A tale of two social clubs
‘If someone had suggested a drag king cabaret night 20 years ago, there would have been a couple of cardiac arrests’
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Dan Hayes
Dan has been a journalist in Derbyshire and South Yorkshire for almost 10 years and set up The Tribune in 2021. He particularly enjoys writing about the people, places and politics of Sheffield.
Sheffield
Dirty dancefloors and dreams of…Sheffield?
Some people move here for the scenery. Twasin Rahman came half way around the world because of Arctic Monkeys
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The hanging gardens of Moorfoot? Let’s make it happen
Plus, a hot ticket comes to Sheffield and an iconic venue shuts
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Sheffield wants a continental style café culture. Is a public space protection order the answer?
‘They're desperate and broken and need help — not just moving along to somewhere else’
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Why don't people use the Sheffield Connect bus?
‘You can be on this bus all day and you are lucky if you get 20 people on’
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A polarised debate around trans rights tore the Sheffield Green Party apart. 18 months later, many members are hoping for a truce
‘People just want it over and done with. It's been incredibly emotionally taxing, on all sides’
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‘The grouse farmers and landowners treat the people of Sheffield with abject contempt'
How far can 'constructive engagement' go when one side refuses to take part?
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Council coughs up to keep club music festival in Sheffield
Plus, a new Threads documentary is in the works
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The holes in the Sheffield City Goals
Plus, what to watch at the Showroom this month
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Is a new ‘estate for millionaires’ about to be forced on Fulwood?
'Each flat is going to go for half a million easy. It’s just money grabbing'
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Is this the end of the road for Sheffield’s new age travellers?
‘They just want us off here and they don’t really care where we go or what we do’
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A simple scheme forced London Road’s dodgiest landlords to clean their act up. Why has it stopped?
Plus, Maddy Cusack’s grieving family receive new hope in their months-long campaign
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Stocksbridge won the Levelling Up lottery. Who should decide how to spend the money?
‘They’re not really even trying to justify it. They're just saying that's the decision. Suck it up’
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‘I don’t think anyone in their right mind chooses to be a chef’
Why The Rutland Arms' beloved chef is leaving after 13 years
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Gleadless Valley might look skint, but it’s owed £100 million. Seven years on, why are residents still waiting?
‘Nobody seems to know what’s happening’
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