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At Now Then, we want to to tell stories that play an active role in shaping real & lasting change. We'll never put our articles behind a paywall, but we can only do this with your support. Donate today & help us tell stories of resistance & hope. ✊ ➡️ nowthenmagazine.com/support-…
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🗣️ This Saturday at @otsfestival - Poet Laureate of Jamaica, Kwame Dawes, and human rights activist, translator & poet, Carolyn Forché will share readings, conversation & testimony, on the subject of 'Poetry of Resistance and Transcendence'. 🎟️: zurl.co/Y9AJl
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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateOct 13
Should #Sheffield have its own dedicated Music Office to boost the creative sector, and if so, what form should it take? 🤔 Tomorrow we're hosting a free online briefing sharing research findings to date and setting out the initial thinking Sign up ➡️ tickettailor.com/events/fest…
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What sets their brand of indie wonk-pop apart is their ability to provide an insight, with a self-deprecating openness, into modern life for young women. @LimeGardenBand at @CrookesSocial. ✍️ Steve Hunting nowthenmagazine.com/live-rev…

The world in my hands: Lime Garden at Crookes Social Club

Brighton's Lime Garden showcase their new “bad night out” themed LP Maybe Not Tonight to a raucous, sell-out Crookes crowd.

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Next Saturday, the Sheffield-Nablus Live Link Concert returns to @CrookesSocial. The first joint concert took place over Zoom, but when restrictions were lifted, it blossomed into a vibrant, in-person celebration of art and solidarity. ✍️ @NabeelaMowlana nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

"It's so important that Palestinians see they're not forgotten": the live-link concert connecting...

For Saed Abu Hijleh, a poet from Nablus, the power to tell a story is itself a form of power.

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Do you want to get high-quality news, views and features about Sheffield delivered straight to your inbox? Sign up to receive Now Then for free every fortnight. Independent media for a thriving Sheffield. ➡️ nowthenmagazine.com/newslett… #Sheffield
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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateOct 12
Some final tickets left for tonight! 🎫 Join us for 'All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea', a wry David & Goliath story about navigating through grief and finding power in community. Followed by a live Q&A with producer Charlie Philips. Tickets ➡️ showroomcinema.org.uk/film/a…
A poster for a film screening with an image of a possibly dead shrimp falling through water. Overlaid on this are the logos of Festival of Debate and Sheffield DocFest, and the words "12 October. All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea (Preview + Producer Q&A)"

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One of the key issues right now is the capacity of humans to be co-operative in the face of increasing crises and disasters. Capitalism conditions us to believe that we’re inherently competitive creatures – but I just don’t buy this. ✍️ @allenderpaul616 nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

What next? We speak to three young activists about how rethinking competition and cooperation can...

Artist and thinker Paul Allender shares his personal view about mutual aid and human nature.

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Tom Cruise is a polarising actor. While some see him as a fearless champion of the cinema experience, others think of him as a stuntman playing himself. So it’s only natural that 'Digger' is the most polarising film of the year. ✍️ Jamie Hartle nowthenmagazine.com/film-rev…

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Tom Cruise and Alejandro González Iñárritu rip the rug out from under the audience in a new climate change black comedy that satirises satire.

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The NHS was created on the understanding that healthcare is something we provide collectively, not a market opportunity to be carved up between competing private interests. Our data should be treated in the same way. ✍️ @NabeelaMowlana @MedactSheffield nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

Sheffield's NHS should end ties with US spytech firm Palantir, say patients and health workers

Protesters gathered outside the Hallamshire last Thursday to express their opposition to the Trump-linked firm.

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"It felt like filming David taking on Goliath" We speak to the producer of a new documentary charting one community's fightback against ecological disaster ahead of a special @FestOfDebate x @sheffdocfest screening this Monday. ✍️ Lucy Gavaghan nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

"He's a real folk hero": the new film capturing one fisherman's fightback against ecological...

Festival of Debate and DocFest are screening All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea in Sheffield this Monday.

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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateOct 5
A wry, David and Goliath story about navigating through grief and finding power in community. Next Monday, we're teaming up with @sheffdocfest for a special screening of 'All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea', plus a live Q&A with the producer. Tickets below ⬇️ #Sheffield
A poster for a film screening with an image of a possibly dead shrimp falling through water. Overlaid on this are the logos of Festival of Debate and Sheffield DocFest, and the words "12 October. All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea (Preview + Producer Q&A)"

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Michael Cragg@MichaelCraggOct 2
I’ll be in Sheffield on the 15 Oct for a big Kylie quiz in conjunction with @junobookssheff Tickets here: outsavvy.com/event/38920/ult…

Ultimate Kylie Minogue Quiz + Q&A with Michael Cragg Tickets - Sheffield - OutSavvy

Four decades in, there’s a reason why we still can’t get Kylie Minogue out of our heads. Pop princess, disco queen, gay icon and one of the most enduring figures in music, Kylie is a bona fide...

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"It was a neon sign to fans who had deserted her during her IndieKylie phase that she was back to pop" Ahead of @JunoBooksSheff's Ultimate Kylie Quiz in a few weeks, we've an exclusive extract from @MichaelCragg's new book 'Can't Get You Out of My Head'🪩 nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

For Kylie Minogue, 'Spinning Around' marked a long-awaited return to pop music – and the turning...

Ahead of Sheffield's ultimate Kylie quiz later this month, we have an exclusive extract from a new book about how Australia's greatest export came to redefine 21st-century pop.

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"It was a neon sign to fans who had deserted her during her IndieKylie phase that she was back to pop" Ahead of @JunoBooksSheff's Ultimate Kylie Quiz in a few weeks, we've an exclusive extract from @MichaelCragg's new book 'Can't Get You Out of My Head'🪩 nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

For Kylie Minogue, 'Spinning Around' marked a long-awaited return to pop music – and the turning...

Ahead of Sheffield's ultimate Kylie quiz later this month, we have an exclusive extract from a new book about how Australia's greatest export came to redefine 21st-century pop.

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Swifts are incredibly faithful to their nesting places, but as buildings are renovated, many get blocked. @SheffSwiftNet is attempting to build a network of people and neighbourhoods that gives swifts somewhere to nest across Sheffield. ✍️ @Nibbly_Pig nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

This Sheffield project is helping communities create hundreds of new homes for one of our most...

Sheffield Swift Network is trying to make our city a place where swifts can continue to breed and return year after year. A visit to Five Rivers Cohousing showed me why they're losing their nesting...

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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateSep 30
When thousands of dead crabs wash ashore along England's North East coast, fisherman Stan Rennie finds himself leading a grassroots fight for answers and a future. A special collaboration with @sheffdocfest. Tickets ➡️ showroomcinema.org.uk/film/a…
A poster for the film 'All Rivers Spill Their Stories To The Sea'. It features a close-up shot of a possibly dead shrimp descending to the bottom of the sea, with the title of the film in blocky red letters and the subtitle "A FILM BY JEANIE FINLAY"

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"If someone has a new idea, we’ll even try it on the night. Ten or fifteen years ago, we would have been too nervous to do that" We speak with Paul Merton and improv partner Suki Webster ahead of a Sheffield date on their upcoming tour. ✍️ @seanmorl nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

Paul Merton & Suki Webster - "Nobody ever asked Morecambe & Wise about Vietnam": two UK comedy...

We chat with the acclaimed improv duo ahead of the Sheffield date of their new tour.

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"I'm a queer person, and especially for queer people in rural spaces, there is very little representation of that" Ahead of an appearance in Sheffield with @junobookssheff, Chloe Michelle Howarth tells us what inspired her new novel. ✍️ Danny Atherton nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

Chloe Michelle Howarth - "Socially, Ireland has undergone a sort of metamorphosis – the differences...

We chat with Irish-born, Brighton-based author Chloe Michelle Howarth about her latest book Heap Earth Upon It and about her upcoming event in Sheffield with Juno Books.

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"They tell Sheffield's story and connect people with our heritage" The landmark Central Library and Graves Gallery could be given a new lease of life under plans to transform one of the city’s most cherished civic buildings. ✍️ @NabeelaMowlana nowthenmagazine.com/articles…

Sheffield’s Central Library and Graves Gallery face once-in-a-generation transformation

Landmark building could be reshaped for decades to come, as council prepares to unveil plans for library, archives and Graves Gallery.

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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateSep 21
This Wednesday we'll be exploring the hidden history of trans activism in Britain with @RebeccaJaneMor2 In a moment defined by moral panic and political backlash, Rebecca's book offers clarity, context, and hope. Chaired by @heatherpaterson. Tickets ⤵️ festivalofdebate.com/2026/fe…

Festival of Debate presents: Deviants and Trailblazers - A History of Trans Activism in Britain

Doors at 7pmAt a time when trans rights are under attack across Britain and beyond, Deviants and Tra…

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Festival of Debate 2026@FestOfDebateSep 18
We're really excited to welcome @RebeccaJaneMor2 to Sheffield this Wednesday to discuss the overlooked history of trans activism in Britain 🇬🇧🏳️‍⚧️ She'll be chatting with one of Sheffield's own, the wonderful @HeatherPaterson. Tickets 👉 tickettailor.com/events/fest…
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