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A Magazine for Sheffield by @OpusIndependent. Local news and culture. Online only (for now). Got a tip-off or want to write? Get in touch
Sheffield, UK
Joined November 2010
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. ✊ ➡️ https://t.co/fwf9nVnDW8
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🏫Sharrow residents push back against a new McDonald’s, and @nowthenmag’s @SamMGreg shows how their vision — from safer streets to a rewilded space beside Sheffield’s most polluted primary school — challenges business-as-usual. 🌿 https://t.co/UbvNaw9uFm
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Sharrow residents have put forward ideas ranging from a community sauna to a play park and a mini rewilding site.
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🌊Urban rivers can thrive again when engineering meets nature. @SamMGreg reports for @nowthenmag on the Connecting Limbs project restoring habitats along Sheffield’s River Sheaf. Cities can rebuild ecological health in even their most altered waterways. https://t.co/l9XBQaqgOy
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Along the River Sheaf, scientists and engineers are exploring how to mimic natural processes in heavily urbanised environments.
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On the Opus Blog, we've started sharing a monthly round-up of articles, podcasts, books and more that our team have been learning from each month 📚 Here's the first edition – featuring @GeorgeMonbiot, @GraceBlakeley, Vanessa Machado de Oliveira and more. https://t.co/yYYQ9GxA7Z
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Here's our regular round-up of some of the most interesting and thought-provoking things our team have been reading, watching and listening to over the past month.
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“The community already made their feelings clear with a strong ‘no’ in the first round of public objections” Sharrow residents are continuing their fight to stop a new branch of McDonald’s being built in their neighbourhood. ✍️ @SamMGreg
https://t.co/5CDcG0mdGb
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Sharrow residents have put forward ideas ranging from a community sauna to a play park and a mini rewilding site.
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“Every single hole of a suitable size in a river wall might provide a habitat for a species" We spoke to @WildSheffield about Connecting Limbs, a new project using nature-based techniques to restore the ecology of the River Sheaf. ✍️ @SamMGreg
https://t.co/VpW5koQEWQ
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Along the River Sheaf, scientists and engineers are exploring how to mimic natural processes in heavily urbanised environments.
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"CMAT opened the gig in her now-iconic tour fashion: a single spotlight illuminating her at the back bar singing 'Janis Joplining' whilst the Very Sexy CMAT Band powered ahead onstage" @cmatbaby at @PerfVenuesSheff ✍️ @sahahahar
https://t.co/iCDDWBg5j7
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60s glamour, whip-smart storytelling and the Very Sexy CMAT Band in tow – CMAT’s tour is a fever dream of dance, devotion and country-pop brilliance.
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If you haven't yet seen it, here's our report on @syptweet's decision to arrest 17 people in Sheffield simply for holding signs, in an action described by a local councillor as "shameful". ✍️ @SamMGreg
https://t.co/v1NgeG4DXr
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36 police officers were required to arrest the anti-apartheid activists, in an episode described by a local councillor as “shameful”.
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Before Saturday's arrests, @DefendOurJuries put out this powerful short film that explains why ordinary people are standing up for civil liberties in the face of a state-sanctioned crackdown on political protest It's well worth a watch⬇️ #PalestineAction
https://t.co/rHihSUxctI
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South Yorkshire Police have joined police forces across the UK in launching a crackdown on the right to peaceful protest. In Sheffield, several activists with @DefendOurJuries were arrested today simply for holding up a placard. ✍️ @SamMGreg reports https://t.co/v1NgeG4DXr
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36 police officers were required to arrest the anti-apartheid activists, in an episode described by a local councillor as “shameful”.
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It's not a very windy day here in Sheffield, but the Palestinian flag was flying high above the Town Hall earlier to mark the UN's International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People 🇵🇸 @SheffieldPSC #Palestine
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The @phf_uk's Ideas and Pioneers Fund has reopened. The fund offers grants of up to £20,000 to individuals and organisations who want to explore a bold and brave idea for social change that is still forming/emerging Hurry: applications close 2 December. https://t.co/eGJrG4jMta
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We support individuals and groups who want to explore ideas for social change.
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We're super excited to see the new play from our friends at @Utopia_Theatre in February 🤩 Set in nineteenth century Yorubaland, #CrownOfBlood is a Yoruba retelling of Macbeth, filled with heritage, spirituality and movement. More info and tickets ➡️
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'Of what use is a good man without ambition' A powerful retelling of Shakespeare's Macbeth set during the civil wars of 19th-century Yorubaland. General A
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"All grief can be isolating, but I think this type of grief can be particularly isolating" We meet the pair behind Lenny's Legacy, a Sheffield-based charity building supportive communities for bereaved parents. ✍️ @Rose_Mason
https://t.co/7duoyoHjPd
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The death of a baby or child creates barriers that leave parents isolated with their grief. Mim and Roy want to change that, by bringing bereaved parents into supportive communities in Sheffield and...
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"Kavanagh and his compadres take the stage in high spirits before delivering a set that combines Americana, rock, eighties prog and traditional Irish madrigal beauty in equal measure." Kean Kavanagh at Hallamshire Hotel ✍️ Steve Hunting https://t.co/94aoKK7ATJ
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The Portlaoise-raised Irish troubadour and his band showcase new LP The County Star to brilliant effect.
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"It's really important to us: we piloted it in Glasgow a few years ago, we've been to Belfast too, and now Sheffield" We spoke to Deb Grant and Nathan Shepherd of @BBC6Music's New Music Fix about their South Yorkshire residency taking place all this week. https://t.co/CLlPg8X2ey
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The showcase for emerging talent has landed in our city for a week-long residency.
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Sheffield will keep its hard fought-for committee system of local governance, after the government U-turned on plans to force all councils across the country to adopt more centralised leadership models. ✍️ @SamMGreg
https://t.co/qqt68BpD5o
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Labour’s Steve Reed previously said he would force the city to scrap the popular Committee System, despite being backed by two-thirds of residents in a referendum.
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⚠️ Sheffield Hallam staff have begun strike action over job losses, the impact on teaching & workloads 📄@rose_mason from @nowthenmag reports from the picket line where workers warn the situation is “existential” & call for no compulsory redundancies. https://t.co/Z9KBxP0Ed8
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This week marks the first of strike action at Sheffield Hallam. Now Then headed down to the picket line to find out why staff are choosing to swap their lanyards for placards over the next few weeks.
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Like Sheffield, Melbourne is undertaking a radical project to reimagine the city in service of people and planet – here's how 👇 ✍️ Alison Whitten (first published in @Citizen_Network) https://t.co/Q9wYuLIISr
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Ahead of our event with Sheffield City Goals tomorrow evening, Alison Whitten tells the story of how Regen Melbourne has created an innovative framework to bring civic and natural life to the city.
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"The Championship is a tough competition... the pressure's there and stress levels can go through the roof" We sat down with @SheffieldUnited boss Chris Wilder to find out what's kept him going across a near-25 year managerial career ⚔️ #TwitterBlades
https://t.co/F1ANXTMaVE
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Now Then talks to Blades boss Chris Wilder about the importance of education, motivation and attitude across his 25 years as a football manager.
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