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28: SPARKS “We fight against the status quo and what pop is, or rather what people’s perception of what pop should be.”

Forty-odd years later and Sparks are still doing things very much their own way, as Russell Mael tells us in this month’s cover feature.

22: EXPOSED IN SESSION Combining hazy hip-hop beats with an incredible rapid-fire delivery, up-and-coming Sheffield artist Otis Mensah is one to firmly keep your eyes on. Molly Kerkham got to know a bit more about the young rapper-poet for this month’s In Session interview.

32: GETTING AHT AND ABAHT We pay homage to Sheffield’s status at the UK’s first outdoor city.

54: RICK SAVAGE To celebrate 30 years since the release of seminal album Hysteria (still the highest-selling album from a Sheffield band ever), Exposed took a stroll down memory lane with Def Leppard’s straight-talking bassist.

57: PARQUET COURTS The Brooklyn rockers swing by for a natter before their Leadmill gig this month.

74: ANDY HAMILTON The popular comedian, screenwriter and TV panellist speaks to Mark Perkins about his new stand-up show.

11: UPFRONT 19: VS 43: FOOD & DRINK 47: THINGS TO DO 49: COMEDY 51: NIGHTLIFE 54: MUSIC 67: LGBT 71: FILM 74: CULTURE

Some people (me, for one) would say that a magazine deadline just two days after the madness of Tramlines 2017 ain’t ideal. But despite a few bleary eyes and prolonged hangovers, the Exposed team have pulled together to assemble a mighty fine August issue for you lovely lot this month. We hope you like.

So, what can you expect? Well, just under two years ago a bid was launched to officially brand Sheffield as the UK’s first ‘outdoor city’, and when you look at our close affiliation to the great outdoors it’s hard to suggest anywhere else more worthy of the title. The Steel City, with its proximity to the Peak District, vast number of green spaces and 200+ outdoor pursuit businesses, has become a leading figure in both promoting a variety of adventure sports and simply getting people out into the fresh air on a regular basis. Whether you’re after some highoctane mountain biking, a spot of casual weekend rambling or pretty much anything in between, there’s ample opportunity to fill your boots around this neck of the woods.

So, with festival season and its corresponding overindulgences drawing to a close, we’ve decided to jump aboard this push for healthy, active lifestyles (better later than never, eh?).

Head to p.34 onwards and you’ll hear from rock climber Steve McClure, expedition organisers Jagged Globe and adventure videographers Salt Street Productions. There’s also a round-up of upcoming events and some great shouts for how you can get involved and do your bit too.

But just before you dash out to scale a rock face or wakeboard down the Don, take a break to flick through the mag and hear from all the interesting characters we’ve managed to collar for interviews. Heading up the bill this month are enigmatic brotherly duo Sparks, who are still making brilliantly innovative and eccentric music after over four decades in the biz. And it doesn’t stop there: we’ve also spoken to Def Leppard’s Rick Savage, up-and-coming local artist Otis Mensah, NY punks Parquet Courts and celebrated comedian/writer Andy Hamilton. Throw in your usual round-up of owt worth doing or seeing in Sheff this month and you’ve got yourselves another belter of an issue.

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THE GREAT OUTDOORS! Sheffield is the UK’s leading destination for people seeking outdoor adventure, city culture and rural escapes. It’s a natural gateway to the outdoors: one third of it sits within the Peak District national park and it’s recognised as one of Europe’s greenest cities. It’s also a hotbed for climbing, cycling, mountain biking and all manner of other outdoor sports. In our August issue Exposed pays homage to ‘the outdoor city’.

THE OUTDOOR CITY IN NUMBERS:

53pounds MILLION is the estimate of money generated annually through outdoor recreation in Sheffield.

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The year in which the Foundry Climbing Centre opened, making it the first dedicated climbing venue in the UK.

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estimated to live in the Steel City, which explains its current status as Climbing Capital of the UK.

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PUT THE SUN BACK

Despite the heavy rain coming down at Devonshire Green, Merseyside indie royalty The Coral put on one of the performances of the weekend. Kevin Wells took this shot during a set brimming with guitar pop gems.

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LEO JULY 23 – AUG 22

All the blood, sweat and tears you’ve put into the last few years of your life will finally pay off this month. The resulting divorce, gradual alienation from friends and stuttering career prospects all pale into insignificance it as a small box pops up on the screen to inform you that, after ten painstaking seasons, your Football Manager team has won the Barclays Premier League.

VIRGO AUG 23 – SEP 22 A conscious decision to up the ante in your love life leads to the near annihilation of one ill-fated gym sock.

LIBRA SEP 23 – OCT 22 Romance will finally find you, but leaves hastily when you try to impress her by lighting a fart in the Walkabout beer garden.

SCORPIO OCT 23 – NOV 21 They say that half of the battle is just showing up, but your ability to drive tanks and kill indiscriminately is the more important bit.

SAGITTARIUS NOV 22 – DEC 21 Despite your valiant efforts – and a number of prescribed ointments – the stench simply won’t go away.

CAPRICORN DEC 22 – JAN 19 You succeed this month in shifting a ton of weight, but in doing so lose your token jolliness and those chubby cheeks which people just love to pinch.

AQUARIUS JAN 20 – FEB 18 All your test results come back positive: driving

theory, piano exam and clap check.

PISCES FEB 19 – MAR 20 Just another month of sharing the duvet with crumbs from your midnight raid of the biscuit tin.

ARIES MAR 21 – APR 19 Aries should probably suggest which budding company to buy shares in this month, but he knows you’ll piss your next wage packet away on watered down lager and fags instead.

TAURUS APRIL 20 – MAY 20 You are known for an air of mystery which others find quite intriguing.

However, this is soon all lost when police finally locate the bodies.

GEMINI MAY 21 - JUNE 20 The office finally discovers it’s you who has been pinching everybody’s milk, and you are banished to lost property with Weird Keith never to return.

CANCER JUNE 21 – JULY 22 Is this the month you should finally accept that you are just too old for skinny jeans? Probably.

Every month, the Great Foodini cups his crystal balls and slips into your aether. Can you feel him, dear reader? Can you?

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Dear SP, A combination of middle age and a Netflix subscription has seen our sex life go reyt down t’pan. A column in one of those bloke’s health mags suggested summat called ‘manscaping’, which means trimming the foliage from around the ol’ twig and giggle berries to make things downstairs more appealing. What are your thoughts on this?

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You must have lost your way, young grasshopper, on the quest for sensual satisfaction because, in all my years of tantric teaching, I have never heard a man consider shearing his sheaf in order to impress. I advise a thorough three-stage cleansing process of shampoo, conditioner and argon oil to moisturise your matted manhood back to its favoured form and save you the indignity of looking like plucked poultry. SP

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“I swear down, there were a bloke in Pitsmoor who had a pet crocodile. Kept it in t’bath. Fed it pasta.”

THE BIG PICTURE

SENSORIA RETURNS! Sensoria, the UK festival of music, film and digital media, will take place in Sheffield between 30th September-7th October. Now celebrating its tenth year, the popular festival will bring another packed schedule of exciting events to a number of venues across the city. Expect a variety of film screenings, live music soundtracks and scores, talks, performances and exhibitions across the week.

An already announced highlight is the English premiere of Sundance Film Festival winner Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World. Sheffield favourite Richard Hawley will introduce the film, a critically acclaimed exploration into the often overlooked influence Native American music has had on contemporary song.

Another one which may be of interest is SensoriaPro, an informal gathering of professional and emerging creative minds from the worlds of music and film, which will take over the Showroom Cinema on the 6th October for a day of discussion, including talks from Portishead’s Geoff Barrow (above) and Warner/Chappell Music MD, Mike Smith.

SENSORIA 2017 EVENTS CONFIRMED SO FAR: 1st October 2017 Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked The World @ Drama Studio, University of Sheffield, 2pm-4pm Factory Floor live soundtrack to Fritz Lang’s Metropolis @ Magna Face of Steel, 4.30pm-7.15pm 6th October 2017 SensoriaPro @ Showroom Cinema, 10am-6pm 7th October 2017 Synthfest UK 2017 @ The Octagon Centre, 10.30am6.30pm The Radiophonic Workshop @ Drama Studio, University of Sheffield, 6.30pm-7.45pm

Head www.sensoria.org.uk for ticket info and the latest announcements. Advance booking is strongly recommended.

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A trio of open-air cinemas will be popping up in and around Sheffield during August, providing the perfect excuse for some al fresco fun. Village Screen will be popping up at Castleton’s Peak Cavern on August 4th, while Luna Cinema will be screening 80s classics Top Gun and Dirty Dancing at the Sheffield Amphitheatre on August 24th. If you’re happy to venture out a tad, Summer Nights will be screening Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves at Clumber Park earlier in the month on August 5th. www.thevillagegreenevents.co

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NIGHT STRIDER RETURNS Sheffield Night Strider – the night-time charity challenge in aid of St Luke’s Hospice – makes its return on 7th October for the third year running.

Last year, more than 1,000 participants took to the streets to take part in the annual nocturnal half marathon or 10k walk – which this year aims to raise more than £130,000 for patient care at St Luke’s, Sheffield’s only hospice.

Starting in Tudor Square and heading out towards Ecclesall, the challenge is a great opportunity to enjoy some of Sheffield’s finest views by moonlight.

There is no running involved, so the event is open and accessible to everyone.

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THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHARITY This month, The Children’s Hospital Charity are asking the good people of Sheffield to raise much needed funds for Sheffield Children’s Hospital by taking in part in a virtual marathon. That means you have to run, walk, bike or swim 26.2 miles during August to do your bit for a very worthy cause. But taking a month over a marathon was waaaaaaaaay too easy for us here at Exposed. We like to make our challenges that little bit stiffer.

So we decided to set ourselves the task of completing the marathon in just three days.

Here’s how Phil Turner got on…

Words: Phil Turner

TUESDAY 12PM. LIFT OFF… It’s lunchtime Tuesday when I get the nod from TCHC to get cracking. The plan is to give myself 72 hours to complete the 26.2mile challenge, and bearing in mind I’ll be working for 27 of those of hours and sleeping for around 24 of them, that leaves me just 21 to nail the distance. Challenge on.

TUESDAY 8PM. 64 HOURS TO GO… Eight hours later and I’m ready for my first run. It’s been a long day so I start the challenge ‘steadily’ (or ‘slowly’ is probably more accurate), with a gentle 37 minute 4-miler. Slow but with a couple more runs and a bike ride to fit in, I’ve at least made a bit of a dent into proceedings.

WEDNESDAY 9.30PM. 38.5 HOURS TO GO… Sometimes I’ll find pretty much anything other than exercise to do to put off the inevitable workout. Washing, ironing, re-arranging the cutlery drawer all suddenly become crucially important. This was one of those nights, which meant the light was fading by the time I managed to drag my sorry backside out of the house. So rather than heading for the hills, I decide to run straight down Eccy Road thanks to its excellent street lighting which means I’m accompanied on my run by the sound of wine glasses chinking, semi-drunk chit chat and an acoustic covers

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band rather than the usual array of dog walkers murmuring and fellow joggers heavy breathing.

And although I knock off another four miles in a much quicker time, the reality is I’ve only managed to complete a third of the distance and I’m already half way through in terms of time.

THURSDAY 8.30PM. 15.5 HOURS TO GO… Time for another run, although tonight I’ve made the mistake of having a pint and a basket of breaded mushrooms, onion rings and halloumi fries an hour before I set off. Now I’m no student of athletic training regimes but I’m guessing Mo Farah isn’t wading through a pint of Farmers Blonde and a selection of the beigest food committed to cuisine before he takes on a 10k.

It all means tonight’s run is a struggle; I’m not just nursing a stitch all the way around but also nausea and general sluggishness. Still, I manage another four miles, even if it does take what seems like forever.

FRIDAY 9.30AM. 2.5 HOURS TO GO With 12 miles under my belt and just a few hours left, it’s time to jump on the bike. 14.2 miles isn’t a long distance to a seasoned cyclist but I haven’t cycled for about three years and having to stop and push my bike up a hill is borderline humiliating. Still, I soon get into my flow, and despite wishing I was wearing some kind of padded nappy to protect my bum against saddle soreness, I make it to the office for the photoshoot with almost an hour left in the bank. Job done.

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We’ve caught budding Sheffield artist Otis Mensah at a good time. Taking a stroll around Kelham Island one sunny afternoon, the young rapper-poet is literally bouncing with enthusiasm as he talks about his recent Glastonbury performance (“It was absolutely awesome, man! What an incredible place!”), his upcoming Tramlines weekend (“I’m gonna be really busy, I’ve booked so many gigs!”) and the Sheffield urban music scene (“It’s so strong, man”). The guy just radiates positive vibes.

Sitting down for a brief chill and some snaps in the Old Workshop bar, we got to know a bit more about the talented wordsmith and what makes him tick.

What can people expect from Otis Mensah when he steps on a stage?

I try and create something of a sense of community between me and the audience. My music is heavily based on existential quarrels, often like a stream of consciousness, so I try to set up a live show that kind of embraces that.

Hopefully I’ll make friends with the audience by the end of the show. You can expect mellow, kind of boom bap instrumentals with a bit of spoken word and a bit of lyricism.

Your lyrics are often quite introspective and poetic. What do you do when you sit down to write a song?

For me, it’s a huge means of therapy. I was talking to a friend not too long ago about how it comes about as far as like the creative process goes and we were saying its often really sporadic. So I kind of feel these moments where I’ve just got an urgency to write, I feel like somethings been building up, just let the pen do the work, let the pen bleed or however you want to word it. I sometimes feel like I’m channelling something, obviously I’m not, but it feels like it’s out of my control sometimes.

And then there are other times where I try to focus and write something specific, but I always feel more comfortable when it spills out naturally. As far as inspiration goes, the music is a huge driving force in terms of what sparks me to write. I like instrumentals with a lot of space because I feel like I fill a lot of the space on the song with my writing and I have a kind of intense style.

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Your track ‘Free the Slaves’ is quite socially and politically engaged. Do you think there’s enough music like that being made these days?

I think there is enough, but the problem is that it’s not cool. There’s somehow been a switch, a shift in what is considered ‘cool’. I can’t say it from first hand because I wasn’t around, but if you look back at artists like Public Enemy, there was almost a sense of rebellion against a system that wasn’t working; it was all really cool and people were happy to embrace that. I don’t think there’s a lack of that music – those artists still exist – but I think the way people perceive that if different. It’s the element of easy listening: people want something that’s easily digestible. I can’t talk in all senses, but especially within hiphop there’s been a shift. People want a balance these days too. For example, artists like J Cole and Kendrick Lamar – as much as I hate using those as examples, because there’s so many great artists creating great music and people always come back to those two – but what I think is special about those two specifically is that they’ve found a balance between creating a good vibe and creating something that’s conscious. Sometimes with artists these days, the message or the consciousness outweighs the vibe that allows people to enjoy it. I always like music that is a social commentary, rather than saying, “I’m going be politically charged and tell you to do and think this, this, this, and this”.

A social commentary allows you to have more fun with it and it leaves more space for people to enjoy it, rather than being too preachy.

You often work with other artists and producers. Who would be your dream collaborations?

My dream artist to kind of work with is Common, who’s an MC. I love his lyrical style; to me, it’s just exceptional. I’ve got so many, I could literally go on for ages. People like Kid Cudi, Childish Gambino, just because what they are doing artistically is usually very interesting, but they’ve not pushed it so far that it’s only interesting to a certain niche.

As far as the UK goes, I think Loyle Carner’s contributing to expressionism and poetic excellence, which is the field I want to be considered in – I want to contribute something that creates a community and something that means something, yeah, but using the medium of poetry. As far as producers go, I’d love to work with Flying Lotus, because of his experimental hip-hop production, something slightly to the left of field.

Considering most of the mainstream MCs are London-based, so you think being from Sheffield gives you a different edge as a performer?

Maybe. From my experience of being in contact with people from the US or Europe, their first thought when you tell them you’re from the UK is that you’re from London, as if no other area exists. That’s fair, because in the media other cities fall through the cracks internationally. I think it does give an edge, and perhaps people don’t realise this kind of music exists in their area. Maybe they’ve heard music from the US, people like Tribe Called Quest or Nas, and maybe they are massive fans of but it they didn’t realise that there are people from their area that could fit that kind of mould but bring a British identity to it.

Do you have any particular favourite Sheffield venues?

I really like DINA at the moment. I’ve been to some of the spoken word nights there, they’re called Wordlife. They’ve created a really cool, open atmosphere. I like venues that feel homely, ones that are small and intimate.

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So what do you think of the Sheffield urban scene? Naturally, guitar bands get plenty of attention but there are a numbers of talented hip-hop/grime artists and producers out there too.

The talent and the artistry is definitely there; we’re not lacking in people who are innovative with their art in Sheffield, across all genres. As far as my own development as an artist goes, I can’t really talk about a scene too much, as I was really isolated as an artist. During my time when I wanted to solidify what I was doing, I was very much an internet child. I was discovering realms of hip-hop on the internet, cultures of music and art online and on YouTube, from all around the world – all these different kinds of places where I saw people doing something that was experimental. I wasn’t really aware of the scene in Sheffield then. Somewhere down the line I realised that it’s important for me to sustain my British and Sheffield identity; I was listening so much to artists from across the pond but I wanted it to be authentic to me.

Talking about the internet, how do you think that’s changed the music industry, or your approach to music and your career?

It’s changed everything. There’s been a big paradigm shift in the last five years where the internet has become this unstoppable entity.

When I was around 13 it was very much my goal to be signed to a major record label. I was looking at artists and imagining if I could be signed to their label – ones like Roc Nation –

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and thought that giant companies are how you make it. But then around 2013, there was all of a sudden this awakening to what you can do yourself as an independent artist and that really intrigued me. I’m a massive fan of artists like Tech 9, who’ve created a cult-like community – in a positive sense; they’ve not actually created a cult! – that gives them freedom. They use their integrity as a guiding force in the music industry, not wavering in the tides of what you should do to impress a major record label. But they’ve managed to solidify their own kind of legacy by using the internet and getting out and doing shows. So I used the internet to learn how to do myself what a record label would do for me, and keep my creative control at the same time.

How do you think your music has changed since you started out? Has there been any significant learning curves or shifts?

It’s changed in the sense of a natural progression. When I was 13 I was looking towards any influences that I could see around me, like grime, but I wasn’t too into it for myself. I realised somewhere down the line that I could create music that I want to listen to and speaks to me. I started finding artists that spoke to me on a personal level, and realised that I could do that for other people. Those artists happened to be really lyrical and word-heavy, experimental with words and rhyme patterns and rhythm schemes. I took that upon myself to do what they did but in my own way. I try to be as complex and expressionistic as possible.

That was kind of my building blocks, but once

I realised I wanted to say something that means something I was able to leave behind the competitive thing of ‘you’ve gotta rap a hundred lyrics in 30 seconds’, you know. That gave me the training wheels to make stuff that was appealing to me.

Who are those artist who shifted your thinking in that sense?

Artists such as Atmosphere and POS who were really happy to be vulnerable with their art and create this sense of community. And of course influences like Tribe Called Quest or The Pharcyde, who were doing something really interesting. Stuff like that.

Kudos on getting your gig at Glastonbury earlier this year. Tell us more about that.

It was incredible, just amazing to be honest.

I was great to see all the artists that I really wanted to see; I got to see Thundercat, and Anderson Paak. It was great to delve into that world but know that I was a part of it as well - obviously on a smaller scale. It was incredible to be part of the festival, like a validation of what I’m doing. It was just a blessing to be able to play on a stage of that kind of calibre.

How do you build on that platform?

I’m currently planning an unofficial UK tour, and to play as much as possible, as a means to support a series of new singles that I’m producing. I’m working with a handful of producers. We’re trying to put out as much new music as possible, because of the surge of

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Last year you produced a mixtape. How was that different to putting out single after single?

I did a mixtape called Days Over Damson, which was me writing songs over my favourite J Dilla instrumentation and I wanted to use that as a basis for the direction that I’m going to continue with. I felt like the five songs on my mixtape were what had been building up over the years and are a kind of representation of what had happened so far. Whereas the singles are more based on what’s going on with me now. I also did a project called Computers Outside with Ray Soso, a producer from Baltimore, which was my first kind of look at how I could write a conceptual piece of work, delving into the internet generation and the internet age as a concept. But, yeah, so those two were my starting blocks but now I’m just going with the flow and writing as I go.

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Where does inspiration come from in terms of themes?

The recurring thing is social commentary.

Whether that’s being as self-aware as I can and looking at myself and where I go, or external reality. Commenting on what I see in the world and what I see in myself. I’ve been writing since I was 13 as a means of expression, it’s a process that’s really important to my life. Even if it wasn’t getting heard, even if I wasn’t releasing anything, the writing has to happen for me. It’s natural that I find things to talk about.

You’ve talked about rappers being vulnerable and talking about their feelings.

Why do you think it can be rare for some artists to open up in their music?

It’s always been there, but I think it was underrepresented. What you got was the braggadocio, because rap is like a competitive sport so naturally you get this masculine vibe. It has its place, because the roots of hip-hop is th e battling scene and being better than the next MC, so that’s what that boisterousness comes from. Then you got artists like Tribe Called Quest who allowed themselves to be open and vulnerable. I think the forefront of hip-hop is still the bravado, but I think the difference is the internet. People who relate to what these artists are saying have a network where they can find this music and others who feel the same; it’s always been there but the internet has provided a home for people who want to find it.

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From huge hits in the 70s with the likes of ‘This Town Ain’t Big Enough For The Both Of Us’, ‘Number One Song In Heaven’ and ‘Amateur Hour’ to the whacky but undeniably moreish releases we’ve heard ahead of new album Hippopotamus, brothers Russell and Ron Mael have been redefining normal pop music conventions at their leisure for over four decades now.

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With the new record scheduled for release early next month, Navya Hebbar gave lead singer Russell Mael a bell and dipped a toe into the kooky world of Sparks.

First of all, have you decided on your tour outfits?

Well, we are still debating it. It is a very lengthy process.

Until I get them all into the suitcase and until the suitcase is closed, it is all in a state of flux. But it’s fun being able to try on different images, you know? The bands that we have been interested in always had an element of visual interest about them; it’s about framing your personality onstage properly.

And how much work goes into creating and maintaining those personas?

Quite a bit. What is puzzling to me is there are a lot of bands out there who choose to look like one of the audience. Just putting some jeans on with no time or thought put into it is just sloppy dressing in my opinion.

I think you need to embrace the fact that people are coming to see a show, but it’s not like we sit down and have board meeting about our images; it’s just something we enjoy playing with.

How similar are your onstage personas true to real life? Is Ron still the serious one for example?

A lot of people wonder if we are the same type of people offstage, and our onstage personas are basically an extension of how we are in real life. Ron is a severe kind of person and you will not confuse him for anyone else. If you see him you will know he is Ron from the band. It’s because who we are on stage is a projection, a larger-thanlife image of who we are in real life – but I think it’s not too much of a stretch for the imagination.

After over forty years of creating music, how do you keep things fresh?

That is the whole battle when you’ve got a long career!

But we take pride in the fact that we don’t rely on the past.

People could be listening to us for the first time, or this next record could be the first album they ever hear by us and we need to make it worth their time. We approach every new album in that kind of way. We are not lazy, we are motivated. We just hope it is as exciting for our audience as it is for us.

Do you revel in your status as an ‘alternative’ pop band?

We fight against the status quo and what pop is, or rather people’s perception of what pop should be. People write lyrics that are like bland wallpaper – unassuming and boring. We think that lyrics should be something stylistic at least.

As an artist you have a blank canvas, you can do anything you wanna do. It seems like there are people that prefer the ones that sort of fit in with a movement.

For us, it has always been an us against them thing.

We always like to think that there is a ‘them’ we are rebelling against, and we do that with our music, our lyrics and our image.

People often like to take their own metaphors from strange lyrics and themes. There was someone online making the case that ‘Hippopotamus’ was about Donald Trump.

People often assume we are making a political statement, when actually we aren’t. ‘Exotic Creatures of the Deep’ had lyrics about a monkey driving and people thought it was some sort of an allusion to President Bush, when in fact it was just about a monkey driving a car.

But we don’t like to explain all our lyrics; it’s nice to leave some of the ambiguity in the music. And we think it is a nice quality for the songs to have. If someone has an interpretation that is different to ours, we feel we shouldn’t

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dismiss it. It’s a nice thing.

So ‘Hippopotamus’ is literally about a guy with a hippo stuck in his pool?

Yes, ‘Hippopotamus’ is a short vignette about a guy who owns a swimming pool in his backyard and he wakes up to find these elements appearing in his pool one after the other. The thing is, he just can’t seem to figure out why all that is happening. A Volkswagen microbus, a giraffe, a painting – all these things just start appearing so it feels like a short story with no real ending. There was no point to it all and there is no pay-off. It is like a fairy tale, like a dark nursery rhyme.

Who has the main input into the lyrical side of things?

Ron is our chief lyricist and we have always had a real pride in special lyrics and that is always a challenge. We are trying to express ourselves in ways that are not tried

and true. With pop music, we are trying to do that: to be abrasive. But abrasiveness does not have to be political.

It is hard to describe what it is and it is hard not to be boring. The worst reaction is for the audience to be blasé about it and to not have any reaction at all.

What are your expectations for the upcoming album and tour?

We have worked on this album for about three years.

There has been a lot of hard work and build-up going into it and it’s exciting to let everyone hear it. There are eight songs on the album and we are proud of every one of them.

We’ll be playing all of them on our upcoming tour. I think artists should stand on their latest work and not only rely on their past work, so we’re looking forward to getting back out there.

Hippopotamus is out 8th September on BMG

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Sheffield is arguably the country’s best place to live when it comes to outdoor sports, with people moving here from all over the country to make use of the unique landscape and supreme facilities. So whether it’s scaling sheer rock faces, racing rivers down valleys or simply strolling along hidden waterways, we take a look at some of the highlights and meet some of the people that have made Sheffield ‘the outdoor city’.

Age shouldn’t be of any concern when it comes to rockclimbing, and Sheffielder Steve McClure stands as testament.

There is a lot to expect when you’re labelled one the best rock climbers in the world. An immeasurable knowledge about the sport, an unwavering dedication to push through no matter the height of the cliff or what age you are, and the need to let others know that rock-climbing can be the best pastime you can do. Steve McClure gets a big, fat check for all these boxes. Despite being the sturdy age of 46, he has come from completing Britain’s first 9b route: Rainman, one of the biggest accomplishments a rock climber can achieve.

So, how was that Rainman climb?

It was an amazing thing to do, on a personal level. I’d been training for seven years for it.

It was a huge time investment, but it never felt like a chore. Towards the end it started to become quite stressful, as it felt so hard that I didn’t know for most times if I would ever be able to complete it. I At some point you have to know when to draw a line on some things.

That persistence evidently paid off in the end, but what was that drive that kept you going?

A lot of people ask what my motivation to finish it was, and I say there must have been a little bark in there that said, “You can do this, just stick with it.” Although, there were quite a lot of times where I didn’t even think that, and thought... ‘I’m just going to give up.’ But it’s a gorgeous place, and I regulary went with a really good bunch of people and

the actual climb itself was a beautiful. Those factors combined meant I wouldn’t lose my motivation, even though I spent 120 days climbing it, which is more than I care to add!

You think it’s a good hobby to get into, even though most people at that age wouldn’t even dream about doing such a feat?

No doubt. It’s the sort of sport you can do for a very, very long time but is so technique based and also mind based. You have to think

THE TOP 5 CLIMBING SPOTS IN THE PEAKS Sheffielders are spoilt for choice when it comes to finding places to climb in The Peaks. Whether you’re looking for limestone or gritstone, easy or difficult grades, quick access or a longer walk-in, you’ll find it close by. We take a look at five of the finest...

BURBAGE SOUTH VALLEY BOULDERS

Perfect for beginners with its flat ground surfaces and range of free-standing boulders, Burbage Valley is appealing to all and makes for a great family friendly day out. Here you will encounter views across the valley from the Iron Age Fort of Carl Walk as well as its popular neighbouring climbing destination, Higger Tor. Lying just seven miles outside Sheffield city centre, the valley is within easy reach and what’s more, its real sweet for the summertime; the scent of fresh honey lines the air and the hills turn purple – certainly contributing to the satisfaction one feels when completing this beautiful Burbage climb.

Keen to climb? Find out more here: www.climber.co.uk.

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about what you’re doing and get a grip with your fears. There’s a really high level of people staying with the sport for a long time, higher than most. When I go out for a climb, I realize I’m out there because I want to be out in the hills, for the views and being with my mates.

You go in climbing, but there is so much more to it. More so when you’re an Olympic swimmer and just staring at the bottom of a pool for ages. Your day is so much more different from the day down at the gym.

With Sheffield branded as ‘The Outdoor City’, do you think it lives up to that name?

It terms of cities its certainly well up there, there are obviously some towns that are great outdoor places as well, but in proximity of the cities around it, you can’t beat it at all. It’s a real shame that quite a lot of people have never adventured outside the city limits. The scenery is beautiful, as opposed to the trappings of the city. People will be missing out massively. A lot of people don’t realize that it isn’t that hard to get out there, even if you don’t have car. It’s pretty easy and so close.

Rock climbing is such a good sport, because you can try it any level. As long you’re trying your best, you can be someone who’s climbing for a year or someone who’s been climbing for 20 years, but you’ll be getting the same thing out of it. From the pleasure of the movements to the exercise hit, you’ll be getting absorbed by the technical difficulties before you know it.

Cratcliffe Tor is in an extremely rural setting with a view out over tranquil farmland with a small but superb set of climbs. The main event? The sheer walls of Owl Gully; here, the many breaks offer fine climbs often traversing out of the gully into impressive positions on exposed faces, with plenty of protection offered by breaks. Around the corner from the gully is the dramatic tall face tackled centrally

by Suicide Wall. Located south of the main edges, and lacking much in the way of quality climbs in the lower grades, it is seldom busy, though the area is popular as a bouldering venue.

Keen to climb? Find out more here: www.ukclimbing.com

RAVEN TOR

The most famous Tor in the peak, with an internationally lauded reputation, Raven Tor is known as the ‘national crucible’ of hard sport climbing for its many dramatic hard routes. Notable routes include The Prow, Revelations and Mutation. Despite being a steep, limestone crag, the routes are hard and bouldery, requiring explosive fitness as opposed to sustained. The only disadvantage of this iconic rock?

It’s a real suntrap and can be far too hot!

Keen to climb? Find out more here: www.ukclimbing.com

THE ROACHES

With over 300 routes rated from moderate to extremely severe, every level of climber will be sure to find something enjoyable to tackle at The Roaches. Situated in the heart of the Peak District, just above Tittesworth Reservoir, The Roaches features a variety of slabs, cracks and boulders and stands at an impressive 1,667 feet high, effortlessly meeting all grades of climbing needs imaginable. What makes this spot so intriguing is the history it’s steeped in; just two years ago a 3500 year old urn was discovered along the footpaths, while the area features the famous ‘Winking Man’, an unusual rock formation which appears to wink as you drive past…

Keen to climb? Find out more here: www.roaches.org.uk

STANAGE EDGE

Attracting climbing enthusiasts from all around the world, Stanage Edge is very impressive – stretching six kilometres and situated just north of Hathersage Moors, it is the ideal place to bring your family and friends for a good range of gritstone climbing. What makes Stanage truly spectacular though, is the scenery you will encounter – the moorland cannot easily be matched while the rolling green hills and bursting treetops will be sure to leave you breathless. Located just half an hour from Sheffield city centre, lovers of the classics will be interested to know that it was here – at the very top of the Edge – that Kiera Knightly iconically stood in Pride and Prejudice; so why not go to have your very own Elizabeth Bennett experience? Whatever your reasoning, be sure to pack your camera – the view from the top is one you’ll want to remember.

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Ever wondered what it’s like to climb Everest? Well with Sheffield expedition organisers Jagged Globe you can get half way up. Here, John Green brings us an account of his recent trip to Base Camp.,

“It might be the greatest place we’ve ever had lunch. On Friday 28th April 2017 I sat with my son Louis in the mess tent for the Ghurka team at Everest Base Camp. Looking out over the Khumbu glacier and the icefall behind. Finally, after the best part of two weeks we had reached our goal - Everest Base Camp. After the pain of two flights and a transfer through Delhi airport , The Summit Hotel was a welcome relief. An afternoon to gather our thoughts and a good night’s sleep in readiness for an early start and the chaos of Kathmandu airport again.

Our trek to ECB started, as does everyone’s, with the flight to Lukla airport. Often described as exhilarating, the landing at the mountain village airstrip is certainly a white-knuckle ride. From there onwards there are no vehicles, no cars or bikes. All the baggage and goods required higher up the valley are carried by yaks, humans or donkeys. Lukla is the gateway to another world; a land of bygone times where village communities live and farm together.

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and a shared toilet at the end of the hall. This would be the standard accommodation for the next two weeks or more.

“From Monjo we walked up the steep ridge to the Sherpa Capital of Namche Bazaar at 3,400m. Crossing several iconic suspension bridges as we wound our way up higher and higher. Namche is the most amazing place, sat in a glacial bowl, clinging to the mountain side, the town almost defies gravity. The brightly coloured buildings shine in the bright high-altitude sunlight. This would be our base for three nights as we started the process of acclimatisation. From here we got our first glimpse of Everest; early in the morning we walked to the Tenzing memorial and saw in the distance the distinctive shape of the world’s highest mountain, with the Khumbu valley stretched out before us. From here we could see our route up the valley and the path ahead of us. Namche was our last taste of real luxury, we ate cake in the local bakeries, looked around the shops and drank hot chocolate.

The days passed quickly as we fell into our gentle routine, up early for breakfast; bags packed then on the trail by 8am. The weather was kind to us, most mornings being warm

and sunny, with the afternoon becoming cooler as the cloud filled the valley. We would arrive at our evening lodge in the late afternoon, have tea, then an early dinner and bed. We passed through Debouche and Dingbouche, staying two nights here, again to aid acclimatisation. All the time we were surrounded by breathtaking scenery, to our right the massive Ama Dablam and ahead of us Island Peak. We walked from here to Pheriche where we attended a seminar on high altitude acclimatisation. The hospital here is staffed by volunteers from around the globe, who give up their time to man this remote medical centre during the climbing and trekking season. As well as treating those of us mad enough to trek to (or climb) Everest they care for local

ABOUT JAGGED GLOBE Jagged Globe are based in Neepsend, right next to The Foundry Climbing Centre and offer a huge array of mountaineering expeditions, climbing courses, adventurous skiing and high-altitude treks. These range from trekking up Kilimanjaro and summiting Mt Everest to classic climbs in Ecuador, Mera Peak in Nepal while one of the highlights of the ski trips is skiing the famous Valley Blanche in Chamonix Mont Blanc.

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people, Sherpas and porters. In fact, over 75% of those treated at this centre are from Nepal.

The dedication and sacrifice that these doctors make is humbling.

“For here we pushed higher into the mountains and further up the Khumbu valley. Staying at Lobuje, then finally arriving a Gorak Shep; our final stop before Everest Base Camp. At 5,220m Gorak Shep is remote and more than a little uncomfortable. Only now did we start to appreciate the comforts offered by some of the lodges lower down! However, we were still fed and watered (despite there being no running water here) and the food was good and hot (an achievement itself at over 17,000 feet!) and our rooms were comfortable. There is not much more to ask for.

“On the morning of Friday 28th April we left Gorak Shep at 8am and headed towards Base Camp, moving slowly as we followed the Khumbu glacier moraine. Almost exactly three hours later I was hugging Louis as we celebrated with our fellow trekkers. We had reached Everest Base Camp. We paused for photos at the cairn at the edge of the camp, then walked through countless yellow and orange tents towards our venue for lunch. A tented city at over 5,500m high; base camp is an amazing and inspiring place. So keen are we to stand on top of Everest that hundreds of people decide to live here every year! The individual camps boast mess tents, with dining tables and TVs. Bookcases and board-games are commonplace and we enjoyed some of the best toilets on the whole trip.

“After lunch, as the temperature started to drop, we thanked our hosts and retraced our steps to our lodge at Gorak Shep, excited, tired and thrilled to have reached our goal.

The following morning, at 3:45am, myself, Louis, our trip leader Mungo and Tenzing left the lodge to climb Kala Pattar, a mountain that stands above base camp and offers brilliant views of Everest and the Khumbu icefall. We walked in the dark and cold, our head torches picking-out the path to the summit, while across the valley we could see the head torches of climbers and Sherpas as they made their way through the icefall, a far more dangerous endeavour than ours. We reached the top in time to watch the sunrise from behind Everest.

I have never been so proud of Louis, having walked for two solid weeks (the last days consistently above 4,000m) he stood on top of his first Himalayan mountain, watching the sun rise from behind the world’s highest peak.

This was our real achievement. With tears in our eyes, we hugged each other and watched the spectacular sunrise. This will remain my overwhelming memory of the trek, the feeling that you only get when standing on top of a mountain, knowing that you can climb no higher, having worked so hard to get to the top.

The trek is wonderful, made more special by the people we were with. There is no way we would have been able to accomplish anything without this caring, helpful and talented team.

I hope that one day we can return and walk in these awe-inspiring mountains again.”

THE TOP 3 CLIMBING CENTRES IN SHEFFIELD

Want to practice your climbing in the safety of a dedicated centre before heading into the Peaks?

Then you are spoilt for choice in Sheffield.

THE FOUNDRY CLIMBING CENTRE

As the UK’s first dedicated climbing wall, The Foundry is part of the Sheffield furniture. With courses available for complete beginners to those who are experienced and wish to improve, coach, or be assessed, there is something to suit everyone at The Foundry and it’s the ideal place to try something new. The Foundry isn’t limited to just the traditional indoor climbing walls either, once you have tackled this, the centre provides outdoor adventures with trips to offer the ‘Gritstone Experience’ where you will be able to climb at sought after locations within the Peak District alongside skilled instructors with over 30 years of experience. Plus, if you fancy just a taste of what climbing can offer, the centre caters for private instructed sessions for people of all ages and abilities. So, whether you are a keen climber and wish to encounter the high standard facilities the centre provides, or, if you simply wish to experience the freedom and rush that comes hand in hand with climbing for the first time, you’ll certainly be in capable hands.

Want to find out more? Visit: www.foundryclimbing.com/ visiting-the-centre/ for booking and pricing information.

AWESOME WALLS

Awarded the ‘National Performance Centre’ by the British Mountaineering Council, Awesome Walls is known for its first class climbing quality. The centre is accessible to all and provides a four week course to introduce beginners into the world of climbing or develop the confidence of those wishing to take their skills to the next level. Courses include ‘Resin to Rock’ which aids the transition from climbing inside to tackling the rocks outdoors and ‘Lead Taster’ – an opportunity to get to grips with the most advanced form of indoor climbing. It’s also good value for money – the four week course comes in at just £80, whilst day events and tasters are available from just £15. With a possible 312 routes to explore across 104 lines, two bouldering areas and a dedicated Auto Belay zone for single climbers, it’s fair to say Awesome Walls lives up to its name.

Want to find out more? Visit: www.awesomewalls.co.uk/ climbing-centres/sheffield/ for booking and pricing information.

THE CLIMBING WORKS

Dubbed as the world’s best (and largest) bouldering centre, The Climbing Works is the ideal place to specialise in this specific area of indoor climbing. Whether you’re on your way to becoming elite or have just climbed your first few steps, the centre provides everything from classes and courses to one on one coaching. So, what exactly makes bouldering so great? Some say it’s the unique freedom you achieve, no ropes, no gear, just you and your natural ability to climb. Others enjoy the fact that you can do this entirely alone and set yourself mental and physical goals that will in turn make you a better climber overall. Typical courses teach you the methods of balance and route reading and progress onto how to hone your skills through the more challenging circuits. Open every day this summer, The Climbing Works provides the perfect opportunity to uncover and develop your love of bouldering!

Want to find out more? Visit: www.climbingworks.com for booking and pricing information.

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Salt Street Productions

Nothing adventurous to do in Sheffield, you say? Well, Salt Street Productions scoffs at you, as they show people the hidden gems of adventure sports in a spectacular fashion.

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Using unique locations and the talented adrenaline junkies of Sheffield, Salt Street Productions have gone on to make short films that have exceeded 10 million views and have won many a prize at the SHAFF film awards.

Exposed gets the chance to get the low-down with Productions Director, Ed Birch.

Well Ed, could you give us the background on how Salt Street Productions started?

I was studying photography at Hallam University, and it was here when I really fell in love with Sheffield and all the sporting stuff you can do. I then started making adventure films about those sports; everything from skiing in the old ski village to road cycling out in the peak district. As I went into university, I started making films and entered them in the Sheffield Film Festival SHAFF. They started to do well, so half-way through university I decided to bite the bullet and start my own company...

You must have had quite the risky feeling making your mind up to drop out, no?

I had quite a smooth transition because I had set up the production company half way through, so I already had a client base and was known for adventure sports. I started my own outdoor film called Our Sheffield, from food and drink to sport, and that was really my first advert for the city of Sheffield.

One of the biggest draws of your videos is the locations you film. How do you find these places?

It takes a lot of research and a lot of whispered conversations in the pub.

The one in our video Red Sands we had been actually looking at for a while, and

we had gone back there for a series that were doing for Channel 4. One of the most difficult factors is all about how you’re going to get there. For Red Sands, we had to get a fishing boat to take us out. It took quite a few months because we were organizing it through the winter, and we had to postpone our trip five different times due to bad weather, otherwise the boat would crash up next to the forts. Often our locations need preparation for safety. That took a day and a half to prepare to just to clean the location and take stuff away.

Would you say it’s hard to find talent in Sheffield to star in your videos?

Sheffield is the home of sport. We have the world’s best climbers here along with the world’s best mountain bikers, so the wealth of talent that’s within the city is absolutely incredible. It’s fitting the right personality to the right location that seems to be the biggest challenge.

You think Sheffield being labelled ‘The Outdoor City’ is justified then?

It’s always been the outdoor city for me.

It has everything from taking a stroll to walking to the peak district, which will only take 15 minutes by car. Within the actual city there’s also so much potential; bouldering for climbers and so much for parkour and skateboarding. For our movie actually called, “The Outdoor City”, our aim was to get someone who doesn’t do sport at all to try adventure sports or adrenaline sports. We wanted to show people a sport they didn’t expect to find in Sheffield, like canoeing or kayaking, but also to advertise what sports you can do from an 8 minute drive from Sheffield, including paragliding!

As the north’s largest cable park, Sheffield Cable Waterski has no shortage of fun things to dive into. With an Aqua Park featuring a Total Wipeout style inflatable obstacle course and a bar to relax in afterwards, it makes for the perfect summer experience. The full size cable is the ideal place to let out all that adrenaline and test your waterboarding and water-skiing skills. However, don’t sweat if you’re new to the world of water sports, skilled staff are on hand to teach you the basics of knee-boarding before you go onto something more taxing.

Once you’re comfortable enough you can even compete in the monthly Ten Feet High series, on August 19th, which encourages people of all abilities to get out, get involved and test the waters!

Interested? Visit: www. sheffieldcablewaterski.com for booking and pricing information.

Sheffield Walking Festival Returns!

With over 30 routes available varying from ‘easy’ to ‘strenuous’, Sheffield Walking Festival is the perfect way to enjoy our outdoor city. Returning this year on 8-17th September, the Festival allows you to discover all corners of Sheffield and you’ll be spoilt for choice with the amount of options available – from historical trails such as ‘The Sheffield Civil Rights City Centre Walk’, to classic countryside walks along the beautiful bordering Peak District, the Festival has something to suit everyone.

So lace up those walking boots and get exploring!

Interested? Visit: www.theoutdoorcity. co.uk/walking-festival/ for further information and bookings.

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THE TOP 5 CYCLE ROUTES IN AND AROUND SHEFFIELD

Fundraising underway for New Mountain Bike Trail A new mountain bike trail is set to hit Sheffield in the near future – providing they raise enough money to get it off the ground. Ride Sheffield, a mountain bike trail advocacy group for riding in and around Sheffield is close to hitting its target of £45k, which could mean the brand new route would open this later this year.

The Redmires route – fondly dubbed ‘RADmires’ by the local biking community because of well, just how RAD it’s said to be – is set to span an impressive 1.8km from Redmires Road to Stanage Pole and will attract both novice and experienced riders. Aiming to act as a bridge from the easier going route of Lady Cannings to rockier, steeper trials, Redmires provides the perfect balance of leisurely riding whilst still leaving way for more intense biking challenges. Donations of any value will be hugely appreciated to get this rad route plan on the right track.

Want to find out more or donate? Check out: www.ridesheffield.org.uk

There’s no doubt that we are blessed with some of the country’s most jaw-dropping countryside right here on our doorstep. So for those of you who prefer two wheels not four, here are some of the best local cycling routes around...

BYPASSING BRADFIELD

This route starts you off in Oughtibridge and takes you down through higher and lower Bradfield, where highlights include the Church of St Nicholas and the cricket pitch. Follow it down through Loxley, the Rivelin valley and towards Fulwood onto Ringinglow Road, where picturesque views accompany you as you edge towards the Hope Valley and back towards Bradfield as the route finishes.

For more information: www.routeyou.com

LADYBOWER DAM

Ladybower Dam is one of Sheffield’s most idyllic spots – with crisp water, plenty of greenery and not much in the way of traffic, it’s perfect for a family day out or a solo ride with you and Mother Earth. Start off at Ladybower Inn: be polite, give them some custom and you might be able to get some parking out of them. This route can be taken long or cut short depending on the circumstance – I myself prefer to head out with my family, shorten the route and take in the views.

For more information: www.pedalnorth.com

THE STRINES

A word of caution: this one isn’t very family friendly. A real road route, this one starts out in Crosspool, before it descends down away from the city and through the Rivelin Valley onto Manchester Road. The real cycling begins when you get out into the moor – you’ll turn off the A57 and back towards Bradfield, heading up the hill to loop up and around Dale Dike Reservoir and down towards the Strines Reservoir where your reward is waiting – the famous Strines Inn and it’s muster of peacocks.

For more information: www.cycle-route.com

A TRANSPENNINE TRAIL

CU 4 PHCX laterz?

The Outdoor City’s urban cyclo-cross series, which combines edgy urban architecture with daredevil cyclo-cross and mountain biking returns next month. After the success of KICX where riders battled it out over the Kelham Island cobbles in May, Urban CX is coming to the concrete streets in the sky, Park Hill Flats - PHCX - on Saturday 16th September, from 10am-7pm.

There isn’t a better spot to overlook the city centre and watch the action unfold.

Whether you’ve just started racing or are extremely experienced, everyone is welcome to join in with a choice of four different categories to sign up to.

Places are going fast so head to sheffieldurbancx.co.uk to see which category suits you best.

(BETWEEN ROTHER VALLEY AND CHESTERFIELD) Tapton Lock to Rother Valley, this route follows the winding Rother River across the doorstep of Derbyshire and back into the outskirts of Sheffield. For those who enjoy a leisurely ride, this is for you: the route passes through the picturesque village of Staveley, where you can take a break along the way and enjoy places like the Hawskhead Brewery, an ice cream parlour or - a favourite of walkers along the route - Wilf ’s Café.

For more information: www.bikemap.net

RIDE ON THE WILD SIDE

If you want to see a bit more of the city, then how about this route which takes in all the Sheffield Wildlife Trust sites in central Sheffield? It starts at the Winter Gardens and takes in Division Street, Meadowhall, the Five Weirs Walk and Kelham Island. It’s a great way to see the city from a different perspective and if you’re after a bit of liquid refreshment, you’re spoilt for choice in terms of the local hostelries.

For more information: www.sheffieldcycleroutes.org.

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With just a month left to make the most out of the summer season, Exposed round up some of our favourite spots for getting our drink and dine on – al fresco style.

ROCCO’S BROOD CAFÉ AND BAR

A delicious menu of seasonal food with vegetarian and vegan options, a cafe stocked with ethical coffee and a bar stacked to the max, Rocco’s Brood Cafe and Bar has two courtyards and a rooftop terrace perfect for enjoying a chilled out afternoon.

INC

Nestled on the roof of the Krynkl development, INC is a popular destination for revellers in the sun. With a host of weekly live music events and an inspired cocktail menu, they’ve been bringing the crowds down to Shalesmoor so far this summer.

LEOPOLD SQUARE

A staple outdoor drinking and eating venue in Sheffield, Leopold Square offers plenty of choice with it’s many restaurants and bars. Entertainment is often on the agenda, with live music, dance classes and array of other events taking place throughout summer.

THE RED DEER

Decked out with picnic tables and with a selection of board games to keep you and your company amused, sunny afternoons are best spent in the pleasant outdoor area at The Red Deer on Pitt Street.

BROCCO ON THE PARK

Beyond the Botanical Gardens and before Endcliffe Park lies Brocco on the Park – a boutique hotel whose ethos is “if it can be home-made, handpicked or personalised, it will be”.

SHAKESPEARES

Situated between Kelham Island and the city centre, the Shakey is bursting with character on the inside and offers a spacious beer garden out back.

THE FAT CAT

A stalwart on the Sheffield beer garden scene, the city’s first real ale pub has welcomed visitors from all around the globe popping in to whet their whistle.

KELHAM ISLAND TAVERN

After winning over a dozen awards, including six golds for Sheffield in Bloom, this cozy Kelham Island spot is a real winner for some sunkissed beer tasting.

Oh, and the pork pies are literally heaven.

THE GREAT GATSBY

FORUM

A charismatic little beer garden which proves itself as an excellent spot to graze in the summer heat, especially when coupled with a mighty fine cocktail and grub from its delectable Mexican menu.

One of the busiest spots in the city when it comes to a bit of al fresco eating and supping – and for good reason too! A perfect city centre location and the offer of cozy deckchairs makes it a prime chill location.

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THE RIVERSIDE

A spacious terrace area and suntrap mixed with the offer of banging pizza and cocktails make PHS’s gaff a popular summer destination.

On the cusp of the city centre lies the Riverside; a lively boozer with a vast beer garden and a great view of the River Don slinking by.

THE HEAD OF STEAM

The large beer garden for The Head of Steam overlooks famous Sheffield venues such as The Crucible and The Lyceum Theatre in Tudor Square.

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Menu

£20 per head Add a 20cl bottle of Prosecco for an additional £8 • Freshly baked bread with English cheeses, home-smoked salmon and English charcuterie • Farmhouse pork pie with Cricket Inn piccalilli • Thornbridge beer-pickled onions and roasted red pepper hummus • Brandy soaked fruitcake with Our Cow Molly butter • Fruit scones with clotted cream, jam and strawberries • Mixed Macaroons • Drink of San Pellagrino or Franklins each

SUMMER PICNIC HAMPERS

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English Summer Picnics At The Cricket Inn This summer, come and enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Cricket Inn with one of our traditional English picnic hampers. Hire a hamper full of homemade treats and snacks, take away and enjoy a relaxing afternoon in the sun. Children’s hampers also available.

Reservations required so that we can prepare your hamper. Deposit for picnic hamper and blanket £20.

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Deals on Prosecco and Rose Cava, £20 per bottle or £3.50 by the glass 2 for 1 Cocktails every Saturday from 12noon till 6pm

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Latin and jazz vocalist Sally Doherty returns again Saturday 24th September. A renowned singersongwriter who has performed nationwide and throughout Europe, Sally will this evening perform songs from her impressive Latin and jazz repertoire.

Inspired by such jazz singers as Chet Baker, Nina Simone and Billy Holiday and Brazilian singers João Gilberto, Elis Regina and Maria Creuza, Sally will be performing Brazilian bossa nova and samba, Mexican and Cuban boleros, amongst other Latin American and jazz styles.

Music on the evening starts from 7pm, please call to reserve a table.

Address: 238 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield S7 1FL Phone: 01143279597 Email: lamama.latin@gmail.com Website: www.lamamalatin.co.uk

Firepit BBQ 138 West St, Sheffield S1 4ES 0114 249 8151

Cubana Introduce New Chef and Menu

THE PLACE

Working at Exposed, you don’t often get thrown a food review. The big cheeses tend to steak a clam to them (okay, that’s the last of the foodrelated puns). So, imagine my surprise when the biggest of big cheeses (Phil, if you must know) asked if I’d like to go along to Fire Pit, on West Street and report back.

‘Do bears eat Popes in the woods?’ I responded.

‘Is that a yes, then? I’ll come with you.’

Let’s admit some bias here. Fire Pit is my kind of place because it’s meat-centric. Meat is something that has featured less and less as small children, consciousness of mortality and beansprouts have loomed large in my life. So, I was looking forward to unchaining my inner carnivore and meeting the meat, as Zaphod Beeblebrox once said.

I was expecting great things and I wasn’t disappointed.

The décor could best be described as post-modern ironic meets classic chic: think seat covers that wouldn’t look out of place on a 1970’s Routemaster, lots of stripped wood and steely flashes. Once sat, we turned our attention to the reason for our visit.

Popular Sheffield tapas restaurant Cubana have recently welcomed a new head chef and, with him, an exciting new menu.

Erkland Xhaja has been second in command of the Leopold Square restaurant for over 13 years, and has now unveiled 12 innovative new tapas dishes to add to the 50 already on the menu.

The star of the show will be fresh fish, with the new offerings including traditional seafood paella and dishes inspired by the Canary Islands – the home of Xhaja’s partner. His celebrated twist on Brazilian pork stew, made with chorizo and smoked bacon, is also an exciting new addition.

Adrian Bagnoli, co-owner of the busy independent restaurant, told Exposed: “There’s no one better qualified than Erkland to develop the Cubana menu. The new dishes the team have come up with are some of the best we’ve served, and fit in perfectly with the ever present Cubana favourites for a perfectly balanced tapas menu”.

View the full menu at www.cubanatapasbar.co.uk

THE FOOD

To kick things off we went straight past the standard starters and ordered Buffalo Chicken Wings and Brisket Burnt Ends. Dipped in homemade BBQ sauce, the brisket came across as rich, dark, and succulent with a lingering sweetness. They were nicely contrasted by the Buffalo wings. Southern fried and then tossed in Frank’s Buffalo Sauce these were zesty, peppy, and lip-smackingly good.

To get a good cross-section in my companion then plumped for a FirePit Dog – a peppery little number that came slathered in three cheese sauce, fiery beef chili, jalapenos and a hot sauce – while I ordered the 10oz rib-eye.

After a little confusion over my ‘rare to medium-rare’ over-finicky request regarding my rib-eye, we got stuck in. Phil’s Fire-Pit Dog lived up to its name – spicy, moreish, and with a kick – while my steak was meat perfection. The peppercorn sauce I’d nominated complimented the rich smoky flavour of a fine, fine piece of meat.

Served on trays the size of an A4 envelope folder, however, even hearty trenchermen like Phil and I failed to clear them – and boy, did we try!

Stuffed and replete, there was simply no way that we could contemplate pudding … until we were served a selection from the dessert menu.

Miraculously, we found space, largely because the American Cheesecake was delicious with the Carrot Cake and Cookie Dough with Ice Cream a close second.

THE VERDICT

Go, but be warned. Go hungry – they go LARGE!

Cat Café Comes to Sheffield The Cat Café is coming to Sheffield! Tabby Teas, located on Cemetery Road, offers cats and lunchtime snacks and opened at the start of August.

Available to people aged 10 and over, Tabby Teas is set to be the purrrfect student spot – offering sessions of up to an hour and a half for £7.50 (drinks and food is extra). What makes this even more exciting is its local feel – all food is sourced from the surrounding areas and vegan and gluten free options are readily available. Hygiene and welfare are of top priority too, all staff have dedicated roles either with the animals or with food preparation and the cats are well and truly looked after as the owner, Charlotte Pickering, ensured she was fully educated on cat behaviourisms before starting the business. So, what are you waiting for? Get your fill of cats and cake and head on down to Tabby Teas!

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The Sheffield Honey Company Tel: 07980 261554 Email: info@sheffield-honey.co.uk www.sheffield-honey.co.uk

The Sheffield Honey Company This recipe has been created by Luke French of Restaurant Jöro, at Krynkl in Shalesmoor. Using The Sheffield Honey Company’s heather honey. The cookie recipe makes 24 cookies, so you will have some extra to enjoy on their own. There will also be some extra caramel to save for later.

Prep time: 20 minutes, plus chilling and churning Cook time: 20 minutes Serves 24

Ingredients For the ice cream: 55g caster sugar 80g The Sheffield Honey Company heather honey 600ml whole milk 90g pasteurised free-range egg yolks 80g burnt butter For the cookies: 115g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature 260g caster sugar 1 free-range egg, whisked 40g The Sheffield Honey Company heather honey 220g organic plain flour 2g bicarbonate of soda 2g baking powder 75g roasted and ground hazelnuts (we use fresh cobnuts foraged in Sheffield) For the caramel: 100g The Sheffield Honey Company heather honey 180g fresh whipping cream 25g blonde miso paste 120g coffee, freshly brewed 50g caster sugar 20g burnt butter To serve: Borage and cornflowers

Method For the ice cream Bring the sugar, honey and milk

to the boil over a medium heat, then gradually pour over the egg yolks whilst whisking until fully incorporated. Whisk in the burnt butter. Cool over a bowl of iced water and then churn in an ice cream machine according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

For the cookies In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar. Gradually beat in the egg and then mix in the honey. Sift together the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder, then fold it into the mixture in three parts, followed by the ground hazelnuts. Chill the cookie dough for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180°c.

When ready, roll the dough into 24 balls (30g each) and place on a silicone paper-lined baking sheet, making sure there is a 6cm gap between each ball. Place in the oven and bake for 12 minutes, or until golden and raised.

Allow to cool on the trays; they should be soft and pliable but with a crisp outer layer. Once cool, keep in an airtight container until needed.

For the caramel Place all of the ingredients into a heavy-based saucepan and place on a low heat. Bring to the boil and then reduce the heat and simmer very gently until the mixture becomes a thick buttery caramel, stirring occasionally. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the mixture into a metal or ceramic bowl and rest, whisking now and again until completely cool.

Store in an airtight container until needed.

To serve Spread a good spoonful of the caramel onto a cookie then place a generous spoonful of the ice cream on top.

Garnish the ice cream with borage and cornflowers then eat immediately.

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SEAN CLARKE, HEAD HONCHO AT THE MOOR MARKET’S BEER CENTRAL, SHOWCASES HIS CRAFT BREWERY OF THE MONTH AND RECOMMENDS SOME OF THEIR FINEST TIPPLES.

Thanks for all the great feedback after our Kernel column in last month’s edition, they really are a great brewery. For August we’ve decided to come back closer to home, back to one of Yorkshire’s most successful craft breweries over the last three years: Northern Monk in Leeds.

They’ve had a fantastic few years since they started out as cuckoo brewers in 2013, establishing themselves in the very top rank of UK craft breweries over that time. As their name and location (Holbeck) suggests, the brewery has a very strong connection with history. By combining the ethos of monks brewing beer (they’ve been at it across Europe since the 7th Century AD) and the industrial heritage of Holbeck, they have forged themselves a fantastic business and a loyal following. Like the monks before them, they are committed to creating the highest quality beers using the best traditions of monastic brewing, with a progressive approach to using the best ingredients & techniques.

PATRON’S PROJECT

FAITH

BOMBAY DAZZLER

The Patron’s Project beers brewed so far are all part of an initiative set up to encourage collaboration and creativity between various artists, athletes & creatively minded people across the north of England.

These beers are all exciting, challenging and beautifully designed.

A Modern Pale Ale, this is 5.4% and juicy as hell.

Lots of tropical, citrus fruit & pine. One of the best pale ales we’ve had this year, so clean & fresh.

This unique beer was created with the amazing Indian vegan street food outfit, Bundobust (Leeds & Manchester) & Northern Monk have cooked up a classic wit beer with a delicious Indian twist.

Ginger, cardamom & coriander combine together, perfect with Indian food – of course!”

BEER CENTRAL LTD

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The Kelham Island Tavern

Up to 13 Real Ales including a Mild, Porter & Stout Food served Monday to Saturday 12-13pm

Proud Winners of Sheffield Pub of the Year 2017 Yorkshire Pub of the Year 2015 // Award Winning Beer Garden The Kelham Island Tavern, 62, Russell Street, Sheffield S3 8RW Tel: 0114 272 2482

Thu 3rd Stephen Kay – Book Launch Steve likes to write down to earth historical fiction that is well-researched and rooted in time and place. He loves shouting at the telly when historical dramas play fast and loose with facts.

Fri 11th Ragin’ Diarrhea All-out circus rock with a little bit of something for everyone! Their music comprises multiple styles ranging from rock, funk, punk and ska. Supported by local band The Sky Moguls and Forefathers. £5 Advanced, £7 OTD VOTED SHEFFIELD CAMRA PUB OF THE YEAR 2013 RATEBEER BEST PLACE FOR A BEER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE 2016 & 2017.

Cask ales on rotation (almost 5000 in 6 years), Over 100 Whiskies, wide range of rums, gins, vodkas and ciders.

EVERY WEDNESDAY

Reg & Friends open acoustic night.

Come along and play, sing or just watch.

Free entry

Shakespeares Ale & Cider House,

146 – 148 Gibraltar Street // 0114 275 59 59 www.shakespeares-sheffield.co.uk

Sat 12th Go Go Gorilla Rhythm and blues DJ night playing their classic and rare Rhythm & Blues collections from the 50’s and 60’s. Starts at 9:00pm £4 OTD Sat 26th Charity gig for Sheffield Mind With Isolation Division, John Merricks Remains, The Jan Doyle Band and Every Black Day entertaining you all evening. There is nowhere else that you should be. Doors at 7, £4 OTD Sun 27th Go Go Gorilla ALL DAYER Twice in one month? We must be mad. This is an all-day session with Music and Clothing stalls and plenty more going on besides.

Mon 28th Steven and the Sea, Society pages, and another act to be named. An evening of acoustic, Americana and other similar delights.

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RITE TRAX ON THE BOLE HILLS Bole Hill Recreation Ground // 5th Aug // Free This one day community festival and market is in its second year, bringing local art, music and independent business to the Bole Hill Recreation ground in Crookes.

On offer is two stages of live music and DJs, as well as workshops, retail stalls, and an official after party down at Plot 22. www.tinyurl.com/y8ajccfj

SHEFFIELD FILM & COMIC CON Sheffield Arena // 12-13th Aug // £8.96 The Sheffield Film and Comic Con will be taking over the Motorpoint Arena again this month, promising to bring you some of your favourite stars from TV, Film and Comics as well as a whole host of fun activities - including photo shoots, panels, autograph sessions and hundreds of stalls full of TV and film memorabilia to browse. www.filmandcomicconsheffield.com THE LUNA CINEMA OUTDOOR SCREENING Sheffield Amphitheatre // 23rd-24th Aug // £14.50 The Luna Cinema is the country’s leading producer of open air cinema events. You can head over to the Sheffield Amphitheatre on Wednesday 23rd August, where Luna Cinema will be screening ‘Top Gun’ with a panoramic.

The following night (Thursday 24th August), they’ll another 80s cult classic with Dirty Dancing. www.thelunacinema.com DINOSAUR WORLD Lyceum Theatre // 21st-23rd August // From £14 Dare to experience the dangers and delights of Dinosaur World in this interactive new show for all the family.

Grab your compass and join our intrepid explorer across unchartered territories to discover a pre-historic world of astonishing (and remarkably life-like) dinosaurs. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk IT’S SKANK HOLIDAY Leopold Square // 25th-28th August // Free Throughout the bank holiday weekend Leopold Square will be welcoming an array of musicians playing everything from swing and jazz to latin and hip-hop.

Head to the website for the full artists listings. www.leopoldsquare.com

Going Underground With 25 years of experience in the bag, multiple awards and more than 14 tours on the run, you can’t expect master of psychological illusion, Derren Brown, to stay put. He’s back on the road this summer performing live across the country.

From July 24 to Sept 5 2017, he will tour his latest stage presentation, Derren Brown: Underground. Sold-out in London, this performance features a collection of his favourite bits from the past 14 years of stage work.

He tells us that the show was born from workshopping a ‘best of ’ show to take abroad to untouched audiences. When it started gaining its own identity and popularity they decided to make it into a smaller tour presentation.

The challenge in putting it together was to make sure all the material held together and amounted to a synchronised narrative, according to Brown. His creative partners Andrew O’ Connor and Andy Nyman, who together directed the show – found a way to complete the task. Brown adds about the partnership: “It’s a great three-way relationship and very rarely does that ever become overtly sexual.”

Derren Brown plays the Lyceum Theatre on 24-26 August.

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LEADMILL COMEDY CLUB Leadmill // 2nd Aug // £6 The monthly comedy night returns for August featuring a line-up of some of the most exciting emerging stand-up comedians in the UK. Street Food Chef will also be serving up delicious treats on the night. www.leadmill.co.uk

VINCE ATTA AND GUESTS (LAST LAUGH COMEDY CLUB) Sheffield City Hall // 12 Aug // £18 The Last Laugh Comedy Club welcomes another jam-packed line up to Sheffield this month.

2006/07 City Life Comedian of the year winner Vince Atta will be just one of the amazing acts set to headline another installation of Yorkshire’s longest running comedy night. www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

RYAN MCDONNELL, RORY O’HANLON AND DAVID JORDAN Mosborough Hall Hotel // 8 Sep // £22.95 With a stellar line-up of comedy based in a charming, historic hotel this Sheffield Comedy Club event looks set to be a top night out. The ticket price also includes a two-course meal and waiter service so you can sit back, relax and enjoy the performances. www.mosboroughhall.co.uk

JIMMY CARR Sheffield City Hall // 15 Sep // £30.50 The 8 Out of 10 Cats funny man is embarking on a ‘greatest hits’ tour, a curated selection of his best material from over a decade of stand-up with some new jokes thrown in along the way. With his dry wit, deadpan delivery and little concern for comedic boundaries – this is probably not one for the easily offended. www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

Boasting an impressive bag of tricks and some razor-sharp wit, live shows from multi award-winning magician Steve Faulkner are guaranteed to be both mind-boggling and hilarious. We should know, we’ve asked the guy to host the last six Exposed Awards – and we all know what a tough crowd that can be!

Next month, Steve will be assembling a stellar line-up of talent, from fellow magicians to accomplished mind readers, and heading up to the Greystones for a night of incredible performance. But before all of that, he sat down with Philippa Revitt to discuss what makes an unforgettable magic show.

There was always one person that had a magic kit when you were a kid, and watching someone make two rings come together was always mind-boggling for a 7-year-old.

From that day on you always want to get the chance to ask ‘how did you do that?” again.

Steve Faulkner manages to keep audiences in awe with close up magic, whilst still using his upmost comedic charisma to make a night you won’t forget.

Unsurprisingly, when it comes to putting together a seamless magic routine, practice is absolutely vital; and a helluva lot of it is needed to get to performing standard. “Have you seen Pitch Perfect?” Steve asks. “Well, I was watching it the other day and there’s a character in that film who does magic but is also a bit of a geek. I should be offended, but it’s entirely right – magic is a bit geeky. It takes a lot of practice, a lot of obsession, and you have to work really hard to become a magic geek.”

Thanks to the likes of Derren Brown and Dynamo, showcases of modern stage and street magic have again become popular household entertainment, far away from the Vegas-style cheesiness featuring old blokes in waistcoats and top hats. Today, Steve explains, audiences seek something a bit more authentic and personal from magic performance.

“Your magic needs to be authentic; it’s not just about being a performer, but it’s about making sure things are real at that moment and it doesn’t feel over the top or fake. Take Derren Brown, for example, he feels like somebody you might know and it doesn’t feel too showy.

Penn and Teller are also very natural when they are performing, and that I think that freaks out the audience a bit more during the routine. This upcoming show will be a real, genuine, up-close event and it makes for great overall audience experience.”

Make sure you grab your closest cynic as you’ll soon have the perfect opportunity to blow their mind and show them magic is real, not just by Steve, but with a line-up of dazzling talent. Britain’s got Talent alumni Christian Lee will be headlining the extravaganza, while mind reader Chris Rawlings will also be joining to really see how far your scepticism can be pushed. All previous shows have sold out beforehand, so be snappy about it!

Want to see a bit more of Steve’s talents? Head to youtube.com/ Stevefaulknermagic

Steve Faulkner’s Magic Show comes to The Greystones on Thursday 7th September. Tickets are £12 and available from www.mygreystones.co.uk.

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PROTOTYPE 001: AKASA LIVE, JHUD, R. LYLE Picture House Social // 5th Aug // Free The first in a series of live performance events, Prototype is a free evening of music and moving image works from a range of guest artists and DJs. This inaugural event brings Liverpool’s Akasa to Picture House Social, for a live techno show. Support comes from NTS Radio’s jhud and R.Lyle. www.picture-house-social.com

BANANA HILL SUMMER PARTY The Harley // 11th Aug // £3 adv, £5 OTD Hot off the launch of their new label, world music specialists Banana Hill are back at the Harley for a residents party with their two founders, Cervo & JVC playing b2b all night long. The former’s latest release on Marcel Vogel’s Lumberjacks in Hell label is making serious noise across the circuit – the buzz around Banana Hill has never been higher! www.theharley.co.uk

DON’T LOOK NOW SUMMER SPECIAL The Harley // 12th Aug // £3-5 Purveyors of all things dark and heavy, techno promoters Don’t Look Now are renowned for their underground bookings across the Steel City. This August they return to the Harley for a Sheffield showcase featuring resident DJs from Aqualab, Stagger, The Night Kitchen and DLN. www.theharley.co.uk

STEEL CITY GROOVE BANK HOLIDAY Plug // 27th Aug // £6 Plug certainly knows how to host a bank holiday party, and this month’s Steel City Groove bash promises a night of deep, soulful, vocal and underground house until the wee hours. www.the-plug.com

MIXING WITH THE BEST Local DJ royalty Andy H has been busy showcasing some of the city’s finest dance talent on The Rotation Show, his monthly slot on Sheff-based radio station UK Mondo.

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They say never meet your heroes. I’d like to meet those people and ask them what sort of people they’re picking as heroes. I’ve met mine and they’ve all been warm, generous with their time to a fault, and entirely approachable.

Take Rick ‘Sav’ Savage, one-fifth of Def Leppard, Sheffield’s most successful musical export to the rest of the world by a country mile. The band is celebrating a milestone: 30 years since the release of 1987’s Hysteria album – a masterpiece whose sonic sheen, songwriting smarts and sheer punch saw them top the success of 1983’s 10-million selling Pyromania and conquer America and the world all over again.

Three times we try to hook up. Three times there is a problem with the PR Company’s phone syncing. In the end, before we get cut off again Sav says: “Here. Give me a call on this number.”

I do so, and with no panicking PAs in the background we get to it.

So, Rick Savage, you must have done a thousand of these today. How are you holding up?

Call me Sav, Aaron. No-one calls me Rick anymore. I’m good, mate. I’ve got no throat left, but there you go. Hey, that was a bit rubbish, wasn’t it? Me and you trying to talk via a PR company in London when we’re just around the corner from each other in Sheffield. Bloody hell, we’ll not be doing that again, eh?

Definitely not. Pick a bar next time and I’ll meet you there. What are you up to?

Enjoying a little downtime. Not that there’s much of that. I spend all my time ferrying my teenagers around Sheff. Rock star one day, taxidriver the next...

Comes with the territory. So, 30 years ago since Hysteria was released. It’s one of the great albums of any genre. Did you get the feeling that you were creating something special at the time?

We felt like a lot of things were clicking into place. We were all on the same page as a band.

We felt everything we’d done to that point had put us in a position to make the album we’d always wanted to make; a real definitive statement. We had a record company that was backing us, so we didn’t feel pressured into rushing something out. We had Mutt (Lange: producer) and a great team around us. From the outside looking in people tend to focus on the downs more than the ups of that period, but listen; it took four years to make. Four years is a big chunk of your life and shit happens in any life. It just made us work harder. We were on a mission: triumph or ... disaster!

It turned into a triumph, but it was a bit of a slow build...?

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needed to break even, but then MTV picked up on Pour Some Sugar On Me and it almost rebooted the album in people’s consciousness. We were 10 months in at that point and the wave just built, and built, and built...

And the rest is Hysteria? *Laughs* Pretty much!

You took Queen’s approach to harmonies to their zenith on Hysteria.

Thirty years on, can you still hit all the high notes?!

Absolutely! We’ve been accused of using tapes and auto-tune in the past, but listen: we’re a live band. Everything you hear, the good, the bad, and the ugly comes from the five of us onstage and nowhere else.

When you think about the album now, what comes to mind?

Oh, that’s a tough one. Listen, we were mates before we were a gang; and we were a gang before a band. When we were growing up we wanted to write great songs, be a great live band, and we wanted to be the biggest band in the world. We’re still the same today but Hysteria saw us tick all of those boxes. Maybe it was only for six months or so, before bloody U2 got into their stride with The Joshua Tree but biggest band in the world: that’s not bad for a bunch of lads from Sheffield, you know? I’m proud of that. Not a bad album to lose your crown to either! *Laughs* And we’ll see you in Sheffield soon?

I’m in Sheffield now, mate! But we’ll be playing their next year. I can’t wait!

I don’t often wax lyrical. But I’d like to point out Rick Savage to Mariah Carey and Kanye and say: look, here’s living proof that you can sell 100+ million albums and not turn into an arsehole. You can still be warm, charming and full of lust for life. Maybe they wouldn’t get it though.

Maybe it’s a Sheffield thing.

To celebrate the 30th year anniversary of Hysteria, a remastered version of the album will be released through Bludgeon Riffola/UMC/ Mercury on 4th August.

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Hailing from the streets of Brooklyn, rockers Parquet Courts has speedily released five finely-tuned albums since they formed in 2010. They’ll be bringing their music over the pond to Sheffield for the first time on 30th August, so we sent Darragh Murphy to get the details on their latest album, their recent success and how much they don’t care for the word ‘indie’.

You latest album, Human Performances, seems to be a little more emotional and melodic than the earlier stuff. Anything in particular that spurred this on?

We weren’t conscious of making it a certain way, and we haven’t done that with any record really. If we had been in a different mind-set, I guess it would have been a completely different record. It’s a hard question to answer because our next record will surely be a little window into where our lives will be whenever we get to write that one.

I get that Human Performances can strike people to be more emotional, but I suppose that was just the stage we were at when we put it together.

With your success on being nominated for the 2017 Best Recording Package Grammy and being on The Rolling Stone Best 50 albums of 2016, have you noticed an in popularity?

Andrew got the nomination, and we were all super psyched about that.

That kind of stuff is amazing, so we’re really flattered and super grateful that we’re at a point where we can reach those accolades. Although we don’t set out to try to do anything other than make the best records we can. If people like them, that makes us extremely happy, but we’re trying to make the record that we want to hear. We’ve been at it for so long now; we come from a minimal, bare-bones punk background and been together since teenagers. Going from playing basement shows to being nominated for a Grammy is just crazy! The common thread of it all is that we make our own artwork still. We’re definitely getting more confident at what it is we’re capable of, and of course, we want to keep making stuff that we’re super psyched about.

You’re regularly labelled as a 90s-influenced indie rock band. Is this something you’re all trying to shake with your new material?

People will be like, “Oh, you’re indie-rock?” That doesn’t mean anything more than, for example, there’s a glockenspiel in your songs or anything like that. I know, you have to put things into categories; it makes it easier for people to latch onto. But we’re just trying to be a rock band, and I think there is a lot of pressure within the trappings of a genre that is also constantly changing. We’re not trying to be an indie band, we’re just a band. I think being labelled by a broad, sprawling genre term - it sets

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you up for pre-emptive judgement before you even delivered something for people to even listen to. I mean, what is indie? It’s just music, Goddamit - if you like it, you like it!

Are there any other bands that might relate to that?

Stuff like Run the Jewels, a group that I’m obsessed with and I love, and any interactions I’ve had with them have been amazing. They’re hip-hop, but they were the number one indie record this year for Run the Jewels III, which is interesting.

It’s funny that they got best indie record but I don’t think they would identify themselves as an indie band. They’re making cutting edge music that doesn’t necessarily have to be defined as one thing. For us, we’ll randomly have a rapper on a song, Run the Jewels will have a guitar solo, and that can confuse people. But that’s kind of the point, because it works. You shouldn’t feel trapped in a genre name with the music you want to make. Yeah, I’ll take the tag ‘indie’, if you like, but we’re still just going to do whatever makes good music.

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Even if you’ve never experienced a drive on the big open road, listening to this album gives listeners just that experience. The War on Drugs has opened up a niche genre, allowing audiences to definitely have a modern-day understanding of what ‘indiecountry’ is all about.9/10 DM

We are living in uneasy times, and listening to this album doesn’t do much to allay any fears or insecurities we might have.

Throughout the album, Obaro Ejimiwe pleads for unity, repeatedly bows down under the weight of the trouble he feels he’s in and generally worries about the future. We can all relate, I’m sure.There’s a sense of unease and disquiet that pervades these songs, but it will get inside your soul like nothing else you will hear this year. As soon as it finishes I find myself going back to the start for more. It’s like an addiction. His beat-driven, other-worldly music provides just the right vehicle to propel these marvellous spoken/ sung rap monologues into a part of your brain that then refuses to let them out. As with any great work there is light and shade, but I’m flagging this up as his best work yet.

He’s been Mercury nominated twice before. At the third time of asking; this one might actually win. My album of the year… so far.

9/10 MP

You wait for six months for an album to knock your socks off and then two do it in the space of a month. Everything Everything’s Fever Dream isn’t quite my album of the year so far, but it came pretty darn close. For aficionados, there’s less leaping from time-signature to time-signature and more emphasis on being direct, but that doesn’t mean predictable. Lead-off single ‘Can’t Do’ feels built for communal sweat of playing live while ‘Desire’ arrives with the sort of chorus that fills stadiums. To get to these, you have to go through album opener ‘Night of the Long Knives.’ It’s a slow-burn, but a rewarding one that heralds a more synth-heavy direction. There’s plenty of guitar, too, but this is an album of layers and textures. The title track is, fgorgeous: a Gregorian chorus giving way to plangent piano and vocals before a hypnotic dance-vibe drops and kicks the hook skywards.

It gets a little loose as we head down the stretch, but this is definitely more than just a contender. 9/10 AJ

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Now that we are halfway through 2017, are there any updates on new album?

We are deep in pre-production on the next We Are Scientists album, so EVERYONE is excited about that, and I don’t even limit that to just the fan base. EVERYONE in the world is abuzz with this news… as far as I can tell, anyway.

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So, it’s August already and following the excesses of Pride and the disappearance of the student population, it’s the month where the LGBT community traditionally appears to go into hiding due to a lull of events. That being said, it’s also a great month for those of you who appreciate a quieter night and no big queues at either of our open all week LGBT venues: Dempseys and OMG. For those wanting to seek out some queer company this month, here’s a rundown of the places and events off the usual scene where you are likely to find a good proportion of fellow LGBT folk.

On August 4th and 5th we see the return of Peddler Night Market, serving up a tasty mix of top notch street food, craft beers, live music and art at it’s now regular home on Burton Road. This one is always busy, so get down early to avoid the queues and bag a good spot. Fancying a quiet Sunday café afternoon, then head down to the Diversity Fest planning meeting on August 6th at Hagglers Corner. Now in their third year, Diversity Fest brings together groups and performers from all communities and always has a strong LGBT contingent. The Action for Trans Healthcare meeting at Hallam University on August 9th is open to anyone whose gender identity isn’t wholly the same as the one they were assigned at birth; come along and get involved in planning campaigns and organisation for upcoming events.

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Sheffield Film & Comic Con’s at the Sheffield Arena, returning for its fourth year on August 12th and 13th.The event will again feature a massive cosplay contest, fun activities including photo shoots with the stars, panels, autograph sessions and hundreds of stalls full of TV and film memorabilia.

While not officially an LGBT venue, the diverse clientele at The Rutland Arms saw them shortlisted for Venue of the Year at the South Yorkshire LGBT Awards. This August sees the inaugural Rutland Arms Gin Festival, a wonderful celebration of all things gin-based. They’ll be getting in the spirit (no pun intended) of things by styling out as a prohibition-themed speakeasy, while the food menu will be featuring ginspired specials all week and they’ll be serving over 50 types of gin.

Want to support a great cause? Head across to the Alternative Music Supports Mental Health event on August 26th at Shakespeares, featuring live performances from Isolation Division, John Merricks Remains, Jan Doyle Band, Every Black Day and AMereKat with all proceeds going to mental health charity Sheffield Mind.

And it may be clichéd but when there’s ABBA, there’s usually a gay following somewhere. Join Grosvenor Casino for dinner and a live show from Abba Love, also on August 26th, performing all of the greatest hits.

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The infamous evacuation of Allied Troops on the beaches of Dunkirk during World War II is a harrowing story, and Nolan expertly captures it through three perspectives – the mole, the sea and the air – with each played out through different passages of time. This structure allows Dunkirk to move along at breakneck speed, with the audience constantly bombarded with intense scenes of suspense, action and glimmers of hope. Throughout its 106-minute runtime, we’re given stunning imagery of the scale of the 400,000 soldier evacuation, but also intimate shots of the soldiers showcasing their despair.

While still a war film, it’s less about fighting the enemy and more about the act of escape, and how testing it is to hang on to any sliver of hope. This is a side of war that hasn’t been portrayed enough; each thump of a rifle being fired or roar from an approaching bomber had me buried in my seat, fearing for the imminent danger the soldiers faced. This is largely thanks to the superb sound design and brilliant soundtrack which are the real stars in the movie, overtaking the little dialogue characters have between each other. While big names such as Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy and (randomly) Harry Styles are riddled throughout, they’re purely cast because they have the right faces for the role. So if you’re looking for a war film fix, stunning cinematography and masterfully crafted action, look no further. Expectations? Don’t worry about them, Dunkirk is one of those once-in-a-lifetime, must-see experiences. 5/5

THE DARK TOWER (AUGUST 18TH) Based on the cult-classic novel of the same name, this old westernesque fantasy casts the glorious Idris Elba as “The Gunslinger”, a man in pursuit of The Man in Black and The Dark Tower in hopes that finding them will preserve his dying world.

VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS (AUGUST 2ND) This film from director of The Fifth Element puts two special operatives tasked with identifying a dark force threatening a vast metropolis, home to species from a thousand planets.

Rihanna is also in it, if that interests you at all.

Set two years after the battle with the humans and the death of the ape traitor, Koba, we find Caesar and his tribe of apes in the woods, still at war with the humans. Not wanting to suffer any more losses, Caesar offers signs of peace to the remaining human factions, but in return is met with more death that hits closer to home. Filled with rage and struggling with his darker instincts, Caesar and a small band of brothers set out for revenge.

It’s here where the film thrives, as the audience is immersed into the brutal atmosphere of a post-war world. Humans have set up makeshift camps through exploiting the help of ‘Donkeys’, a remnant of Koba’s followers that are willing to help humans kill off all remaining apes. We’re shown a funfair buried in snow, other humans that have been executed there for being mute and also introduced to an ape survivor, Bad Ape, that knows the atrocities committed by the humans all too well. These sequences give off an almost “Ape-ocalypse now” effect, if you will, which successfully show how the world has adapted to apes suddenly becoming a superior race. However, War loses this effect once Caesar reaches the Colonel’s camp, as it puzzlingly strays into a film about breaking from oppression – something which Rise had already explored.

Overall, it’s certainly smaller, more character-focused and not as action-packed as Dawn, which may disappoint some as the title explicitly states “war”, but this character-driven finale gives people more of Caesar and mix of other intriguing characters. It may miss an intriguing opportunity to further explore the war-ridden world, but the closing chapter in Caesar’s story ends in a stunning and moving manner.

3/5

THE HITMAN’S BODYGUARD (AUGUST 18TH) Probably one of the best matchups we didn’t know we wanted, Samuel Jackson plays a hitman who must get from England to The Hague to testify at the International Court of Justice, with the help of Ryan Reynolds as the world’s top bodyguard.

ANNABELLE: CREATION (AUGUST 11TH) After the surging popularity of the spinoff Anabelle, this prequel tells the story of a dollmaker and his wife welcoming a nun and several orphans into their home. Little do they know of the lively qualities of a special little doll that also inhabits the house.

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Andy Hamilton is a busy guy. If you’ve been paying close attention, you’ll have noticed his name on the credits for TV and radio comedy shows going right back to the mid-70s. His most recent success was as co-creator of the Brockman family in Outnumbered, and you’ll certainly recognise him as a regular on Have I Got News For You and QI. He’s about to take a break from all that, however, and will soon appear live on stage in our fair city with ‘Changed Management’, a new stand-up show detailing his take on how the world has changed in his lifetime – for better and for worst.

So: your first big TV success was with Drop The Dead Donkey, although you had been writing and producing comedy since you left university.

Yeah, I wrote that show with Guy Jenkin. We recorded it the night before transmission, so it was completely up-to-date. We got up very early next day to edit it and deliver it to Channel 4, often very close to transmission time. There had been a move away from live TV, and even topical TV. They’d done news-based magazine shows and sketch shows, but no-one had done it quite like we did.

The actors in that show were incredibly talented.

We used to throw stuff at them very late, and they coped and handled it really well. I had already worked on previous shows which were recording close to transmission; I wrote for Not The Nine O’clock News and Who Dares Wins, and before that I was writing for Week Ending and The News Huddlines on BBC radio. With Drop The Dead Donkey, we wrote topical comedy but for the first time applied to a sitcom, so I suppose you could call it ground-breaking.

And another big TV success was also with Guy, when you wrote Outnumbered, which was another show that was unlike anything else on TV at the time.

Yes, we never told the children more than an outline of what was going to happen in a scene.

So, although Hugh Dennis and Claire Skinner had to learn the script, the children often said or did unexpected things. You always got back something close to what you’d told them but expressed in their own words. It gave the episodes a natural feel of how life would be in a family house. Although the press were all over the children in that show, and heaped praise on them, the unsung heroes were Hugh and Claire, who both gave remarkable performances.

Can we expect more from the Brockman family?

We did a Christmas special last year, and our plan

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is to dip back in to their lives every couple of years.

It’s like a family that grows up and moves on.

Do you prefer writing alone or with a partner? I know Barry Cryer only ever writes with someone else. He says he needs to see if he can make at least one person laugh.

I prefer both, if that makes sense. They’re a kind of antidote to each other. If I worked entirely alone I’d go mad, but it would be the same if I only ever worked with other people.

You went to Cambridge, so I’d imagine it was Footlights that started off your writing and performing career?

No, I was never in Footlights. We did a thing called the Cambridge University Light Entertainment Society, which was a charity that performed in Children’s Homes, Old Folks’ Homes and prisons – captive audiences if you like – sometimes literally.

To fund the charity, we raised money by putting on shows in commercial theatres, so I started writing for those. We took one show up to Edinburgh when I was in my last year at university, and Geoffrey Perkins was in the audience. He came backstage, said he was impressed with the show and asked who wrote it. When I owned up, he told me he thought I should be doing it for a living. I’d never really thought about it, but that gave me the confidence to go to various writers’ meetings at BBC radio, and I started contributing to comedy shows. I still write and perform on radio. Old Harry’s Game, where I play Satan, has a very loyal following. When I perform live, fans of that show are very keen to come and talk to me about it.

Well, that neatly brings us onto your forthcoming tour. What can we expect when you come to Sheffield in September?

The show is called Change Management, and it’s an hour and a half of me telling jokes, anecdotes and stories about the social changes I’ve seen in my 60-odd years on this earth. Some have been good, some bad – and it’s about how we cope. It is a comedy show though, not a grumpy old man type show. At the interval I invite the audience to write questions down and so the second half is very flexible. I’ve toured with it before, and it’s gone down really well, but I don’t tour for months on end – just doing ten shows spread over a month suits me just fine. I like to play live in small bursts.

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OUR HOUSE: THE MADNESS MUSICAL Lyceum Theatre // 14th-19th Aug // From £16.50 From the writer of Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots and This Is My Family comes the feel-good, Olivier Award-winning Madness musical Our House. Set to a score of Madness hits, this hilarious, high energy musical will have crowds singing and dancing in the aisles www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk THE PANTALOONS: A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Botanical Gardens // 24th-25th Aug // £13.50 Young love, actors, fairies, and an ass, all come together to be part of the Shakespeare classic.

Already seen as one of the more humorous of the bard’s work, Pantaloons Theatre Company aims to to take the laughs up a notch. www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

THE VELVET BURLESQUE The Library Theatre //25th-26th Aug // £22.50 One of the UK’s longest running caberet and burlesque groups will be showing you just how it’s done – not only offering the highest quality of performance cabaret, but with circus acts and the promise of a few surprises as well. www.velvetburlesque.co.uk

Change Management comes to Sheffield City Hall on Tuesday 26 September.

Tickets and more info are available from www. sheffieldcityhall.co.uk.

FOOTLOOSE: THE MUSICAL Lyceum Theatre // 29th Aug-2nd Sep // £19.50 Based on the 80s rscreen sensation which took the world by storm with its youthful spirit, Footloose tells the story of city boy Ren who has to move to a rural backwater in America where dancing is banned. Expect the best in UK musical talent, cutting-edge choreography and of course – loads of hits! www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

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WHAT WE WISHED FOR @ THE CRUCIBLE In a mash up of myth, magic and the darker side of fairy tales, What We Wished For sees a band of retired fairy tale characters living in a utopia where there are whispers of wolves re-emerging in the seven hills surrounding the Steel City. Read our full review online. tinyurl.com/ybs92lny

THE BEGUILED With Sofia Coppola as director and a all-star cast including Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst and Colin Farrell, there’s a lot of buzz surrounding this drama set in the American Civil War. Darragh Murphy went to see if it lived up to the hype… tinyurl.com/yctdkcnz

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