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1 week ago | nowthenmagazine.com | Sam Gregory

Dr Joanna Clare Dobson is a writer, researcher, artist and allotment-holder based in Sheffield. Her academic work focuses on the role the more-than-human world plays in narratives around trauma, as well as exploring the intersections between grief and nature. The sudden death of her seven-year-old brother Simon when Joanna was ten was a formative influence on her work, leading her to look at what goes unsaid in moments of deep loss.

2 weeks ago | nowthenmagazine.com | Maryam Jameela

Skip to main content Sheffield Central MP Abtisam Mohamed and Earley and Woodley MP Yuan Yang have both been detained and deported by Israeli officials, along with two aides travelling with the pair. The Israeli Embassy in London released a statement, explaining: Israel will not allow the entry of individuals or entities that act against the state and its citizens, promote calls for its boycott, accuse it with false allegations, or call for sanctions against ministers and elected officials....

2 weeks ago | nowthenmagazine.com | Aidan Daly

There are a fair few strings to Ultan O’Brien’s fiddle bow. Raised in the ‘wilds of County Clare’, he’s a regular at sessions up and down Ireland and engages studiously with his country’s musical traditions. Though fired up by the innovative spirit of early twentieth-century fiddlers, he draws just as much from psychoacoustics and sound art. His varied collaborations are united by a playful, exploratory approach to hybridising traditional music with different genres and disciplines.

3 weeks ago | nowthenmagazine.com | Sam Gregory

When you think of your immediate neighbourhood, what are the first things that spring to mind? It’s unlikely to be the exact ratio of homes to parking spaces, or any number of other official datasets held by public bodies. When we think of our own communities, we’re more likely to draw on the personal and the subjective: the bakery we like, the pocket park where we walk the dog, the dual carriageway that’s a nightmare to cross taking our kids to school.

1 month ago | nowthenmagazine.com | Sam Gregory

The UK’s biggest non-partisan politics festival is returning to Sheffield this spring for its tenth year, featuring more than 50 events that will explore how we can begin to tackle some of the most urgent issues of our time. Running from 22 April to 30 May at venues across Sheffield and online, this year's Festival of Debate features sessions on crucial issues such as eliminating poverty, bolstering our democracy, tackling health inequalities and addressing the climate crisis.