A History of American Anxieties. With Halloween right around the corner, I’ve found myself delving into the annals of horror cinema, and who greater to start with than the lord […]
The Wick at Both Ends
In amongst the range of establishments that make up the often chaotic West Street, there’s a bar that’s just a little bit different. If you’ve read the magazine for a […]
Transmission Lecture Series: Where Art Happens
Transmission, the lecture series collaboration between Site Gallery and Sheffield Hallam University has returned once again for its 2015/16 run. Transmission, which began in 2002, has become a window into […]
LSS @ Woolworths
Woolworths: former home of last minute Christmas shopping, pick and mix, and now the heavy bass of Zed Bias’s Madd Again Soundsystem. Bringing a new type of sound to Sheffield’s […]
Roots @ Yellow Arch
Sheffield’s regular sound system night Roots, brought their jungle, dub and drum and bass flavoured carnage to Yellow Arch Studios, and yet again managed to blow the roof off, handing […]
Lief Jewellery
I promised myself I would try to avoid all autumnal punnery but hey, having resigned myself to the fact that there’s going to be at least one, I should probably […]
BBQ Collective at The Hop
The Hop in West One is one of a series based in Yorkshire, with other venues based in York, Wakefield and Leeds. Run by Ossett Brewery, their focus is real […]
Follow Your Dreams
It’s probably fair to say that the ancient art of tattooing has over the past decades reached a zenith in mainstream popularity across the Western Hemisphere. Far from being confined […]
The Salt of the Earth
Dir. Juliano Ribeiro Salgado & Wim Wenders, 2014, UK. Wim Wenders presents an epic tour of Sebastião Salgado’s life’s work, guided by the man who was there through it all […]
Kate Garrett – Decked in Words
Kate Garrett – grew up in small town Owensville, Ohio (pop 800) and moved to Sheffield (via somewhere called London). Between being mum to three kids, working, writing and editing, […]
Where Am I?
If you’ve got a decent grasp of geography – or, failing that, Google Maps – it’s an easy enough question to answer. Not so for artist Isla Millar, who uses […]
Straight Outta Compton
Dir. F. Gary Gray, US, 2015 With characteristic bravado and unapologetic menace, Straight Outta Compton captures some of the foreboding power of gangsta rap, but at times its treatment of […]