A London start-up tried to solve Sheffield's housing crisis. So far, they've made it worse
'People gave up secure housing to live here, we are quite content to see their business collapse'
Victoria Munro
Victoria is an investigative reporter, who has written extensively about Sheffield's music and hospitality sectors. She was previously the editor of the Waltham Forest Echo.
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Britain’s ‘strictest school’ is a Sheffield success story. But Mercia isn’t for everyone
‘I’ve heard them described as like prisoners escaping from captivity and going a bit wild’
The Leadmill says it’s fighting for the ‘soul of Sheffield’. Its original founders disagree
‘All these rumours are doing nobody any good’
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Is the tug of war over Abbeydale Picture House finally nearing its end?
‘He’s nearly bankrupted us, there should be some recompense for that’
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How Sheffield learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
This city was once a ‘nuclear-free zone’. A lot has changed.
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We’re the Snooker City - but for how much longer?
Plus, the true story behind an iconic piece of graffiti
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Will Theatre Deli’s closure blow up Sheffield’s ‘talent pipeline’?
'Ultimately, we made the decision to close and find another way to work, rather than change'
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From Sheffield to the stars: an interview with Britain’s first astronaut
‘For quite a few months, it was uncertain whether or not the mission would go ahead’
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Musheir spent over a month trapped in the Gaza strip. He wants the world to know what he saw
‘My people are being wiped out and I can do nothing’
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The rise and fall (and possible collapse) of Abbeydale Picture House
A venue in this iconic building has failed before - what makes things different now?
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Someone has kidnapped Mr Sheffield. A squad of volunteer detectives is on the case
‘He’s probably one of the most famous ponies in the country and we still can’t find him’
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Social media pile-ons, karaoke, and my morally indefensible job
An editor’s edition by Victoria Munro
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Kommune is dead, long live Kommune
'I don’t want to be here anymore. This building is cursed.'
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In defence of the indefensible: journalism
‘An hour-long exam should be devoted to copying out that first sentence over and over, like a Victorian schoolchild’
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‘By the end, it was just blind panic’: Inside the final months at SSB Law
In 2021, it was ‘one of Sheffield’s biggest employers’. Now, the firm has crashed and burned
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Can you strip in Sheffield? After six years, the jury’s still out
‘They took away our work space and left us, they’re wolves in sheep’s clothing’
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Planters, pomeranians and police reports: A gated community in Hillsborough is at war
‘I have got spies in their camp who might not be what they seem’
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David Blunkett has walked a political tightrope his whole life. Was it worth it?
‘I'm genuinely afraid of an empty diary, where I would become bored, literally, to death’
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How do you sell a city?
‘It’s one of those things people maybe don’t expect a council to be working on’
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