A tram track disaster and why you should never wear sandals in a bar
Interrupting our normal programming…
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It’s 1974 and only two cities exist: London and Sheffield
In Philip Hensher’s Booker-shortlisted novel, Londoners start over in a city in its ‘last phase of industrial greatness’
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A UFO hunter at Sheffield Hallam makes a startling discovery
The truth is out there…and David Clarke is going to find it
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Isolated and homesick, Sanam decides to make a change
‘I decided to focus all my energy on good things’
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Three performers in search of stardom in ’90s Sheffield
On the tales behind cult documentary 'Tales From A Hard City'
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How the City of Sheffield Diving Club lost their shot at the Olympics
Failing forward in a seriously weird year...
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Why George Orwell hated Sheffield
'Sheffield could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World'
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Why Victorian Sheffield was a utopia for Britain's gay men
While Oscar Wilde had to serve jail time, writer Edward Carpenter openly pursued relations with men. Was Sheffield his saving grace?
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