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A friendly northern “Ayup!” to Sheffield’s new students and some of our old pals as the academic year returns. The city’s bars and clubs are currently gearing up for the ever-raucous affair of Freshers’ Week, which will take place 23-29 September.

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Co-founders of Warp Records Mark Brydon and Rob Gordon pose at the legendary FON Studios. The image was taken

by Barbara Wasiak, a photographer best known for documenting the Sheffield music scene in 80s, 90s and beyond.

A free exhibition at Sensoria Festival, ‘Steel, Street, Synth and Shutter, taking place 28 Sept – 6 October at Trafalgar Warehouse will allow visitors to to revisit the unique context in which the city’s music scene flourished.

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A Brighter Future Young people’s charity Sheffield Futures recently launched a self-care clothing range to help break down stigmas regarding mental health.

Exposed spoke to Tash Bright from the charity to discuss the initiative and how their preventative mental health service Door 43 provides vital assistance for 13-25 year olds in the city.

Tell us a bit about Sheffield Futures and Door 43.

Who do they support and what kind of help can they access through your services?

We provide mentoring and specialist support for people aged 13-25 who need it most. Anyone can drop in as and when they need us without being put on a waiting list. We’re open every weekday and Saturday mornings for people to come and seek the help they need. We also have a wellbeing café which runs on a Tuesday between 5-7pm.

Usually, it’s based on a theme and we’ll have a discussion around it. For example, one week we watched Black Mirror and then discussed the impact social media has on people’s moods, how easy it is to become obsessed with ‘likes’ these days and why that can create problems with emotional wellbeing.

What impact are you hoping the launch of the Self Care Clothing range will have?

What we’re trying to do is start a conversation.

If somebody says, “I like your t-shirt” it’s about being able to say, “Oh, it’s actually in support of Door 43” and spreading the word. Inside every piece of clothing is a tag which says ‘we hope you’re looking after yourself ’ - a little reminder to the people wearing the item that we’re here.

What would be your advice to any young person who feels like they are struggling?

I’d encourage them to come along to the drop-in sessions at Door 43, which are between 11am3pm during the week and Saturday mornings.

There’s always someone to talk to, and it’s a safe space if they want somewhere to think things through. We’re based on Division Street and easy to get to. Our ground floor space has doubled in size and we’ll have a Health Zone to focus specifically on physical and mental health.

Quotes from young people who have used the Door 43 service “I was asked to go to Door 43 by my mum, because she realised that my mood had got really low. As soon as I started coming here I realised it’s a safe space where we can talk about our feelings.

I enjoy spending time here and talking about the struggles that we’ve been through. If this service wasn’t here I think that I would struggle a lot with low moods. I think coming here has encouraged me and given me motivation for life and gives me something to look forward to.” - Sam “The thing I like about Door 43 is that the people are really welcoming and really kind. It really feels like everyone cares for you and everyone’s really willing to help you out.”

- James

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“he said he’d take me to the best pubs in sheffield, but we literally just sat in a dark wetherspoons for two hours while he ate chips.”

Sheffield could have UK’s first dedicated women’s football stadium Plans are in for a dedicated women’s football stadium at the Olympic Legacy Park in Attercliffe. consistency when promoting ourselves within the women’s game.”

The stadium would become the new home of Sheffield United Women(s) Football Club, who recently ditched their old ‘Sheffield United Ladies’ name saying that the change “reflects the club’s position as an emerging presence within the women’s game”.

Chesterfield-based Whittam Cox Architects has been appointed to design the stadium with backing from Arup Sheffield.

Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park is already home to English Institute of Sport Sheffield (EISS), iceSheffield, Don Valley Bowl, Oasis Academy Don Valley, UTC Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park campus, 3G pitch and park environment including Outdoor City Run Routes, cycle paths and green open spaces.

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Scarborough Group International has submitted a planning application for a £5m women’s football stadium to be built at the Olympic Legacy Park based in Attercliffe. The venue will have a capacity of 3,900 along with a single grandstand, housing hospitality, conferencing facilities and office space.

Sheffield United’s chief operating officer, Andrew Birks, said: “The owners, board and everyone associated with the club were in favour of the change, as the excitement continues to build about seeing the women’s team mirror the men’s team in playing in the secondtier next season.

“It’s a decision we feel is right to reflect the modern times of the women’s game and we are focused on having an identity and brand

Jurassic Park in Concert comes to Sheffield City Hall

Indian street food restaurant to open on Ecclesall Road Indian street food and craft beer specialist restaurant The Cat’s Pyjamas is set to open its first Sheffield venue on 5 September.

Ecclesall Road’s newest restaurant, which boasts “the best Indian street food this side of Delhi”, was set up by Alison White in Headingley, Leeds, three years ago after she spotted a gap in the market. Alison opened the first Cat’s Pyjamas with Alfred Prasad, the youngest Indian chef to ever receive a Michelin star.

According to the restaurant’s website, The

Cat’s Pyjamas “celebrates Indian street food culture – the carts and street side vendors that dot the length and breadth of India’s regions, preserving age-old recipes whilst creating urban legends. Inspired by local dishes, Goa’s seafood shacks and the toddy shops of Kerala, every one of our dishes is infused with the passion of India’s cooks. We’re combining the energy from our bustling kitchen with vibrant decor to evoke the colours, chaos and craziness of India and create a fun, easy-going, dynamic atmosphere.”

The restaurant also sells craft beer, with beers from the likes of Thornbridge, FourPure, Northern Monk and Magic Rock on the menu.

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To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Jurassic Park, Sheffield City Hall is hosting an immersive experience so audiences can see the classic film like never before.

We all know the plot – a remote island where dinosaurs roam and eventually escape the confines of their theme park enclosures. Basically, everyone is in trouble and Jeff Goldblum becomes a cult icon by lying on his side with his shirt open. Classic.

The Czech National Symphony Orchestra will be on-hand to provide a soundtrack for the picture which sparked a huge franchise. Alongside a HD projection, the orchestra will bring John William’s award-winning score to life.

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Mind Over Matter

There are few bigger events on the Sheffield calendar than Festival of the Mind. The prestigious occasion celebrates a coming together of academics and professionals from across the city in an absorbing 10-day flurry of workshops and talks. Across four festivals every two years, the event has rapidly grown in size and popularity, going from crowds of 16,000 in 2012 to over 50,000 in 2016.

An augmented reality tour of Sheffield’s lost castle, the inaugural performance of the world’s oldest English novel and a macabre recreation of a charnel (bone) chapel are the picks of the historical exhibitions. Looking forward, exhibitions and experiences based on a National Food Service and Universal Basic Income explore how restructuring society might bring us closer to an ideal shared quality of life.

Founder Professor Vanessa Toulmin, director of city and culture at the University of Sheffield, describes the festival as showcasing “the latest pioneering research that is being conducted at the University alongside some of the city’s most talented artists and creative professionals”. She sees Sheffield as a “hub of inclusion, creativity and collaboration.”

Take a look at the programme of events online, pick out whatever takes your fancy and head down to get involved - oh, and look out for the grand Spiegeltent in the centre of town.

It’ll be hard to miss.

Festival of the Mind takes place between 20 – 30 September. More info can be found at festivalofthemind.group.shef.ac.uk

From the born-and-bred to those who’ve arrived from another continent, we asked a number of people living here to reflect on and write about their relationship with Sheffield.

The email came through on Christmas Eve of 2015. I had been offered a place at The University of Sheffield to study journalism.

Itching to escape the echoing silence of the Cumbrian countryside, Sheffield could have been any city with a modicum of buzz about it. Three years later I am now awaiting the next step. (Un)employment is on the horizon, the strange hat has been thrown, the overpriced cape returned and I have had time to reflect on my time in the Steel City. Sheffield is more than just alive I’ve learned, but thriving – an environment any student is blessed to enter.

While you’re a fresher mistakes will be made. Club promoters lurk on every corner ready to pounce.

Like many before me I became the unwitting gazelle on the plains of West Street, struck in the jugular with the promise of cheap booze and free entry. Lesson one of Sheffield nightlife: a wristband for all clubs on Carver Street is just a bracelet of regret and bad decisions.

Everyone has their preference for a Sheffield night out, however, and I found my solace throwing out moves at The Leadmill. With a rich history of incredible bands gracing the venue it is an oasis for music fans like myself to gather and enjoy the talent passing through town.

As my passion for music developed so did my awareness of the incredible scene residing in the city. While the Monkeys will forever remain idols here, the constant association does get a bit

bananas. You have your bustling indie bands for sure, but Sheffield is home to so much more. The whole sonic spectrum can be found flourishing in pubs, bars and clubs right across the city.

What’s more there is a certain spirit up here to celebrate and showcase homegrown talent. From Tramlines to Doc/Fest and the ever increasing number of markets and festivals – there is always a stage for anyone and everyone to show off what they got.

People love to stage their opinions too, and they are not modest in delivering it. During my degree I was expected to approach people on the street for quotes and opinions on stories. For a shy, skinny 18-year-old who got the sweats just booking a doctor’s appointment this was bloody daunting initially. But the willingness and genuine desire to chat and discuss from the locals I discovered is absolutely golden and not common in bustling cities. Being given honest opinions from members of the public on any given topic has proven incredibly beneficial throughout my degree. And now I can approach people with ease, (despite the occasional “mardy bum”).

Wherever my job hunting as a graduate takes me I will always be grateful to you, Sheffield. The city of steel which has forged not only my career prospects but cemented my appetite for new music and built up the confidence of a naive teenager entering the weird world of media and journalism.

by William J. Fisher

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firepit rocks Our ever-hungry designer – who spends most of his working days eating us out of an office – sacrifices blood, sweat and tears as he takes on the gruelling FirePit chicken wing challenge.

Words: Paul ‘chicken legs’ Stimpson

“I reckon I can do it, you know,” Matt says as he confidently struts into the office on a warm Wednesday morning. Since we got him onboard to do the challenge (with the record sat at a pretty darn impressive 67 wings), Matt’s training has been thorough. Like a sports scientist before a football match, except with chicken. The research has been done and tactics are being discussed. “I’m having a glass of water to start with, then a diet Coke on the 40th wing.

And I’m gonna get the sauces involved on the 50th wing.”

An hour before the challenge, Matt began to feel the anxiety. No longer was he upbeat, looking forward to immortalising himself in West Street’s hall of fame. On the drive to FirePit, he was shouting and screaming like a big man-baby. The guy was HANGRY. The first plate came out with 10 chicken wings on it. They were gone in a minute, maybe even less. “They need to be coming out in 20s, mate.”

Matt isn’t here to make any friends, he wants it all – the sign of a true champion.

Our loyal wingman breezes through the first 50. This is far too easy. We’re going for 100.

Five wings later, we’ve got a man down. How can we go from being so confident at 50, to down and out at 55? The difference between the good and the elite is that the elite keep going.

Despite these very words of encouragement, Matt had enough as he got to his 60th wing. “I feel horrible,” said the loser as we prepared to take some defeated shots. We were just about to throw in the towel and trudge out of the bar, when I heard: “Fuck it, it’s only eight more.”

We ordered a diet Coke, lined up the eight wings and went for the record. By this point, an excitable audience had gathered including an actual real life American person who gave Matt some words of encouragement. “These chickens probably voted for Donald Trump.”

Right on, brother.

We hit 65 wings. There were carcasses, used napkins and toppled sauces all over the gaff.

Matt was perspiring at a pretty alarming rate.

We’d exhausted pre-discussed tactics, now it was about joining the elite. It was about powering through the pain. “I suppose 3rd place isn’t bad.” NO! This isn’t how it ends. Not today.

It looked like 66 and 67 took an age to swallow.

I ran to the bar to grab another water and looked back to see Matt bent double on the table, sweating into the hot sauce. The 68th wing, the record, the crown, was in his mouth.

After 20 minutes of chewing, Matt took one last gulp of water and smacked the table. He’d only gone and done it. A round of applause went up from the spectators and the ceremony began.

Donning his little inflatable king’s hat, milking the adoration from the crowd, Matt takes a victory lap and nails one last wing to take his total, and the new FirePit wing record to 69.

All hail the King of Wings, Matthew Crowder.

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Rafters: Meal for two with wine

Fancy a touch of fine dining with that classic Sheffield hospitality? Rafters co-owners Alistair Myers and Tom Lawson took over the award-winning restaurant in 2013 and have worked tirelessly ever since, maintaining Rafters’ reputation and developing the concept further. Winners will be able to choose from the Rafters Classic Dinner Menu, with a bottle of wine thrown in too. Noice. raftersrestaurant.co.uk

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Tickets to Illuminate the Gardens

A welcome addition to Sheffield’s winter calendar, Illuminate the Gardens is a three day fireworks and lighting extravaganza which takes places on Bonfire Night weekend at the Botanical Gardens. With street food and a licensed bar on-site, plus a mini-firework display for kids, there’s something for everyone at this year’s event. illuminatethegardens.co.uk

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A Beer Central gift box

With a constantly changing selection and a knack for obtaining rare release craft beers, Beer Central at the Moor Market is the place for every hop enthusiast to grab themselves a tasty tipple or two. Owner Sean Clarke loves a natter, and will be able to find a suitable drink for all tastes. facebook.com/beercentralltd

Gatecrasher Classical: 25th Anniversary

Disney on Ice: Dream Big

Maxi Jazz from Faithless will be performing live alongside the huge 50-piece Gatecrasher Orchestra, celebrating a quarter of a century of a global brand that defined a generation.

Fun for all the family guaranteed as the Arena will be transformed into a magical winter wonderland this November. Courage leads the way, cutting the icy stage for Disney’s most adventurous dreamers.

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Blue Planet II – Live In Concert –presents a selection of stunning visuals from the Bafta Award-winning series accompanied by a live symphony orchestra.

Taking audiences to the edge of our teeny, tiny brain capacity with the origins and evolution of our solar system and the universe, Professor Brian Cox Live 2019 offers a fascinating insight into the workings of nature.

The absurdist stand-up veteran tackles politics, philosophy and the pursuit of happiness in his 2019 live show, Larks In Transit.

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Top Shouts This year, the event explores three themes: the anniversaries of suffrage (100th), Frankenstein (200th) and British circus (250th). Here are a small number of eye-catching announcements from a wideranging programme of events.

Straight Outta Crawley Romesh Ranganathan The popular comedian brings his personal brand of dry wit to the Steel City, retracing his steps from his hometown of Crawley to exploring Sri Lankan heritage in what promises to be a hilarious autobiographical account.

How to Give Up Plastic Will McCallum Amid a wave of anti-plastic publicity comes this educational talk from Greenpeace’s Head of Oceans, guiding attendees towards reducing their own plastic usage and exploring the difference one person can make. We recommend anyone affiliated with our suffering planet should attend.

Off the Shelf is back for its 27th year, and continues to produce exciting line-ups that inspire valuable discussion in spaces across the city and both universities. The popular event brings together the biggest names in literature and the arts for series of engaging experiences celebrating the spoken and written word. Venues range from intimate gatherings within the university campuses to the grandeur of the Town Hall, while talks and workshops are as varied as the creatives that deliver them. Last year saw the likes of Robert Webb and Lee Child discuss new books, with previous years welcoming reputable thinkers from the world of celebrity to academia.

Rise - Gina Miller (pictured left) The extraordinary story of Miller’s battle with the government and Brexit extremists, challenging the right to trigger Article 50 without parliamentary approval and later facing racist and sexist abuse. It’s an inspirational call to those fearing to speak out against adversity.

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Eat, Drink and Be Merry!

Sheffield’s food, drink and creative scenes are set to unite for a celebration of all things independent in the city centre this month.

Taking place the weekend of 21-23 September, A Taste of Independent Sheffield has been organised in conjunction with True North Brew Co and Timm Cleasby from Tramlines Festival. Coinciding with the return of the native student population, the event will feature a wide mix of food traders as well as art showcases and a live music programme featuring local talent.

Stalls will spread across Fargate and the Peace Gardens, including a True North drinks tent serving a selection of the brewery’s finest drinks and hosting live music through to the evening. Also featured will be a gin and rum festival, with more than 100 different spirits on offer and talks from experts throughout the day. Ticket holders for the recently-cancelled Gin Festival at Kelham Island Museum will be offered a free drink at the event.

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Sweet or savoury, food or drink, there’s something to whet every appetite. Here are the traders announced so far…

Sheffield Dry Gin - Broadfield Pies - Café Carte - Mama Tornado - Secret Cake Club - Signor Arancini - Coffee On The Run - Pinch & Pull - Pura Cosmetics - Sunshine Pizza - Kevins Pies Caribbean Fusion - Doughology - Samantha Vintage - Lovely Pear - The Yorkshire Crepe - Blessones Kitchen - Beaumont Bags - Noodle Box

Who’s Playing

Acts confirmed at time of print Sheffield University Jazz Orchestra // UoS’ finest jazz aficianados offer an unmissable blend of great music and talented artists.

Hot Soles // Rambunctious rock ‘n’ roll duo known for high-energy live shows.

Cora Pearl // Expect catchy indie goodness with a grungy twist. In the meantime, new single Graffiti is well worth a listen.

Alvarez Kings // Assured indie pop with an experimental side. Wellknown in Sheffield and last year released their first major label release, Somehwere Between, on Warner Bros. Records.

Rogue Siesta // A daring blend of genres results in quality music best described as “Reggae-plus”.

Henderson // Indie rock band on the up, delivering catchy guitar music and a suitably ‘Sheffield’ name.

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Joey Mojito’s Them Sardines Speaking to a select committee back in 2001, Conservative MP and all-round floppy-haired pillock Michael Fabricant did wonders for the argument that Tories don’t actually hate the north by claiming resolutely, “Sheffield is not sexy. It is old and dirty.”

Words: Joe Food // Photos: Marc Barker Now, you could ask how someone wearing a Boris Johnson-style wig can ever be in a position to critique sexiness, to which the answer would be, obviously, “He can’t.” But if we apply this judgement to the Sheffield music scene during the noughties, and many of the trends that have followed as a consequence, maybe – just maybe – he has a point.

The 80s were pretty sexy up here, I’d say: space-age synths dictating revolution on the Limit dancefloor; the rhythmical pounding of drum machines in smoky bars amid flashes of neon light; fishnet gloves, sultry makeup, Phil Oakey’s fringe … all pretty hot, no?

In his own inimitable way, Jarvis Cocker kept the ball rolling with Pulp, albeit via unpolished tales of recognisably awkward sexual encounters, voyeuristic tendencies and filthy, unrequited yearnings. It was sexy in a gawkish, kitchen sink drama way.

But did it all peak when they released

the aptly-named Sheffield: Sex City in ’93? When Cocker panted about the whole of Park Hill reaching orgasm en-masse and bringing the old tower block crashing down in shared ecstasy, did he set a marker which nobody has touched since?

The indie wave of the noughties was fast-paced and dynamic and exciting, yes, but sexy? Nah, I’m not having it. Too many lads in polo shirts with upturned collars and shit haircuts.

Joey Mojito’s Them Sardines are putting sexy back into Sheffield music. Aided by shimmering synths, looped beats and leather gloves, Joey drawls lustily over tracks that should really have come from a place far more sun-kissed and libidinous than S6. Impressed and, truth be told, a tad aroused by what we’ve heard so far, we invited the band to perform live in session for Exposed and collared frontman Joe Thompson and Adam Benson for a natter beforehand.

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How did Joey Mojito’s Them Sardines first get going?

JT: The band’s only been going about a year and a half-ish. I never really got on with people in bands, all the tension and shit. I like to get on with my own thing and not care about arguments and things like that. I started making music in my bedroom, like everyone does these days, and just making loads of tunes.

I did that for about four or five years and it was only last year I found the confidence to do it What gave you that confidence?

JT: I lived in Barcelona for a bit, and I used to see all these kids all walking around wearing old band t-shirts with Motorhead or The Who on the front.

It made me think that they need a new band to cling to. I came back and thought: ‘Fuck it. I’m gonna do this.

No point dreaming or fantasizing about it anymore.’

Where did the Joey Mojito persona come from?

JT: We were banned from our first gig as Them Sardines by a local promoter who said he’d ruin us in Sheffield. We didn’t do owt wrong, I just think it was a bit too cutting-edge. Anyway, he said we were no longer allowed to play his nights or at The Washington.

Mysteron later asked us to do a gig there, so I came up with an alter-ego, Joey Mojito, and it stuck.

Do you have to get into a certain mind frame when you start channelling him?

JT: I’ve got to proper convince misen that I’m a playboy. He was going to be called Smokey Joe, but I guess that’s a bit too obvious. I dunno, man. I just wanted to put a bit of sex in Sheffield.

What do you reckon makes a song authentically sexy?

JT: Passion. Deep-rooted passion.

You’ve really got to mean what you say.

AB: Since the Arctic Monkeys, Sheffield’s been obsessed by indie guitar bands. We’re only just starting to get out of that period and that’s what we want to push.

You did the Shartic Monkeys gig with the Fat Whites a couple of months ago. I think the popularity of that gig probably speaks volumes for how many people are looking to move on.

JT: Yeah, it was a big night and there were people from all over the country that came down. It obviously coincided with the Arctic Monkeys album release and there was a lot of press

because of the Fat Whites thing, but there was no real animosity there. I used to love Arctic Monkeys, still do, because they’re biggest band in world and you can’t knock that. It’s just that there are a lot of imitators and people that think that a band in Sheffield should be like that.

Do you think having the Fat White Family in Sheffield has helped spur a few bands on? There seems to be a good group coming out of Champzone Studios at the moment with something different to offer – the likes of yourselves, Mysteron, Pregoblin, Children of the State…

JT: Yeah, Nathan [Saoudi, FWF keyboardist] brings people up from London to record as well. I think, to be honest with you, they’ve only recently cottoned on to the importance of them being here.

AB: They think there’s something going on up here.

JT: Precisely, and they’ve started to include themselves in it a bit more.

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People know that they’re here now.

I’ll be honest, I didn’t know who they were beforehand. It was Nathan who came up to me after that first Washington gig and I was going to quit that night, believe it or not, but he asked me to come down to their studio. I’m glad he spoke to me.

Any particular bits of advice which you’ve found useful?

JT: Well, he always tells me what I need to do and I don’t usually agree with him, so I tend to do the opposite if owt.

In terms of recording, is there anything imminent coming up?

AB: We’ve got quite a lot that we’re working on at the minute. I’ve started song writing now with Joe. Was it hard for you to relinquish some of that responsibility and bring somebody else in, Joe? JT: It was! But Benson’s smashed it.

The thing is, when somebody’s good at what they do it speaks for itself.

AB: I’ve known Joe for years, right

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back from the Them Sardines years, but I was never really a part of it until I moved back to Sheffield from Leeds and started going to see Joe’s gigs again. I produce music and I’m genuinely concerned with making things sound bigger, so I thought I could contribute something. He was a bit wary at first, but eventually he let me in.

JT: There’s about four albums ready to go, with at least 30 tracks ready to record and put out, and then there’s about another 40 on top of that need rewriting and re-recording because the old techniques were shit.

That’s a fair amount to get out there. I imagine the plan will be to stagger releases?

JT: We’re not giving anyone owt until they want it.

AB: You don’t want to overfeed people.

How has the production changed since Benson came onboard?

AB: We’re still trying to protect those bedroom values: cheap keyboards, drum machines, brief mixing on my laptop. We love it.

JT: It has got fatter though. Before it was a bit tinny because I was doing it on an 8-track. I didn’t know owt about music production and Benson’s come along, like a little angel, and sorted it out. But fair play to Nathan at Champzone because he’s been telling me this for ages, but I was too stubborn to listen.

Tell us a bit about the track you’ll be playing for the session.

JT: It’ll probably be one that Benson wrote.

AB: Heavily inspired by 80s pop. It’s got lots of bells, it’s jangly, like those chorus sounds you get on cheap keyboards. It epitomises what we’re going for.

It’s good to see local bands going back to those roots, luscious 80s pop with a bit of groove.

JT: A lot of people forget about that.

When you’re playing a pub with a load of 40-year-old skinheads wearing t-shirts and jeans in there, you might think they’d hate you for being a bit flamboyant, but back in their day they used to go to Human League gigs, or Sex Pistols, or whatever… they’ve got taste. Young’uns need something new to cling on to; someone who means it.

AB: I think Sheffield needs some new, refreshing icons – because it hasn’t really had any for a while.

JT: The people that do dig us in the

city dig that about us, the fact that it’s an unorthodox setup. Having a backing track, for example, that really shocks people.

But at least it’s memorable? It challenges them.

JT: Yeah, you always want to challenge people a bit. When I come off a stage, I want people who’ve seen us to feel shocked.

AB: Anything but “good” or “alright” – even if it’s “really bad” we’ll be OK with that. You just want people to take something away from your gig.

In terms of new releases, do you have any dates?

JT: We’ve recorded some vocals on one of them, but it’s all about timing too. People are recognising the name a bit now and we want to give them something to grab onto – but more

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for our own sake so we can get better gigs.

What’s the plan after that? Break out of Sheffield?

JT: Yeah, we’re at step now that a hell of a lot of Sheffield bands are at and have been. There’s always someone who can get that headline slot and we’ve got to keep on top of it. We headlined Chopfest, Magid Magid were there, and by the end of it I wanted more, I weren’t happy with it. Now I need to take it up a notch.

Ben: We do want to break out of the city now, don’t we?

Joey: Break out of the country!

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Joe Talbot’s soft voice fizzles through on speakerphone, accompanied by the low buzz of an artist’s gun. It’s a fitting introduction to IDLES’ illustrated frontman, one that starkly juxtaposes the power and fury of his lyrics. “My name is Joe, and I’m a Leo-Virgo Cusp.” I Googled that afterwards.

For Talbot and IDLES co-founder Adam ‘Dev’ Devonshire, listening to music naturally became writing it. “We wanted to write music that was as passionate and compassionate as we were fans. The rest is history. We’re now here, at our second album, as happy as we’ve ever been.” Talbot freely admits the band’s journey has seen a distinct improvement in quality, too. “We weren’t good back in the day. We’ve got where we are because we worked really, really hard and put the hours in.”

Since forming in 2012, the band’s existence has been punctuated by one key event, the release of first album Brutalism in 2017. To say the reception was positive is an understatement: the record became an instant punk classic. Within the confines of its thirteen tracks, Talbot goes from lamenting class divides to exploring depression and

harmful self-deprecation, all backed by the vigour and genre-defining flair normally reserved for veteran artists.

It’s a turbulent tour de force of inherently political angst that’s also surprisingly focused. The songs aren’t sprawling rants, rather hits of raw energy. A lot of this has to do with Talbot’s striking use of lyrical repetition, hammering home his messages over a whirlwind of gritty guitar riffs and pounding drums. His songwriting technique has evolved over time, thanks to a number of influences. “Repetition I got from grime and hip-hop as a hook,” he recalls. “I didn’t get the bravery to use it until I started watching Stuart Lee’s stand up, and I realised how potent it can be.

Obviously, Mark E Smith did it as well. It’s a really weighty way of anchoring in a point, and making the mundane, sinister nature of cyclical behaviour more potent.”

IDLES’ creative process finishes with Talbot’s lyrics. “We all write the music together, and then I go away and listen to the songs until the lyrics come...I write the lyrics, no one else.” Fewer lyrics might suggest a lot of fine-tuning, but Talbot denies this. “No, I don’t do that,” he says. “I listen to the song musically about 200 times, and then just let it come automatically.” That’s an impor-

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tant statement to make – after all, overthinking is what nearly led to the creative death of their second album.

Joy as an Act of Resistance’s defiant name hides a tumultuous birth, and a journey that took the band three years to complete. “As we were writing the second album we scrapped it because we weren’t enjoying it,” Talbot admits. “We weren’t enjoying writing, and the songs didn’t feel right. [This was] about a year, maybe a year and a half into it.”

After such a drastic creative decision though, both band and music seem to have emerged more focused than ever before. “We just sat down

the band is profound. It’s a sentiment that recognises how creative expression grows and changes. Too often, artists struggle to escape the trappings of their ‘fanbase’, their own abstract personification of pressure. With Joy, IDLES seem to be speaking directly to their fans.

It’s a compassionate message, too.

“The main message with Joy is for people to listen to themselves as a way of loving themselves, as a way of becoming more open-minded to build a better society.”

As a musical experience, Joy begins with a hum. New single ‘Colossus’ starts quietly, and in a way shares similarities to Brutalism’s opening track ‘Heel / Heal’. Both songs grow, morphing into a cascade of sound. It’s the differences between them, though, that demonstrate in microcosm the effects of three years’ work.

‘Colossus’ is a longer, slower burn, starting much more quietly and with a less frenzied finale. As an album, in fact, Joy regularly trades Brutalism’s raw abandon for a noticeable improvement in the crafting of its songs and production values. Instruments seem crisper and better-defined, allowing individual parts to breathe as well as the whole. The variety between tracks is also refreshing, with more softer moments akin to Brutalism’s ethereal closer ‘Slow Savage’.

“The main message with Joy is for people to listen to themselves as a way of loving themselves, as a way of becoming more open-minded to build a better society.” and became mindful of what’s going on, and we realised we were overthinking the writing process. So we went back to the main point, which was that we could resist the pressures of the second album by enjoying ourselves. That’s where the title came from, and we started living it every day.”

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Favourite place in the UK apart from Sheffield?

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Best gig, no matter how small or big?

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Band to watch for the future?

Heavy Lungs.

Band you’re enjoying currently?

Crows.

“It came from wearing our influences on our sleeve … just having fun, playing, being playful. Internally, as we practiced Joy as an Act of Resistance, it meant that we could listen to ourselves and know when to shut up and allow each other to play.

That’s where the depth comes from.”

And, if Joy can be broken apart into its musical influences, Talbot doesn’t care. “We found that a lot of artists don’t like being called derivative, and we thought we’d resist that ‘want’ to not be derivative by enjoying what we love and writing whatever the fuck we wanted to write.”

There’s also an inspiring narrative behind the album’s first single. In a decision that feels close to IDLES’ core beliefs, ‘Samaritans’ was named after the Samaritans charity. “I was just going to put the phone number of the charity, but then I thought calling it Samaritans would be better because it opens up discussion about why it’s called that,” Talbot reveals. “I wanted to give money to charity to represent what the album is: a celebration and reflection of just how fortunate I am that I’ve got friends and family that will listen to me and carry me through trauma. That’s what Samaritans is, it’s a charity that replaces that for people who don’t have someone to talk to, which I think is fundamental. [The charity] has saved a few of my friend’s lives and I’ll be grateful forever. I just wanted to give them something back.”

Talbot is clearly proud of IDLES’ sophomore effort, but hesitates to raise one album above the other. “I think it is better in terms of writing, but they’re both as good as each other as children of mine.” I ask if they represent different times and different challenges in his life.

“Exactly, yeah.” He also sees Joy as a

“more well-rounded narrative arc”, a journey that lends itself nicely to a full play in one sitting.

Now that Joy is finished, the band can’t wait to get touring again.

Talbot is looking ahead to a string of dates that will take them all over the world. “We’ve been working a lot, practicing, getting the second album right live, and we’re really excited.

We’re playing Japan, America, all over Europe. It’s gonna be stunning.

Can’t wait.” Of IDLES’ international fans, he has nothing but good things to say. “They’re loyal, more fun. Less obsessed with kudos, more obsessed with new music. They’re better cooks, and apart from that they’re very much like we are: enthusiastic and loving.”

First though, there are some obligations to fulfill on these shores.

Throughout the end of August and early September, the band are playing across the country in intimate gigs at record stores. One of these is at Sheffield’s very own Record Junkee, located next to the Moor Market. Doors will open at 12 midday, and tickets can be purchased online with a vinyl of the album. “It’s just a way for us to get out there and meet the people that are buying our album and making our release more special” Talbot says, then chuckles dryly. “Also the manager likes working us to the bone for no money, so it’s a great opportunity for him to do that as well. Shoutout to Marco, the sick bastard.”

Alongside the tour dates was a two-day exhibition at the end of August promoting the album’s deluxe edition. The event, hosted at London’s HM Electrics

Gallery, showed artwork inspired by each of the album’s tracks. On top of this, all proceeds went to Samaritans. “I wanted to make a [proper] deluxe version and not just call it that,” he says. “So I got lots of people involved, gave our songs out as an act of vulnerability to interpret and leave with something beautiful, which is what the album’s all about.”

It’s clear that IDLES have grown a lot in the last few years. Their musical focus was already clear, but Joy suggests new purpose moving forwards, new ways to improve and effect positive change outside of their music. Brutalism showed a desire to stake a claim as postpunk pioneers, while their newer music shows a desire to explore, to iterate and to give back. As Talbot said, passion and compassion. It’s a mixture that makes it hard to dislike IDLES. For both them and their fans, there’s undoubtedly an exciting future ahead.

But where does Talbot see the band heading next? How will IDLES look in three years’ time? “I dunno, we never think that far ahead,” he admits. “To be the best at your craft, you have to think realistically and work in increments of realistic improvements. We’ve got a long way to go, and I think we need to focus on the next couple of months and after that we’ll change and focus on the next couple of months after that and so on. But we’ve got to stay realistic, you know?”

Taking every day as it comes, then?

“Exactly.”

Food/drink to enjoy while listening to Joy? A single vanilla macaroon. Not more than one, make sure it’s just one. Savour it. One bite per song.

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Dean Honer and Adrian Flanagan have been making music around these parts for years, but never under their own names. Dean has variously been part of I Monster, All Seeing I, Skywatchers and the Eccentronic Research Council, as well as running his own Nether Edge recording studio. Adrian has a similar Sheffield music pedigree with bands such as Kings Have Long Arms and Chanteuse and the Crippled Claw on his CV. More recently the duo cropped up in the pretend band that somehow became a real band, The Moonlandingz, which also features Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family – with the odd cameo from the likes of Maxine Peake and Yoko Ono thrown in, just for good measure.

Their latest innovative collaboration is called International Teachers of Pop, a ‘nerd disco’ project which was so well received that within weeks of being formed they had a recording contract on the table.

Always one to have his interest piqued by anything avant-garde and synthy, we provided Mark Perkins with some pack-up and a couple of shiny apples before he headed out to meet the Teachers – sans vocalist Leonore Wheatley – for a lesson well worth paying attention too.

How did you two originally meet?

Adrian: Dean and I have worked together since birth – well, it seems like it. I was working in Sheffield in a rehearsal room in the early nineties called One Groove, and Dean was coming in there with his band at the time, All Seeing I. I’d be sitting there trying to make up tunes, getting really annoyed and frustrated, and all the legends of Sheffield music would be rocking up: Phil Oakey, Jarvis, Roisin Murphy from Moloko.

They’d be ringing the doorbell, I’d have to keep stopping what I was doing and then have to listen to these amazing bands, but then Dean had a listen to what I was doing and said it sounded alright. He ended up inviting me to his studio and said, “I’m going on holiday, here are the keys, just make up some tunes.”

Unfortunately I was just doing stuff on guitar, and all his studio was full of modular synthesisers, which I had to learn from just experimenting. So I handed in my acoustic guitar and flew with something else. It’s also been a problem playing guitar since I had a bike accident and broke my wrist, so really I don’t have much choice.

How did this latest collaboration come about? Because up until recently you’ve been increasingly successful with your band Moonlandingz. Why something different?

Adrian: Well, we’d reached a sort of pause with Moonlandingz. Our lead singer is also in The Fat White Family, and he had plans to do some recording and gigs with them. We’d worked so hard together, so while he was busy we didn’t want to let it go to waste. We met up with our singer Leonore Wheatley at a music workshop, and decided to see if we could carry on together.

Dean: We already knew her work anyway. She’s a fantastic singer and we’d heard her with Soundcarriers and Whyte Horses. We came up with a name, called ourselves International Teachers of Pop, and played our first ever gig at the Devil’s Arse cavern with Jarvis Cocker. It went down very well, and it’s all taken off really quickly since then.

A huge gig to announce yourselves at. How did it come about?

Dean: It was simply that someone suggested us for it. I had worked with Jarvis in the past, so I had history with him, and someone put us forward to open at that show.

Adrian: Although I remember I was getting really agitated as he never got back to us, so I sent him a snotty email saying ‘What’s happening with this gig? I’ve got to book a van!’ He didn’t get back to me until four days before the gig, as he’d been away touring, but he was really enthusiastic: “Yeah. Let’s do it,” he said, so we did two nights as the support.

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And it seemed to take you almost no time at all to get signed up.

Adrian: Well, after that gig we were asked to do a session for Marc Riley at 6 Music, and it happened soon after that. The problem was there were lots of labels who wanted us, but they didn’t want to put anything out until next year. We already had an album ready to go and we wanted to get something out almost immediately.

Dean: The problem is that you have to fit in with their roster of artists and the schedule of releases that the label already has pencilled in, and that didn’t suit us. We found a company called Republic of Music who aren’t really a record label in the old sense of the word, more of a distribution company. Unusually, they are behaving like a traditional record label in that they’re giving us money for videos and tour support, which isn’t something labels do very often, so it was basically like a traditional record deal. Most record labels seem to be operating in the ways they have done since the eighties, and that model doesn’t really work anymore – not for the artist anyway. They want more and more from the artist but give less and less. Since artists aren’t selling records like they once did the record companies take it from your tour fees and merchandise. The only people who can make money are the artists at the top selling millions of records.

I’ve heard one track, ‘Age of the Train’, but nothing else so far.

Are you intentionally staggering things?

Adrian: That’s the idea. We wanted to do a few shows, build a bit of a buzz, but just release things slowly over the summer. It’s going well, we’ve started to get some plays on BBC 6 Music, and there’s another single coming out in September. The album is virtually finished and will be out in early 2019.

Dean: We’ve only done three or four recording sessions. We’ll both write some tunes and Leonore is eager to write lyrics. It’s good when you’ve got a good singer who’s into co-writing the lyrics. We’d come up with little tunes, like rough sketches, and send them over to her. She could then choose what she liked and could write over. Leonore came over and in a really short time we’d put together an entire album of material.

It’s probably been done over about two weeks of recording in my Nether Edge studio.

And there have been several other collaborations over recent years, such as the Eccentronic Research Council with Maxine Peake. Is that something you might return to?

Adrian: That’s another thing we do as and when the ideas come and the inspiration is there. It’s still something we intend to do more of.

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You seem so busy with other parallel projects. Do you see this continuing or is this more like a one album thing?

Adrian: We’ll see how it goes. If it takes off and goes well, who knows?

I’m not interested in playing to 100 people. Maybe 1,000 people would be better. We’ve already done a few good support slots so far: Jarvis, obviously, Roisin Murphy in London and a few others. The headline tour has only just been announced and tickets are going well.

You’ve both managed to make a living from music, which is quite an achievement these days. How do you see the music scene in a wider sense? You must have noticed it changing in the time you’ve worked together.

Adrian: One massive change is that people rarely listen to a full album anymore, certainly not younger people. They listen on YouTube for free, and then if they like it, they download it. The problem is their levels of concentration are gone; they don’t listen to one side of an album for 20 minutes then turn it over.

Dean: Some things you had to work at to discover. You might hear a track on John Peel and never know what it was until you heard it again 20 years later.

You’re playing as part of the Sensoria Festival in a few weeks, in the University Drama Studio on 5 October. What can we expect from the show?

Dean: There will be five of us onstage: myself and Adrian, Leonore singing with her friend Katie, and Richie on drums, who’s also our Moonlandingz drummer. We’re touring and playing London, Leeds, Glasgow and a few festivals. We’re even on at one festival with Noel Gallagher and his band. He’s on straight after us. I think our music will go down quite well with his audience. I don’t think anyone coming specifically to see us will really like him that much!

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For the People The festival is promoting local talent in different ways this year. There’s a ‘young booker’ scheme running, where young people from Sheffield are encouraged and helped to stage the events under the watchful eye of the Sensoria team. Several events are being handed over to people new to the idea of promoting, and Sensoria is keen to develop this with people who have never done it before - to give people a taste of being a promoter. People who promote gigs are the lifeblood of live music; without them there would be no gigs other than the ones the bands and musicians arranged themselves. They also recently rewarded the winners of their new ‘Beats Working Sheffield Music Awards’ with a music commission and a journalism bursary.

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Sheffield’s much-loved celebration of all things music, film and digital returns with another jam-packed lineup of innovative performance and cinematic prowess. Here’s what’s getting Mark Perkins all giddy in the build-up to Sensoria’s 11th instalment.

Three is the Magic Number The ever-popular Three Ring Circus is back for its third incarnation. This consists of a trio of gigs on one night with the same three artists, any of whom might be the headline act - you don’t know until they walk out on stage. They will all be playing at three superb venues in Upper Chapel, Trafalgar Warehouse and the Abbeydale Picture House. As long as their transport between venues turns up alright, you’ll see all three, but the evening can be quite the challenge for performers!

Get Animated Films with a live soundtrack are, for me, the perfect form of entertainment. ‘The Adventures of Prince Achmed’, was the first ever feature-length animated film, made in 1926, and will be showing in the University Drama Studio with a live score performed by Chris Davies.

If you’ve never seen this classic, you should. It’s an enchanting silhouette animation, inspired by the tales of the Arabian Nights.

Continuing the thread of animation running through this year’s programme is a night of pure TV nostalgia. Those memorable Public Information Films, many of which were animated, will be celebrated in ‘Stop, Look, Listen’ at the Abbeydale Picture House. VJ Dan Conway will mix together films from as far back as the twenties through to the seventies, reuniting us with some of our favourite characters who kept us safe, while imploring us to Keep Britain Tidy.

Tufty the Squirrel, anyone?

Earlier in the festival, there’s a showing of the Aardman favourite, ‘Wallace and Gromit - The Curse of the Were-Rabbit’.

But this being Sensoria, with its Senses Working Overtime theme, it’s a special ‘Scratch and Sniff ’ edition. You’ll have to find out more on the night.

Amidst all of this animation, let us not forget the humble documentary film.

And where better to show underground films than actually underground? In the Picture House Social’s quaint cinema, no less? You might not know it, but beyond the table tennis room there’s a cosy little cinema, which Sensoria are using to show some fascinating and rarely seen films throughout the

week. My pick would probably be the documentary ‘Barbara Rubin and the Exploding NY Underground’, which will be the film’s UK premiere. She was a controversial underground filmmaker and performance artist who sadly died at the age of 35, but served as an influential contemporary of Allen Ginsberg and Andy Warhol in the sixties.

Capturing the Essence Over the last ten years or so, the Sensoria team have been keen to find and develop spaces where music and film aren’t usually performed, resulting in some excellent and unusual gigs.

Some of these locations have even sprung back into use thanks to the initial interest that these events generated. One such place is the Trafalgar Warehouse, where a good number of the events are being held this year.

The first time I ever went in there was during an early Sensoria instalment and since then it has become a major creative hub in the city centre. If you call in this year, on the first floor there will be a free photographic exhibition entitled ‘Steel, Street, Synth and Shutter’, exhibiting the works of Barbara Wasiak, who died over ten years ago at the tragically young age of 46. In her time she photographed many legendary Sheffield bands, but also became regarded as an accomplished social documentary photographer capturing the essence of life in Sheffield. It is free and open all day throughout the festival. There will also be a music space downstairs with a selection of live acts.

Go Pro If you’re working in the digital/ film/sound industry, or perhaps more importantly, you would like to be, they even find time to invite professionals and others to an all day seminar and lecture event, under the banner of the Sensoria Pro-day. Delegates can meet, discuss and generally network with colleagues and potential collaborators for a day, based this year in the Trafalgar Warehouse.

The Gigs The show by the International Teachers of Pop (read our interview with ‘em on page 38) should be one of the most exciting live music events to hit Sheffield this year. And kicking off the festival itself will be what promises to be a hugely popular event, if speed of ticket sales are any indication. The Human League’s seminal album, Dare, is being performed in its entirety. But this isn’t Phil and the girls: it will be delivered by our very own ukulele-toting cover band The Everly Pregnant Brothers. Quite what this will be like is anyone’s guess, as it’s not their usual comedic take on popular songs, but is an affectionate, slightly more serious tribute to a classic made-in-Sheffield album. We are promised special guests, but it is not for us to speculate about who they might be…

Synth You Asked On the final weekend there will be another tie-in with the annual UK SynthFest. Where else would you want to hold such an event but in Sheffield? Amongst all the flashing diodes and modulating processors on show, there will be some fascinating talks and demonstrations, and back by popular demand is the Dr Who theme tune deconstruction seminar, led by members of the Radiophonic Workshop. This was so popular last year that there were more people outside the room who couldn’t get in than were squeezed into to hear the talk.

The post-festival celebration will feature a one-off performance from the Will Gregory Moog Ensemble. He’s the guy who provides the music in Goldfrapp, and this unique show should round off the day nicely for any synth-heads out there. expect the unusual Heard of a Tesla coil? It’s one of those ‘mad scientist’ props from a Hollywood film where electricity seems to be leaking out into the room in weird, crackling lightening bolts. There’s something going on at the University Drama Studio which promises to combine one of these things with music from a laptop and a synthesiser. I can only guess what this will look and sound like, but that’s nowt unusual for a Sensoria event…

also announced Rolo Tomassi Picture House Social // 5 Oct // 8:30pm - 11:59pm // Advance tickets £15 (unreserved seating) £14 (standing) Still flying high on the back of their new album, Time Will Die and Love Will Bury it, the posthardcore rockers will top the bill.

Jlin + jme.osc Trafalgar Warehouse // 29 Sep // 8:30pm - 11:00pm // Early Bird tickets £10 Jlin performs for the first time in Sheffield, creating the future of electronic music with her original experimental sounds.

Supporting act, jme.osc, previously known as The Curious Machine, will also be performing.

BEAK> + EX-EASTER ISLAND HEAD The foundry // 4 Oct // 7pm 10:00pm // Advance tickets £15 BEAK> are a force driven by motorik beats and twisted synths. The band features Geoff Barrow of Portishead fame.

Ex-Easter Island Head’s horizontally laid electric guitars provide support.

TEXTASY + ANNABEL FRASER Bal Fashions // 28 - 29 Sep // 11pm 6am // Advance tickets £6.52 Berlin-based Textasy and NTS Radio’s resident DJ drop the grooves.

Sensoria Festival takes place 27 September – 6 October at various venues across the city. For a full guide to events, timings and tickets, head to sensoria.org.uk or keep an eye out for the official programme.

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Site Gallery is refreshing its 40-year history following a £1.7 million expansion project that has seen the local arts institution triple in size amid a long-running redevelopment plan to revitalise the gallery’s surrounding area and pour fresh inspiration into its exhibits. This huge step has been engineered under the auspices of a new artistic director Sharna Jackson and current executive director Judith Harry, combined with input and funding from Sheffield city council and other local foundations.

The expansion, accomplished by DRDH Architects, underlines a vision to re-create an artistic hub in the city centre, while also aiming to attract all age-groups with an integrated cafe, family-orientated education plus event spaces and bookshops. The project is infused with community consciousness and hopes to entice local voyeurs while seamlessly integrating into Sheffield’s culture scene, which was recently invigorated further following the opening of the new S1 Artspace premises a short distance away.

Site Gallery’s opening exhibition begins on 29 September and runs until 27 January. The inaugural presentation is entitled ‘Liquid Crystal Display’, the brain-child of former artistic director Laura Sillers and current curator Angelical Sule, and will muse over the geometric characteristics of crystalline structures while probing the

relationship between modern technology and the natural world through crystals and their cultural significance.

Enticing insights into John Ruskin’s quartz collections and an ambitious new commission by artist Anna Barham entitled ‘Crystals, Fabrics, Fields,’ will provoke further thought and response to these themes.

Executive director Judith Harry told Exposed: “We are hugely proud of the new Site Gallery. DRDH have created a welcoming gallery and museum quality exhibition space that will enable us to offer so much more to our artists. The opening programme and ‘Liquid Crystal Display’ exhibition will really be the start of new era as we head towards the gallery’s 40th anniversary in 2019.”

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The Sheffield arts scene is set for a boost when the newlyrefurbed Brown Street venue reopens this month.

5 free exhibitions to see in Sheffield this month S1 Artspace 20 Jul – 15 Sep Love Among the Ruins: A Romance of the Near Future Millennium Gallery 30 June – 23 Sep Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography Graves Gallery 11 Aug – 24 Nov Heads Roll: An Exhibition Curated

by Paul Morrison Weston Park Museum 25 Jul – 4 Nov Circus! Show of Shows

Site Gallery is reopening with a festival weekend beginning on Friday 28 September and will include three days of multicultural artistry and performance aimed to include all age groups. Head to sitegallery.org for updates on forthcoming exhibitions and events.

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Piña

3 Harvest Ln, S3 8EF barpina.co.uk Kick back and immerse yourself in authentic Mexican-inspired drink and cuisine. The vegan offerings here are plentiful, and the chimoles are a hot favourite. Charred chilli sala, marinated oyster mushroom with soy-based ‘sour cream’, sliced radish and coriander - all deliciously wrapped in a red pepper flavoured corn tortilla.

Humpit

45 Leopold St, S1 2GY humpit-hummus.com There’s nothing wrong with keeping things straightforward sometimes, and this classic hummus bowl is a popular dish at the Orchard Square eatery. It’s nice and simple with whole chickpeas, olive oil, paprika and falafel. Original, jalapeño and caramelised onion hummus flavours are also available.

Twisted Burger

The Harley, 334 Glossop Road, S10 2HW twistedburger.co Ladies and gents, feast your eyes upon the It’s the ‘F*cking Sleeps’ vegan burger from the ever-innovative tastemakers at TB. Designed with assistance from Sheff metalcore outfit While She Sleeps, this hefty burger features vegan ‘chicken’ patty, facon ‘bacon’, ‘mac & cheese’, ‘cheese’ slice, guacamole & onion strings in a sourdough bap.

Make No Bones

4a Rutland Way, S3 8DG facebook.com/ makenobonesvegan Perfect for snacking, these okonomiyaki fries are served with salt and chilli tofu, radish, shredded seaweed, pickled ginger, Japanese mayo and okonomiyaki sauce.

Just Falafs

87 Chesterfield Rd, Sheffield S8 0RN A take on a middle eastern street food staple. Seitan strips marinated in Shawarma spice mix served with soft homemade pita and a selection of salads and homemade hummus. It’s a bargain at £4.50.

The Great Gatsby

73-75 Division St, S1 4GE thegatsbybar.co.uk It’s common knowledge that the Gatsby team knock up some of the tastiest tacos in town, and from their 50/50 meat vs vegan menu we’re particularly fond of the BBQ oyster mushroom taco. Pulled pork-esque mushroom, accompanied with pickled blueberries and crisped leeks for some crunch.

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Côte De Porc My rules of thumb for aspiring chefs are: understand your ingredients, keep it simple, make it taste good. This dish is a relatively easy one to do, with not too many elements but lots of flavours which marry perfectly.

Preparation time: 30 minutes, plus 24 hours brining (optional) Cooking time: 10 minutes Serves: 2 Ingredients For the remoulade: ½ small celeriac 45g mayonnaise 1 tsp wholegrain mustard For the rösti: 1 large Marfona or Maris Piper potato (approx. 200g) Few sprigs of thyme, leaves picked Salt and pepper 1 tbsp each of duck fat and rapeseed oil For the diced apple: 1 Granny Smith apple Apple juice For the wild garlic pesto: 15g each of fresh basil and wild garlic, roughly chopped 50g pine nuts ½ lemon, zested and juiced 3 tbsp olive oil 15g Parmesan, finely grated Salt and freshly ground black pepper For the cider gravy: 100ml each of Aspall’s Cyder and cider vinegar 50g Demerara sugar 200ml good quality liquid chicken stock

For the côte de porc: Knob of butter Marmite (optional) 2 pork ribeye steaks on the bone, from your local butcher Method For the remoulade To prepare the celeriac, peel and julienne or use a mandoline to chop into fine matchsticks. Cover the celeriac with salt and leave for 30 minutes. Squeeze out excess water using a clean tea towel. Combine the celeriac with the mayonnaise and mustard then season to taste. Keep at room temperature until serving.

For the rösti Grate the potato and squeeze out any excess water, then mix with the thyme leaves, salt and pepper. Using 100mm shallow metal rings in a heavy frying pan, add the duck fat and oil and then put in a couple of heaped spoonfuls of grated potato.

Gently press down to spread it out. Cook on a medium heat until one side turns golden, then remove the ring, flip and repeat on the other side. If you don’t have ring, just make a ball then flatten it like a patty before putting it in the pan.

For the diced apple Peel and dice the apple into 10mm cubes and then place into apple juice to prevent the apple discolouring until needed.

For the wild garlic pesto Grind the basil and wild garlic in a mortar with a pestle or blitz in a food processor to release the natural oils. Then add the pine nuts and lemon zest.

Once combined, add the olive oil to make a paste and grind in the Parmesan.

Add lemon juice and season to taste.

For the cider gravy Place the cider, cider vinegar, and sugar in a pan and reduce by two thirds. Add the chicken stock, reduce by half again and your gravy is ready.

For the côte de porc We use Marmite butter to baste the pork which is stunning. Just add Marmite to the butter according to your preference and brush the pork with it before and during cooking.

Put the pork onto a preheated griddle pan, occasionally turning it 45 degrees to create crossed lines throughout the cooking. Turn over after 3 minutes. Don’t forget to brush the pork with the marmite butter if using during cooking. Cook for approximately 6 minutes in total. Allow to rest for 4 minutes before serving.

To serve Plate the rested pork, remoulade, rösti, diced apple, pesto and finish with the gravy. Add a couple of spears of asparagus or broccoli depending on the season.

This recipe is taken from The Derbyshire Cook Book: Second Helpings – released on September 28 and available from all venues featured in the book, as well as in Waterstones, Amazon and www.mezepublishing.co.uk. It celebrates the best of the county's food scene and follows on from the acclaimed first edition released in 2015.

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Sean Clarke, head honcho at the Moor Market’s Beer Central, picks a boozy topic of the month and recommends some of top tipples.

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Gluten for punishment

Welcome to September’s look at the world of beer! We hope you’ve enjoyed a few tasty beverages over the summer; there have been some amazing brews about, some fantastic festivals too, and it really has been a Summer of Beer Love. This month we thought we’d take a look at something that’s really developed during 2018, a type of beer that’s very much in demand, and something that more and more breweries are turning their expert hands to – gluten-free beer.

Coeliac disease is caused by an adverse reaction to gluten and unfortunately the protein can be found in wheat, barley and rye. Naturally, if you’re a beer drinker this can become an almighty problem.

Thankfully, brewing techniques have been developed by which gluten can be reduced to such a low level (20 parts per million or lower) that it can be officially licensed and sold as gluten-free. Indeed, some breweries have taken this a stage further by using ingredients such as rice and quinoa, which contain no gluten at all, but can still be use to brew rather tasty beers. Popular breweries that now offer certified gluten-frees include Magic Rock, Wold Top, Brass Castle, First Chop, Sentinel, Kirkstall, Thornbridge, Kennet and Avon, Autumn Brewing, BrewDog, Bernard (Czech Republic) and Arbor. Finding out which what’s available in Sheffield is becoming increasingly easy as two social media feeds do a brilliant job at promoting all things GF: @helpsheffield have been a long-time champions of all things GF by tagging relevant posts as #gfsheff. More specifically, our friend Matt Winning runs @GlutenFreePint here in Sheffield and he’s red hot with instant updates about which beers are available across the Steel City’s pubs, bars and shops. Both are well worth a follow, but in the meantime, here are three beers we’d particularly recommend…

Fantasma IPA (Magic Rock)

330ml Can & 6.5% ABV (Vegan Beer)

Generally reckoned to be the best GF beer in the UK, Fantasma is a dank, juicy IPA using Magnum & Citra T90 hops and gives you a real fruit-filled, tropical mango flavour – and so easy to drink.

Bad Kitty Vanilla Porter (Brass Castle) 330ml Can & 5.5% ABV (Vegan Beer)

Brass Castle are based over in Malton and have been brewing in the area since 2011. Award-winners with beers like Sunshine IPA, Bad Kitty is a bit of a flagship beer now. A chocolate and vanilla dream - whether you see it on cask in your local or in cans down the shops, it’s well worth a go.

Satzuma Session IPA (Thornbridge) 330ml Bottle & 4.5% ABV

Satzuma is a brand new bottle and will be very popular. Expect a bold citrus aroma and a blend of hops and satsuma peel delivering a juicy finish.

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The Place

The Common Room on Division Street has always been one of Sheffield’s favourite sports bars. There are three separate sections here: a games room with pool and ping pong tables, a cordoned section at the end of the bar which takes the shape of an American sports diner, and a small veranda-type area in front of the bar – perfect for those who come in groups and can shift in and out of their booths to get the next round in with ease. It’s clear these areas are designed for the Common Room’s different types of customers, but one thing that remains constant throughout the venue is the amount of television screens to gawp at. We shuffled in on an early Sunday afternoon, but still had the option to watch golf, Formula 1, Premier League football or Scottish football on one of the many, many TVs (32, to be exact).

The Food

Something quite unique about the Common Room is that it caters for vegans and vegetarians as well as meat eaters. There isn’t a place in Sheffield, especially a sports bar, which specialises in this type of comfort food, with this many options. Take the dirty fries menu – there are nine choices to pick from, three of which are vegan and three more have vegan options available. We opted for the not-cho fries, a bowl of nachos filled to the brim with guacamole, salsa, cheese and jalapenos, and katsu fries, a personal favourite of fries, katsu curry sauce, shredded spring onions and chopped cucumbers. The portions were big and full of flavour, we could well have settled on these two dishes if we were stopping for a snack and a pint. However, we soldiered on and got stuck right into our mains.

My partner had the halloumi-roomi burger, which consisted of a huge piece of fried halloumi and grilled mushroom, served on a soft sweet potato roll. I opted for the wannabe donner – a vegan donner kebab made with seitan, lettuce, tomato, chilli and garlic sauce in a fluffy flatbread. I ended up with half of this on my face as the warm and hospitable waitresses Rebecca and Elyssa asked if I wanted to top up my Guinness. It’s probably the third or fourth time I’d been to the Common Room, but this dish was by far the best. And for just seven quid, you get more than worth your money. We made room, somehow, for a quick Oreo milkshake to share before we headed off.

The Verdict

Sheffield’s known around the country for its vegan and veggie scene, but with the Common Room already one of the best in the city for sports, the venue has managed to fuse the two together perfectly, making it a go-to place for comfort food and to watch the footy regardless of your dietary requirements.

Independent cafe to open at Site Gallery Kollective Coffee and Kitchen, a new independent cafe, is set to open at Site Gallery in Sheffield city centre this month.

Opening in September, the project was put together by Hayley Glover, (former head chef at Thyme Cafe), Tom and Owen – all of whom used to work at the Grind Cafe in Kelham Island.

There will be an emphasis on a locally-souced, globally-inspired food menu.

Hayley told Exposed: “With a focus on colour, excitement and sustainability, people can expect an eclectic homemade menu of breakfast, lunch, cakes, booze and speciality coffee.”

Head over to kollectivekitchen.co.uk to keep updated.

New sports bar to open on Ecclesall Road Former Champs owner Danny Grayson has teamed up with local businessman James Dobson to open up Sport Shack at 271 Ecclesall Road, opposite Marks and Spencer in the unit previously occupied by Country Club.

The slogan for the venue is ‘small on size, big on atmosphere’ and it will open in September and will be showing live fixtures on BT Sports and Sky Sports on a number of 4K TVs. Facebook.com/SportShackSheffield

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Barrowboy brings beers and bao to Abbeydale Road Situated nextdoor to Abbeydale Picture House, Barrowboy, a project of nearby residents Charlie Marks and Morgan Davies, is now trading where Shah’s Groceries once stood for years, something which co-owner Charlie felt was important to respect.

“We wanted to give a nod to the history of this place. It’s a famous old grocers and the name, Barrowboy, is a nod to that.”

Charlie and Morgan live in Meersbrook, and worked together at the Forum before True North took it over. “We’ve lived here just as The Broadfield was being done up, so we’ve seen it grow over the years. We want to fit in nicely; it’s a burgeoning area at the moment.

Described as a “neighbourhood bar”, Barrowboy aims to bridge the gap between The Picture House Social and the Broadfield, serving up a selection of drinks and Taiwanese steamed bao buns from food trader Deckards.

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Beer: Yakima Red Cocktail: Espresso Martini with rum and amaretto

The Place

A recent addition to the vibrant international food scene on London Road, the philosophy at Butta La Pasta is fairly straightforward: fresh, seasonal pasta dishes inspired by various regions of Italy. The name itself translates as “throw in the pasta” – a common saying in Italian households – and nicely reflects the laidback, homely feel in a fairly no-frills but comfortable restaurant.

The Food

Due to their emphasis on keeping things seasonal, the menu changes on a monthly basis. It might be small but it’s big on pasta dishes and all the staples were present: spaghetti, lasagne, tagliatelle, rigatoni and orrecheti. The starters were a choice of Tuscan-inspired tomato soup pappa al pomodoro, crab bruschetta, antipasto, and Sicilian caponata.

Desserts are the only thing which remain more or less static – with lemon tart, chocolate torte, pistachio loaf cake and homemade ice creams and sorbets all sticking to the uncomplicated but tasty ethos.

To start, we ordered the crab bruschetta – a generous helping of white and brown crabmeat spread across toasted ciabatta with red chilli, celery and lemon. It provided a fresh, zesty start to proceedings.

We tried some of the caponata on Stephen’s recommendation and weren’t disappointed. Served to us as part of the antipasto platter, this quintessentially Sicilian, aubergine-heavy dish of braised Mediterranean vegetables had a pleasant sweet and sour taste which paired nicely with the homemade focaccia. The remainder of the hearty platter was supplemented by buttery gorgonzola, sliced salami and grilled courgettes.

The pasta is obviously the main event here, and my tagliatelle with pea and prosciutto sauce lived up to its billing. It was delightful: simple, delicate and covered in a rich, creamy sauce which quickly had me in comfort carbs heaven.

My partner ordered the spaghetti lucia, a customer favourite and easy to see why. Perfectly cooked prawns with anchovy coupling well with ripe tomatoes and adding a depth of flavour without being too overpowering.

Fully content and carbed up to the nines, we just about managed to finish a helping of dark chocolate and coffee ice cream – a decadent end to a very satisfying three courses.

Verdict

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Live Late: Circus!

7 September // 7.30pm-10.30pm Head to Weston Park Museum after-hours as the venue is transformed into a Big Top for one night only. Expect circus performers, skills workshops and talks from top female performers. The wider exhibition, Circus! Show of Shows, which delves into the 250-year history of circus will be available to view. It’s free (with a suggested donation of £3) but you’ll need to book in advance.

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Abbeydale Picture House - Open Day 9 September // 11am-4.15pm As part of Heritage Open Days 2018, CADS Trust will be opening the doors of the surviving 1920s cinemea for a day of tours and talks. Pre-booking required, so head to tinyurl.com/yafeadrz for tickets and more info. theabbeydalepicturehouse.com Tour of Sheffield General Cemetery 9 September // 12-4pm The intriguing Grade II listed Victorian cemetery, which dates back to the 1830s, will be opened for guided history tours and a special ‘Extraordinary Women’ exhibition in the Samuel Worth Chapel. Along the way, attendees will be introduced to some of the people who shaped Sheffield’s past; Mark Firth, George Bassett, the Cole Brothers and more. No booking required. gencem.org Victorian Giants: The Birth of Art Photography Running until 23 September A new exhibition on tour from the National Portrait Gallery celebrates groundbreaking Victorian era photography. The exhibition will centre around four innovative artists – Lewis Carroll, Julia Margaret Cameron, Oscar Rejlander and Clementina Hawarden – and features a number of rare breath-taking images. museums-sheffield.org.uk Gardeners Rest Scottish Beer Festival 21-23 September The best in Scottish brews, BBQ food and live entertainment from Celtic folk-rock band Treebeard (Friday 9pm), blues rockers Ace in the Hand (Saturday 9pm) and an open music session all day on Sunday (2pm-8pm). thegardenersrest.com Sheffield Walking Festival 7-16 September The annual Sheffield Walking Festival returns to the city next month with more than 30 varying routes to get stuck into over the ten-day period. Whether it’s the Norfolk Heritage Trail, the High Bradfield Milestone Walk or the Heritage Pub Walk, there are plenty of routes to choose from - and better yet, each one is hosted by a seasoned professional and it costs absolutely nowt to join in. Head to the website for listings. theoutdoorcity.co.uk/walking-festival

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The Big Lebowski Showroom Cinema // 24 September // From £4.50 Calling all Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, the cult movie turns 20 this month and Showroom Cinema is putting on a little bash to celebrate including White Russians on the bar and fancy dress. showroomworkstation.org.uk Open Mic Night The Montgomery // 29th Sep // Pay What You Feel Improv troupe The Antics have joined forces with The Montgomery to put together an evening of comedy and music. Reckon you’re a hoot? There are still some spots left to get involved via the website. themontgomery.org.uk Sheffield Craft and Flea Cathedral // 29th Sep // £2 Sheffield Cathedral will be filled to the pews with vintage, collectables, art and entertainment. As is the norm, there’ll be a few street food vendors serving up some tasty snap. facebook.com/craftandflea Friends Quiz The Leadmill // 30th Sep // £4.50 Could this BE any more exciting? Prepare to be tested against other teams to determine your knowledge of the biggest sitcom of all time!

Expect themed drinks (frozen margaritas just like Ross makes them) and prizes. leadmill.co.uk Lunchtime Talk: Women in the Circus Weston Park Museum // 7 September // Free Professor Vanessa Toulmin talks about some of the most charismatic women to ever appear in circus.

Zazel, the first human cannonball act, Lulu Adams one of the first female clowns and the mesmerising power of Koringa, female Fakir all feature. museums-sheffield.org.uk

The recently cancelled Gin Festival has been given a new lease of life as events company Roister has announced a takeover, re-establishing the September festival as a freeto-attend event.

The Gin Festival, now named Gin Fever, announced the cancellation four weeks ago after entering administration, but owner of Roister Vic Bains had other ideas. Bains, who also owns The Keys at Hoyland which has become well-known for its annual gin festival, told Exposed: “It’s fantastic news for those who bought tickets to the cancelled event as our event is free for all! There’s also an option on arrival to buy a festival goblet with a G&T of your choice for just £8.00. We are making this such good value to encourage everyone to join us on our Zero Waste Journey and reduce the use of plastic at the festival.”

Organisers at the Kelham Island Museum have welcomed the takeover. “Many Sheffielders don’t realise we are a charity and the new festival will put important funds into the museums coffers and keep the industrial heritage of the city alive.”

As well as live music and over 100 gins confirmed for the event, there will be free masterclasses and more specialised tasting sessions that can be booked in advance using Eventbrite via the festival Facebook page.

Bains said: “I expect this to be a highlight of the event. Pardon the pun but the thirst for knowledge of gin is starting to rival that of wine, I’ve been running gin festivals for several years now and the public are really becoming expert in the subtleties found in every gin variety.”

Gin Fever will take place on 21 – 22 September at the Kelham Island Museum. facebook.com/ roisterpresents

Plant Power Sheffield Vegan Festival is back for the third year running on 15 September, Taking place at the Megacentre just outside of the city centre, the festival promises free samples, discounts, food tasting and vegan food stalls including chocolate, cheese, cakes and tasty takeaways.

There will also be talks and demos from people and businesses with veganism at the forefront of the day.

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September is always a busy month on the nightlife scene with freshers filling dancefloors all over Sheff.

Keep an eye out for the complete season listings poster that we’ll be handing out around university campuses - stick ‘em on your fridge so you don’t miss out!

Tuesday Club Freshers Carnival Foundry // 18 September // £15 Shy FX and DJ Zinc lead a huge 11-hour rave at the Foundry. Expect house, garage, bassline, and drum ‘n’ bass all day and night. foundrysu.com Front and Back: Orpheu the Wizard The Harley // 19 September // £7 Front and Back return to the Harley with Red Light Radio’s magical selector Orpheu, who blends everything across the underground dance music spectrum - from Balearic downtempo to house, disco and world music. After founding the Amsterdam-based radio station, The Wizard has grown in reputation and famed for his epic live sets. theharley.co.uk Pretty Pretty Good: John Talabot, Vladimir Ivkovic and more Hope Works // 21 September // From £15 PPG welcome two long-awaited debuts to Sheffield in the shape of Spanish balearic house titan John Talabot - whose mind-bending atmospheric selections make him one of the biggest headliners around - and Yugoslavian Vladimir Ivkovic.

The leftfield DJ is known for his chugging electro and house and will be closing the warehouse, while Mor Elian, Gwenan, new PPG resident 96 Back and more take over the courtyard and Little Mesters. hope-works.co.uk

Muzik: Andy C, Denney CODE // 21 September // From £11 The legendary Andy C heads up a huge two-room line-up at CODE. Having co-founded the influential RAM Records label, he is today regarded as one of the best drum ‘n’ bass DJs around. codesheffield.com Sweats: Jasper James The Harley // 22 September // £10 Jasper James (Optimo Music, Play It, Say It) and Stevie Cox (Pretty Pretty Good) take over the Harley for a night of nonsense. Visuals from Sweats and PPG geezer Zaron Mizmeras. theharley.co.uk Bluewave x TNK: 90s Special w/ Artful Dodger The Night Kitchen // 22 September // From £10 A chief figure of the UK garage scene, Artful Dodger will be playing alongside some top DJs in a huge two-room takeover spinning the finest in UK garage, hip hop and R&B the 90s had to offer. thenightkitchen.org Muzik: Gorgon City, Sub Focus CODE // 28 September // £10 Deep house and tech house clubnight Muzik are branching out to the world of drum ‘n’ bass, welcoming giants Sub Focus to Code, while they take the reins at their usual home of Code Warehouse along with chartsmashing duo Gorgon City. codesheffield.com Cosmic Disco’s Kaleido Disco: Rahaan Theatre Deli // 28 September // £12.50 Chicago selector Rahaan hits the famous Cosmic Disco Kaleidoscope for a night of hip-shakin’ grooves.

Rahaan was one of the earliest disco DJs and is held in high regard by the lieks of MCDE, Floating Points and Hunee. Support comes from Cosmic Disco residents and Sourdough in room two. theatredeli.co.uk

The Tuesday Club: Bondax, Leroy Spiegeltent // 29 September // £13.20 TTC return to their annual one-off home on Fargate, this time with favourites Bondax and local disco and house selector Leroy. This collaboration with Festival of the Mind sees then take over the intimate Spiegeltent - essentially a massive yurt - to throw one hell of a party. foundrysu.com

Ross From Friends (Live), Space Dimension Controller (Live) and more Hope Works // 28 September // £20 Our Student issue cover star Ross from Friends brings his trio of musicians to the city’s favourite underground venue for a live set which will no doubt feature some of the biggest tracks from his debut album Family Portrait which made waves on Flying Lotus’ label this summer. He’s joined by SDC, Willow and Hodge, of R&S records, Whities and Livity Sound respectively complete a highly credible line-up of effervescent talent. hope-works.co.uk La Rumba: Dele Sosimi Orchestra, Pangaea and more Yellow Arch Studios // 29 September // £12 World music specialists La Rumba venture into the live music sphere for the first time, and boy are they aiming high, bringing Fela Kuti’s keyboardist for his Sheffield debut.

Sosimi has been extensively touring for years now with his exceptional and vast afro-beat band. Do not miss this opportunity to catch one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century up close at Yellow Arch. Not to mention one of the Hessle Audio Trio is on in the PPG hosted warehouse, as well as the talented house producer Aroop Roy in the main room. yellowarch.com

Fez: The History of House Music Fez Club // 29 September // £6 A few years back, Fez Club was the place to go for students and ravers It’s now back, bigger and better than ever, to present a night of glorious nostalgiics sounds tracked by the best house music from the last decade. facebook.com/fez.club.9 Luke Vibert, Radioactive Man, Dixon Avenue Basement Jams, Posthuman Hope Works // 29 Septemer // £10 The I Love Acid geezers come to Hope Works for their longawaited Sheffield debut bringing a mouthwatering line-up of talent with them. hope-works.co.uk

Mixposed launch After the success of our In Session series where bands play intimate gigs exclusively for the Exposed camera crew, we’ve decided to launch a brand new one for dance heads - Mixposed. It’ll feature mixes from Sheffield’s most exciting new DJs, filmed live in your favourite venues. First up: Tino, a grime, dubstep and funky house DJ who’s recently played on Radio 1Xtra and will be making her Fabric debut this month. We’ll be releasing the video in Freshers’ Week, so keep your eyes peeled!

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When it comes to dance festivals, it’s never enough these days to just put some DJs on. You’ll often see Q&As and record fairs happening, as well as ‘gourmet experiences’ and even yoga classes. But there’s a new breed of rave brewing across Europe, one which draws another huge sector of the dance music community to its parties that is often left ignored – the technophile. While the rest of the UK has been slow to catch up, one thing’s for sure: Sheffield hasn’t.

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Hope Works’ No Bounds festival returns this October 12-14th – bigger, better and more ambitious.

Following the extensive programmes of art, music and technology last year at the festival’s first edition in October and launch party in June, taking it up a notch is no mean feat. The breadth of events is huge: an array of workshops on dance music culture, Ambient Drone performances and an Ugandan contemporary Nyege Nyege Showcase go on at Trafalgar Warehouse, while Heeley Pool hosts underwater sound installations.

There are film screenings by Warp Records and Doc/Fest, a poetry stage featuring Sheffield Leading light Rachel Bower and art installations from Ashley Holmes and John Pedder – and this is just the extracurricular stuff.

The main event – if you’ve got your 90s rave hat on – features two allnight parties at Hope Works and a coding rave on Sunday, with glimmering lineups of cuttingedge DJ sets, modular techno and much more, with stages hosted by

Resident Advisor, Crack, Fact, Off Me Nut and Algorave. This year, No Bounds is venturing into the world of drum ‘n’ bass, and Dillinja has been announced as Friday night headliner. Finally, who better to represent such an expansive UK festival than Saturday night’s main attraction, Daniel Avery, whose second album is the standout of the year. Not forgetting Volvox, Roxymore, Paula Temple, Batu and many, many more…

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Interview: Joseph Food Photography: Andy Nicholson twogoldteeth.co.uk Last month, Exposed linked up with artists Otis Mensah and Matic Mouth for a feature we called ‘Right Up Your Street’. In a city which has grown synonymous with guitar bands, the aim was to shine a light on an often underrepresented side of the local music scene: musicians excelling across grime, hip-hop, soul and jazz genres combined with those working behind-the-scenes to help cultivate such talent.

Rapping in a broad Sheffield accent and tackling issues ranging from political corruption to the dangers of social media, Matic Mouth – real name Marcus Smith – has become something of a statesman for the scene, frequently championing upcoming artists and getting his own talents recognised via solo releases, working with hip-hop collective Clubs & Spades and opening stages for the likes of Public Enemy and Akala.

We meet in the Riverside pub on the release date for his album 2095: Posthuman, a record which sees the rapper at his visceral best, combining wit and poignancy in equal measure over 12 tracks aided by crunching bass and commanding production. He’s been cleaning out the attic today and has a 2005 copy of hip-hop magazine XXL in his hands to show for it, one of many he devoured while honing his trade – taking the original US influences from across the pond and infusing them with a distinctly northern flavour.

“Truth be told, I’m a bit jealous that I was a bit too young to get involved in the whole grime wave because it was ours to start with,” he says. “Hip-hop came over to us and we kind of latched onto it.”

Can you remember when you first fell in love with hip-hop?

It was probably from something as simple as being passed a tape when I was young. I’m Sheffield through and through: born-and bred around the corner in Upperthorpe, and this area was my stomping ground as a teenager. I went to Notre Dame because I think my mum wanted to separate my home friends from my school friends.

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Notre Dame’s a melting pot in itself though. It has a bit of a posh reputation, but since it’s a faith school there’s a wide catchment area spanning the city.

Yeah, but this whole city’s a melting pot, isn’t it? There have been a few well-known people who’ve come from that school over the years – Jon McClure and Joe Carnall for example.

But going there helped to expose me to so much more; I had friends from home and then school friends coming from places like Oughtibridge and Stocksbridge. My whole genre of music just came from being exposed to different things, different friends. This love just grew and grew until the point where I knew I wanted to be a rapper. I’d write American rappers’ lyrics on the back of my textbook and know every album I had off by heart. Still though, I wasn’t rapping myself. Friends from back home would try and persuade me to do it, but I wouldn’t because there weren’t many UK rappers back then.

When did that change for you?

When I first listened to Biggie Smalls. He made the hairs stand up on my arms and I wanted to be able to do that to somebody else. Right there and then I made my decision – I needed to be a rapper.

At lot of MCs these days first got involved by getting together with friends and rapping over beats from their phones. Was it the same for you?

No, I got my first phone just as I left school.

I didn’t really start writing lyrics until the summer holidays after leaving. Secondary school is such a judgemental place, so I think I was worried about doing it while there. At the same time, my older friends were exposing me to more music and one of them set up a studio in the living room. I didn’t know how to use anything, but the curiousness and intrigue was there. Over that summer it just kind of evolved.

Can you remember your first recording?

Yeah, I distinctly remember thinking: ‘Er, that sounds ‘orrible.’ My name was Butcher Berserk, so just the name alone is bad enough, but I can’t really remember what the rhyme was.

How did the next step into performing come about?

We had a brilliant local youth club called The Hill. There was a basic computer studio there, and as time progressed some of the older kids invited me to get involved. Learning the basics with the computer, microphone and soundproofing was really important. Anybody who knows me from that time in my life will tell you how important that youth club was for me.

It’s a hugely relevant issue today. There are fewer and fewer of those spaces available for kids these days.

Honestly, because of that place I’m not in jail and avoided slipping into things like drug addiction or alcoholism. I mean, we can slag off kids for sitting inside on their phones and iPads, but what do you want me to do? I’d always be telling my little brother to get outside and play, and one day he turned around and said, “What do you want me to do? Stand on a corner?”

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corners it instantly draws suspicion. It’s catch-22.

It is catch-22 and hopefully with the thriving creative industry in the UK it’ll get better. It really has developed in recent years and I’m glad that city kids have a tiny bit of an angle – whether it’s through music, video, gaming, photography. All of that is more accessible now. It’s not just a rich man’s game, which it has been for so many years – but that’s not to say that good youth clubs aren’t still important.

You can’t replace the social interaction aspect, can you?

At a young age I was doing arts, crafts and day trips, but then when I got older we’d go out canoeing, windsurfing, abseiling – all sorts.

Each trip cost a pound. I’ll probably never do those things again, but I got to experience it through a youth club.

A lot of local MCs found a bit of commercial success during the noughties by getting involved in the bassline scene.

Were you never tempted by that?

No, not just to ride a trend. I have a hip-hop head, I’m an ignorant purist. Maybe I’ve sometimes shot myself in the foot with it, but it wasn’t really me. I was more about building my craft, working on my skills and being honest – that’s what I’ve done with this album.

It’s very much a record of its time. ‘17 Likes’ deals with dark side of social media and the damage constantly seeking approval can have on mental health. It’s such a relevant subject, but not one many rappers take on. Maybe because social media is key to them selling records too?

I’ve been trying to write that song for a while.

Kids get everything through a filter these days – literally. We have these words, like and share,

and they’ve taking on completely new meanings in terms of human behaviour. I tried to look at that song through both a male and female perspective because it’s very easy to say “boys do this and girls do that”, but it’s two sides of the same coin – behaviours feeding each other.

You’ve written party tunes before, but there are a lot of important themes and messages on this album. Was that a conscious thing?

I’m not a political rapper. I hate politics, but I believe I am a person who speaks up if I see something wrong. I’m not the biggest artist in the world but I still have a platform, and if I can change 50 people’s opinions on something then I’ve done a good thing. I probably will carry on in this vein because I feel comfortable being here. I’m not interested in talking about girls or weed or whatever, and hopefully that opens it up to so many more listeners. I’m past caring about money and the charts; just tell me I made a good piece of work and I can live with that.

I guess there’s only so far someone can go with rapping about postcodes. As an artist, you’re constantly looking for something deeper?

Some kids might want to listen to that now, but they won’t want to listen when they’re 25.

They will grow out of that stuff. I don’t want to be this boring political rapper, so I’m trying to pick my topics and keep them light-hearted.

I don’t want them too serious; I still want the little moments of humour. Moments of hope, too. So, it’s kind of like deciding what kind of artist you want to be. Do you want to ride a trend or ride it to the end?

Facebook.com/maticmouth // 2095: Posthuman is out now.

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Electric Six Plug // 5 September // £15 ‘Danger! High Voltage’ was released 15 years ago. 15! American band Electric Six are back in the UK this month, this time at Plug, armed with 13 albums of career-spanning material.

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Bring Me The Horizon have announced their comeback in a big way. After weeks of cryptic messages, the Sheffield rock titans dropped new single ‘Mantra’ last month, swiftly followed by a UK tour and details of new album. amo, the band’s sixth studio album, will be released on 11 January 2019 with frontman Oli Sykes describing the record as a “love album that explores every aspect of that most powerful emotion.

It deals with the good the bad and the ugly, and as a result we’ve created an album that’s more experimental, more varied, weird, and wonderful than anything we’ve done before.”

Bring Me The Horizon will hit the road in November. Check out the tour dates below: 23 November 2018 – Arena Birmingham 24 November 2018 – First Direct Arena, Leeds 27 November 2018 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff 29 and 30 November 2018 – Alexandra Palace, London Visit bmthofficial.com for more information.

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Terry Delicious Clam // 13 September // £6 Mid-tempo post-punk super group from sunny Melbourne, Australia.

Despite keeping a low profile as an underground band, Terry’s band members have impressive pedigree having played in popular Aussie bands Dick Diver, UV Race, and Total Control.

Facebook.com/deliciousclamrecords TSARZI Yellow Arch // 14 September // From £9 Sheffield singer-songwriter Sarah Sharp launches her solo project with an album launch party. Support comes from Banjo Jen and I Set The Sea On Fire. Expect Kate Bush/Regina Spektor vibes.

Yellowarch.com Pale Waves Foundry // 23 September // £14.30 Manc four-piece continue their rise into the upper echelons of the UK’s indie scene. Set to drop a debut album this month, the atmospheric indie pop band could soon be playing to bigger crowds in bigger venues.

Foundrysu.com The Magic Gang The Leadmill // 28 September // £13 Fresh from an superb Tramlines set on the Leadmill Live Stage in Hillsborough Park, The Magic Gang are back on the road this September promoting their self-titled debut album.

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idles Joy as an Act of Resistance

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Let’s just fucking DO this, yeah? Joy as an Act of Resistance left me desperately avoiding photos of the band. Finding out IDLES vocalist Joe Talbot was anything LESS than an eight-foot Viking who drinks raw bear blood from a whale skull and picks his teeth with a RHINO HORN would have totally ruined it for me. THIS. JUST. TOTALLY. ROCKS; the bass player’s plectrum must be made of solid granite, the drummer piledrives his kit with GIRDERS, and I’m pretty sure the guitarist uses a huge haunch of beef instead of a pick. Fair props to the producer, then, for capturing the band’s raw MUSCLE in all its visceral sinewy glory. Get beneath the skin, though, and this album also has a huge, huge heart (‘June’, a wenching lament for a stillborn child), a ‘lefty, soft’ soul (the Brexiteer-baiting ‘Great’ or spot-on takedown of emotionallyconstipated masculine conformity, ‘Samaritans’) and humour by the bucketload (“I’m sorry your grandad’s dead ... Errrrrr ... lovely spread”) and is not above occasionally pausing the mayhem for a tongue-in-cheek, arched-eyebrow stare straight to camera. In short: come for the ROCK and stay for the emotional depth. The score?

No half measures, you wuss. It’s all or nothing. Go on then, it’s a full-on 10.

JC 10/10

After swearing they were breaking up “for the final time” in 2014, electronic pioneers Orbital return with their ninth album.

The two brothers’ roots in industrial house became a mastery of techno throughout the nineties, releasing several albums to critical acclaim. While a departure from their most iconic music, Monsters Exist nevertheless feels Orbital, with a few surprises hidden along the way.

Veering wildly from the bouncy punch of ‘Hoo Hoo Ha Ha’ to the brooding ‘The Raid’ and its morbid monologues, this is an eccentric yet oddly satisfying body of work. Lead single ‘P.H.U.K’ impresses; a suitably wild journey through contrasting samples and free-flowing synth, while fierce bass and ethereally-spliced hums on ‘The End Is Nigh’ are as close as the album gets to a classic track. In truth, after the variety of the first half, the second somewhat blends into one until the closer, a monologue from Professor Brian Cox which, as he still appears on the telly, is a bit jarring. Nevertheless, it’s a comforting reminder of Orbital’s older work, and their long-standing fascination with time and space.

All of this means Monsters Exist’s heady mix of eclectic existentialism is a rare and enjoyable experience, best heard in one sitting. NB 8/10

Rophonic – In With The Out Crowd It’s been a summer we won’t forget in a hurry, but for me there’s another reason – the first full-length album release from Rophonic. It’s as though they knew we’d need something to listen to on the balmy evenings, so have spent the last three years making an album which was my soundtrack to the sweltering weather. Their line-up has evolved over the last few years, but at its core it’s always been the multi-talented musician Michael Harding and singer Peter Rophone, who has a distinctive and beautiful voice, sometimes almost whispered but always compelling.

The 12 tracks here all manage to have their own unique character but form an album in

the truest sense. It’s as though with each new song you turn the page to discover something new, but they are all somehow linked by a musical thread. ‘The Jewelled Crown’ has delicate, almost choral arrangements of voices and music, together creating a soundscape, as though you are in some giant, ethereal cathedral. Sometimes, on tracks like ‘The Door Into Summer’ or ‘Across the Coronal Plane’, there are few or no words and the music is a swirling mist of treated instruments. The closing track, ‘Curtain Call’, has a smouldering jazzy feel to it, and it’s the perfect low-key ending to one of my favourite albums so far this year. MP 9/10 www.exposedmagazine.co.uk | 73

hits, but there was someAs some point around thing about it that blew the early-2000s, a little my tiny little mind. Aside Mancunian squirt (me) from the association with began a biblical, musical family memories and awakening. I was 12-ish stories (including one of and had a pretty strange my nana’s where she spent CD collection. We’re her lunch hour jiving in a talking Sum 41, Busted, club for a few shillings), Xzibit, Dr. Dre, Eminem the relentlessness of the and Usher. And, at the risk tracklisting is what did it. of some well-preserved 27 absolutely classic songs, street cred, even Mariah most of which are between Carey was in there. It the two and three minute wasn’t until my uncles mark and even still, you’ve stepped in and exposed not even touched the my ears to Oasis’ Heathen surface of the band’s back Chemistry and showed me catalogue. the video to ‘Live Forever’ Words: Paul Stimpson It’s difficult to compreon MTV2 that things hend just how big the changed.

Beatles were. 1 features You can count the members of my family on one hand. We used near enough every number one single they to spend every weekend travelling from the released. The first 13 songs, like ‘A Hard Day’s outskirts of Blackpool (where my family moved Night’, ‘Ticket to Ride’ and ‘Help’ to name but to in the late 1990s) to Manchester for the foot- a few, were released between 1962 and 1965. ball, or spending hours at The Mariners pub in 13 number one singles in little over three years Blackpool where a load of ex-pat Mancunians goes some way to explaining the band’s popuwould go to watch Man City games. In the larity in the 60s. It had its own fucking name summer we’d go to the Lake District, I’d call for crying out loud, Beatlemania! shotgun and my grandad would take a load of It’s when we get to ‘Eleanor Rigby, ‘All You Beatles CDs for the journey. He’d point out the Need Is Love’ and ‘Penny Lane’ where things Lennon songs, and my nana would talk about start to get a bit weird. I remember at the age of the time Paul McCartney accidentally walked 12, in Mick’s car, not quite understanding how in on her in the ladies’ toilets at Manchester this could be the same band. “Wait ‘til you hear Apollo in the 60s. They talked of the times Sgt. Pepper,” my grandad said, before telling when my grandad was in the army and they me about his limited edition first pressing both signed off letters with ‘P.S. I Love You’ – vinyl in the loft. The last 20 minutes or so of their favourite Beatles song. It was these jour- the album has all the big-hitters. ‘Something’, ‘Come Together’ and ‘Hey Jude’ would (and neys that things changed, properly.

One year, my grandad’s car broke down and allow for the poetic licence here, lads) be the trip to Keswick wasn’t happening. I threw playing on the system as we eventually made a strop, obviously. Mick, the mechanic at the it to Keswick. end of the road, lent us his car and before I I’ve always considered ‘Let It Be’ to be the closer knew it, we were on the way with ‘Love Me Do’ of the album. It’s an incredibly uplifting song, blaring out. Lennon’s rasping vocals, McCart- and luckily for us, the *actual* closer of the ney’s doo-wop bassline and Harrison’s jangling album, ‘The Long And Winding Road’ always skipped on our CD player. Thank goodness for riffs – this was archetypal of the early Beatles.

I’m normally against compilations and greatest that, because it’s a bit shit that one, innit?

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we were on the way with ‘Love Me Do’ blaring out. Lennon’s rasping vocals, McCartney’s doo-wop bassline and Harrison’s jangling riffs – this was archetypal of the early Beatles.

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Knoxville, Tennessee rockers 10 Years recently returned from an 11-year hiatus with (How to Live) AS GHOSTS – a critically-acclaimed, politicallydriven masterpiece and arguably their strongest record yet.

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Ahead of their European tour stopping off at Corporation this month, guitarist Brian Vodinh spoke to Amy Clarke about the band’s exciting rebirth.

After a long time out of action, how did (How to Live) AS GHOSTS come to fruition?

This time around we did it a little bit differently. It used to just be myself and the singer isolating ourselves and working through material and ideas until we had an album, but this time we really spent a lot of time as a band with everyone contributing. It was fun, it felt right again. We were not able to do that in the past because we had a different line up prior to this album and there were too many egos and too much tension, which made it quite challenging to write as a group. Now things are much more relaxed and laidback so it was a good working environment. It really helped morale.

What has the reception been for the new record been like so far?

So far it’s been great. The first single ‘Novacaine’ did really well in America, and when a single does well on the radio and streaming platforms it shows in the attendance at concerts. Performances just get better and more engaging with the fans. So yeah, this has been a bit of a return to form for us. For the last couple of albums we went very internal and we pushed everyone away; they were more artistic and a little less straight-forward.

How did you move away from the introversion with this record? ▶

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CORP Top Picks RAVEN 4 September // £15 Newcastle’s new wave rock outfit Raven stop by Corp this month with a bagful of metal licks. Formed in the 1970s by brothers Mark and John Gallagher, Raven were influential in the rise of hard rock music in the UK. Expect ‘Mind Over Metal’ and ‘Seek and Destroy’ to blow the lid off.

FOREVER CAME CALLING 13 September// £12.50 Energetic pop punk band Forever Came Calling are popping over the Atlantic for a UK tour. The Californian four-piece are touring in promotion of their latest EP Retro Future, self-released in March of this year. Expect bangers ranging from uplifting to melancholic.

▶ We used an outside producer, a super producer, Nick Raskulinecz, and he helped us to not overthink – because we like to overthink a lot. One of the first things he told us was we are going to simplify and not make the process harder than it needs to be.

You’ve been part of this band since you were 15 years old. You must have seen plenty of shifts in the music industry during that time?

It is so different. When we first started it was 1998 and the internet wasn’t even massive. Now it’s so easy to purchase and stream music.

There aren’t any barriers to entry now. Anyone who has Garage Band on their phone or laptop can release their music to the entire world instantly. The market is now incredibly saturated, so you have to do something special to cut through and stand out from the crowd. As a rock band, you have to have an incredible live show and something that brings people out to the concert because if your show is boring and nobody wants to go you are just going to fall by wayside. You can’t rely on album sales; you have to rely on touring.

Which brings us nicely onto your upcoming show at Corp. What can people expect?

We are an honest rock band through and through. We are not the type of band that travels around with a bunch of pyro and stuff going off everywhere, fireworks and the glitz and glam. What we try to do is convey the emotions from the songs.

Jesse is really good at getting down in the crowd and singing his heart out. I hope that fans in your area will come if they know the music, and just have a release that night; we want them to get something spiritually and emotionay from it because for us that is what it’s all about.

Going back to your teenage self just starting out on this journey.

If you could go back and give your younger self one piece of advice about the business, what would it be?

Honestly, I think it would be just to save more money when we were younger because we had no idea how crazy the business would get and how record sales would decline.

That’s my one bit of practical advice, to not spend so much in the early days. But we also partied a lot and had fun so at the same time I don’t regret that too much!

10 Years play Corporation on 5 September. Tickets and more info are available from corporation.org.uk

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LOATHE 14 September // £8 Five-piece Liverpool band Loathe are as hard as it gets.

The band’s debut album, This Cold Sun, was released last year with critics praising the post-apocalyptic narrative the album’s concept followed. 2018’s collaborative EP ‘This Is As One’, released with Welsh band Holding Absence, sees the band continue the crisp, well-produced sound that transfers excellently onto the live stage.

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15 September // £12.50 Kris Barras is one of the UK’s greatest blues rock guitarists and with his band produces some seriously gritty rock music. The added elements of blues, funk and soul in his songs make for a wide-ranging listening experience. His latest album, The Divine and Dirty, went straight to number one in Amazon’s UK blues charts.

THE TREATMENT 28 September // £15 The closest thing we’ve currently got to AC/DC and Thin Lizzy, The Treatment do classic rock and do it well.

Latest single ‘Let’s Get Dirty’ encapsulates this in three face-melting minutes. With an album due out early 2019, expect some golden oldies and some new tunes when this Cambridge five-piece take to the Corp stage.

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It’s that time of year again when the city suddenly gets very busy following the summer break, as we welcome back students both old and new. For those of you fresh to the great Steel City, Sheffield’s LGBT+ ‘scene’ of two bars (the long-serving Dempseys and newest addition Queer Junction) and a monthly student night (Proud) may seem a little underwhelming in proportion to a city with a population similar to Manchester. However, dig a little deeper and you’ll discover a host of pop-up nights, DIY events and queer culture all over the city.

This month head to Sheffield’s worst kept secret The Audacious Art Experiment on 8 September for a line-up of queer, feminist, political, post-punk and noisepop with a lineup including ILL, Duck and Tamsin A. At a suggested donation of a fiver on the door and BYOB it’ll also help with not blowing your student loan before freshers week is over!

For more frenzied pop-punk in the form of the fantastic Babe Punch, head to Maida Vale’s Indie Disco on 20 September then dance the night away to indie classics until 4am.

In keeping with DIY talent, check out ‘A Night of Queer Performance’ at DINA’s newly-opened Cellar on 12 September for a full night of queer performance pieces which sees each artist given a 10-minute slot to try out new work to a live audience. Be the first to see some of our up-andcoming talent or have a go and take to the stage yourself.

On 13 September, two years on from her unexpected departure from the immensely popular music duo Rita Payne, Rhiannon Scutt (one half of Sheffield’s LGBT culture duo Andro and Eve) returns to the Greystones stage. Her recently released, selfpublished album entitled #9 is a collection of five deeply personal songs recorded live with no

rehearsals and musicians who had never met or played together.

It’s a bold and curious method of recording and, yes, there are a few moments of uncertainty; a wrong note here, a mistimed one there, but this free and liberal approach shows a confidence in her own songs and the musicians around her. The result is a beautifully imperfect debut release that shows her continued development as a songwriter/lyricist Welcome back Rhiannon, we’ve missed you.

Offering something a little more chilled out, we have The Treehouse

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Board Games Café hosting its monthly Rainbow Gamers night on Sunday 16 September (and the third Sunday of every month) welcoming all LGBTIQA+ boardgamers for some laidback social gaming from 6pm onwards.

A Fantastic Woman is playing at Film Unit on 21 September, telling the story of a trans woman, Marina, living in Chile. After the death of her romantic partner, Orlando, an older man she has recently moved in with, she is met with contempt and soon hatred from those who barely know her. This results in her not

being welcomed at Orlando’s funeral by his family, and her relationship being treated with suspicion by the authorities upon the investigation into his death. Despite this, Marina remains strong, making this film a fantastic story of strength in the face of adversity, with a powerful message about LGBT rights to back it up.

If Drag is your thing, then don’t miss We Three Queens at the Spiegel Tent as part of Sheffield Uni’s Festival of the Mind on 23 September.

Expect an unbeatable evening of adulterous entertainment hosted by Scarlet SoHandsome and featuring

Sat 8 Sep: ILL/Duck/Tamsin A The Audacious Art Experiment theaudaciousartexperiment. com Wed 12 Sep: A Night of Queer Performance The Cellar / DINA thecellaratdina.com

Sun 23 Sep: We Three Queens (Festival of The Mind) Spiegaltent, Barkers Pool sheffield.ac.uk/fotm Wed 26 Sep: Shangela Is Shook The Leadmill hangela.com

Thu 13 Sep: Rhiannon Scutt The Greystones rhiannonscutt.com Sun 16 Sep: Rainbow Gamers The Treehouse Board Game Café treehousesheffield.com Thu 20 Sep: Indigo: The Indie Disco BABE PUNCH Maida Vale soundcloud.com/babe-punch-1 performances from Annabelle Lecter and Vivienne Lynsey.

Also, in the latest of a long line of RuPaul’s queens to grace one of our stages, Shangela’s sell-out show ‘Shangela Is Shook’ will be slaying the stage at the Leadmill on 26th September.

Sheffield’s longest-running club night Proud (formerly Climax) returns for its first party of the year on 28 September at the Foundry featuring a designated photo opt-in area, gender neutral facilities, quiet space, free giveaways, candyfloss, popcorn and more.

Fri 21 Sep: A Fantastic Woman Film Unit @ Sheffield SU ilmunit.union.shef.ac.uk

Fri 28 Sep: Proud Foundry, Sheffield SU foundrysu.com Sun 30 Sep: Diversity Fest 2018 Hagglers Corner diversityfest.wordpress.com

Last but by no means least, we end the month with DiversityFest on 30 September at Hagglers Corner, now in their fourth year and with their biggest line-up yet. DiversityFest is a celebration for people of every gender, sexuality, ethnicity, age and ability, featuring over 50 artists performing across three stages including Nic Harding, The Bleeding Obvious, Anna Kissed, Kate Garrett, Carol Robson, Madge Woollard, Eleanor Boot, SAYiT and Braver Than Fiction.

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When it comes to the ideal night out, not much can beat a balmy evening spent watching an iconic film under the stars. Over the past couple of years, open-air cinema has seen a surge of popularity in the UK and large communal screenings in quirky locations have become something of a regular fixture on the Sheffield summer calendar.

This month, there’s again the opportunity for some al fresco viewing with a handful of outdoor showings announced. Here’s a look at what’s on offer…

Luna Cinema

Pretty Woman (Sep 5), The Greatest Showman (Sep 6)

Location: Sheffield Amphitheatre Price: £15 adult, £10 child Situated behind the train station offering stunning views of the Sheffield skyline, the UK’s largest producer of outdoor cinema brings 90s rom-com classic Pretty Woman (15+ only) and glittering family-friendly musical The Greatest Showman to their 10x6m pop-up screen. The Luna bar will be serving a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks including Estrella beer, prosecco, a selection of Casillero del Diablo wines, spirits and soft and hot drinks. Gourmet food vendors will also be onsite providing the snap. If you’re feeling fancy, a premium ticket (£27.50) gets you a “director’s chair” in prime viewing position, a complimentary drink and fast-track at the bar. thelunacinema.com

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The Grand Budapest Hotel (Sep 21)

Location: Kenwood Hall Price: £16.50 adult, £14.30 senior + student (all including booking fee) The local events group were behind Sheffield’s first pop-up cinema back in 2015, where they showed The Full Monty on the rooftop of Q Park Castlegate. Three years later they’re still seeking interesting settings to host cult classics. Next up is a showing of Wes Anderson’s Academy Award-winning The Grand Budapest Hotel, fittingly located in the scenic grounds of Kenwood Hall Hotel. There’ll be comfy deck chairs, live music, food from street food vendors such as Proove Pizza and a fully-stocked bar for whatever tipple you’re after. thevillagegreenevents.co www.exposedmagazine.co.uk | 85

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Mission: Impossible – Fallout Mission background: This year marks the 22nd anniversary of Tom Cruise’s blockbuster franchise. Based on the 1966-73 series by Bruce Geller, the premise was given its first cinematic instalment in 1996 by director Brian De Palma, with Cruise leading an all-star cast of super spies against a vague but dangerous-sounding plot device.

Since then the franchise has never failed to draw in huge box-office success and critical approval. Each instalment has featured the fresh perspective of a different director, including the likes of J.J. Abrams, Brad Bird and Jack Reacher director Christopher McQuarrie.

The new mission ... should you choose to accept it: ‘Fallout’ brings with it many of the traits that we have come to expect from the films: insane stunt sequences, helicopters and familiar faces like Simon Pegg and Ving

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Rhames. However, the film also adds a few new elements into the mix.

It’s the first time that a director has returned for a second shot at the series, in this case regular Cruisecollaborator Christoper McQuarrie who directed the series’ fifth entry.

There’s a greater amount of emphasis on the film’s villains, played expertly

by Henry Cavill and Sean Harris. We also have stunts that greatly surpass any seen before, and are certainly more spectacular than the majority you’ll see in the Bond films.

The film is carried on the most part by the tremendous amount of physical energy Cruise puts into the action sequences. One cannot help but feel the 56-year-old will

surely outlive any viewers in their mid-twenties such as myself. The plots in these movies are often thin to say the least, mostly serving to drive the amazing set-pieces the franchise is renowned for, and the word ‘disavowed’ is thrown around a great deal, usually alongside some contrived plot to start World War Three by a forgettable villain.

It is nice to see here that the story is delved into a little bit more, with a simple but defined plot which leads appropriately into the stunt scenes. The world-ending scheme is orchestrated by DC star Henry Cavill as the deadly and seemingly invincible August Walker, and Solomon Lane, the enemy and leader

Denzel Washington and Antione Fuqua join forces for the fourth time with this sequel to their 2014 action film.

Like its predecessor, the film is based upon the 1980s TV show, which starred Edward Woodward as the former intelligence agent turned hired avenger for those in desperate need of a hard-hitting hero. In truth, the 2014 reboot owes more to Michael Winner’s ‘Death Wish’ than the show, and was a passable if not very familiar thriller that added little to the genre. Despite mixed reviews, the film was a box office success, placing itself proudly amongst the line of dadsploitation flicks that have emerged in the wake of Liam Neeson’s ‘Taken’ franchise.

of The Syndicate from ‘Rogue Nation’.

Harris and Cavill are definitely the most memorable of the villains, a nice change in a series where the likes of Jon Voight, Vanessa Redgrave and Phillip Seymour Hoffman have been largely forgotten.

There’s more emotional development in Cruise’s Ethan Hunt, linking the events from both the third and fifth films – another welcome addition, since all of the films before have barely contained even arbitrary references to previous events.

Mission assessment: Arguably the best in the series, the franchise shows no signs of growing stale. Coming out of the cinema, it’s hard not to smile at the experience, with the predominant question you have being ‘how will they ever top that?’

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The Story It picks up where we left Robert ‘The Equalizer’ McCall at the end of the first instalment. From the first few seconds we know that we are in for more of the same, which depending on how you feel about the first film, is either a blessing or a sign that it’s going to be a very long two-hours.

The nippy opening scene sees McCall disguised, quite dubiously, as a Muslim traveller on a train in Turkey. Through Washington’s monotone delivery we understand that he is there to rescue a kidnapped girl from her abusive father. He beats up the baddies with his standard wooden-faced composure which is meant to pass for looking like a total badass, but ends up looking very lethargic when performed by a slightly droopy 63-year-old. No disrespect intended for Mr. Washington here, but the action scenes in this film are not helped by his advancing age or the editing, but more on that later.

Despite this, you feel that the tone is properly set: all action and little talk. Sadly, you’ve been misled.

Following the opening credits we then get over an hour of McCall dealing with subplots that add little to the film, apart from its length. In-between the occasional fight scene – the best of which is shown in the trailer in its entirety – McCall has to deal with two fairly dull subplots, the first being a Jewish Holocaust survivor fighting against the system. The second, and perhaps the most

The Nun

The much-hyped prequel to the ever-expanding Conjuring franchise brings back Valak, the demonic nun from ‘The Conjuring 2’ for this fifth instalment. The trailer has recently been pulled from YouTube after reportedly being too harrowing, so this is probably not one for the fainthearted.

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vexing since it invades what’s meant to be the central plot, is the street-talking bad boy with the heart of gold and a suppressed need for self-expression cliche.

Tropes like this are common enough in Hollywood action flicks, but the amount of time that is spent on these two rather boring and frankly embarrassing subplots is thoroughly distracting. Worse still, it means that less time is spent on the main plot which focuses on the action and the fighting, arguably what the whole point of seeing this film is about. Coming out of the screen I understood more about the subplots than about the villainous scheme. Not that it’s particularly complicated, it’s just hardly mentioned in comparison to all the other rubbish. McCall’s best friend, Susan, is killed, and that should be the prime if not the entire focus. Instead it ends up becoming something of a footnote.

By the time we get to the final shootout on the seaside, in the middle of a hurricane no less, we’ve dealt with so much exposition from stories that matter very little, we’re ready for the thing to be over and done with.

The Verdict Irritatingly ponderous and unconvincing. Save yourself some time and pass on both the first and second instalments. A better option would be to go and buy the original show and give it the attention it deserves.

If you’re really hankering for something from the dadsploitation genre, go back to ‘Taken’ or try Pierce Brosnan’s ‘The November Man’.

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This all-star action-thriller features the talents of Mark Wahlberg, John Malkovich and Indonesian martial arts actor of The Raid fame, Iko Uwais.

The story promises hard-hitting thrills from Lone Survivor’director Peter Berg, as CIA operatives transfer a dangerous prisoner while being pursued by hostile forces.

The Predator

The latest entry in the intergalactichorror franchise brings the alien hunter to a small town. This time, however, there’s more than one; it seems like the interstellar badass is up against something far more dangerous than has been seen before. Shane Black ups the stakes for the fourth adventure.

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Fireworks bonanza Illuminate the Gardens will return to Sheffield in November The fantastic fireworks and lighting show is returning to iconic Sheffield location The Botanical Gardens in the run up to Bonfire Night, this year taking place across three nights on Friday 2, Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 November. The demand for tickets last year was huge, with all 10,000 selling out two weeks before the brand new event took place. The opening night wasn’t without its challenges, but when the hiccups were ironed out for the second evening, organisers Events Collective delivered a spectacular show that gained rave reviews.

This year, the event is promising a much improved layout, a bigger range of street food traders, improved signage and lighting on the smaller walkways, more spectacular lighting shows and EVEN BETTER

fireworks! The team from Optimum Fireworks have been working all year to devise a show that is going to knock your socks off, this time synchronised to music for maximum impact. All of this alongside vintage fairground rides, free kids activities and a licensed bar stocked by the best local breweries and other great features to be announced over the coming weeks.

Tickets will be available to purchase online from mid-September with an exclusive run of super early bird tickets made available to mailing list members (you can sign up on their website illuminatethegardens.co.uk).

There will be a limited run of early bird tickets on general release priced at £8.50 adult / £4.50 child / £20 family and standard tickets will be £10 adult / £5 child.

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Walk In My Shoes Sheffield Urban CX, Round 3 – Olympic Legacy Park Sheffield’s Urban CX brings cyclo-cross to the city of hills, celebrating the meeting of urban and rural in one of the country’s best cycling areas. In a shake-up on the standard sport, cyclo-cross (CX) competitors are not only required to cycle but occasionally dismount and carry their bikes to the next checkpoint.

Obstacles and race-specific challenges make each outing exciting and unique, with every round of the wider series held at a different iconic Sheffield location. Previous locations include Kelham Island and Park Hill, resulting in some tightly-contested and varied events. This time, riders compete around Don Valley Bowl and the Olympic Legacy Park in what the organisers describe as a “more traditional” race with “grass terraces, hills and paths, all with the backdrop of the Outdoor City”. There are multiple races for different age brackets and ability levels, and those looking to support contestants or for an enjoyable day outside are encouraged to bring their cow bells and best cheers. sheffieldurbancx.co.uk

perfect 10 Next month marks the TenTenTen’s 9th birthday. Not just your regular 10K, this is trail-running through a mix of city centre locations of varying dificulty. The race is hotly-contested and highly subscribed every year. Prizes for both the race and fundraising are on offer, with any money raised going towards Weston Park Hospital. In the last seven years, runners have raised an impressive £40,000. There is also a 2.5K Fun Run for 4-14 year olds or anyone who fancies a more relaxed run, and families are encouraged to attend for support and a day out. Drinks and food, including a BBQ, pizza and coffee will be available upon finishing the race. Online registration closes on 21 September, so dust off those running shoes and get cracking! (Fun fact: rather than anything to do with being a 10K, TTT’s name is derived from its inaugural run on 10 October 2010).

Fancy supporting a good cause and getting out and about at the same time? Head on down to the city centre next month for Walk In My Shoes, a five-mile walk along the River Don to Meadowhall hosted by the Cathedral Archer Project. The Project offers wide-ranging support to homeless people, from food and computer access to health services and volunteering opportunities.

Other events include the 25th Archer Project City Centre Sleep Out and The Big Bake Off, both happening in September.

The walk is £5 per person (16+) with participants encouraged to raise money for the charity beforehand. Walking along the Don is always a peaceful look back through Sheffield’s industrial past that is perfect for families. Dogs are welcome - and remember to wrap up warm!

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Made of Steel Chris Bush is deeply proud of her Sheffield heritage. From appearing on the Crucible’s iconic thrust stage as a child (“never performing seriously”) to writing back-to-back plays for the venue, her connection to the Steel City and its world-renowned theatre has drawn her back time and time again. “I’ve had something on, of some description, every year since 2012,” she says cheerfully. “That’s not bad going really!”

As to why her relationship with the theatre is so powerful, Bush affirms suspicions in suitably partisan terms. “It’s the best theatre in the country. I’m absolutely biased when I say that but I stand by it. I grew up here and I was taken regularly as a child to see shows here…I think it’s a mixture of the programming, the people and the dynamic of the stage itself.”

If this early exposure to the arts defined a lifelong love, the decision to focus on writing came later on. As a teenager choosing between acting and writing, Bush found that, as always, her mum knew best. “After my A Levels, I said I’m interested in acting (but also) I’m interested in writing. My mum said ‘You know what, I think writing’s the thing that you’re good at,’” she laughs. “To her credit, she was absolutely right!” Years later, Bush’s consistent reputation for quality plays at the Crucible now attracts the best talent to her work. “We’ve got a great cast, and Rebecca Frecknall is one of the exciting directors in the UK now. It’s brilliant that she’s here and making Steel.”

The latest chapter in Bush’s prolific career, Steel

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Catch Steel at the Studio Theatre between 13 September and 6 October.

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explores the evolving role of women in politics by following two timelines 30 years apart in 1988 and 2018. In the former, Josie attempts to gain a seat on the local council, while the present day story focuses on Labour candidate Vanessa during the metro mayoral elections.

Though events are fictionalised, the story was written as a realistic alternative to Sheffield’s own elections earlier this year. “Hopefully it’s a story with universal themes that could be told anywhere, but also one that applies to the city right now.”

According to Bush, Steel’s social urgency means the play has more “substance” than a standard comedy. However, humour is still of great importance to her. “I could never imagine writing anything without jokes,” she admits.

“Humour’s such a crucial writer’s tool, even in the bleakest dramas, because it makes you connect to a character. If a character can make you laugh, they’re far more likely to make you cry as well.”

Hopefully though, the play will encourage more discussion than laughter. “I hope it can make people think about how our political landscape has changed over the last 30 years, and in particular it shows the role of women within the Labour party,” Bush says. “We’re on our second female Tory prime minister and Labour are yet to produce an equivalent.”

For women in politics then, Steel represents not just the progress made, but the progress still to be made. “Things have undeniably gotten better,” she agrees, “but also you could argue not quickly enough and not far enough. So what’s changed and what still needs to change?”

How far off are we from gender parity in parliament, then? “Who knows how far off we are. We need a generation of girls to grow up with gender parity and say, ‘Actually, a politician does not look like a white man’ ... that’s the point we need to get to. I think we’re still quite far away from that.”

Flitting between rehearsals for Steel, with its intimate cast of two, and those for her 220-person adaptation of Shakespeare’s Pericles at London’s National Theatre, Bush seems more driven than ever by the challenging workload.

“It’s been an incredibly significant year for me and I’ve been incredibly fortunate in the variety of the projects I’ve gotten to work on,” she says humbly. With such a diverse body of work, and the Crucible connection continuing to bear fruit for both her and the city’s burgeoning arts scene, it seems the talented playwright’s career is only just getting started.

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Charlie Ward Theatre Deli // 11-22 Sep // £3.64£5.74 C Ward. 1914. In a makeshift hospital, behind the front line, the war’s first casualties are treated. To boost morale, medical staff arrange for a Chaplin film to be shown for the bed-ridden. For one soldier, the flickering images, whirring projector and Chaplin’s perfect comic timing trigger complex emotions and memories. theatredeli.co.uk Still Alice Lyceum // 12-15 Sep // £16-£30 Still Alice follows the story of a professional woman desperately trying to maintain her sense of whilst dealing with a progressive disease. The Lyceum is offering dementia friendly showings of this performance. sheffieldtheatres.co.uk A Doll’s House Lantern Theatre // 19-29 Sep // £8.50£12 Ibsen’s masterpiece: Nora is keeping a secret from her husband. She had borrowed a large sum of money while he was seriiously ill so he would be able to take time and recouperate. Unfortunaltey she has been struggling to pay it back using money from her household allowance. All the while she has continued to hide the true depth of the deception. lanterntheatre.org.uk Threads Film Screening Millennium Gallery // 30 Sep // £4.50-£6 Sixty years after the campaign for nuclear disarmament, Millennium Gallery is showcasing the BBC nuclear disaster drama and questioning what might have been. Set in Sheffield, Threads shows the horror of a nuclear attack and what its’ impact would be on the nation as a whole. museums-sheffield.org.uk www.exposedmagazine.co.uk | 97

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These are hugely interesting and exciting times for anyone interested in local history, as work began last month on a huge excavation of Sheffield Castle.

The Department of Archaeology and the School of Architecture at the University of Sheffield are working with key players from across the city to dig into the site’s hidden history and bring the hidden fortress back to life. In this video, they explain how they plan to do it. tinyurl.com/y6vszncl

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First of all, you have great taste. Whether it was your first choice or you’ve arrived through clearing, you’re here now and that’s all that matters. I can promise that you’ll have the time of your life in this city.

I’m not going to bore you with a load of facts about the epic music scene, the vast amount of green spaces, all the amazing places to drink, the diverse local communities, and the fact that you’ll be living in a major city with a distinctly friendly village vibe. I’ll leave all of that stuff to Exposed.

But what I will say is that our city is nothing without its people. Sheffield truly has the friendliest humans on the planet living here, many who arrived as students and never left.

So prepare yourself to meet some of the most weird and wonderful characters that will shape your experience in the Steel City.

The city is forever changing and there is something very special happening here at the moment. It’s all quite exciting and you can play a key role in adding to that buzz.

You truly are blessed and we’re lucky to have you. Congratulations on getting here and brace yourselves for one hell of a ride!

Looking forward to meeting you,

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1: Sheffield has its very own walk of fame. Film and TV actor Sean Bean is on there, alongside the first British astronaut in space Helen Sharman and Olympic champion Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill. It can be found outside the Town Hall if you fancy a nosey.

2: It’s the home of football. Sheffield FC was founded in 1857 and is the oldest existing football club on the planet. They’re currently based up in Dronfield. Hop on the 43 and go cheer ‘em on, will yer?

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3: Steel’s a big deal. In 1856, Henry Bessemer’s conversion process saw the city become worldrenowned for steel production. Even the Brooklyn Bridge is made from our stuff. Henry’s biggest achievement though? He now has a Wetherspoons named after him.

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4: This place hails the ale. A 2016 study crowned Sheff as the real ale capital of the world, also stating that the city could justly claim to be the birthplace of the UK craft beer revolution too. How so? A shedload of innovative breweries around these parts means we create around 1,000 different beers each year.

5: We’re spoilt for culture. Made up of the the Lyceum Theatre, Crucible and Studio, we are lucky enough to enjoy the largest theatre complex outside of London.

6: George Orwell weren’t up for it. In The Road to Wigan Pier, the famous writer claimed “even Wigan is beautiful compared with Sheffield. Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World.” Each to their own, George.

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Breathe some Fresh Air Hop on a bus in the city centre (usually the 218, 271 or 272) and a mere 20 mins later you’re entering the beautiful surroundings of the Peak District National Park, perfect for long walks, cycling and a range of other outdoor activities. There are plenty of great country pubs out there too, and I still haven’t found a better hangover cure than a stroll around Longshaw Estate and a Sunday dinner at the Fox House Inn. The historic Chatsworth estate is also perfect for chills and some outdoor swimming on a warm day. If you’re not up for venturing too far, seek out local parks like Endcliffe, Millhouses and Crookes Valley for a bit of inner-city nature.

Relish It “Henderson’s”, “Hendo’s”, “Hendies”, or just plain old “Relish” – this spicy dark sauce, made in the city for over 100 years, courses through Sheffielders’ veins. It keeps us strong and northern. Join us by splashing it liberally over your pie, chips, stews, spag bol, cheese on toast, or anything else that needs a little kick.

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Island life You’ll probably hear a good deal about Kelham Island while you’re around here.

That’s because this historic area is chocker with good pubs, bars, cafes, restaurants and independent businesses – not to mention a museum where you can learn all about the city’s industrial past (and discuss your fresh insights on the Bessemer process over a pint afterwards).

Seek out a View There are some benefits to living in a city dominated by hills. A: you’ll have the calves of an Olympian by Christmas; and B: a little bit of huffing and puffing can be rewarded with some stunning views. If you’re in the city centre, take a picnic and some tinnies (always recycle) up to Parkwood Springs, Norfolk Park or the Amphitheatre behind the train station. Meersbrook Park and Bole Hills are also well worth the climb.

Go Independent Granted, Sheffield might not have the same bustling – though fairly repetitive – high street as some of the other big UK cities, but what we do have is a thirst for supporting anything homegrown, which in turn has led to a thriving independent scene of bars, shops, resturants and cafés adding a welcome unique touch to the retail scene. No doubt you’ll read plenty of suggestions as you flick through the mag, but independent-sheffield.co.uk do a good job of rounding things up. Life hack: spend a mere tenner on an Independent Card and enjoy handy discounts all year.

Get Moving Don’t stay hidden in the student union all term – explore!

Even though the village-like feel of the city centre may give the impression of this being a fairly compact place, there are plenty of vibrant areas dotted around, only a short walk or bus journey away from town – Ecclesall Road, Abbeydale Road, Heeley, Broomhill, Crookes, Sharrow Vale Road – all boast their own selection of pubs, bars, restaurants, shops and parks. A short trek out to find places like The Picture House Social or take in the sunset with a pint at the Brothers Arms in Heeley is well worth it.

Get Giggin’ Chances are you know all about the music heritage in Sheffield: PULP, Arctic Monkeys, Def Leppard, Human League… the list goes on. If you’re not wised up, head over to uncommonpeople.org.uk where you can view a map detailing the city’s illustrious musical heritage. When possible nip out to places like The Washington, Delicous Clam, Café Totem or Yellow Arch Studios and support the local scene.

Do the Irish Triangle Three traditional Irish pubs: The Grapes, The Dog & Partridge and Fagan’s. Three of the best pints of Guinness you’ll find within these seven hills. The winner? You decide.

The Grapes and Fagan’s are perfect for cosy live tunes at the weekends with acoustic sessions welcoming anyone who fancies a singalong. If you’re hungry, the Dog serves up stunning homemade grub.

Soak up Some Culture You really are spoilt for choice when it comes to museums, galleries and exhibitions around these parts – most of which you can attend for free. In the city centre you’ve got the ever-popular Millennium Galleries, Graves Gallery, The Arthouse and DINA literally within yards of each other. A little bit further out you’ve got the recently opened S1 Artspace on the historic Park Hill estate behind the train station, which is certainly worth a visit – especially if you tie it in with coffee and food from South Street Kitchen. Back in town the refurbed Site Gallery opens this month and Sheffield Theatres offer great student discounts for plays and performances. Fill yer boots.

Get Corped It’s simple: getting Corped is a rite of passage for any student new to Sheffield. Get down to Primark, purchase a cheap school uniform and some “Corp shoes” (footwear costing less than £10) and prepare for what is sure to be a sticky, sweaty and potentially awkward experience. Some of you will swear never to go again; others will go religiously every week until the end of term. It kind of does that to people.

Hit the Streets Dotted in and around the city centre you’ll find some incredible street art from renowned artists such as Pleghm, Kid Acne, Faunographic, Pete McKee and many, many more. In fact, there are literally hundreds dotted around. Luckily, the guys at streetartsheffield.com have done a good job of mapping over 250 locations. You can even browse each one by area. God bless ‘em.

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A HEADS-UP ON SOME OF THE BIGGEST ANNUAL DOS IN SHEFF

Tramlines Festival

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Where: Hillsborough Park When: 19-21 July It’s the big’un. Sheffield’s own inner-city festival recently celebrated its 10th birthday by moving to a new 40,000 capacity home in Hillsborough Park and inviting the likes of Noel Gallagher, Craig David and De La Soul along to the bash. The whole city goes into party mode and live music can be found pretty much everywhere. The afterparties are usually fairly tasty too. tramlines.org.uk

Sheffield Food Festival Where: Spread across the Peace Gardens, Winter Gardens, Millennium Square, Town Hall Square and Fargate When: May If you’re into your grub and vibrant atmospheres, this mouthwatering celebration will go down a treat.

Last year around 40,000 visitors flocked to the city centre to taste a vast selection of street food, try out the various pop-up bars and enjoy the live music/DJ sets on offer. However, that’s just a small snippet of what they’ve got going on. Head online for more. sheffieldfoodfestival.co.uk

Steel City Beer and Cider Festival Where: Kelham Island Museum When: 10-13 October Back amongst the atmospheric industrial settings of Kelham Island Museum for the fifth year in a row, you can expect over 200 real ales and beers, a vast selection of craft, continental bottles, and traditional ciders – with the added bonus of street food and market stalls, classic pub games and live music. sheffield.camra.org.uk

Sheffield Pride Where: Endcliffe Park and various city centre venues When: 28 July Seriously, the people at Pride are hard to beat when it comes to partying. The city’s biggest annual celebration of our LGBT+ scene, this year thousands joined the parade up Ecclesall Road and into Endcliffe Park for a day of live music, DJs, drag performances, workshops and more. The party continues through to the wee hours via local institution Dempseys and Queer Junction. pridesheffield.org WWW.EXPOSEDMAGAZINE.CO.UK | 9

Melanin Fest When: October Where: Various venues Sheffield’s first Black History Month festival was launched in 2017 by social enterprise Our Mel, which aims to celebrate and showcase cultural identity through music, film, arts and education. Last year they hosted 43 events across the city, including exhibitions, seminars and live performances to explore the journey of black people through history. ourmel.org.uk

Where: Various city centre venues When: 27 Sep-6 Oct Now celebrating its eleventh year, Sensoria is an innovative festival which brings a number of events spanning music, film and digital to interesting locations across the city. This year you can expect more of the same, including an outdoor film screening of classic Beatles animation Yellow Submarine by Sheffield Quays, a live performance from the superb International Teachers of Pop and Synthfest UK. sensoria.org.uk

Peace in the Park Outdoor City Weekender // 9-11 March Sheffield Beer Week // 11-17 March Sheffield Adventure Film Festival // 9-11 March Snooker World Championship // 20 April-6 May Film and Comic Con Sheffield // 18-19 August Festival of the Mind // 20-30 Sep

Where: The Ponderosa When: June A free music festival uniting the city’s diverse community via live performance, art, activities and top-notch food and drink across a number of stages and stalls. It’s volunteer-run, raises money for a number of charities and promotes peaceful living.

Good vibes all round. peaceinthepark.org.uk

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When: 12-14 October Where: Various city centre venues A celebration of pioneering music, art, technology and dancing, this event from the creative force behind one of the city’s finest underground venues, Hope Works, aims to explore the spontaneous, the joyfully unexpected and the sensory rich. It sees the very best cutting-edge DJs and artists brought to Sheffield venues brimming with character. noboundsfestival.co.uk

Where: Various venues in and around city centre When: 6-11 June The UK’s biggest documentary festival, Sheffield Doc/Fest is a celebration of the art and business of documentary and non-fiction storytelling in all its forms, including film, series, audio, interactive technology, augmented reality, virtual reality and live events. Thousands of film delegates arrive from all over the world and festivalgoers can experience everything from world premieres to cutting-edge VR installations. sheffdocfest.com

When: October Where: Various venues One of the UK’s largest literary festivals, Off the Shelf brings the biggest names in literature and the arts for three weeks of events spanning fiction, nonfiction, poetry, history, science, politics, art, journalism and more. Previous years have welcomed the likes of David Mitchell, Sandi Toksvig, Benjamin Zephaniah, Katie Adie, Tony Robinson and Owen Jones. offtheshelf.org.uk

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RICHARD HAWLEY Pitsmoor-born crooner and exguitarist with PULP and Longpigs Obviously, students will get bombarded with leaflets for this club or that club. I think they’ll work it out themselves what’s cool for them. I want to talk about the fact that young people, these days especially, are under a massive amount of pressure. So it’s important to find few places where they can go to unwind – and Sheffield has plenty of those.

What with studying and partying and everything, there will be times where they’ll need to go somewhere to chill out or relieve stress. The students who have come to this city have chosen one of the greatest cities in the country for that stuff because we’ve got over four million trees and hundreds of green public spaces, woodlands and parks. I know loads of older ex-students that stayed here after finishing degrees because they enjoyed paragliding, cycling, running, stuff like that.

You’ve got places like the Botanical Gardens, which is an incredibly beautiful Victorian public park that up until recently was quite run-down. If you go to the shop and buy some monkey nuts, you can stand there, put a nut in your pocket and squirrels will run up your leg and take it out. It sounds daft, but something as simple as a connection with nature can really change your mood.

I really enjoy the peace and calm you can get by following the river; there’s the Five Weirs Walk, and you’ve also got the Sheffield Round Walk that goes all the way around the city. I know I’m known for fairly wild behaviour, and in my dotage I still indulge in fairly off the wall stuff, but as I get older I realise the real beauty in being surrounded by so many trees. In other cities, you have to make big plans to encounter wildlife and nature, but in Sheffield you’d have to make big plans to avoid it. I love the cafes that you get in the nature spots; there’s a great place in Graves Park, there’s one in Endcliffe Park too, but my favourite is Forge Dam, where I walk to almost every day.

Stuff like that doesn’t cost anything, it’s free. Even if you can’t afford a cup of coffee you can kind of go up there and just sit. It’s simple things like that that everyone can enjoy, whether you’re a rock star or a student, butcher, baker, candlestick maker – it’s a leveller and that’s what’s good about this city: it’s not socially exclusive.

This could be a cliché, but it’s true: people up here are very friendly in general, and I hope younger students don’t get intimidated by the brusque northern accents because actually underneath we’re soft as a bag of tits. And that’s it really, enjoy the odd venture when you’ve got some time, you might need it for health reasons or you might just want to chill out and enjoy it for its own sake. That’s my advice. I’ve circumnavigated this beautiful blue spinning sphere we find ourselves on many times, and it’s an adventure, but I enjoy the roots of it. Students will discover all the pubs and clubs and bars themselves, they don’t need me to tell them, and some of them will be shit and some of them will be good – but that’s the way it goes, innit?

We rounded up a selection of native musicians, artists, DJs, independent business owners and more for their tips on how to make the most out of your time in the Steel City.

JO PEEL Sheffield-based artist The best way to discover any new city is by walking, and on foot you could cover a massive part of central Sheffield in a day. Go from S1 Artspace’s new gallery up at Parkhill – you can do this via the newly refurbished Site Gallery – and have a great breakfast at South Street Kitchen before heading over to Kelham Island. Walk to the top of Meersbrook park for Lowry-esque views across the City, especially in winter. But my best advice would be to go catch the 272 bus into the Peak District from Hunters Bar and just walk out into the hills!

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JAMES O’HARA Independent bar owner

FRUIT N JUICE Arts events collective with a focus on empowerment The great thing about Sheffield is it’s such an up-and-coming place. It’s an exciting time to be here as there are new independent and DIY spaces popping up all the time. In terms of venues, we love Bal Fashions, DINA, Theatre Deli, Audacious Art Experiment and Plot 22. There are also some great organisations working to improve diversity and inclusivity in the city, such as Our Mel, which focus on people of colour; and Andro & Eve, a lesbian & queer women’s events organisation. For food check out London Road, it’s got the best in international cuisines – particularly Saigon 68 for dreamy Vietnamese food.

OTIS MENSAH Storyteller / Rapper / Poet Growing up in Sheffield I was unware of the pockets of culture and art permeating through the city and lived through YouTube algorithms.

But these days I recommend a few things: head down to Foodhall and stay posted with what they have coming up. There’s an incredible host of dope, left-field performance art and music events in the city. My first show there I saw the brilliant band Katie Pham & The Moonbathers.

Catch an event at Theatre Deli by Verse Matters, the feminist art collective showcasing an array of diverse performance poets & artists. Google ‘Pinkwafer.club’, the blog supporting alternative and underground music culture in the city covering some of my favourite artists like KOG, Franz Von, Universal Tree, and Jackie Moonbather.

Become a member of Showroom cinema to catch the best independent movies for just £4.50 – and it’s imperative that you see the new Spike Lee movie ‘Blackkklansman’.

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My advice? Get out of the chains and support independents. Not because it’s a moral crusade but because they’re better. Steam Yard does a better coffee than Starbucks, Public does better cocktails than *insert national bar chain*. Go and watch a gig at Delicious Clam, Audacious Art Space or Picture House Social. Buy some clobber from Syd & Mallory’s. Buy a mag from La Biblioteka. Buy some beers from Hop Hideout.

Oh, and go for a walk or a ride in the Peaks, it’s one of the most beautiful areas in the world and it’s on our doorstep. If you don’tt make ou do a e the t e most ost of it you’ll end up as fat as me. Don’t be a burden on the NHS.

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For live music in Sheffield, head over to the Picture House Social. It’s decadent, vibey and features some of the coolest acts like Universal Tree & Otis Mensah, two of the best around for my money.

The late-night bar is also buzzing there. If you fancy a traditional boozer, try the Broadfield who serve quality ales and pies to die for. For clubbier nights, Yellow Arch and The Night Kitchen are great for getting your fill of house, hip-hop, dub etc. The street food scene is great, and there’s nothing like a cheeky burrito from Street Food Chef or something from Nether Edge Pizza Company – or if you’re looking for restaurants, I’d highly recommend Kia’s Pastoria for Italian and Kashmiri Aroma for Indian. There are plenty of cinemas but the Curzon is class – cosy 30-seat screens and a rooftop bar. Try out the eclectic mix of independents on Division Street for shopping, and the Moor Market is bargain central for students. When it’s time to blow away the cobwebs, I’ll walk from Endcliffe Park up through Mayfield Valley then finish with a pint at the Norfolk Arms on Ringinglow Road. As far as festivals go, take your pick from Tramlines, Doc/Fest, Black History Month and Sensoria – to name a few!

My advice for newcomers to the city is to venture off campus! Sheffield is a safe city, full of hidden gems with plenty to explore.

Don’t be afraid to interact with the locals, we’re quite friendly and rarely bite. My top tip would be to seek out some of the smaller venues and events – they’re often the most fun! Most importantly, if something is missing from your Sheffield experience, perhaps you will be the one to plug the gap.

New people with fresh ideas and energy are always welcome here.

PROFESSOR VANESSA TOUMLIN Head of engagement at Sheffield University and curator/producer for Festival of the Mind Dear Sheffield, how can I count the ways or words by which I can describe how great it is to live, work and study here? From the great coffee shops, especially Marmadukes with their superb Eggs Benedict, or the delightfully situated Steam Yard with its sheltered outside area surrounded by independent shopping destinations; it’s certainly a place for coffee lovers. Whilst others search out the delights of our pleasant and green parklands, I haunt the streets of Sheffield looking for good coffee, brilliant bars and fantastic food – all at reasonable prices. The halloumi fries at The Devonshire, the skinny fries at The Forum and the homemade pies at The York are all places to hang out when the joys of home cooking wear thin. If you pile on the calories, there’s always a refreshing walk to be had up one of our seven hills to keep you fit!

DESIREE REYNOLDS Sheffield-based author Select your networks well. Don’t allow anyone to touch your hair unless you want them to. Do not feel pressurised to perform your ethnicity. You do not have to speak for or rep the whole of whomever you identify with. Ignore the question “where are you really from?”. Ignore the suggestion that you “speak well” or are “confident”, it is not a compliment. Ask your library to stock writers of colour. Access your student union if you have any problems. Take time to explore the wonders of the city.

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HEATHER GILBERTHORPE Director at Peddler Night Market Sheffield is such a special city, so different to any other.

There are really interesting things happening just outside of the centre and most of my favourite places are in these pockets. I’m a sucker for a great cocktail/pizza duo at Picture House Social. When it gets chilly, cosying up under the heaters in The Broadfield’s beer garden is a must with your pals. Bragazzis on Abbeydale Road does the best mocha in Sheffield (in my opinion!) and it’s a great grab for taking around the local bargain antique shops.

There are some great places in the Kelham Island/ Neepsend area. Zabiela Store, Kelham Arcade and Clobbercalm are gems. Piña, who do the best tacos, is just around the corner and The Old Worksop is such a nice bar to chill in – real holiday vibes in there.

My favourite place in Sheffield is the Crucible Theatre.

I have so many memories of visiting there with my Grandma, eating boxes of wine gums and clapping until my hands hurt. I’d recommend looking at their programme of small but raw shows in the Studio. When busy city vibes get a bit much, a trip to the Botanical Gardens fixes me right up.

MARTYN WARE Founding member of The Human League and Heaven 17 I’m still very fond of Sheffield. The culture of the city is something I’m very proud of. When I’m talking to people in London, Sheffield has got quite a bit of kudos. It’s generally regarded as a place of creativity, honesty and socialist values.

The vibrant student scene is knitted in - if you took the students out of Sheffield, it’d be a dull place. You’ve got young people that are determined to be creative; even if they don’t have much money, the resources they do have are time, enthusiasm and energy.

They’re a major engine that drives the beating heart of Sheffield.

It’s in the DNA of Sheffielders to be quite self-effacing about what they are. It’s not a place for braggadocio at all. I think people need to be a little bit more proud about Sheffield, viewing it as the internationally attractive place it is. It’s the best example of a large-scale community-based city still functioning and a beautiful place to live with the greenery and countryside, plus it’s got an amazing pub and craft beer industry.

JO WINGATE Sensoria Festival director

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Socially, I think Fresher me would head straight for Exchange Street and visit the DIY spaces such as Delicious Clam and Bal Fashions (Sensoria has Textasy DJing at the latter venue in September). Apart from that, I’d suggest heading out to Kelham Island, especially when Peddler Market is on as the area really comes to life at that time.

Certainly don’t miss out on some of the traditional Sheffield boozers in Kelham as well as the old warehouse/industrial spaces.

I also love parts of Abbeydale Road, and the Abbeydale Picture House has two great venues in one building.

I think Sheffield is a city where you have to dig beneath the surface a bit: it has a very independent spirit. Get chatting with local Sheffielders, they are full of warmth and humour and don’t forget Sheffield is great for its music so do check out some local bands/club nights as well as the bigger, better-known touring artists.

I’d recommend checking out Our Favourite Places website (as well as Exposed!) – it’s a great guide of places and events in and around Sheffield.

I should add that I was a terrible student, so you may be listening to me at your peril!

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JON MCCLURE Reverend and The Makers frontman Delve deep, try all the madness and get out of the city centre to the interesting places that lie just beyond. I’m not only talking about the Picture House Social type places, but the warehouses, art spaces, music studios and creative zones that are waiting for you if you just scratch beneath the surface. Sheffield is an onion: peel back its layers. Failing that, catch a bus and go to the Peaks. Paradise awaits you at the city limits.

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The mention of Ross From Friends might cause most people to think of a certain US sitcom character big on dinosaurs and synthesizers – but a UK producer by the name of Felix Weatherall is beginning to change that.

After a slew of blissed-out productions that were swept up in the ‘lo-fi house’ revival of 2016 on labels such as Lobster Theremin and Magicwire, the London-based artist began touring a live show which started to express an ambition far greater than his work thus far.

It’s on his latest album Family Portrait that these goals were realised, in a striking variety of futuristic yet current sounds which swing between the abstract and the explicit effortlessly. It’s no wonder that an artist as forwardthinking as Flying Lotus has picked Ross up – the new record now rightfully sits among releases from esteemed artists such as Thundercat and Kamasi Washington – taking the name further away from both the US sitcom and the already-extinct lo-fi house scene.

We sent Ben Aston to hear more about what Ross has in mind for his set at Hope Works this month alongside Space Dimension Controller, Willow, Hodge and others.

First things first: after the initial ‘Aphelion’ EP, Family Portrait is your second release on Flying Lotus’ Brainfeeder label. How did that partnership come around?

FlyLo just got in touch with me a couple of years ago over Twitter saying that he liked my music. That was obviously a massive compliment coming from someone who’s got to be an idol to so many people making electronic music. Pretty quickly afterwards he asked me whether I wanted to make some music for his record label, which was hard to decline. Brainfeeder have a great outlook; Flylo said that he wanted me to make exactly the project that I wanted to make, which was such a great thing to hear as an artist.

It must have been a pretty significant moment for you personally.

Yes, definitely. As a kid, his Los Angeles album resonated with me deeply since I was a big hiphop boy back then. It was amazing; it was like I was being proposed to.

Did knowing that the album would be released on Brainfeeder affect the way you created it?

It’s been a label that has always pushed such a creative, innovative sound, so I definitely wanted that to come across. I wanted to make something explosive and Brainfeeder felt like a perfect fit. I felt like that was where my music was going at that point.

Being honest, I was slightly disappointed to find out your dad wasn’t Andrew Weatherall. However, you have been quoted as saying that the album title is inspired by the influence your parents had on you becoming a producer (many thanks to Mr and Mrs Weatherall). But why is it that you’ve decided to show your appreciation on this album specifically?

I’ve had a lot of people confusing me with Andrew Weatherall’s son, which is pretty funny. Yeah, this is definitely the most personal music I’ve made. My parents are always massively influential in everything I do, but I’d never really spent the time to think about that influence before I made this. I love and respect them and I wanted to do something that could actively contain a part of them both within it.

Looking at the tracklisting, the titles are a mix of personal experiences, such as ‘Happy Birthday Nick’, ‘Wear Me Down’ and ‘Family Portrait’; juxtaposed with more sombre motifs like ‘Project Cybersyn’ or ‘Parallel Sequence’. Is there a message to be sought in these names, considering the album’s influences?

I was trying to really just express myself with the track titles. So I think of them as all little parts of my personality and who I am. They’ve all got meanings, ones that stay very personal to me. Some of them are emotional connections, or just inside jokes that I have with friends and with myself.

As everyone’s bound to know, ‘Project Cybersyn’ was an economic management tool used by the Chilean Government during the 1970s. Are you an advocate of South American socialism? It’d probably make you quite popular in Sheffield if you were…

I’d be lying if I said that I knew a lot about South American socialism. But I just thought it was a cool concept they were doing – replacing the government’s economic indicators with robots. It’s on a list of things that were kind of funny when people first realised the power of computers.

The critical reception of this album has frequently mentioned that despite maintaining many of the features that distinguish your producing, such as an emphasis on melody, you’ve ‘moved on’ in some way. Would you agree that this is true?

Yeah, I definitely agree. And it was a conscious decision to move on. I wanted to experiment a lot with genre in this album, while keeping my love of melody and sampling within the project.

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Would you ever consider ‘doing a Rachel’ and move on from Ross to a different project?

I have loads of different side-projects that I start. They all end up coming into the Ross From Friends world, though. That’s another reason why the album is so varied; it’s everything that I’d been working on thrown into a bag.

You’ve played at Hope Works before with Mall Grab for Pretty Pretty Good last year. What did you think of it the last time you were down?

Yeah, I had a great time last time I was there. It was in December and we turned up really early to sound check in the outdoor marquee. It felt like we were at a free party or something, all dingy and cold. But when the party started going that place completely transformed, it was brilliant. I can’t wait to go back there.

Space Dimension Controller will also be playing a live set on the same night. Why is Ross From Friends a live performance instead of a DJ set?

I really like that I can travel with my friends.

That’s a really important part of it. Also the performative element of being able to write the music as you’re hearing it – it’s so much fun.

How much of your set is performed live on the night? I remember a guitar being present last time I saw you perform!

We try to make it so that we can improvise as much as possible. Those moments are when we really get into it and it feels exciting. I control the structure of the tracks through loops and there are a few motifs that the other guys know to play, but other than that the set is improvised.

Who plays alongside you when you perform?

Jed (AKA The Hog) plays guitar and John (AKA The Governor of the BPM AKA The Bubble) plays the microKORG and saxophone, they both have super teched-out set-ups and contribute a lot of sound design.

Do they have any influence on Ross From Friends’ creative output?

When we’re playing live, a lot of the structures and instrumentation dictate where the track will go. I would bring a few loops to a rehearsal sessions and we’d try out ideas, and improvise when we’re playing until something really works, then I take those ideas and often form them into a recorded track in the studio.

Finally, is Ross From Friends a moniker you’re planning to keep for life? Can you see yourself becoming the Ross From Friends to the British public?

I’d love it if the term ‘Ross From Friends’ was kinda ubiquitous. That sounds appealing. I also like the idea of being a really old man and still making dance music. With those two things considered, the answer would have to be ‘yes’.

Tickets for Hope Works’ party on 28 September with Ross From Friends (Live), Space Dimension Controller (Live), Willow, Hodge and many more are available from residentadvisor.net for £20.

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NA’ THEN, STUDENTS NEW AND OLD - LISTEN UP. WE KNOW FRESHERS CAN BE DAUNTING WITH A SHEDLOAD OF EVENTS AND £1 SHOTS FLYING AROUND, BUT HERE AT EXPOSED, WE CARE ABOUT YOU LOT. HERE’S A GUIDE TO SOME OF THE LATENIGHT EVENTS KICKING OFF THIS MONTH THAT WE THINK YOU WILL BLOODY LOVE. GRAB YER MATES’ NUMBERS, CREATE A WHATSAPP GROUP AND SLAM A FEW OF THESE IN THE PLANNER. GO ON THEN, DO US PROUD! Area 15 September // Pillow Talk The best DJs the UK and USA have to offer all under one roof, plus a special performance from Birmingham’s Lotto Boyzz.

28 September // Freshers Festival Big Narstie, Dappy, Artful Dodger and more.

Carver Street 23 September // Freshers Festival Street Party Featuring James Hype and Eyal Booker, familiarise yourself with Sheffield’s infamous Carver Street.

28 September // Baby Got Back Freshers XXL Old school R‘n’B vibes at Paris.

Code 16 September // Codechella Organised Chaos are running their first ever event at Code with a festival-themed night ft. BLONDE, Endor, Cloonee and more.

17 September // Basshunter ‘All I’ve Ever Wanted’ and ‘Now You’re Gone’ live at Code. What a time to be alive.

18 September // Wonderland with Wes The launch of Code’s new club night sees Wes from Love Island stop by for a drink or two.

19 September // Pounded Shots, bottles, spirits, entry – everything costs a quid!

20 September // Jump Around Jump around celebrates 13 years in Sheffield doing what it does best – throwing a party!

23 September // Welcome Party with Joey Essex The Only Way Is Essex star Joey Essex welcomes all the new whippersnappers to Sheff. £1.50 drinks all neyt, snazzy.

25 September // Wonderland with Jack Fowler Code’s second Wonderland of the year hosted by new Jack (Fowler) from this year’s Love Island.

26 September – Pounded with MC Devvo Donny soldier Devvo is back, ‘m8’.

27 September // North vs.

Midlands vs. South Bar Crawl Code’s biggest bar crawl ever featuring OneFourOne, Players Bar, Molly Malone’s, Firepit Rocks, Maida Vale, Tiger Works, Soyo and West Street Live.

Corp

The Leadmill

17 September // Official Freshers Opening Party Corp is a place all Freshers must experience; just don’t let too many coloured pints write you off for the rest of the week.

19 September // School Disco Freshers Special School Uniform is mandatory.

20 September // Root vs Displace Drum and bass all night long.

17 September // Sliced Bread Two rooms of bassline, garage, grime, DnB and jungle.

20 September // Club Tropicana (Exposed Award winner 2018) A night of 80s pop, disco and timeless anthems. Expect inflatables, confetti cannons and rubber ducks.

21 September // Gaga Freshers Carnivale Two rooms of top tunes featuring Rihanna, Arctic Monkeys, Kanye West and The Smiths.

25 September // Silent Disco Chart classics, indie bangers and rock anthems - three channels of music, so no arguing about where to head out.

26 September // Paint Party Sheffield’s messiest night out – literally. Leadmill DJ Jimmy May will be dropping the anthems.

Foundry 15 September // Pop Tarts Retro pop all night long from the 50s all the way through to the 2000s.

16 September // Full Moon Beach Party Beach party vibes, in Sheffield!

Expect bucket cocktails, glow sticks, and neon face paint.

17 September // Frat Party House party vibes complete with the one essential item that makes this night authentic – RED PLASTIC CUPS.

O2 Academy 24 Sep // Big Freshers Ice Breaker Get to know your flatmates at one of the UK’s biggest touring student nights.

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WHEN THE SUN GOES DOWN

YOUR ESSENTIAL STUDENT GUIDE TO HITTING THE TILES IN SHEFF CITY CENTRE THE BIG-HITTERS

TANK This subterranean house music venue hosts some massive student nights including SunKen: a mix of special guests and residents playing until the wee hours. tanksheffield.co.uk

THE LEADMILL A hugely popular late-night destination known for top-notch indie nights. Its famous stage has seen the likes of Pulp, Oasis and Stone Roses tread the boards. www.leadmill.co.uk

Plug 17 September // Freshers Neon Glow Rave Plug hosts a massive neon party.

Neon face paint, neon lights, neon glow sticks. Neon everything.

26 September // Freshers House Party Huge house party vibes at this one with red cups, confetti cannons and a staple of the party – beer pong.

CODE

O2 ACADEMY

An award-winning city centre dance haven. Building on its recent success, CODE’s warehouse room has seen the club lauded as one of the best DJ venues in Yorkshire. codesheffield.com

O2 Academy Sheffield doesn’t just host a range of student-friendly club nights and some of the best live gigs in the city, but other must-attend events such as the Alternative Sheffield Freshers’ Fair. academymusicgroup.com

HOPE WORKS North-east of the city centre is Hope Works, a low-key rave shrine. With occasional events featuring some of the best DJ talent from all over the globe, it’s one of our nightlife gems. hope-works.co.uk

Tank

CORPORATION

14 September // Leftwing & Kody + Mason Collective at Danza House music, confetti, inflatables and a packed line-up.

15 September // SASASAS at Creation!

Jamie Duggan, Corrupt, Ryan James and more to be announced for this guaranteed roadblock event.

21 September // Darkzy ‘Dark Nightz’ UK Tour One of the biggest names in the world of bass comes to Sheffield topping a huge line-up.

A sweaty, sticky Sheffield institution, Corp is one of the biggest clubs in the city and renowned across the UK. The Wednesday Skool Disco is a time-honoured rite of passage for new students. corporation.org.uk

Viper Rooms 28 September // Adam from Love Island Another big night from Voodoo Events ft. Adam McDermott .

FLIP OVER TO PAGE 61 FOR OUR NIGHTLIFE SECTION CONTAINING A FULL RUNDOWN OF THIS MONTH’S UNDERGROUND CLUBBING EVENTS.

CARVER STREET Sheffield’s busiest street for student nights out offers four popular late-night bars and clubs: Viper Rooms, Crystal, Paris and Popworld.

These form the infamous Carver Street Block Party, allowing entry to all venues for the price of one.

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YELLOW ARCH STUDIOS

BLOO 88

A famed recording studio and events spot situated in the city’s Neepsend suburb, this multi-room venue regularly hosts late-night parties covering a wide range of genres. yellowarch.com

This beautifully renovated and ideally located bar in the city centre oozes warmth. Go for the mighty fine pizzas and cocktails, as well as events such as dance classes. bloo88.com

FEZ CLUB

ECCLESALL ROAD

OHM SHEFFIELD

This legendary clubbing institution recently reopened following its much-maligned closure in 2015 with a new location and state-ofthe-art sound and lighting systems. clubfez.co.uk

Popular with Hallam students and Sheffielders alike, Eccy Road, as it is affectionaly known by the locals, is a top day sesh destination. There’s a Spoons, two mirco-pubs, the Nursery Tav and the Porter Brook - all hugely popular with students.

There’s tons of restaurants too, from fine dining to casual tapas.

Take your pick from Italian, Indian, Mexican, Mediterranean, Chinese and more!

Kitted out in decadent fashion across two floors, this new(ish) bar situated in the West One complex has a team of talented mixologists serving up a range of special cocktails throughout the night. ohm-sheffield.com

AREA SHEFFIELD Area is situated in the building which once held Sheffield ‘superclub’, Embrace. The venue also hosts the official Gatecrasher reunion parties. areasheffield.co.uk

FORUM A city centre hotspot when the sun decides to put his hat on, this is the perfect spot for summertime boozing, any time of the day! forumsheffield.co.uk

MOLLY MALONE’S

THE WICK AT BOTH ENDS

GREEN ROOM

A bustling little bar on Division Street, The Gatsby is open everyday from midday ‘til late. Go for topnacho Mexican street food, stay for the knockout cocktails and dancing. thegatsbybar.co.uk

Opening early September on West Street, this Irish tavern promises an authentic experience and plenty of party vibes. Great for sports over the weekend (think Premier League, UFC, boxing) and live music Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. molly-malones.co.uk

A popular late-night destination offering a variety of cocktails and good tunes until 2am, with a few fine ales and beers thrown int’ mix too. thewickatbothends.co.uk

After a recent refurb and ideally located right next to Devonshire Green, The Green Room is a popular hangout for those who love live music, beer and legendary breakfasts. Trust us, they are truly biblical. greenroombar.co.uk

THE HARLEY

SOYO

Not only is The Harley an incredibly popular live music venue, but it’s also a favourite late-night spot for stopouts and home of the legendary Twisted Burger Company during the day. theharley.co.uk

A bustling late bar on Rockingham Street offers a range of nights out and quality local DJs with a penchant for RnB and old-school party classics. soyo.me

ON A LATE’UN?

THE GREAT GATSBY

WEST STREET LIVE THE WASHINGTON Open ‘til the early hours and based next to the student accommodation complexes surrounding Dev Green, this fabled alt-rock boozer is a spot to both start and end the night. thewashington.pub

West Street Live is known for its live music and frivolity. With its historical exterior and quality sound, it is one of Sheffield’s classic venues. Plus, it’s dirt cheap. weststreetlive.co.uk

BUNGALOWS AND BEARS A comfortable place to lounge around in its massive booths by day and a lively atmosphere by night, Bungalows is best for chills and alternative DJ playlists. PS: 2-4-1 Tuesdays are perfect for cheap grub. bungalowsandbears.com

TIGER WORKS

BIERKELLER

A bar and cocktail lounge with a suave design and a very busy dancefloor. There are usually plenty of drinks offers to browse and you can spend the evening bopping to the finest dance and RnB numbers. tiger-works.co.uk

Grab your best pair of lederhosen and head to West Street for a stein and a singalong to the Oompah Band. Dancing on the chairs is allowed, and it’s open until 3am each weeknight. PROST! theoriginalbierkeller.com

PS: DON’T BE A PILLOCK AND BLOW ALL YOUR STUDENT LOAN ON THE ALE – OKAY?

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Returning Sheffield students, it’s bloody lovely to have you nestled warmly back into the Steel City’s bosom. West Street Live and midweek Leadmill visits just haven’t been the same without you.

To bring you all back up to speed, here are some new places which have sprung up while you were raiding the cupboards back home.

COMING SOON Oliver’s Sheffield (Sep) Contemporary bistro on Sharrowvale Road specialising in gourmet salads and sandwiches.

GRAFFITI

TURTLE BAY

Providing more scope to the impressive food and drink scene down Kelham, this bar/restaurant has replaced the popular Bhaji Shop – Thali Café and serves tasty Thai street food in a relaxed setting. Next door to the Kelham Kitchen and Wine Bar and overlooking the river, it’s perfect for some al fresco action.

2A-2B Ball Street

The popular Caribbean restaurant chain brought its lively vibes and flavoursome grub to the city centre last month, setting up shop in a brand new unit at the side of City Hall. Head down to sample the extensive menu or enjoy a few post-lecture cocktails (2-4-1 happy hour drinks available until 7pm everyday).

18 Holly St

CARGO HOLD

FIREPIT ROCKS

Bringing a Mediterranean seafood grill to the city centre, this bar/restaurant is situated in a Grade II-listed building – originally a law chamber from the 19th century – will also serve up an innovative cocktail menu and quality coffees. Sign up to their mailing list at cargohold.co.uk for 20% off your first bill.

20 Church Street

A rebrand on the Firepit BBQ restaurant, FirePit Rocks has returned in the form of a fully-fledged American dive bar. Expect: live sports, blaring rock ‘n’ roll, live music, plus an abundance of beer and wings. It’s open late too, not shutting its doors until 2am on weekdays and 3am on weekends.

138 West Street

Cat’s Pyjamas (Sep 5) Indian street food and craft beer specialists heading to Ecclesall Road.

Kollective Coffee (Sep) Independent cafe by Hayley Glover, (former head chef at Thyme Cafe), Tom and Owen – all of whom used to work at the Grind Cafe in Kelham Island.

Molly Malone’s (Sep 14) The old Huttons Bar unit is being transformed into a student-friendly Irish tavern.

PROOVE PIZZA

QUEER JUNCTION

If you’re already a fan of the Broomhill-based dough connoisseurs, you’ll know that they serve up some of the finest wood-fired pizzas in the city. In which case it should also please you to know that they’ve opened a spanking new 170-seater restaurant out in Centertainment, a stone’s throw from Meadowhall and just a 15-minute journey from town on the tram.

Broughton Lane

As part of plans to establish a thriving Gay Quarter in the city, Queer Junction opened up next door to the already well-established Dempsey’s nightclub.

Promoting a friendly, inclusive atmosphere, the venue is open from 4.30pm-3am Sun-Thur, and 4.30pm-5am Fri-Sat. 139 The Moor

Pitcher & Piano (Oct 19) Sheffield will soon get its own instalment of the well-known food and cocktail chain in the old NUM building.

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TRADITIONAL PUB

BATH HOTEL City centre Tucked away behind West Street is this little gem of a boozer. Oldschool, full of character and always featuring a cracking selection of beers on draught.

BROTHERS ARMS Heeley One of the most spectacular views from a beer garden in the city, catch a clear view of the sun setting over the Sheffield skyline from the leafy suburb of Heeley.

FAT CAT Kelham Island Award-winning boozer The Fat Cat nails the traditional pub vibe with a great selection of rotating ales, a nice snug and a cosy beer garden.

SHAKESPEARES

CRAFTY

HEAD OF STEAM

Abbeydale Road Famed locally for its selection of ales, spacious beer garden and Sunday roasts, The Broady is always worth the short walk out of town.

Shalesmoor This CAMRA award-winning pub has gone from strength-to-strength with enthusiatic regulars, innovative beers and a reputation for its live music.

THE THREE TUNS

SHEFFIELD TAP

City centre Another traditional pub found just off West Street, the former nun’s warehouse is known for being a charming boozer and an architect’s dream due to its iconic triangular shaped corner. One for the dads.

City centre Found on Platform 1B of Sheffield train station, Sheffield Tap has a huge selection of beers from all over the world. Cask, draught, bottled – it’s perfect for a quick pint on the way home to see yer fam.

THE BROADFIELD

City centre Popular with after-work drinkers and students due to its city centre location, this large pub next to the Crucible prides itself on a variety of cask and craft offerings.

BAR STEWARDS Shalesmoor A small but significant addition to the scene, Bar Stewards opened a little over a year ago. You’ll find owners Charlie and Alan deep in conversation about a triple hopped IPA imported from the US. Probably.

BREW DOG Devonshire Street The natural choice for hop-heads.

Sheffield’s Brew Dog has 20 keg lines, a seemingly unlimited bottle collection and delicious pizza menu made fresh in the bar.

Photo from Public Bar by India Hobson

FORUM Devonshire Street Popular with students and weekend drinkers due to its selection of craft beers and Sheffield ales, the recently introduced Slice Bar has proved a big hit with student regulars.

ITCHY PIG Broomhill There isn’t a lack of boozers in Broomhill, but few have the selection and intimate atmosphere as the Itchy Pig on Glossop Road.

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OLD WORKSHOP

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Kelham Island A winning collaboration between booze aficionado Tom Harrington of the Beer Engine on London Road and the owners of the old Bhaji Shop, Old Workshop has made an impression in Kelham Island. It prioritises good beer, great music and a chilled atmosphere.

Abbeydale Road Gig venue, cinema, ping pong, cocktail bar and Italian street food all rolled into one cool, quirky little venue. Sounds reyt, dunnit?

REVOLUCION DE CUBA City centre Based in a transformed old tram shed thirty seconds off West Street, this Havana-inspired bar brings tasty Latin food to the heart of Sheffield. Rum is the order of the day, with an admirable range of rum-based cocktails on offer.

RIVERSIDE Kelham Island Famous for the Instagram-worthy neon sign on the side of the pub and the beer garden overlooking the River Don, the Riverside is the go-to place when the sun comes out.

CAFE TOTEM City centre A champion of the local music scene, this venue is perfect for sweaty gigs from up-and-coming indie bands, affordable bands - and cheap pizza!

SENTINEL BREWING CO City centre One of the few boozers in Sheffield where you can see the full brewing process of your pint. The artisan food on offer isn’t bad either.

COCKTAILS

PUBLIC City centre A vintage-style speakeasy built in the Town Hall’s old gents toilets.

It’s certainly worth and treating yourself to the food and cocktail menu here.

SPORTS

CHAMPS

BLOO 88 West Street Popular for its salsa sessions, cocktails and happy hour offers, Bloo 88 has got a rep for serving some of the best pizza in the Steel City.

CUBANA Leopold Square With the biggest collection of rum in the UK outside of London, live music and salsa dancing, Cubana is proper top night out.

PIÑA Kelham Island Unique to the area, Piña specialise in all things Mexican. We’re talking tacos, tequila and a mezzanine dedicated to live sports.

Ecclesall Road 30 HD TVs, big beer garden, sports – what’s not to like?

OHM City centre Set out over two floors and a terrace space out front for those bank holiday specials, OHM has made a name for itself since opening in 2017. Found in the West One complex at the end of Devonshire Street.

THE COMMON ROOM Division Street Showing all the sports, all day, everyday. Situated above its sister venue The Forum, there’s screens everywhere you look, Americansized pool tables and packages for group bookings.

WICK AT BOTH ENDS West Street There’s summat for everyone at the Wick. Ale, innovative cocktails and a huge selection of liquor, plus a 2am close time every night, even during the week, makes it a popular hangout for students.

THE CAVENDISH West Street A plethora of screens, big and small, showing all the big live games – throw in craft beer options, offers on sharer food trays and pitchers along with a suntrap beer garden.

BARS

STOCKING UP

THE FROG & PARROT

BEER CENTRAL

Division Street Regular guest DJs and live bands set this pub apart from the traditional English boozer.

The Moor Market Stocking over 400 bottles from all over the world, Beer Central has been fulfilling Sheffielder’s boozy needs for years now.

THE DEVONSHIRE CAT Wellington Street Abbeydale Brewery’s flagship venue is a spacious, open-plan beer heaven (12 cask, 16 keg and 200+ bottles) as well as serving various cocktails and a wide food menu which offers 20% discount for students.

HOP HIDEOUT Abbeydale Road Jules at Hop Hideout has collected hundreds of quirky beers from around the world, and there’s even a tasting room so you can try before you buy.

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The brainchild of Bring Me The Horizon lead singer Oli Sykes, Church is situated inside the historic Osborn Works on Rutland Way – a short stroll from the bustling Kelham Island area – and has quickly established itself as one of the city’s premier hangout spots.

fresh. There’s a fine selection of craft beers from the usual well-known breweries such as Beavertown, Cloudwater and Magic Rock, plus a rotating selection of local ales on offer, while the in-house cocktails each have their own signature Church twist.

Here are just a few reasons why we’d highly recommend a visit for any Sheffield students looking to enjoy some downtime...

Get Gigging

Game On Step inside and you’ll be greeted by a selection of retro arcade classics – everything from Mortal Kombat to Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. If you’re fancying more of a contemporary gaming experience, the cosy Playstation pods provide PS4s with a wide range of titles to browse.

Fancy going seriously old school? No problem. There’s pinball and pool on offer too.

LIVE MUSIC, VEGAN FOOD, COCKTAILS, RETRO GAMING AND SOUTH AMERICAN RELIGIOUS ICONOGRAPHY – CHURCH OPENED THE DOORS TO ITS ‘TEMPLE OF FUN’ BACK IN JULY THIS YEAR.

Fill Up One of Sheffield’s most-loved vegan gaffs, Make No Bones, came onboard and relocated to set up their street food kitchen inside the venue. Everything from their signature avocado wings to seitan doner kebabs is included – or if you’re really hungry, the Moving Mountains B12 Burger will quench even the biggest of appetites. Food service is available seven days week, starting at 10am with breakfast and runing until 9pm. Big groups can also be catered for.

Naturally, with a BMTH member at the helm, live music was always going to be a big part of the offering here. As a 220-capacity music venue, Church has already hosted a number of gigs and there’s an album launch party for pop-punks Boston Manor scheduled in on 8 September.

Head to templeof.fun/pages/events for the latest updates and tickets.

Good Vibes The bar is open until 1am on Fridays and Saturdays, with DJs playing from 8pm onwards. There’ll be a mix of genres and styles included, but the overall atmosphere is a friendly, chilled one perfect for unwinding and socialising in groups. There’s even a free confessional (photo)booth situated towards the back in case you want to create a lasting memory of your night out. Another distinctive key feature at Church is the spacious outdoor balcony overhanging the River Don, an ideal spot for enjoying some al fresco drinks on sunny days or mild evenings.

Coming Soon...

Drink Up

Work on the upcoming on-site tattoo parlour is well underway. Keep ‘em peeled on their socials for more info.

Like the food, the bar is 100% vegan-friendly – from the drinks to cleaning products used to keep it looking

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THERE’S A LOT MORE TO THIS PLACE THAN WHAT MEETS THE EYE. SEEK OUT THESE HIDDEN GEMS OF SHEFFIELD AND YE SHALL BE REWARDED…

THE AUDACIOUS ART EXPERIMENT What: This fittingly named record label seeks to liberate the arts from corporate clutches, releasing choice local music from their modest premises that also offers a space for gigs, a ‘music lab’ and an art exhibition. In terms of door policy, there’s also a widely welcomed “no dickheads” rule. No arguments there.

Why: Creatives and ‘people’ people should absolutely give this social artistic hub a visit. To those passionate about local music and artistic integrity: what are you waiting for?! You’ll find plenty of nice folk and inspiration in spades.

Where: TAAE is located just across from Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane, roughly a half an hour walk from the UoS campus and slightly quicker from the city centre. As far as calling ahead goes, music lovers are encouraged to “just come round” by the label’s Facebook page.

THE BEAR PIT What: The Bear Pit is just a small feature of Sheffield’s beautiful Botanical Gardens, but an important piece of the city’s past. Much like the Alfred Denny Museum, it represents a time when collecting animals for our fascination was more morally ambiguous. Thankfully, times have changed and the pit has remained bearless since a child was tragically killed after falling in during the 1870s – though a rusted steel statue serves as a sobering reminder.

Why: The Gardens describe the Bear Pit as “the finest surviving example in the UK”. The reason? For decades, it was preserved by being Yorkshire’s biggest compost pit. Also, as mentioned before, the Botanical Gardens are bloody lovely anyway.

Where: A 15-minute walk from the University of Sheffield campus, past the Royal Hallamshire Hospital and along Clarkehouse Road. Getting the bus is recommended for Hallam students living in the city centre, but the gardens can also be accessed from Eccy Road, just up from collegiate campus. The gardens open early and the gates are locked at 7.45pm (4pm in winter).

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ALFRED DENNY MUSEUM OF ZOOLOGY What: Even some lifelong locals haven’t heard of the Alfred Denny Museum.

Reopened in 2012, this zoological marvel was renovated to hold large glass cabinets full of specimens gained from over 100 years of collecting. There’s even evidence of now-extinct animals. To properly epitomise the museum’s pedigree, it holds two letters written by Charles Darwin.

Why: Each free tour is run by a friendly student guide with an intimate knowledge of the museum. It’s an incredible step backwards in time, back when the best way to understand how the natural world worked was to take it apart and squeeze it into a jar with some alcohol. There’s an awful lot that visitors of all ages stand to learn and even be inspired by in just a single tour.

Where: The museum can be found in the Alfred Denny Building at the heart of the university campus, and the other side of the underpass from the University of Sheffield’s Students’ Union. Tours start at 10am, 11am and 12pm on the first Saturday of each month, so get your place booked at sheffield.ac.uk/alfred-dennymuseum.

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THE RED DEER

SOUTH STREET KITCHEN What: Situated in Park Hill flats just above the train station, this independent coffee space with a focus on community and Middle Eastern food is the very definition of a hidden gem.

Why: Sheffield is spoilt for choice when it comes to great coffee shops, but the recently opened venue is well worth a trip out of the city centre. A softly lit interior that mixes chic design with bare concrete lends itself nicely to mulling ideas over or setting the world to rights. Knock back a Dark Woods coffee, craft beer or a wine, and for food sample the falafel and flatbreads.

Where: A short walk up behind the train station towards the Park Hill building takes you straight to the cafe.

Open from Monday to Saturday, normal closing time is 5pm, but Fridays are later at 10pm. For full menus and maps, visit southstreetkitchen.org

What: The Red Deer is one of the cosiest boozers in the city centre. There’s a decent little beer garden around back for summer sessions and during the winter they’ll get the fire going, but all-year-round you can expect the same standard of quality ales and homely grub. There’s a fairly large food menu on offer too, ranging from tapas, burgers, sandwiches and a “main menu” which features some classic pub snap.

Why: Whether it be midweek or a busy Friday night, you’ll get the same warm hospitality at the Red Deer. There’s a load of choice when it comes to food and drink, too. Kick back with some tapas dishes and a vegan real ale and get involved in the pub quiz.

Where: Head down West Street until you hit the Wick at Both Ends and turn right down Mappin Street, away from all the hustle and bustle of the city centre.

BISHOP’S HOUSE

FOODHALL What: Foodhall represents a new wave of community-focused initiatives that exist to support and give back. Founded by University of Sheffield students, the city centre venue aims to “tackle social isolation and encourage integration across a diverse range of community groups”. In other words, it’s a place where people come together and customers give what they can (‘pay-as-you-feel’).

Why: It’s fair to say that supporting Foodhall is directly supporting the local community. The venue has so many different purposes that you might find yourself attending for many different reasons across the year. From Festival of the Mind and Tramlines Fringe to pottery crafting workshops, communal dinner parties to the monthly Culture Quarter Market, there is a staggering number of reasons to head down or get involved. Speaking of which, Foodhall also encourages all kinds of volunteering and donations that extend beyond just money, including giving ingredients and sharing your skills by hosting a workshop. Listing every function of and way to help the project in this space is impossible, so please give their website a thorough read at foodhallproject.org Where: You can find Foodhall just behind The Moor in the city centre, and a short walk from Plug nightclub. Standard opening times are limited to Thursdays and Fridays from 10am till 3pm, although special events occasionally occur in slots outside of these times on Wednesday and Friday evenings. For a full list of upcoming events, visit facebook.com/foodhallproject.

What: A recent study of tree rings found that the timber-framed Bishop’s House was likely built in 1554. This hides a bigger revelation: that despite the name suggests, it was built too late for bishops to ever have lived there. This well-preserved example offers a public museum for a slice of what life might have been like.

Why: The house is a time capsule once surrounded by fields, still standing in the middle of a vibrant city. It opens out onto the stunning views of Meersbrook Park, so it’s the perfect opportunity to indulge in some early Sheffield history, have a nice stroll, and get some superb panoramics for your Insta.

Where: This one’s a bit further out of town, but easily reachable by bus. The number 20 from the Moor bus stop will take you straight there in about 30 minutes. The house is open weekends from 10am till 4pm, so bring a picnic and set up shop for the afternoon in the park.

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BAL FASHIONS Another recent addition to Sheffield’s creative quarter down on Exchange Street is BAL Fashions - an art, music and events space. It’s part of a wider effort to revive the Castlegate Quarter which you could help support.

THE DOROTHY PAX Off the beaten track just outside of the city centre alongside Victoria Quays, the Dorothy Pax is quite literally built upon Sheffield history. Perfect for sunny days, there’s a nice, quirky vibe and regular live gigs to enjoy.

SHARROWVALE ROAD A haven for independent businesses, you can find Pete McKee’s art shop, a craft beer bottle shop and some great Sheffield pubs like the Lescar and Porter Cottage down this stretch of road, not to mention incredible independent eateries like the Greedy Greek Deli and Pom Kitchen.

DELICIOUS CLAM What: An independent record label and recording studio, this former wig shop functions as a venue for low-key gigs and clubnights, usually run by the Clam themselves. Artists from far and wide come to the city to play gigs here, with a specific emphasis on promoting innovative DIY music.

Why: With proceeds from events often going to charity, a stripped-back BYOB vibe and a strict ‘don’t be a dick’ rule, you’ll find it hard to not have a good time here.

There’s a cool little scene bubbling up in the Casltegate area, you could no worse than nipping down for a gig with a few tinnies.

Where: With the likes of Bal Fashions and Plot 22 on the same stretch of road, Delicious Clam sits in the heart of the creative hub of Exchange Street. It’s just a short walk from the train station so if you’re knocking about town without a plan, it’s never more than a brisk 10-minute walk away.

BEAR TREE RECORDS PUBLIC We can speak for most Sheffielders when we say that the opening of Public last winter caused huge excitement around the city. Turning the old gentlemen’s toilets at the Town Hall into a speakeasy cocktail bar was no mean feat, but goddamn it, they well and truly pulled it off.

GARDENERS REST This community-owned Neepsend boozer was taken over by its regulars a year ago and has come on leaps and bounds ever since. Not only are the ales well-priced and local, but the unique beer garden offers a tranquil seat alongside the River Don.

What: One of Sheffield’s favourite record stores, Bear Tree recently moved away from its home in Orchard Square to a much larger unit in the Forum on Devonshire Street. Owner Joe Blanchard has worked in record shops for over a decade, with stints at Selectadisc in Nottingham, Jacks Records (formerly Division St) and Record Collector in Broomhill. Safe to say, he knows his stuff.

Why: The more spacious surroundings of the Forum have allowed Bear Tree to stock even more rare records. Browse your way through their carefully selected range of popular and underground artists, covering everything from indie to punk, psych, rock, techno, soul, folk, experimental, jazz, metal and even the odd soundtrack.

Where: Tucked away at the back of a Devonshire Street boozer, you’ll find the Forum Shops and Boutiques - a hub of independent businesses. As well as Bear Tree Records, you’ll find the likes of Follow Your Dreams Tattoo, Honky Tonk’s Barber Shop, Owl and The Pussycat Piercing, Phone-Geeks, The Savage Sister, Slugger Skate Store and Vulgar Vintage.

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Shakespeares forthcoming events Saturday 15th Krapwerk - our annual gig from this fantastic Kraftwerk tribute act playing the best electronic tunes from the 70’s and 80’s. Doors at 8pm. Free entry (unless you want to buy them a beer).

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

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Monday 17th Byronic Sex & Exile - Gothism tour – Supported by AMereKat, these guys are on a mission to bring revolutionary zeal and romantic passion back to goth. The gig will include a performance of ‘GOTHISM,’ their new album, as well as some older tracks and spoken word material. Doors at 8:00pm, Entry ÂŁ5 OTD.

Saturday 6th Eliminator Gig – Supported by Ascalon, Aggressive Perfector and Pink Cigs, Eliminator is a five piece heavy metal band based in Lancaster. Taking influence from the great heavy metal bands of past, their forerunners and a plethora of long forgotten acts that are now unjustly resigned to obscurity, they aim to play a traditional and direct style of heavy metal that unashamedly looks to the past for inspiration and rejects the dubious trends rife in today’s metal scene. Starts at 7:00pm, Entry £5 OTD

Thursday 4th October Harri Endersby - Folk gig - From acoustic to electronic, Harri Endersby blurs the lines of the folk genre, drawing inspiration from both contemporary and traditional music, as well as the rugged landscape of County Durham, the place that she calls home. Doors at 7:30, Entry TBC

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TAKING IT TO THE STREET

One of the biggest events on the student social calendar is Peddler Night Market. The event takes place on the first weekend of every month at 92 Burton Road – a huge warehouse space bang in the middle of Kelham Island.

There’s live music, DJs, street food and a couple of bars, but it’s the choice on offer which makes this event a highlight for most people in Sheffield. From the Nether Edge Pizza Company to Cow Boy Burgers, vegan/veggie traders and various worldwide cuisine, the sheer volume of diverse street food vendors to pick from is huge.

The huge bar list grows month by month too, with local breweries featuring among the UK’s finest craft beer purveyors. There’s plenty of wine and cider on offer, plus a dedicated gin bar out in the courtyard where you’ll find a live music stage with the best up-and-coming artists from Sheffield and beyond.

The courtyard is a permanent home for independent businesses The Depot Bakery, Sheffield Cheesemasters and Russell’s Bicycle Shed to name but a few – all of which benefit from the swathes of people who head down to a Peddler event.

Make a night of it with music from local DJs from opening at 2pm ‘til around 11pm – so whether people are popping in for an hour or staying for a session, there’s plenty to get cracking with.

EXTRA PEDDLER! Keep an eye out for Veg Out at Peddler. Taking place every few months at 92 Burton Road, Veg Out is your usual Peddler event, but featuring entirely vegetarian and vegan traders.

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THINGS EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FRESHMANS They love you guys Freshmans have now sold vintage wares to over three generations of Sheffielders, but it’s always had a special relationship with the native student population. The pricing is deliberately reasonable and they offer 10% off every purchase with a valid NUS card. Even students who’ve left the city following the end of their studies have been known to travel back for a visit and a browse!

It’s pretty famous around these ends The Carver Street store is a certified institution when it comes to the Steel City fashion scene, selling the latest vintage trends for over two decades and paving the way for unique, thrifty dressing since its origins above the Forum in the mid-90s.

They’re perfectly located You might know Carver Street as home to popular student haunts such as Viper Rooms, Crystal and Popworld. If you haven’t been there for a night out yet, it’s in the centre of town and connects the bottom end of Division Street to West Street. Give it a Google.

It’s the best place to get your Leadmill threads Freshmans have partnered up with the popular student haunt so you can blag a cheap outfit for Thursday nights out at Club Tropicana. Simply flash your e-ticket at the till and they’ll sort you out with a handy 20% discount off their wide selection of Hawaiian shirts.

They’re 100% original Even though vintage has become something of a buzz word in the fashion industry these days, with various high street chains jumping on the bandwagon, Freshmans has always been about focusing on innovative styles and creating new trends.

“It’s about helping people create their own individuality,” says Louisa. “We’re selling clothes to last and aim to cater for everyone. We’ll always have our eyes on the latest trends, of course, but we’re happy to lead the way too. We’re moving forward and with the addition of womenswear and the reworked clothing range, long may Freshmans continue!”

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Keep an eye out for Freshmans at the student freshers fairs on 28 September for University of Sheffield at the Octagon, and 2 October for Sheffield Hallam at The Hubs.

Vintage fashion is not about looking for a uniform: it’s about creating your own look.

No rights or wrongs. No judgements.

It’s about providing the freedom to express who you are.

It’s what makes vintage shopping a different experience to any other, and that’s what we always strive to provide here at Freshmans.

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A mixture of late nights, stressful deadlines and the odd bout of homesickness can make student life a bit of a struggle at times.

Therefore, it’s extra-important to factor some self-care into your schedule to stay sharp, healthy and happy.

This could be anything from joining a local yoga class to getting stuck into a book at your favourite café for a couple of hours. If you’re looking for some ‘you time’, here’s a whole host of activities which could be up your street.

ART AND SOUL Ever wanted to explore your artistic side, but your painting isn’t up to scratch and your pottery knowledge consists of watching Ghost? The Art House could be of assistance.

Located just off Division Street, this multipurpose venue/charity hosts tens of classes that range from drawing to pottery. It’s a caring social enterprise that actively promotes the mental health benefits of being creative.

You can make a full day of it as there’s a vegetarian café and exhibition space on-site. arthousesheffield.co.uk

GAME ON ESCAPE ROOMS The ‘Escape Room’ phenomenon has taken the UK by force and Sheffield has become a prime spot to partake in the latest craze, offering a selection of themed challenges to pit your wits against. Maybe you want to test friendships or properly evaluate your new flatmates? Either way, the Escape Rooms demand cooperation, teamwork and logical reasoning for success. thegreatescaperoom.co.uk

Enjoy board games? What about beer, wine, or tasty treats? Or how about just spending an afternoon or evening with your mates engrossed in friendly (or not) competition?

The Treehouse Café on Boston Street has all the classics, as well as many you’ll probably never have played before. It’s time to throw down the gauntlet and show your pals it’s not all based on the whimsical throw of a dice.

Student discounts available! Just head along to the website for more info. treehousesheffield.com

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GO BURLESQUE The hit-show group mixing burlesque and cabaret performance with comedy and satire now offer classes for anyone interested in getting involved in fun, alternative performance. Experienced dancer Audrey Hepkat of Burly-Q is tutoring anyone keen to learn the skills behind this vibrant, esteem-boosting and daring entertainment in all its vintage glory. burlyq.co.uk

YOU, OUTSIDE, NOW!

RAMBLE ON

Sheffield is a wonderful city for many reasons, one of which being its close proximity to natural beauty.

Head towards Castleton in the Peak District and it won’t be long before you see signs for Mam Tor. This striking outcrop and the surrounding area are just begging to be traversed, boots on and camera in hand. It’s just one of many breathtaking destinations in the Peaks, but in terms of views this circular walk is right up there. Whatever the time of day and whatever the weather, this vast open landscape constantly changes in beguiling new ways. Now, head out and breathe in that natural goodness! visitpeakdistrict.com

A perfect way to see picturesque sides of the city and burn a few calories while you’re at it, The Sheffield Round Walk takes hikers through suburbs and rural areas in a 15-mile loop that includes some beautiful sightseeing and spectacular countryside routes. sheffield-round-walk

SHARE TOGETHER

KEEP ON RUNNING

PAMPER TIME

Volunteering. Donating. Supporting the community. Foodhall’s holistic approach to social enterprise means there are all sorts of reasons to head down, whether as a customer or to help out. Workshops, communal food events and live music round out a packed calendar that begs to be checked out by anyone seeking some feelgood vibes and a karmic win. facebook.com/foodhallproject

Every Saturday at 9am, Sheffield residents gather in areas across the city to race against each other, the clock or themselves. These 5K park runs are a reliable, free and easy way to let off some steam and socialise with members of the local community. Notable routes include the parks at Endcliffe, Graves and Hillsborough – just remember to preregister before your first run. parkrun.org.uk

What list of feelgood activities is complete without a pampering? Spa 1877’s claim to fame is its Victorian Turkish Baths, the oldest in the world. This, along with its unusual location next to West Street, makes it a convenient and decadent way to refresh and rejuvenate. After all, there are few better feelings in this life than a hot stones massage or melting into a steam room chair. spa1877.com

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JUMP AROUND

AXE TO GRIND

There’s something satisfyingly primal about trampolining - which is weird considering bouncing on flexible mesh was one of the less popular Stone Age pastimes. Maybe it reminds us of our parents throwing us in the air, or dropping us. Who knows? Whatever the case, a 24,000 square foot space filled with trampoline tracks, obstacle courses and activities may be as close as our species ever gets to a higher plane of existence. jump-inc.uk

Ever thought of lobbing something heavy at the wall to release endorphins and relieve stress?

Valhalla Axe Throwing opened during the summer and whilst all you loveable students were away, we hit a few sneaky bullseyes to test the waters. A: It makes you feel like a viking warrior; and B: it really is cathartic. Book online with sessions £20 per head for an hour-and-ahalf slot. It’s the perfect way to relieve tension in an explosive but completely safe way. valhallasheffield.co.uk

FANCY A BREW? Sometimes, when things are getting on top, you can take a needed break with some downtime in a friendly café. Thankfully, Sheffield has ‘em – in abundance.

STEAMYARD Tucked away in a courtyard just off Division Street, Steam Yard is an absolute gem of a place serving up the tastiest donuts in the city. The coffee’s something to shout about, too.

Aberdeen Court, 95-101 Division St, S1 4GE

TAMPER

VISIT MAYFIELD ALPACAS

TIME TO PAWS

Long-necked, fluffy and – let’s face it – pretty odd looking, it’s hard not be charmed by an alpaca. Take yourself away from the hectic city centre environment and up to the picturesque surrounds of Mayfield Valley. It’s been proven that hanging out with animals improves your mental health, plus there’s a visitor centre and plenty else to see for a mere three quid. Oh, and if you’ve never seen an alpaca run, prepare for one of the natural world’s most majestic sights. mayfieldalpacas.com

With cat cafes popping up across the nation, it’s about time Sheffield got in on the action.

A 10-cat clowder greets customers (or doesn’t, depending on how aloof they’re feeling) in a homely atmosphere. Go along and cat-watch over some coffee and sweet treats (vegan options are available). Students get 2-for-1 entry on Tuesdays, and other discounts for people using mental health services are available too.

Be warned, it gets busy on weekends! tabbyteas.co.uk

Found just a few minutes’ walk from Steam Yard, Tamper brings you Antipodean cuisine culture in style. There’s the cosy, quaint unit on Westfield Terrace; or the larger, more food-focused venue near the Hallam Students’ Union. Both are worth a visit.

9 Westfield Terrace // 149 Arundel Street

THE GRIND CAFÉ Current holder of the Best Café/Deli award from this year’s Exposed Awards, this airy Kelham Island spot does superb breakfasts, lunches, salads and their jaw-dropping sausage rolls have achieved legendary status.

3 Green Lane, S3 8SJ

UPSHOT ESPRESSO

BIT OF A STRETCH

The two Upshot cafes, one in Shalesmoor and the other behind the SU Union building on Glossop Road, have a distinctly Scandi-inspired vibe – but with Yorkshire accents. The food and coffee served here is top-notch, with a key emphasis on sustainability.

355 Glossop Rd // 169 Gibraltar Street

BRAGAZZIS HOT YOGA

RISE

Basically, it’s normal yoga but done in a heated room to help relax muscles while making you sweat off the pounds. For even more variety, try out other variants such as aerial yoga, where students hang from the ceiling in a fabric trapeze, and the longer, more educational dharma yoga. hotyogasheffield.co.uk

Located in the KRNKL building on Shalesmoor Roundabout, this novel studio is made up of three shipping containers. From the ultimate relaxation of Chill to the brutal hybrid workout of Yoga Blast, there’s a range of classes both hot and cold along with prices to suit various budgets. r1se.co.uk

THE GREAT OUTDOORS Yoga at the Reach hosts free outdoor classes at the Botanical Gardens. Whether you’re an experienced yoga enthusiast or someone who enjoys toppling over whenever they strike the warrior pose, you can get something out of it. yogaatthereachsheffield.com

For a taste of Italy, look no further than Bragazzis – a longstanding favourite on the café scene and an award-winning deli. Delightfully old-school (no wi-fi here, kids) it’s well worth venturing out of the city centre your fill of coffee, cake, sandwiches and beyond.

224-226 Abbeydale Rd, S7 1FL

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Book Your Urban Axe Throwing Experience Online Today!

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VOLUNTEERING

BRUNCHIN’ Brunch: one meal to rule them all and the perfect way to put a contented smile on your face.

POM KITCHEN

Both universities offer hundreds of ways to help the community, earning yourself some feel-good points in the process. Propose your own long-term projects, or take part in one-off events.

Support asylum seekers, refugees, hospices and local initiatives. Check out Hallam’s Volunteering Fair (15 Oct, HUBS) or both universities’ websites for all the information you’ll need!

Bright, light and healthy, a much-loved addition to the independent culinary scene is Pom Kitchen on Sharrowvale Road. This all-day vegan and vegetarianfriendly eatery offers healthy, nutritional and delicious dishes away from the bustle of Sheffield’s main food strips. It’s perfect for a little bit of R & R. 388 Sharrow Vale Rd

MADE BY JONTY Trek a little further along Sharrowvale’s indie food showcase and you’ll find Jonty’s. Touted by many as the best full English in the city, it’s a true brunch and brekkie gem - just make sure you get in early to avoid queues.

363 Sharrow Vale Rd

THE CABIN The cosy Cabin at the bottom of the Moor promises to pick you up in warm, friendly and comfortable surroundings. You can recline in large leather chairs while you sip ethically-sourced coffees or indulge yourself with the responsibly and locally-sourced food menu, offering all sorts of waffle and pancake-inspired sweet or savoury treats.

20-24 Fitzwilliam Gate

FORGE BAKEHOUSE The aroma of freshly baked goodies is sure to inject positivity into your day, whether it be morning, midday or evening. The Forge Bakehouse delivers such authentic tidbits and even offers classes teaching you how to bake your own handmade delectables.

302 Abbeydale Rd

DEPOT BAKERY The goods from the Depot Bakery supply a number of the establishments mentioned above, and with its own spacious café, it offers an extensive range of breads, pastries, patisserie, and a tempting brunch menu.

The coffee selection is also superb.

92 Burton Rd

SUPPORT

RAG

Feeling good starts within yourself. Make sure you’re getting the support throughout your degree that allows you to manage university life effectively and tackle any issues in living away from home. sheffield.ac.uk/ssid // students.shu.ac.uk/ wellbeing

UK universities generally have a RAG organisation, and Sheffield’s are no different.

These initiatives are a way for students to raise money for a good cause by putting on fundraising events. hallamstudentsunion.com // sheffieldvolunteering.com //sheffieldrag.com

NIGHTLINE

DONATING

Dedicated volunteers are here to support students from both of Sheffield’s universities. Anyone can call, text or instant message, whether you’re dealing with seemingly insurmountable problems or any emotional distress. Nightline will listen without judgement. Of course, there’s also an opportunity to get involved as a volunteer if you’d like to help out. sheffieldnightline.co.uk

Donation initiatives are starting to gain serious traction at universities. British Heart Foundation bags are given out for those moving house with piles of unwanted stuff, while food donations are always welcome through UoS’ Food Drive. Simple gestures like this can make a huge difference. su.sheffield.ac.uk/get-involved/sustainability // hallamstudentsunion.com/donatedontwaste

KEEP TALKIN’ SAMARITANS While not Sheffield-specific, it would be remiss of us not to mention the important work that Samaritans do. Even just a single chat with a sympathetic pair of ears can greatly improve your world view. Sometimes feeling good takes a bit of work, but it’s always worth it. Contact Samaritans Sheffield at 0114 272 4010.

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TRAIN MORE THAN JUST YOUR BRAIN It’s not all boozing and studying, tha knows! Health and wellbeing charity SIV has a number of state-of-the-art sports centres across Sheffield that are accessible for everyone. Starting in September, SIV will be giving students the opportunity to get 30% off Access All Areas membership using the promo code EXPOSED at fitnessunlimited.co.uk. Access all areas includes membership at seven venues across Sheffield plus discounts on other activities like ice skating and court hire.

To mark the arrival and return of students in Sheffield, Ponds Forge will be hosting a student takeover event on 28 September, 1pm-5pm. There’ll be free pizza, DJs, free drinks, goodie bags and a chance for students to try out the facilities at Ponds Forge for free! fitnessunlimited.co.uk/student-takeover

VENUE PROFILE EIS Sheffield Coleridge Road // S9 5DA // info@eis-sheffield.co.uk

Hillsborough Leisure Centre Beulah Road, S6 2AN // info@ hillsboroughlc.co.uk

iceSheffield Coleridge Road // S9 5DA // info@icesheffield.com

Ponds Forge Sheaf Street // S1 2BP // info@ ponds-forge.co.uk

The country’s largest all-accessible multi-sports training centre, EIS is often frequented by elite athletes, businesses and the local community.

The centre has two multi-purpose sports halls, a gym and a 200m indoor athletics arena.

In the heart of S6, Hillsborough this Leisure Centre features a range of indoor facilities that are accessible to all. There’s a gym, spa, sports hall, swimming pool and a number of wave machines - plus two cracking water slides.

ice Sheffield is a National Centre of Excellence for skating, ice dance and ice hockey. There are still a number of activities available to the public though, with regular skating sessions for visitors of all abilities and ages.

Located in Sheffield centre is Ponds Forge – an international sports centre, home to some of Team GB’s diving squad and the local community. With an Olympic sized swimming pool, state of the art gym and spa, Ponds Forge is one of the best facilities in the UK.

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Gypsy Rose Salon, 327 Abbeydale Road, S7 1FS. 0114 438 5827 gypsyrosebeautysalon@gmail.com Gypsy. Rose Beauty Salon

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WHEN IT COMES TO SUPPORTING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS AND PICKING UP BARGAINS, THE MOOR MARKET IS A HIDDEN GEM READY FOR STUDENTS TO DISCOVER. Home to a wide range of traders spanning food, drink, fashion, beauty, and much else besides – the indoor market is perfect if you’re on a budget but don’t want to compromise on quality.

Open from Monday to Saturday, you can find fresh, seasonal produce at good prices – whether you’re after leeks from Lincolnshire or rhubarb from Wakefield. It’s also home to a number of butchers, including speciality pork butchers and fishmongers, who supply restaurants and pubs across the city.

STOCKING UP One of the most popular stalls boasts six floor-to-ceiling shelves full of the latest craft beers from breweries both local and nationwide. Sean, the owner of Beer Central, says that the market allows him to have a city centre venue at the price of a location in the outskirts, so he and the other traders can pass on the saving without having to compromise on quality.

rare cheeses and – if you can handle the heat – Continental Foods stocks the four hottest chillies in the world.

You’re spoilt for choice for fresh meat, and with four butchers stalls to choose from you’ll never be without steak. However, if pork is more your thing then a visit to Waterall Brothers is a must. They’re the speciality pork butcher in the markets selling fresh chops, ribs and their own bacon. They’ve also serve some of the best pork pies in the city – trust us, they’re amazing – made in Neepsend.

Smith and Tissington fishmongers have an amazing selection of fish including the usual favourites of cod, salmon and prawns. If you’re feeling adventurous, they’ve got a seasonal selection from around the world, from Strawberry Grouper out of the Indian Ocean to Himachi from the Pacific. The friendly staff will clean and fillet your fish for you, as well as give you the lowdown on how to cook it perfectly.

GETTING THERE GET STUCK IN! There’s free Wi-Fi and plenty of seating and tables – perfect for a study session fuelled by one of the coffee shops. If you’re feeling peckish, there are number of hot food stalls for lunch as well, whether you are hankering for a traditional hot pork sarnie or tasty Nepalese street food from lunchtime favourites Hungry Buddha.

Speciality items are catered for – from gluten-free bread flour to taro, jackfruit and plantains. The deli counters at S&J Pantry and Dearne Farm Foods are packed full of

You can get to the Moor Market by bus, or it’s a 15-minute walk from the train station and universities. There’s plenty of cycle parking outside and a bank of Amazon lockers inside tt where you can collect deliveries from.

To see a full range of what’s on offer and who the traders are, visit www.sheffieldmarkets.com or pop dowsee for yourself!

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For fresh ideas...

Love Your Moor Market You’ll find a massive choice of fresh produce and value products - make sure you pop in soon!

Home to the biggest number of independent traders in the region Facebook/moormarket @TheMoorMarket www.sheffieldmarkets.com

The Moor Market 77 The Moor Sheffield S1 4PF 68.16

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“Just behind the sstation before you y reach the traffi tra c island

a river runs through a concrete channel I took you there once;

I think it was after the Leadmill” Inspired by the time Jarvis Cocker took an inflatable dinghy down the River Don, Pulp’s track ‘Wickerman’, taken from their 2001 album We Love Life, is one of many songs influenced by the Steel City’s surrounds. By way of a small introduction to our proud musical heritage, here we take a trip around Sheffield via six releases.

PULP SHEFF SHEFFIELD: SEX CITY (B-SIDE TO BABIES) (1992) BABIE A sex sexually-charged narrative tour of his hometown, Cocker grunts of various areas in the names n lusty fashion to an electro-funk backdrop. Dirty sex in dirty tower backd blocks, a mass orgy taking place in block Park Hill flats, wandering the streets Sheffield desperately seeking a of She shag – it’s a horny 2am text from Jarvis to the city itself.

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HUMAN LEAGUE DARE (1981) HEAVEN 17 PENTHOUSE AND PAVEMENT (1981) ARCTIC MONKEYS BENEATH THE BOARDWALK (2004)

RICHARD HAWLEY COLES CORNER (2005) On the corner of Church Street and Fargate stood the entrance to historic department store Cole Brothers, a common meeting point for courting lovers. The record sleeve depicts a young Hawley outside popular landmark Coles Corner, flowers in hand, highlighting the sense of romantic longing that runs through the record.

Not an official recording per se, but a rare collection of 18 early demos featuring the soon-to-be-famous ‘Fake Tales of San Fransisco’, ‘A Certain Romance’ and ‘Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor’ alongside lesser-known tracks such as ‘Ravey Ravey Club’ and ‘Choo Choo’. After handing out CD copies at gigs, the tracks were shared online and one of the first recipients was logged on a computer beneath popular Snig Hill venue The Boardwalk when he saved the files and passed them on, hence the name.

The rest is history.

These two hugely successful records were both born in Monumental Studios, a makeshift studio in West Bar with leaky ceilings and little room. It has since been demolished, but it was here, above a disused vet’s practice, that a charged rivalry between the two groups sharing the space (Human League recorded during the day; Heaven 17 during the night) led to them both producing arguably their finest works.

TONY CHRISTIE MADE IN SHEFFIELD (2008) Despite something of a comical resurgence following the revival of his 1971 hit ‘Amarillo’ by Peter Kay, Christie’s follow-up album saw the Conisbrough-born crooner collaborating with some of the best songwriters and producers in the city. The album was recorded at the iconic Yellow Arch Studios and saw Colin Elliott and Richard Hawley sharing production duties.

Contributions came from the likes of Alex Turner and Jarvis Cocker plus a host of lesser-known local songsmiths such as Martin Bragger (AKA Billy Martin Junior), Sara Jay, who’d previously worked as a session singer with Massive Attack, and Mark Sheridan, a guitarist in Hawley’s band who co-wrote two tracks on this album.

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UNIDAYS

DRUNK MODE

50% off Spotify Premium, 10% off at Apple, 10% off at Just Eat … need we go on? UNiDAYS serves up a huge range of handy discounts all year-round. All you need to do is verify your student status through your uni portal and you’re sorted.

IOS/ANDROID/WEB

If you’d like to stop being such a cringey human being after a few lagers, this app, lauded by some as a ‘condom for your phone’, spares your blushes the following morning and allows you to block any numbers you don’t want to contact whilst inebriated for up to 12 hours.

IOS/ANDROID

REFME

BIGGUPS: YOU’VE FINALLY ARRIVED AT UNIVERSITY. AND AFTER UNPACKING HALF OF IKEA AND A CRATE OF DARK FRUIT FROM YER MAM’S CAR, YOU’RE GOOD TO GO. However, the beauty of an ever-increasing dependence on technology to dictate our lives these days means a short trip to the App Store can make student life a bit more manageable. Here’s what we’d recommend…

WETHERSPOON Goes without saying, doesn’t it?

Gloriously, Sheff has five Spoons in roughly a one-mile radius and this app means you can order a hangover-curing Curry Club (madness at £5.99 with a drink) without having to queue at the bar. iOS/Android

No two ways about it: referencing will soon become the bane of your life. Download this and all you’ll need to do is simply scan the bar code of a book and choose the correct citation format. Disclaimer: Exposed take no responsibility for any ballsed-up reference lists.

IOS/ANDROID/WEB

MEERKAT If 2-4-1 cinema trips on Tuesdays and Wednesdays sounds like a bit of oreyt to you, then Meerkat Movies is the way forward. Don’t worry, you don’t need to take out expensive car insurance to enjoy the perks; online tricksters have figured out that taking out a day’s-worth of holiday insurance for as little £1.10 is enough to let you enjoy the perks.

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EVERNOTE Taking notes isn’t fun, nor is any sort of life admin, but the student world can quickly get hectic and Evernote is an easy-to-use app which lets you save text, photos, audio files, memos and clip web pages to refer back to. Boring, perhaps, but definitely worth it in the long run.

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Want to continue the fun,

do ya?

Well, why don’t you go ahead and flip me right over, hun?

...just like that…

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