‘The council can’t close down their only possible option to run this brand new venue’
Reviewer Matt Barton argues the Crucible's casting coup proved a poisoned chalice
Creaky knees, ageing audiences and burying the hatchet after 46 years
‘You can't keep doing it forever because you will lose teeth and die’
‘It does feel silly, so many of us driving for hours and hours to see people we could see at home’
‘It’s such a waste to take something so innovative, special and unique — and destroy it’
‘He thought he was the gay Andy Burnham’
Ben Stevenson is an artist. Sheffield’s independent shops are his canvas
‘People want places that they’re not ashamed to take people from London’
‘I thought I was the only man in the world who wanted to wear women’s clothes’
The Silver Plate is the polar opposite of the likes of JÖRO. But that doesn’t have to be a bad thing
‘They say you should write what you know, but it’s also about love for where you’re from’
Pulp, The Human League, Self Esteem, Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard. The list is endless
And for my next trick, I’ll make The Magick Lounge disappear
'Yes, it's great here and yes it's hard at times'