Now Then

07/08/2025

🎵 Now Then caught up with Nick Banks and two of his ’brothers’ – artist and uke player Pete McKee and singer Kieran Wardle.

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After playing two Tramlines sets in 24 hours, we caught up with the Pulp drummer and two of his Everly Pregnant Brothers.

07/08/2025

🚨 Lecturers from across faculties in the University of Sheffield paint a disconcerting picture of racism rife across management at the university.

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Lecturers spoke to us anonymously about the realities of teaching at an institution which has committed to becoming anti-racist, but whose culture and structures are causing "a fear of people speaking out."

06/08/2025

❓ What does real accountability and trust look like in communities across Sheffield? How can we at Now Then use our platform and our skills as storytellers to build community power in the city? We want to hear from you.

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06/08/2025

🇵🇸 "Silence is not neutral and looking away is a luxury we can no longer afford."

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The fierce, irrational, stubborn love we hold for our children is not meant to stop with them – it's meant to pull us toward each other.

05/08/2025

🎶 "It's astonishing that nearly half a century later PIL still sound inventive and authentic. They are on tour because they love it."

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"Shaped by a disgust with their previous bands," nearly 50 years on PiL have still got it.

05/08/2025

🔥 Sidney & Matilda hosted one of the more ambitious lineups this year, with more than 30 artists across two stages over three days. ⬇️

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With more than 30 acts over 3 days, the Sidney & Matilda team provide the perfect platform for up-and-comers.

04/08/2025

In the third and final part of our coverage, Hamish Yewdall watches The Last Dinner Party, Scouting For Girls, Kasabian... and an agonising penalty shootout ⚽

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Featuring The Last Dinner Party, Scouting for Girls, Kasabian and the England women's football team.

02/08/2025

🎶 Hamish Yewdall catches John Cooper Clarke as well as Hot Chip , Baxter Dury, Lisa O'Neill, Fat White Family, and of course, Pulp, in the first instalment of our Tramlines 2025 three-parter.

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Featuring Dr John Cooper Clarke, Baxter Dury, Lisa O'Neil, Hot Chip, Fat White Family, Richard Hawley and Pulp.

02/08/2025

Hamish Yewdall catches The Reytons – the first unsigned band to ever headline Tramlines – and more at Tramlines 2025 ⬇️

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Featuring The Reytons, Big Ang, Rosadocs, Franz Ferdinand, Rizzle Kicks, The Futureheads, Chloe Slater, Jake Bugg, Freddie Halkon and Kdot.

01/08/2025

🎨 Our latest featured artist is Sheffield-based muralist and paper artist Zoe Genders, whose work you might have already seen brightening up walls across ⬇️

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From the micro to the macro, the Sheffield-based muralist and paper artist's work brightens up our city.

01/08/2025

⚽ "I know this sounds funny, but you can’t really put into words what we do here. You just have to come down and experience it."

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Sheffield's U-Mix Centre is a community hub that serves local people in ways that go beyond words, including through its Belonging Group football sessions for refugees and people seeking asylum, writes James Cattell.

31/07/2025

⚠️ Content warning - drug use, overdose ⚠️

With the advent of powerful new synthetic opioids, health workers fear we could be about to see an explosion in drug deaths in .

Could a pioneering project in Glasgow that allows drug users to inject on-site be part of the solution?

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A pioneering new project in Glasgow aims to cut the number of overdose deaths by providing a safe environment for injecting powerful opioids. Could this model work in South Yorkshire?