by Jiaqi | Apr 26, 2021 3:30PM | Long Reads
The sculptures of 160 bears will walk Sheffield’s streets for a fundraising event this summer. The Bears of Sheffield sculpture trail raises money for the Sheffield’s Children’s Hospital, supporting the cancer and leukaemia ward. The department, as one of twenty...
by Frazer MacDonald | Apr 26, 2021 3:01PM | Long Reads
This month, the government in Karlsruhe, Germany, ruled that the ‘mietendeckel’ — the rent cap — in place in the capital, was unconstitutional. However, UK campaigners say it could provide Britain’s housing system with a much-needed overhaul. The...
by Emily Staniforth | Apr 22, 2021 1:00PM | Long Reads
“Please don’t go. You will be missed.” This is just one of the notes left on the windows of Sheffield’s beloved John Lewis department store after it was announced it would not be reopening after lockdown ended. The announcement, made on 24...
by Nuria Mateus | Apr 22, 2021 12:00PM | Long Reads
“Sheffield is one of the greenest cities in the UK”, said Emily, and David, and Francesco. In short, there is citywide-pride for Sheffield’s green spaces, and for many people they symbolise so much more. The parks are a space to dwell over memories, and stories from...
by Chloe Bowen | Apr 21, 2021 2:30PM | Long Reads
IN A sea of coffee shops one hot drink café stands out… because it dedicates passion towards tea. Confirmed tea enthusiast Rebecca English, 32, pushed back against the coffee culture phenomenon because she’d set her heart on creating an indie teahouse....
by Mark Harrison | Apr 21, 2021 12:00PM | Long Reads, Sport
On a cold spring evening, as the sun began to dipped behind the bank at the end of a large playing field, people began to gather around a freshly-laid baseball diamond. They dropped off kit bags and picked up metal bats, battered leather gloves and worn-out baseballs....
