✨WORKSHOPS NEXT WEEK✨ ✨'This is not a play: mixing up the genres' with Amanda Dalton Mon 29 Sept, 7pm ✨'Self-Portrait, with Poems' with Jonathan Edwards Tues 30 Sept, 11am Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus... @bloodaxebooks.bsky.social @serenbooks.bsky.social

We’re thrilled that the University of Sheffield has been awarded University of the Year for Student Experience by @thetimes.com and Sunday Times as part of their Good University Guide 2026 ranking. Read more 👇 sheffield.ac.uk/news/univers...

The city centre's annual free street party, Castlegate Festival returns tomorrow. With a skate jam, live music, family-friendly activities, food and drinks – from day into night > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/cas...

Yarr! Today be talk like a pirate day 🦜🏴‍☠️ From our archaeological collections: A clay tobacco pipe found in Houndhill #TalkLikeAPirateDay #Archaeology

Sheffield Town Hall is opening up its Silver Room for Heritage Open Days. It’s a rare chance to see some of the city’s unique civic treasures. • Saturday 20 September. • 11am to 2pm. • Entry is free and prebooking is not required. • Sheffield Town Hall, Pinstone Street, Sheffield S1 2HH.

✨WORKSHOP NEXT WEEK✨ 🎨 Bright Words: Poetry and Colour with Theresa Muñoz 🌈 Tues 23 Sept, 11am Sign up here: buytickets.at/thepoetrybus... @munozpoems.bsky.social @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social

OTD 15 September 1890, the novelist Agatha Christie was born. Famous for her mystery novels she is forever linked with the town of Harrogate. Christie disappeared from her home in December 1926, sparking a nationwide search and media frenzy. After 11 days,

“There is something about ancient places that fills a hollow in our souls…”

I lift a gift of conkers from September, Wrapped up in Weston Park, and press and Savour their cool smoothness and remember Twenty autumns back... Sheffield Almanac @petegreensolo.com Second edition Out now longbarrowpress.com/current-publ...

Publishing in September, 'Folklore' by leading experts @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social and @odavies9.bsky.social is a gripping guide to the weird yet everyday world of British folklore both past and present. Coming to a city near you this Autumn: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/events/ #FolkloreThursday

The theme for #OnlineArtExchange is ceramics this week, so we’re sharing a cuppa with these dainty tea cups ☕ @artukdotorg.bsky.social 🖼️Still Life with Tea Cups 👨‍🎨Pieter Gerritsz. van Roestraten (1629/1630–1700) 📸Sheffield Museums

Here is your first look into the Mundy household as rehearsals for Dancing at Lughnasa are in full swing! Co-produced with @rxtheatre.bsky.social, Brian Friel’s multi-award-winning drama opens at the Crucible from Sat 13 Sep. Find tickets and info here: 🔗 bit.ly/4lceucC 📸 Johan Persson

Come join us at Off The Shelf in Sheffield this October! The wonderful Off the Shelf programme is now available. As usual, there are hundreds of exciting events on offer from 10 October to 10 November! offtheshelf.org.uk/events/the-p... @otsfestival.bsky.social @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social

Join The Bare Project next month on The Moor for Common Threads Festival. A celebration of weaving and textile practices from all over the world. With sewing and repair workshops, natural fabric dying, weaving, and a multilingual folklore performance > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/com...

Don’t miss the free art exhibitions on show across the city! There are must-see works at the Weston Park Museum, Millennium Gallery, and Graves Gallery featuring artists from Sheffield and beyond. Find out more, including the closing dates: www.welcometosheffield.co.uk/visit/what-s...

Looking forward very much to speaking at the festival and to a conversation with the wonderful Sujeev Sahota offtheshelf.org.uk/events/not-s...

The ruined Roche abbey on the outskirts of Maltby. It is hard to remember that until the discovery of coal in the late 19th century Maltby was very much a small rural village, no doubt dependant on agriculture for employment. The abbey was founded in 1147 by

A fantastic write up in @nowthenmag.bsky.social 👇

Get ready! The 2026 International Book & Pamphlet Competition and the 2026 New Poets Prize are opening for entries soon. 🏆 Judges: @kimmoorepoet.bsky.social & @hollyhopkins.bsky.social OPEN FOR ENTRIES FROM 1 OCTOBER Deadline 2 November 2025 Find out more: poetrybusiness.co.uk/competitions/

We welcome to The Bank the eight new members of the 2025 Theatremakers Group! The next evolution of the New Dramaturgs Group, this programme is designed to support early-career theatre creatives to develop their dramaturgical skills over four months of mentorship and workshops. 📰 bit.ly/41QmdGq

Kate Mosse on Feminist history and Stuart Maconie on The Beatles for me. Plus a strong possibility of the one about Cats!

Who should have a voice in shaping AI? The Public Voices in AI project worked with communities and public participants to explore how people can help guide research, policy and development. Watch the video: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/publi... #ArtificialIntelligence #AI

We are recruiting a new Commissioning Editor for fiction. Like all Faber editors, they will publish with dynamism and creativity, sensitivity and bravery – apply by 7 September. faber.co.uk/careers/fict...

We have two events at @otsfestival.bsky.social this year! 17th October Studio Electrophonique – @coldtapfilms.bsky.social with @djdebgrant.bsky.social: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/studi... 19th October Folklore – @odavies9.bsky.social & @cerihoulbrook.bsky.social: offtheshelf.org.uk/events/folkl...

The wait is over! 🎉 The new programme for @sheffielduni.bsky.social Off the Shelf Festival of Words is out! Highlights: ✍️ Poet Lemn Sissay 🏰 Historian Lucy Worsley 🎭 and the brilliant Alison Steadman and many, many more! Book your tickets👇 bit.ly/3UZOuGL

Light is powerful. Plants use it to live. Now, researchers are using it to design new materials for solar panels and electronics. This short video explains how. Watch now on The Player: bit.ly/4fr0Z7y #NationalScienceWeek #SolarEnergy

Don’t miss out on all the events going on in Sheffield! Sign up for the free Sheffield City Council events newsletter to see what is going on. From family days out and art to music! We have got you covered. Join the near 40,000 People already signed up: public.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKS...

Painting for a railway poster of the Yorkshire Dales by Leonard Russell Squirrell (1893-1979). An accomplished printmaker he is also known for his paintings of East Anglia.

I think I’m getting the hang of Venn diagrams

Georgia O'Keeffe, Sunflower New Mexico, 1935 #WomensArt In folklore the sunflower is considered a flower of loyalty because each day it turns its head to loyally follow the sun, from east to west 🌞 #FolkloreThursday

Prof Matthew Watson joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's podcast to ask: was the Long Depression truly a crisis? From falling profits to class conflict, this period changed how we think about capitalism. Listen now: bit.ly/3H4K4Lw #EconomicHistory #PoliticalEconomy #ThePlayerSheffield

💭 To help inspire your entries for this year's National Poetry Competition, The Poetry Society will be releasing a series of prompts throughout the competition. Today's prompt comes from Jessa Brown, who was longlisted in the 2024 National Poetry Competition. Thank you, Jessa!

🌊 The ocean is full of voices - are we listening? Whisper, Drifter, Trickster is a short film blending art and science to explore the effects of climate change on marine life. Watch and reflect on what the sea is telling us: bit.ly/3UwjT3h #NationalMarineWeek #OceanClimate

#BOTD Born on this day Beatrix Potter (28 July 1866 – 1943) English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist #WomensArt

Wonderful to see the inimitable Ian McMillan among those awarded honorary degrees from @sheffielduni.bsky.social. 🎓👏 A familiar face at #OTSfest, Ian has been a cherished friend of the festival for many years, appearing at numerous events over the years. Full story: bit.ly/46ToiVm

'I am afraid I have chosen a blue, but I think it is quite nice.' North, Seamus Heaney's seminal fourth collection, was published fifty years ago. The heritage edition reproduces its original jacket, as discussed in the archive letter from Faber to the poet below.

Our Students’ Union has been voted the Best UK University Students’ Union by students for the 2025 StudentCrowd Awards! A huge congratulations to everyone who made this happen ❤️ www.studentcrowd.com/page/best-un...

🍺 Why did medieval brewers turn to hops? This podcast episode explores how hops helped change beer, boost trade and shape early capitalism. 🎧 Listen to “5 ½ Moments When Alcohol Shaped the World” now on The Player: bit.ly/4lFFjGH #BeerHistory #MedievalEurope #HistoryPodcast

Born on this day in 1903 in Kingston upon Hull, Amy Johnson was a pioneering aviator who made history in 1930 as the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia. Her remarkable achievement captured the public imagination and marked the beginning of a

Join Sheaf Poetry Festival and Poets Yield Power for a #poetry social in #Sheffield next Thursday (3 July) at The Wig and Pen / The Beaten Track, 44-46 Campo Lane, S1 2EG, from 6.30pm - all welcome, informal, free, and no need to book. There'll be a bookstall, too.

Can a city of steel save hearts? Explore how Sheffield engineers and doctors joined forces to treat valve disease after the war - and how their creative thinking still saves lives today. 🎧 Listen to the full story: bit.ly/4en4NGD #HeartHealth #MedicalHistory #SheffieldResearch

Piet Mondriaan began his artistic training like most artists - attempting to capture the natural world in its most accurate and precise form. Trained in the classical technique, he graduated from Amsterdam's Royal Academy of Visual Arts in 1897, the year this work was painted.

🏳️‍🌈 Pride is about being seen, heard and respected. This June, explore our Pride Month series full of LGBTQ research, lived experiences and powerful stories Click here to explore: bit.ly/3ZH1kwp #PrideMonth #PrideMonth2025

A photograph of Rievaulx Abbey now some 175 years old taken 1852-54 by Benjamin Brecknell Turner (1815-1894) who was one of the first British amateur photographers. Born in London, he became a ‘tallow-chandler’ and helped to run his family’s business.

Two days till @sheffdocfest.bsky.social is back, filling our city's screens with the best new documentary films. Make some plans with our writer Rae’s guide. Chicago house music, the first Somali woman in Sheffield, ADHD, queer joy and resistance, and more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/sh...

We are thrilled to announce the Jerwood Fellowship for Emerging Writers at New Writing North. Awarded to three early-career writers, currently living in the North of England. Each writer will receive a bursary of £10,000 and a bespoke package of support.

'I want to give a picture of Dublin so complete that if the city one day suddenly disappeared from the earth it could be reconstructed out of my book.' James Joyce. Happy Bloomsday from all of us here at Faber.

Did you know alcohol has helped shape the world for over 80,000 years? 🍺 From ancient traditions to modern-day industries, it’s played a powerful role in human life. Historians Phil Withington and Nick Groat take you through the history in this six-part podcast. 🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3FHHk5Z

Embroidered book cover (1632) Fashionable in the 16th and 17th century, the art of embroidering unique covers for books saw a comeback in late 19th-century England, via the Arts and Crafts movement #womensart

We are delighted to announce that we've been ranked 16th in the Complete University Guide 2026, rising two places from 2025 🎉 www.thecompleteuniversityguide.co.uk/league-table...