund GIC (33.56%), US private equity Corsair (30.22%), German private equity(23.37%) & New South Wales public sector pension (12.75%)

112 new council homes being built in Sheffield at Corker Bottom(35) and Birley(77)with grant aid from Homes England. It is a start but would need a few thousand to really impact the housing market. www.sheffield.gov.uk/news/2025/ho...

A limited survey of cities but it sets out clearly that '15 minute cities' already exist and many of them are the most famous, most visited, and most desirable cities to live in; Milan, Copenhagen, Dublin, Munich, Paris, Edinburgh, Barcelona and Berlin. www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-the-m...

@gauthierdulout.bsky.social - might be up your rue - so to speak.

Callum Bell (author of Collective) will be at Mandala café in Heeley, #Sheffield on 12.03.25 @ 7pm. The talk is entitled 'The Dancefloor and the Collective Unconscious'. He will explore the synergies between Afro-diasporic dancefloor culture and new and old theories of the collective psyche. #books

Whether Germany, South Korea, USA, or even in the UK the political gap between young women and young men appears to widening.

Just subscribed to this substack. Just started up but already some interesting content including an interview with rambler & author of "A Moorland Notebook" (1992) Terry Howard. @peakrillpress.bsky.social lookingupsheff.substack.com?utm_campaign...

The 1960s Weston Park office block on Tenter Street (Sheffield)is set for demolition after being empty for 2 decades and to replaced with a residential tower (height unspecified but probably between 20 & 28 floors) of nearly 400 apartments. www.insidermedia.com/news/yorkshi...

We are delighted to introduce the Urban Radar podcast, which reflects on current events and emerging trends through the lens of cities and urban life. The trailer is available here, and Episode 1 will be released imminently! podcastindex.org/podcast/7216...

It really is no great surprise given the flimsy defence offered by the Leadmill in court. Let's see if they enact their 'scorched earth' policy.

‘Cybertruck Man’ a cartoon in defiance of Musk #political #cartoonist #cybertruck #elon #musk #democracy #tiananmen

Hi I’m new - now writing a sort of memoir, Holding My Ground, about attachment to place, the romance & reality of the countryside. Poetry published by @poetrybusiness.bsky.social I’m also a songwriter, singer, Sony award radio person, ex- community artist, environmental activist, local historian.

'When Do Parties Lie? Misinformation and Radical Right Populism Across 26 Countries. Tornberg & Chueri International Journal of Press/Politics (Jan 2025). "radical-right populism is the strongest determinant for the propensity to spread misinformation." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Important and worthwhile job just advertised: wildsheffield.current-vacancies.com/Jobs/Advert/...

Excellent long form journalism by Nin Chen on Baiguan about the challenges facing recent graduates in China finding work in a hyper-competitive labour market that each year has to absorb 3 million new graduates. Humanities-social science students find it very hard. www.baiguan.news/p/china-yout...

Well done @peachzz.bsky.social - there was some good competition for this as well. I voted.