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Welcome to CityMag...

THERE’S plenty to keep you entertained in the coming weeks (not that you’re ever short of things to do, this is Sheffield after all).

Top of the bill is the return of Doc/Fest, the internationallyrenowned documentary film festival that just seems to get better year on year. Ian Hislop and Peter Greenaway CBE are just two of the guest speakers this June – Ben Greenwood looks at what else is in store.

If gin’s your thing – and let’s face it it seems to be everyone’s thing – to need to put the weekend of 27 and 28 May in your diary. The Sheffield Gin Festival will give you access to some of the finest gin brands in two Sheffield venues, as well as a secret location.

Elsewhere we chat to Robert Hastie about Sheffield Theatres’ new Julius Caesar production, try out the new Pizza Express at The Light and look at what’s coming up on the music front.

A big thank you to Jonathan Wilkinson for designing this month’s cover, which is striking as ever – you can find out much more about his work on page 48.

See you next month.

Richard Abbey / Editor

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8 WHAT’S GOING ON

Arts, culture, film... the things to look out for in Sheffield this month

12 BOOZE&GRUB

Find inspiration for food and drink from Sheffield’s finest independents.

Plus, we review the new Pizza Express and look ahead to Sheffield Gin Festival

20 NEWS

What’s happening around the city?

24 HIPSTER

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28 JULIUS CAESAR

Sheffield Theatres’ Robert Hastie talks to CityMag about the new production of this Shakespearian classic

30 A SUMMER OF FILM The 24th Sheffield Doc/Fest film festival looks better than ever – Ben Greenwood looks at what you can expect to see

34 Positive outlook

Work has finally started on the long-awaited retail quarter, bringing a new found optimism to Sheffield.

We look at some of the major developments taking place in key areas of the city

45 MUSIC

Ben Greenwood picks out some top musical interludes for the month ahead

48 COVER STAR Jonathan Wilkinson needs no introduction. Working under the banner of ‘We Live Here’, his iconic Sheffield prints are hugely popular but, for this month’s showpiece, he’s decided to do something a little different...

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Tell Me Anything is tender, raw and brutally honest boymeets-girl story

ON STAGE… TELL ME ANYTHING 25 May Studio Theatre www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk

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Combining rich storytelling with physical theatre, Tell Me Anything is tender, raw and brutally honest boy-meets-girl story – about a boy who’s trying to be a man and a girl who doesn’t want to be rescued.

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22-27 May Lyceum Theatre www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk A young woman and a strong man drive through the Italian countryside performing a double-act for their keep.

When the mismatched pair come across a travelling circus whose principal attraction is a daredevil tight-rope walker, the young woman finds herself caught between two men.

5-10 June Lyceum Theatre www.sheffieldtheatres.co.uk The stage version of the hugely popular eighties film is back in the city, exploding with heart-pounding music, breathtaking emotion and sensationally sexy dancing. This worldwide smash hit tells the classic story of Baby and Johnny, two fiercely independent young spirits from different worlds, who come together in what will be the most challenging and triumphant summer of their lives.

Featuring 35 hit songs, including Hungry Eyes, Hey Baby, Do You Love Me? and the heart stopping (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life, don’t miss your chance to see this sensational new production.

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EXHIBITIONS… EVERYTHING FLOWS 7 June–3 September / Millennium Gallery www.museums-sheffield.org Everything Flows is work by Sheffield-based artists working with painting, sculpture, video, photography and sound. The works are each united, in different ways, by a sense of ‘flow’, from choreographed movement and kinetic motion, through to the fluctuations of narrative.

WHAT ON EARTH! Weston Park Museum www.museums-sheffield.org

EVENT… YORKSHIRE COSPLAY CON 2017 3-4 June Sheffield Arena www.sheffieldarena.co.uk Are you a fan of anime, comic books, sci-fi or video games? Then Yorkshire Cosplay is for you.

Yorkshire Cosplay Con is a huge, family-friendly convention and the ultimate reason to dress up. From professional costumers to handcrafted outfits, you are likely to see a whole array of wonderful characters which wouldn’t be possible anywhere else. You don’t have to cosplay, of course. But once you’ve been, you’ll be planning who to come as next year!

Explore the new additions joining Spike the Woolly Rhino and co. in the museum’s natural science showcase. Learn about local wildlife in exhibits created with the Friends of Porter Valley, pit athletes against animals in the digital interactive game and see rocks and minerals collection shine in a geology display.

LAURA SMITH: MANIA Bank Street Arts www.bankstreetarts.com Midlands-based artist, collector and Bank Street Arts member, Laura Smith is interested in the attachments that people form with inanimate objects. Her work involves rescuing abandoned figurines sentenced to life gathering dust on charity shop selves and giving them a surreal makeover.

ON SCREEN… KING ARTHUR: LEGEND OF THE SWORD 19 May Guy Ritchie turns his hand to historical legend as he charts the journey of a young Arthur back to the streets of Londinium where, not knowing his royal lineage, he draws the sword Excalibur from the stone. Throwing in with the Resistance and an enigmatic young woman named Guinevere, he must learn to master the sword, face down his demons and unite the people to defeat the tyrant Vortigern – who murdered his parents and stole his crown.

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CARL HUTCHINSON 1 June Sheffield City Hall www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk Following his four night sell-out run at The Lescar last year, Carl moves to Sheffield City Hall’s Memorial Hall for 2017.

A Geordie favourite and one of the UK’s most in-demand comedians, he is fresh from supporting Chris Ramsey on tour. Carl hilariously squares off against life’s petty annoyances, from people who post motivational quotes on social media to those who urge you to put your phone in rice when you get it wet, Carl Hutchinson tackles a bunch of little, everyday issues in his latest show, The Fixer.

Recently dumped Amy Schumer ropes in her ultra-cautious mom, Goldie Hawn, for an exotic holiday they’ll never forget. And not for the right reasons. Paradise is most certainly lost on this pair.

THE MUMMY 9 June The modern day rebooted franchise takes a much darker turn as Tom Cruise faces an awakened 2,000-year-old Egyptian princess (Sofia Boutella) with a serious grudge. This will form part of the ‘Universal Monsters’ series which will also include rebooted versions of Invisible Man, Wolf Man and Van Helsing.

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Sheffield has seen The Light Ben Greenwood takes a look at the city’s newest cinema experience.

WHAT’S on your list of things to see in the coming months?

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.2, Alien: Covenant, Fate of the Furious? If, like me, you’re planning on all of the above, you’ll be spoilt for choice on where to see them.

Movie-goers in Sheffield have never had it so good, particularly with the opening of The Light, which looks set to become a firm favourite with a prime city centre location on the rapidly-developing Moor.

The cinema’s nine screens and modern, open-plan foyer are reached by taking a seemingly endless escalator out of The Moor into an artisticallylit corridor of food establishments including Pizza Express, Zizzi, Gourmet Burger Kitchen and, soon to open, Nando’s. There is then a further ladder of escalators to negotiate before reaching the bright, airy and penthouse-esque top floor, complete with decor unique to Sheffield.

The foyer includes a bar area, a general seating area, a gourmet ‘Tuck Shop’, the main box office desk and even a

grand piano (for the Ryan Gosling wannabes). The emphasis here is really on transforming the cinema experience. Instead of an inand-out affair, owners Keith Pullinger and John Sullivan are looking to make more of a big deal about going to the movies.

The complex allows cinemagoers to go out for a meal, catch a film (with some caramel salted popcorn) then grab a drink at the bar afterwards, all without leaving the complex. They call this the ‘complete night out’.

Inside, the screens are very swish indeed, with multicoloured reclining chairs, convenient tables to place your True North ale and, above all, crystal-clear sound and a cracking view.

After success in opening the first, all-digital, The Light cinema in Bucharest, Romania, John and Keith multiplied to Manchester, Liverpool, Dundee, Cambridge and Halle in Germany. Their vision to open up cinema culture to all ages and social groups in Sheffield is one that will surely be welcomed in such a diverse city.

The business partners said the culture of ‘cola and candy’ was alienating those who aren’t children from going to the movies. Their vision means that people of all ages will be able to enjoy a film with some decent snacks and a drink that doesn’t consist mostly of E numbers and sugar.

The owners are also conscious of the high number of students in the city, they are already looking to create special offers and discounts to continue to appeal to all.

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The project is described as being a ‘21st century town square’ built for socialising and coming together in the heart of Sheffield. A welcoming oasis away from the bustling streets and busy roads of the city centre.

Sounds like the perfect night out to me.

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Lavang’s chef and co-owner, Jay Kauser, talks to CityMag about his ambitions for the future.

Indian-inspired oysters anyone?

What kind of food do you serve?

I call it an innovative take on traditional Indian cuisine. All of our food is sourced locally; I work with markets around Sheffield to find the freshest ingredients available. The first menu at Lavang was just a starter and the new menu is currently in development – expect to see oysters, rabbit and Aberdeen Angus.

What’s your background?

My mum’s kitchen was where I discovered my passion for food.

Starting out peeling onions, I soon found myself gradually drawn to the use of spices and different techniques. An intense training course at my family’s establishments across Sheffield provided me with the knowledge and skills needed to run a kitchen of my own as well as the opportunity to craft a bespoke menu.

Why did you choose this as your career path?

Because food is found in every corner of every street, city and country. It only gets better knowing that you can cook and know what’s actually in your food. I am not really an academic

seasonal menu in the pipeline, as well as a secret menu. My aim for the future is to teach people how to cook, I am planning cookery lessons for the local community and also a cookbook with my recipes in the near future.

What advice do you have for aspiring chefs?

Understanding your clientele and the type of food they enjoy – being a chef does not mean you spend 24 hours in the kitchen.

Don’t let the long and unsociable hours put you off, the rewards and benefits will prevail if you have hardwork, perseverance and keep enjoying what you do. They say food cooked with love tastes better!

Why makes you stand out from the crowd?

I have a unique style of cooking, I believe in “less is more”. Rather than having a menu full of dishes that taste the same, I have consolidated and have a more refined menu where I can focus on the unique ingredients and quality of each individual dish. I have moved away from traditional techniques and styles by using less oil and salt to focus on letting the fresh produce provide the flavour.

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learner, I prefer to be hands on and physically create something that is unique to me.

What made you want to open your own restaurant?

I believe young people do not get the opportunity to excel in their skills and are limited to what they can fully achieve. I wanted to prove that you don’t have to be rich or smart to open from scratch. I hope I can inspire other young people to go for their dreams and not always stick to what is expected of them.

What do you enjoy most about being a chef?

The buzz, simple as that. Just knowing that people enjoy the food, compliments I receive and most definitely empty plates coming back to the kitchen.

What does the future hold for you?

I plan to continue to develop the menus at Lavang, with a new

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MAD DOG BREWING – ANCHO CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE STOUT (modern creative label 330ml bottle 6.7% ABV)

Looks are everything, says Beer Central’s Sean Clarke.

Well, we’re into May already – time really does fly when you’re drinking good beers! Talking of time, we spend a lot of hours ordering beers, re-stocking beers, unpacking beers... one of the things we have to do more than almost anything else is look and be amazed by labels. Bottle and can labels tell us all we need to know about our drink and some of today’s labels really do push design to the very limits! Here’s three we love at the moment…

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AUGUSTINER BRÄU – HELLES LAGER (classic label 500ml bottle 5.2% ABV)

Augustiner first stared brewing beers back in 1328, originally set up by Augustinian Monks in Munich – it is now the city’s oldest surviving independent brewery. The label features one of the monks and we think he’s got a knowing smile, he knows how good the beer is! A gloriously crisp and pale Helles Lager that proves ever popular at Munich’s Oktoberfest. The good news is you can get this at various outlets in Sheffield, throw one in the fridge and wait for the sunniest of Sunday afternoons!

Read that name again, hmmmmmm, Ancho Chocolate Cheesecake Stout… sounds so dreamy!

Anyway, better calm down – the label is a beauty, full of colour, full of Inca and Mexican references, a real creative effort from Mad Dog Brewing in South Wales. The beer is all about chocolate, bit of dark stone fruit in there as well, and of course the Ancho Chillies give it a nice cheeky warmth right at the very end. We reckon this one is perfect as the last one on a still, cool spring evening.

NORTHERN MONK – HELVELLYN LIGHT IPA 5.02 (modern with a twist label 440ml can 5% ABV)

What a label this is! Northern Monk Brew Co in Leeds have a Patron’s Project Series of beers in which they feature artists, photographers and all round talented folk who deserve some recognition.

Named after a mountain in the Lake District, the label features Ricky Lightfoot (a World Champion in Trail Running, a man who clearly loves to run up and down hills!) and is a peel and reveal edition.

If you’re lucky enough to grab a can of this hoppy Light IPA, peel back the label and reveal all you needed to know about Ricky and the brilliant Northern Monk Patron’s Project. It’s a close run thing, a great beer and a brilliant label working in perfect harmony!

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14 We’re celebrating Sheffield food, says Mr Pickles’ Paul Widdowson HERE at Mr Pickles’ Yorkshire Food Emporium, we only stock produce from Yorkshire. And, as I look around the shop I can’t help but feel proud of all the wonderful producers we have here in our county. From luxurious treats such as smoked meats, fine cheese and excellent ales to the more everyday items including pasta, bread and tinned tomatoes, we have something for every occasion and budget.

And, with the Sheffield Food Festival just around the corner (27-29 May), we’re celebrating the food made by producers living and working within our very own city. Because, as well as being known as the steel city, we think we’re pretty tasty too.

Thanks to our proximity to the Peaks and the surrounding countryside, there are a surprising number of farms in Sheffield.

We work closely with Firs Farm on Ringinglow Road, who supply all of our beef and lamb, and we stock milk from Our Cow Molly who have a free range dairy farm near Bradfield.

As England’s greenest city, it should come as no surprise that

Sheffield boasts some fine growers and we source our fruit and vegetables from Sheffield Organic Growers wherever possible. Growing on a small scale, we tend to have their seasonal produce throughout summer and autumn and we can’t wait to see their stunning rainbow chard, delicate courgettes and earthy beetroot back in store.

We’re also lucky to have some delicious artisan bakers on our doorstep and our baked goods come from The Depot Bakery based in Kelham Island. Their freshly baked bread is delivered to us every morning, including Sundays. We regularly have their luxurious croissants, scones, brioche buns and bronuts too.

And talking of luxuries, we have lots of tasty finishing touches including jam, chutney and sauces from Sheffield based Catherine’s Choice and Charlie’s Country Garden. Even honey, brownies and old fashioned sweets are available thanks to the array of food businesses we have here.

Coffee is a big hit and we’ve recently welcomed new Kelham Island based coffee roasters, Zig Zag, to our shelves.

Thanks to the city’s thriving beer scene, our beer game is also as strong as ever and we regularly have tipples from Bradfield Brewery, Sheffield Brewery Company, Kelham Island and Lost Industry.

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Pizza Express takes centre stage in the The Moor’s shiny new development.

IF you’ve seen The Light already and visited Sheffield’s new cinema, restaurant and retail complex on The Moor, you can’t fail to be impressed.

Ascend the seemingly neverending escalators and you’re transported into a slick, strikingly-lit corridor which tantalisingly leads to the cinema – but that’s for another occasion (Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 at the weekend me thinks). For now, we’re here to sample the new Pizza Express, which joins the likes of Gourmet Burger Kitchen, Zizzi and (soon) Nandos.

You’ll be right in thinking that the menu is the same as in the 449 other Pizza Expresses around the country – but the location is something else. Cool, contemporary and with a stunning terrace, you can choose to eat inside or out.

Despite the blankets on offer the stiff breeze put paid to any

alfresco ambitions of ours so we took a booth indoors.

At the end of the restaurant is a gallery brick wall showcasing architecture-inspired prints by the likes of this month’s cover star Jonathan Wilkinson, as well as local artists James Green, Jo Peel, Alan Rawshaw and Laura Knight. It’s a nice touch and gives the restaurant personality, less chain-like if you will.

Our lunchtime arrival coincided with the launch of a new spring menu, the highlight of which, for me, was the risotto primavera (£10.70), a light and fresh-tasting serving of creamy rice with asparagus, white wine, garlic and Gran Milano cheese.

Across the table my wife opted for the classic Fiorentina pizza (£9.80), upgraded to a thinner, crispier, Romana base (£1.65 supplement). The tried and tested combination of spinach, egg and black olives

worked just as it should – I couldn’t help indulging in a slice or two myself.

To start we’d shared a selection of Italian antipasto (£13.75 for two), which included Finnochiona, Coppa, Milano salami and Calabrese sausage with olives, artichokes, roasted tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella, sweet Peppadew peppers and dough baked with Gran Milano cheese, accompanied by garlic butter and pestorissa, a harissa spiced tomato dip. Quite the plateful you’d agree but it stayed on the right side of lightness and didn’t leave us feeling too full for what was to follow.

Children are well catered for at Pizza Express and the Piccolo menu (£6.95 for three courses) offers great value for money.

My four-year-old hardly left a crumb of his doughballs, Americana (pepperoni) pizza and vanilla ice cream.

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To finish, I managed to leave room for the honeycomb cream slice (£5.80) – sweet honeycomb and chocolate pieces in a light cream topping on a layer of salted caramel and crunchy biscuit – and very good it was too.

My wife took the more sensible option, choosing the dolcetti, which consisted of a smaller dessert portion of salted caramel profiteroles and an accompanying Americano coffee (£5).

With an impressive location and the same high standard of food and service you come to expect from Pizza Express, this is a worthy addition to the city’s culinary landscape. The Light is making a bright impression.

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We host live music events and are available for hire for your own event. The fully licensed, 150 capacity venue offers tailored catering and more.

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The independent Sheffield Gin Festival arrives 27-28 May. Grab a glass and enjoy!

Get access to some of the finest gin brands in two Sheffield venues. There’ll also be a ‘secret gin bar’ – it’s location is still

WHEN will our love affair with gin end? At this rate, probably never, as it’s still the go to drink of choice for many. And boy are you spoilt for choice.

Many bars now have individual gin menus offering a huge amount of varieties that can be served with lemon, lime, orange, grapefruit… And don’t get me started on the tonics. Gin lovers, the world is your oyster.

Proudly supported by Fentimans, Sheffield Gin Festival hits the town on bank holiday weekend, 27-28 May, to sate the most voracious of gin appetites. A single weekend ticket will give

you access to some of the finest gin brands in two Sheffield venues, as well as after parties that are set to continue until 3am.

The O2 Academy will be the main focus for the independent festival with support from DINA and there’ll also be a ‘secret gin bar’ – it’s location is still unknown.

As you enter the main festival you will be given your weekend pass, a programme detailing everything you need to know about the festival, a gin sampling card, your festival discount card and a selection of surprises.

On top of this, festival organisers are offering a

number of Gin Experience Packages, from cocktail masterclasses to gin tastings with industry experts.

Sheffield Gin Festival has also teamed up with Street Food Warehouse Sheffield to make sure you stay well fed.

It’s time to tuck in.

This is an 18+ event and you maybe asked for ID on entry. Sheffield Gin Festival promote responsible drinking.

Please drink responsibly. www.drinkaware.com

To find out more, visit the following links: www.sheffieldginfestival.com www.facebook.com/SheffieldGinFestival www.twitter.com/SheffGinFest

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New café for Crookes

Renowned Sheffield chef Cary Brown will be serving up a sumptuous seafood feast on 6 June at Whirlow Hall Farm – and only 50 places are available.

Once described as the ‘bad boy’ of the Sheffield food scene by Sheffield food writer Lesley Draper, Cary is pulling out all the stops to raise vital funds for Whirlow Hall Farm Trust... this is a very special evening not to be missed.

The proceeds from the evening will go directly to support the important work that Whirlow Hall Farm’s education team deliver to some of the most vulnerable children in the region.

Cary, now at the Devonshire Arms Middle Handley, said: “These guys do an amazing job at the farm, I was blown away at the professionalism and the standard at Whirlow Hall Farm Trust and what these guys do for the kids is inspiring, they truly love what they do, totally selfless. I’m looking forward to this evening and will do my best to make it an evening to remember.”

To book a table call 01246 434800.

A new coffee and vegetarian eatery – DANA – is set to open in Crookes.

Currently in the process of being renovated from an estate agents, the spot already looks drastically different with a newly painted bright blue exterior, eye-catching lotus flower logo with splashes of yellow inside and display cabinets being put up.

Behind the cafe are Jenny Owens, Dayavajra, Martin Collins and Rachel Littleford who all met at the Sheffield Buddhist Centre. What’s special about the cafe is that it’s a non-profit organisation, so all the money they make will be going back in the Buddhist Centre as well as some local community charities.

OHM.M.G In case you hadn’t noticed – and how could you not with the big white sign in the windows – there’s a new bar opening in West One. Called OHM Bar & Kitchen, it’ll take the place of The Hop. Details are still thin on the ground but we’ll be taking a much closer look in CityMag next month.

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Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is helping Weston Park Cancer Charity kick off a £500,000 fundraising appeal to help improve the experiences of cancer patients in South Yorkshire.

Funds from the ‘Beyond the Treatment’ ward refurbishment appeal will see two wards at Sheffield’s Weston Park Hospital transformed with modern lighting, furnishings, technology and entertainment facilities to help patients feel more comfortable and less isolated during their stay.

As well as the installation of recliner chairs, WiFi, and circadian lighting to facilitate sleep, the refurbishments will see improved day room facilities for visiting relatives and children. Smart TVs will allow patients without family nearby to communicate with loved ones via video link.

To donate to the appeal, or to find out more, visit www.beyondthetreatment.org.uk

Fighting back After closing its doors quite suddenly a few weeks ago, The Punchbowl in Crookes has now reopened. Now owned by Greene King, it is still run by Ed Phillips who brought in homemade pizzas and a ‘no TV’ policy in 2015.

Royal Rumble We may still be a few months away from Tramlines festival, but there’s no need to fret!

The RS Bar on St Mary’s Road is hosting the first Royal Rumble on 27 May, which is sure to quench your festival thirst.

Eighteen bands are set to play across two stages at the one-dayer with local lads Sabella, Ryan Young & the Electric Sunrise and The Leathernecks being joined by acts from around the country.

Tickets are £10 in advance or £13 on the door.

Dress to impress Flannels, one of the UK’s leading luxury retailers, has unveiled plans to open a new cutting-edge store in Meadowhall next month. The designer store will will showcase a selection of the most coveted luxury brands including Stone Island, C.P Company, Giuseppe Zanotti, Kenzo, Hugo Boss, Moschino, True Religion, Belstaff and many more.

The new 7,000 square foot store will stock men’s, women’s and kids luxury clothing, footwear and accessories.

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KOP A LOAD OF THIS Sheffield United FC are toasting their most successful season in recent years – promotion back to the Championship, racking up 100 points in the process.

Following this significant achievement, they are now the first English league club to have their own artisan lager, brewed just a couple of pitch lengths away from Bramall Lane, at Sentinel Brewing Co on Shoreham Street.

Clad in Blades’ red and white, KOP Lager has been brewed with mainstream lager drinkers in mind, but has all the flavour and quality expected from one of Sentinel’s brews.

Raise a glass to the Blades.

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The Village Screen is back Put on your corsets and your bow ties – Moulin Rouge is coming to Abbeydale Picture House!

On Saturday 20 May, The Village Screen pop-up cinema will bring a splash of 1890s Parisian glamour to Sheffield’s Abbeydale Picture House with a very special screening of Baz Luhrmann’s, Moulin Rouge.

There is a minimum age of 12 for this event. Tickets for adults (16+) are priced at £12, tickets for students and children (12+) are priced at £9. Online booking fees apply. See www.thevillagegreenevents. co for more.

In the wake of the Tour De Yorkshire, cycling fever is rife in Sheffield, and with the announcement that the city will host one of 13 City Rides on Sunday 16 July, things are only getting better for peddle power.

The announcement of the new HSBC UK City Ride events is the first step in British Cycling and HSBC UK’s ambition to make cycling the most popular activity and sport of choice in the UK, with the target of encouraging two million people to take up cycling by 2020.

As part of its commitment to Sheffield as The Outdoor City, Sheffield City Council has agreed to host a city centre, family friendly bike ride. The exact route is yet to be confirmed, but organisers have promised it will take in the city’s urban and green spaces.

Whirlow Hall Farm has announced that 15-21 May will be ‘Whirlow Week 2017’ and will see local businesses, schools, clubs and individuals digging deep to raise money for their cause.

Every year, with support, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust helps thousands of children and young people to raise their aspirations and improve their life chances, whatever challenges they may face. They work directly with children across South Yorkshire; whether it’s developing a healthy relationship with food, seeing an animal for the first time or helping to get their lives back on track. When a child unlocks their potential, feels confident, accepted and inspired, the possibilities are endless. Your support really can make a difference.

Please muck in to help more children in Sheffield & South Yorkshire. Visit the website to download your ‘Whirlow Week’ pack: www.whirlowhallfarm.org/fundraising/whirlow-week-15th-21stmay-2016

CHEFS ANNOUNCED FOR FOOD FESTIVAL 2017’s Sheffield Food Festival will see chefs from some of Sheffield’s most-loved restaurants take to the stage, in the Theatre Kitchen Marquee in the Peace Gardens on 27, 28 and 29 May. Throughout the weekend the outdoor kitchen, which is supported by Smoke BBQ on Millennium Square, will be home to cook-offs, demonstrations and masterclasses from some of the city’s biggest culinary stars.

On Saturday and Sunday, the programme will kick off with the traditional Ready Steady Cook style sessions hosted by BBC Radio Sheffield. Saturday will be a True North stand-off with chefs from the Waggon and Horses in Millhouses and Mike Bevan from The York in Broomhill going head to head. Ellen Beardmore, Sheffield Newspapers’ food and drink editor, will judge the results.

To find out more, visit www.sheffieldfoodfestival.co.uk

Silver service Silversmiths has launched a fine dining lunch menu.

Now owned by Michael Standerline, the Arundel Street restaurant will be serving up the likes of chicken poussin, chateaubriand and duck leg cassoulet Tuesday to Saturday from 12-5pm. Tiina Gage, formerly of the Devonshire Arms in Dore, is the new restaurant manager.

Michael said: “There is an incredible buzz around Sheffield city centre at the moment thanks to multi-million pounds regeneration projects like the regeneration of The Moor and work starting on the New Retail Quarter. I’ve worked in cities right across the country and I’m confident the demand now exists for a higher quality of independent lunchtime dining in my hometown – Sheffield.”

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IF you’re anything like us here at Brag, you live for festival season.

Think unrivalled music variety, braver-than-usual fashion choices and days of escapism with your friends. But what should you bring?

SOMETHING LOUD: I like to bring something super sequinned/patterned for that day I wake up and think: “TODAY IS THE DAY”. It’s also the perfect excuse to head to a vintage shop and pick out that crazy jacket – the kind of jacket that is the most incredible thing you’ve ever seen but you can’t help but question: “When would I actually wear it?”. Well now is the time.

SOMETHING WARM: A massive, oversized, ridiculously warm faux fur coat is my absolute favourite night time item. Festivals are generally outdoor events where there is a lot of walking in between venues and standing around outside. Prepare yourself for the cold.

SOME DECENT SHOES: Your shoes must be able to hack the mud and rain. Everyone wears wellies but you don’t have to. Personally I’d pick Doc Martens any day. They have the same resilience power but allow you more individuality in terms of style.

This year we’ll be covering Tramlines 21-23 July & Boomtown Fair 10-13 August – see you there!

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Savills shaves the day The value of using a cut-throat razor should never be underestimated.

IT’S a cut-throat world, and specifically more so in the grooming industry. What is almost synonymous with the word barber is the image of the cut-throat razor. A tool not just to sharpen up the unkempt gent, but also a tool used in suicide and murder, hence its name.

We all grew up with the lore of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who, alongside his accomplice Mrs. Lovett, sliced and diced his way into our nightmares; cutting the throats of his “patrons”, tipping his barber chair back and sliding the corpses down into the cellar, where Lovett would collect her “fresh ingredients” and make some scrummy, if not rather fatty, shortcrust pies for the public. Waste not, want not and all that. Or how about the gang’s choice of weapon? Easily concealed in a pocket, and extremely effective to “teach somebody a lesson”. That lesson definitely not being on how to get the closest shave!

However, as much as the steel razor sometimes has these ghastly connotations hanging over its legacy, it is one of a barber’s most treasured tools. The close shave that can be achieved simply cannot be matched by a mechanical clipper or a multi-tiered razor.

Straight razors have perceptively changed very little since the late 1700s, but in actual fact, more about them has changed than we actually realise. The steel has altered drastically over the years; the handle has taken on new compositions and materials also; all these differences are subtle, but significant.

In the early days razors looked more like “hatchets” than they did a tool to shave with, and were most likely something blacksmiths used than the domesticated gentlemen. Pre 1800s, the single blade razors were wedge shaped, often made from woodbine or other organic materials, with their scales almost always flat. Razors between 1740 and 1830 had the words “warranted” or “cast steel”

etched onto them to show that the blade was in fact made with the metal invented by Robert Huntsman of… Sheffield!! That’s right, our very own city played part in paving the way for the augmentation of the cut-throat razor! Rooster razors have a threepin blonde buffalo horn handle. The blades are made of Sheffield silver steel; a highly polished steel, famous for its deep gloss finish.

Throughout the 1800s, more and more improvements were made to the shaping, materials and ergonomics of the straight razor. Big changes such as the discovery of “silver steel” by Michael Faraday – adding silver to steel – made a difference that wasn’t massive in practicality, but in the upgrading of aesthetics and appearance it really “shined” (pun intended). Silver steel eventually went on to replace cast steel, the razor’s tang (the part of the blade you can hold) became more pronounced and defined from the actual sharp edge blade, and close to the beginning of the 19th century, celluloid handles became popular due to the versatility and durability of the material.

The (cursed) invention by Gillette in 1901 of the replaceable safety razor, with blades that were disposed of after use, metaphorically signed an impending death warrant for the straight razor’s use in anywhere other than the barber shops; that is, until now.

The cut-throat is making a return in domestic use, and we at Savills are certainly happy to see this age old tool making a resurgence, especially those of the Sheffield steel variety. Of course, there is still nothing like sitting in a barber’s chair, having a hot towel exfoliate, and a close, wet shave with a straight edge razor by a trusted barber; trust us! It’s not all as cut and dried as it seems in the grooming industry, but you have to always go straight for the jugular!

Savills 118 Devonshire Street, Sheffield, S3 7SF Tel: 0114 276 1011 www.savillsbarbers.com www.copcaetic-gent.com Follow Savills: www.twitter.com/savillsbarbers www.facebook.com/savillsbarbers www.instagram.com/savillsbarbers

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Want a selfie with a cannabis farm, atomic bomb and North Korean nuke? Then head to Upperthorpe.

By Molly McGreevy.

SHEFFIELD’S Selfie Centre lets you take snaps with some of the world’s most controversial talking points.

“This is sexy, that is World War Three, they are zombies. The electric chair goes there, the stocks will come across here. That’s just an explosion, here’s the guillotine, there’s Donald’s wall, an expensive car.

“This is for my cocaine selfie, the drug and insect bar is here – it’s a futuristic thing, we’ve legalised everything, which they probably will do. We’ve got the euthanasia drug, the insects for the locust pizzas we’re going to do.”

CityMag only got to see a few of the 38 selfie points at Sheffield’s Selfie Centre, but we think we understood what Dr David Thomas has planned for his project. Well, we tried to at least.

“We’ve gone mad, it’s official. And I’m making it up as I go along.

It’s open to flexibility, I’ve built it and you can do what you want with it,” said David, a retired surgeon originally from Queensland, Australia.

It’s one of only four selfie centres in the world; there’s one in the Philippines, one in Bangkok and another at Snig Hill Police Station in Sheffield, a previous project of David’s which was opened in 2015 but has now closed down, but that hasn’t stopped him. For the last three months he has been transforming an old greengrocers on Upperthorpe Road into a Selfie Centre tackling some of the world’s most controversial issues, and a

life-size picture of David Beckham in his pants, obviously.

“The police have been in twice,” said David. “We offered them a line of ‘coke’, these coppers, these senior policeman just froze, they didn’t know what to do, it was so funny.”

As well as fake Class As, in the basement of the centre there’s a fake cannabis farm and an atomic bomb.

“It’s a nuclear thermal device we’ve borrowed from North Korea just to liven things up,” explains David.

Behind all the madness, the Selfie Centre tries to educate and inform about some of the modern world’s biggest issues – we’re talking drugs, euthanasia, nuclear weapons, prostitution, politics, social media and TV talent shows.

One of their stranger features is the drug and insect bar, which sells everything from cigarettes and ecstasy through to cocaine eye drops, locust pizza and euthanasia juice – served in the same bottle you might but Pepsi in.

“Everything up on our bar you can buy legally somewhere on this planet, just not in Upperthorpe,” said David.

“We’ve got this thing here where we’ve got all these silly laws and it’s filling up our prisons, with people who in other countries, wouldn’t be there. Psycho killers will always be in there, but the other stuff – gambling, prostitutes, euthanasia – in some countries it’s completely legal. The more you criminalise it the more you fill up your prisons for no real benefit.”

To get people talking about these issues, Dr David wants to use the Selfie Centre for private parties, functions and maybe even weddings, if getting married next to a replica of the Trainspotting toilet is your thing.

Find out more about the project at www.speakbook.uk

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FITTING DEBUT Molly McGreevy talks to Sheffield Theatre’s artistic director ahead of Julius Caesar at The Crucible.

ROBERT Hastie and Sheffield Theatres go way back. As a child he travelled from his hometown of Scarborough to the Steel City for must-see shows. He returned in 2005, fresh out of drama school, to take to the stage in Edward Bond’s Lear – Robert’s professional acting debut.

Now, Robert is back, and this time he’s directing the action.

Following the announcement of his appointment as artistic director in 2016, Robert has been busy putting together a season featuring political thrillers, childhood classics, pioneering new plays and work by some of the country’s most exciting upcoming talent.

“I wanted to start a conversation with the audience and tell them what excites me, what interests me,” said Robert.

“There is a range of productions, from a big classic Shakespeare, to new plays about exciting contemporary issues, to a regional revival. Then we’ve got an American play, a Russian play and a big musical. I wanted to say this is the ambition of what we’re doing.”

For his debut at Sheffield Theatres, Robert has chosen a modern reimagining of Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar – a tale of a city in political turmoil. Some voices of the city are raised in celebration. Some are whispering dissent. And some are foretelling disaster.

For Robert, it’s the perfect start to his first season. He said: “I knew in my heart I wanted to start with Shakespeare just because The Crucible has one of the best stages in the world for Shakespeare – I’ve been wanting to do one here for ages and couldn’t wait to get started.”

Brought forward into the modern day, Sheffield Theatres’ Julius Caesar sticks to Shakespeare’s story and script but the questions the play asks its audience seems eerily relevant to 2017 – when the majority choose a dangerous leader, what should the honourable citizen do?

“It feels like the play is about today, like it’s straight off the front pages of the newspapers. It feels like it is addressing things we’re talking about now and is putting our society on stage.

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“We’ve got a Donald Trump box in the rehearsal room and every time someone draws a comparison with Trump we put a £1 in,” said Robert. “We’ve got enough for a few pints.”

It’s the uncanny similarity to the current worldwide political climate that excites Robert about his debut. In bringing the play into the modern day, he has employed a diverse cast to reflect society today.

“Given our Julius Caesar is set in a city that feels like a city today, we wanted it to look and feel like a city today, which means seeing the full diversity of society and making sure there’s an equal number of men and women is part of that.”

Once Julius Caesar closes, Robert will turn his attention to the rest of the season, with a particular focus on maintaining Sheffield Theatres’ glowing reputation for producing exciting new shows and developing the country’s freshest theatrical talent.

“At the same time we announced the season, we started thinking about new work we wanted to put into development.

I knew in my heart I wanted to start with Shakespeare just because The Crucible has one of the best stages in the world for Shakespeare – I’ve been wanting to do one here for ages and couldn’t wait to get started.

There is a really proud tradition of producing new musicals in Sheffield, so we wanted to make sure that work was continuing because that takes time.

“There have been some great new plays produced here, so we wanted to add to that – sowing those seeds so it comes to fruition in later seasons.”

Following the success of new musical Everybody’s Talking About Jamie, Robert is excited about The Crucible’s Christmas production The Wizard of Oz. It’s not just Sheffield Theatres’ musical output that excites Robert, he’s keen to work with the country’s best new directors. Sheffield hosted the inaugural Royal Theatrical Support Trust Director Award Scheme in 2016, which named Kate Hewitt as the winner of the award for emerging directors.

Kate returns to Sheffield this year, to direct the regional premier of Tribes, a play about a deaf boy in a hearing family.

Robert said: “Part of what Sheffield does really well is nurturing the next generation of next artists and Kate is going to be a big star, she’s got a wonderful cast together.”

Robert surely has big shoes to fill, his predecessor Dan Evans led Sheffield Theatres to being named Regional Theatre of the Year at The Stage Awards for the third time, but with such an interesting season planned, and plans to nurture the country’s best new talent, Sheffield’s reputation for producing great theatre can only get better.

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The 24th Sheffield Doc/Fest film festival looks better than ever – Ben Greenwood looks at what you can expect to see.

IN societally uncertain times, art and expression flourish. As this year’s Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 floods into theatres and art galleries it looks set to be the most ground-breaking, interactive and visionary year to date.

The 24th incarnation of the internationally renowned film festival, which takes place from 9-14 June, will continue last year’s success story with another selection of world and UK premieres being shown across the city over five days.

But this year the festival looks set to become a fully-fledged social movement.

Festival director, Liz McIntyre describes the instalments as a call to “Celebrate those who disobey and resist to shape the future global narrative.”

This year’s line-up is focussed on going against the grain to achieve equality and unity. With Films like Mr Gay Syria and Even When I Fall, documenting incredible hidden worlds, there is plenty of enlightenment and, indeed, chaos to go around.

The line-up also celebrates the 50th anniversary of the similarly turbulent year that was 1967; the year of the Summer of Love and Disobedience, the Sexual Offences Act and a crucial time for American civil rights. Rule breaking, rebellion, resistance and change are all words that can be used when talking about art and film in both 1967 and 2017 and the rules have been well and truly broken for this year’s festival.

From Queerama, the world premiere of a documentary at that looks at the lives of gay men and women since 1919, to Future Aleppo, an interactive virtual reality instalment at Millennium Gallery that blurs the line between film and experience; the festival goes back on the past but also looks forwards to what the future of film holds.

In addition to this, Ian Hislop and Jolyon Rubinstein will be discussing the world of post-truth and satire; a bitingly relevant topic for today’s climate. There will also be a talk from British director, screenwriter and artist, Peter Greenaway CBE, about his upcoming work on Martin Luther, as well as the UK premiere of Yance Ford’s deeply personal documentary, Strong Island.

With plenty more to quench your thirst for film, Sheffield Doc/Fest 2017 is obviously not one to be missed. Be part of the movement and book your tickets by calling 0330 122 8870 or online via sheffdocfest.tickets.red61.com

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John Grant will be performing as part of the Queerama premiere

31 Talks and Sessions:

WikiLeaks: A Love Story

PETER GREENAWAY CBE: WHERE NEXT FOR STORYTELLING? Sunday 11 June – 6.30pm Crucible Studio, £10 Widely regarded as one of the most original screenwriters of his time, Peter Greenaway’s career has been devoted to breaking the filmmaker’s mould and going against the grain of production. It is this independence that makes his recent work on religious reformist, Martin Luther, yet more intriguing.

Alternate Realities Exhibits:

IAN HISLOP AND JOLYON RUBINSTEIN: POST-TRUTH & SATIRE

WIKILEAKS: A LOVE STORY (WORLD PREMIERE)

Tuesday 13 June – 5.30pm Crucible Theatre

9-14 June, 12-5pm Daily Millenium Gallery, Free Revolutionary instalment, WikiLeaks: A Love Story, transforms you from detached audience member to active investigator in an interactive installation by British artist; Anna Ridler. An augmented reality app installed on iPads will help you scour 10,000 pages of documents from WikiLeaks to reveal the love story between two coworkers, hidden within the pages.

FUTURE ALEPPO (WORLD PREMIERE) Opening Times: Fri 9 June – 12-5pm Sat 10 June – 10am-5pm Sun 11 June – 11am-4pm Mon 12 June – 10am-5pm Tue 13 June – 10am-5pm Wed 14 June – 10am-8pm Millennium Gallery, Free

Have I Got News For You regular and Private Eye editor, Ian Hislop, joins BAFTA winning The Revolution Will Be Televised writer and actor, Jolyon Rubinstein, to discuss Post-Truth and Satire. This is set to be a witty and relevant discussion between two of the finest satirical minds in the business with a focus on the spreading endemic of ‘fake news’ and political correctness. Keep an eye on the Sheffield Doc / Fest website for the ticket prices.

Film Schedule: QUEERAMA WITH PERFORMANCE FROM JOHN GRANT (WORLD PREMIERE) Friday 9 June – 7pm Sheffield City Hall, £12

Winner of the second Alternate Realities commission for this year’s Doc / Fest, Future Aleppo tells the story of 15 year old Syrian boy, Mohammad Kteish. Mohammad wants to be an architect when he’s older so he can undo the catastrophic damage his city has seen after countless devastating bombing campaigns. Through VR technology, you are invited to explore Mohammad’s lovingly crafted paper reconstruction of the city and view the future through his youthful passion for the future and his determination to change it.

It is also possible to buy a Doc/Fest pass from their website for £358, which gives you full access to all films, talks and exhibitions as well as access to the Doc / Player and all parties and social events. Student Discount passes are available.

The World Premiere of Daisy Asquith’s Queerama explores the relationships, challenges and fears of gay men and women through the ages with real footage from the BFI National Archives. The soundtrack features John Grant and the screening is accompanied by a live performance from him after the film.

EVEN WHEN I FALL (WORLD PREMIERE) Sunday 11 June – 9.15pm PBS America Showroom 3, £8.50 BAFTA nominated rising star, Elhum Shakerifar provides a unique look into the world of human trafficking with his latest film. Even When I Fall follows the incredible story of Indian children who were sold into slavery as circus performers. Now, freed, they can reclaim their talents and their freedom.

QUEST (EUROPEAN PREMIERE)

VENUES: Sheffield City Hall – Barker’s Pool, Sheffield, S1 2JA Millenium Gallery – Arundel Gate, Sheffield, S1 2PP Crucible Studio – 55 Norfolk Street, Sheffield, S1 1DA Showroom Cinema – 15 Paternoster Row, Sheffield, S1 2BX Curzon Cinema – 16 George Street, Sheffield, S1 2PF

Sunday 11 June – 3.15pm PBS America Showroom 3, £8.50 Filmmaker and photographer, Jonathan Olshefski, presents the life of The Roots’ frontman and music producer, Questlove. The film takes place in Quest’s hometown of Philadelphia during the Obama administration and explores his family’s challenges at overcoming racial and class boundaries in 21st century America.

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Films part of 1967: Summer of Love and Disobedience retrospective SILENT REVOLUTION / BLACK LIBERATION

Tuesday 13 June – 3.15pm Bertha Dochouse Showroom 4, £8.50 Ayse Toprak flips the one dimensional label of ‘refugee’ on its head with this vivid documentation of the Syrian LGBT beauty pageants and how they celebrate diversity and unity in challenging times. Filmed over the course of ten years, the film dedicates itself to the pride and survival of this previously unheard of aspect of Syrian culture.

Saturday 10 June – 10am Showroom Cinema: Screen 2, £8.50 From radical filmmaker, Édouard (Yves) De Laurot, comes a forgotten political masterpiece that includes Malcom X and is narrated by Ossie Davis. Widely regarded as an important film for American black civil rights, Silent Revolution / Black Liberation is a powerful look at black revolution in 1967.

WARRENDALE Monday 12 June – 9pm Curzon Cinema: Screen 1, £8.50 A controversial film by Canadian filmmaker, Allan King, about emotionally disturbed children living in a suburb of Toronto; Warrendale. The film was originally produced to be shown on Canadian TV but was turned down by CBC after Allan refused to edit out the vast amount of bad language featured. Despite this, Warrendale picked up awards at 1967 Cannes Film Festival.

FAR FROM VIETNAM STRONG ISLAND (UK PREMIERE) Sunday 11 June – 9.30pm Showroom Cinema: Screen 4, £8.50 New Yorker, Yance Ford, brings her film; Strong Island, to Doc / Fest 2017 for a UK premiere. The film documents the senseless death of her brother and the subsequent life-altering changes that were thrust upon her as a result.

WHOSE STREETS (EUROPEAN PREMIERE) Monday 12 June – 9.15pm Showroom Cinema: Screen 4, £8.50 The Story of the Ferguson, Missouri protests in 2014, told by the people who lived through them. In the European premiere, Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis tell the story of a city that stood up to state backed, institutional racism and didn’t back down in the face of intimidation.

THE WORK (INTERNATIONAL PREMIERE) Sunday 11 June – 6.30pm PBS America Showroom 3, £8.50 A glance into the world of US state prisons by Gethin Aldous and Jairus McLeary, finds a unique group-healing process that occurs between Inmates of Folsom Prison and outsiders. The film finds a moment of redemption in the process that transcends traditional ideas of rehabilitation that the current system adheres to.

Tuesday 13 June – 9.15am Showroom Cinema: Screen 1, £8.50 Far from Vietnam is a film of seven parts from seven different producers, all put together by creative jack of all trades; Chris Marker. The film’s criticism of the Vietnam War polarised viewers who supported and those who disagreed with the war. Screenings of the film were interrupted in Ukraine and France by right-wing activists in 1967. In one case a cinema was left almost destroyed and a manager was assaulted in another.

TONITE LET’S ALL MAKE LOVE IN LONDON Saturday 10 June – 9pm Curzon Cinema: Screen 1, £8.50 Peter Whitehead’s, rough and ready film portrays 1967 London culture, with a soundtrack that makes any of Tarantino’s look like a Now 96 CD. With an early live performance from Pink Floyd, a riot at a Rolling Stones concert and a young Michael Caine talking about sex, it doesn’t get much more swinging-sixtiesBritain than this.

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The diggers have moved in... and work on the first phase of the new retail quarter has begun

Work has finally started on the long-awaited retail quarter, bringing a new found optimism to Sheffield. We look at some of the major developments taking place in key areas of the city.

CITY CENTRE RETAIL QUARTER: After years of frustration builders are finally on site and the construction of the first phase of Sheffield’s new retail quarter is underway.

Diggers have moved in and work has started on HSBC’s six-storey offices and associated ground floor shops on the site of the former Grosvenor House Hotel. HSBC has signed a deal to move into the new office block once it is completed in 2019.

As work gets underway, a new public space in Charter Square is taking shape to complement the nearby Heart of the City scheme which at last will not stand alone as a symbol of Sheffield’s recent progress.

Sheffield Council has yet to put in a planning application for the second phase of the retail quarter but it has been confirmed that John Lewis is continuing talks about a new flagship store, so hopes are high.

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Words: Andy Waple

35 WEST BAR: Nearby, between West Bar and the Riverside development, outline plans for a £175million regeneration scheme have been approved by councillors.

Urban developer Urbo is looking to create West Bar Square, creating a mixed use area of offices, homes, a four-star hotel, shops and restaurants bordered by Corporation Street, Bridge Street and West Bar. Councillors overwhelmingly supported the plans for the development, which they say will complement their own Grey to Green environmental regeneration project that has brightened up the previously decaying area.

UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD: The planned conversion of the old Henderson’s Relish factory into a pub is just one small facet of the University’s expanding and eye-catching campus. It is part of a masterplan aimed at creating more pleasing public spaces around its striking new academic and research buildings as evidenced by the pedestrianisation of Portobello and Leavygreave Road. Other improvements include work on the Western Bank bridge, to create better pedestrian links between the growing number of sites.

THE MOOR: Meanwhile, Sandra Barley, centre liaison manager for The Moor, has witnessed an increase in footfall of more than 100,000 in the last year.

She said she was hopeful a new occupier – probably a clothing retailer – had been found for the former BHS department store that closed last summer.

Her optimism coincided with the opening of the Light Cinema complex whose nine big screens, associated shops

KELHAM ISLAND:

and restaurants mark the

The transformation of Kelham Island from one of the city’s early industrial settlements to a thriving residential community with bars, cafes, shops and businesses has been one of Sheffield’s real success stories in recent years. Blocks of flats already line the River Don, and work on the Little Kelham eco-home development is progressing.

second phase of work to regenerate The Moor, with the row of shops opposite set to be transformed shortly as part of phase three.

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36 RIGHT: Ongoing works at the new IKEA in Tinsley BELOW: The first phase of the New Era Develpment, which comprises student accommodation, is set to open later this year

NEW ERA DEVELOPMENT: The £65million Chinatown development with mixed leisure, commercial and residential use, which includes a 20-storey skyscraper, is progressing and will welcome its first occupants later this year when student apartments open in August.

The following month, 100 studio apartments will be finished at the site at St Mary’s Gate.The apartments are being managed by Omnia Space, which specialises in residential lettings and property management across Sheffield.

New Era Square will become a “cosmopolitan, international, multi-cultural square that is available to all,” according to Jerry Cheung, the Chinese developer behind the scheme.

When completed, the development will be home to a total of approximately 600 accommodation units, predominately 26-30 sq m studio rooms, plus micro-flats.

The project will also include shops, food and drink outlets on the ground floor, leading out to an open-air square for events. The new KH Oriental supermarket will span two levels and will be in place in the new building when the first students arrive.

In the second phase of the development, there will be business office space, an exhibition hall and a China Business Incubator to enhance enterprise and trade between China and the UK.

IKEA: Across the city in Tinsley, construction of the new IKEA is well underway prior to its planned opening in late summer.

The store will create 380 jobs in-store and a further 100 for the call centre.

IKEA Sheffield will be the retailer’s most sustainable store to date and will aim to achieve 100 per cent renewable energy. The store is targeting a BREEAM ‘excellent’ accreditation and will incorporate a number of green technologies such as photovoltaic panels, rainwater harvesting and linking in with the district heating scheme.

Electric vehicles will be used for home delivery, and IKEA will provide two electric vehicle charging points on site to offer renewably generated power for EV vehicles free of charge.

CASTLEGATE: The site of the Sheffield’s first settlement has fascinated historians for generations and has it has been a long ambition of the city fathers to bring it back in to significant use, an aspiration that has been accelerated by the re-siting of the city’s markets onto The Moor.

Plans to unearth some of the hidden ruins of Sheffield Castle remain, along with a desire to see small to medium size enterprises settle there, bringing new life to the area which has witnessed a sad decline. Fitzalan Square, at the top of Castlegate, could be the first to see refurbishment, following Hallam University’s occupancy of the former Head Post Office.

Discussions are underway to see the former Old Town Hall, latterly the Crown and High Courts, Waingate, being brought back into use.

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Dealers and exhibitors set to take over city centre for the biggest Sheffield Motor Show yet.

CAR-LOVERS rejoice! The Sheffield Motor Show is back for the fourth year running and, with local dealers from across the city showcasing cars from different manufacturers, including one new manufacturer, Mitsubishi at Europa, it is set to be the best yet.

This year, the show takes place on Saturday 3 and Sunday 4 June when 53 new cars will be displayed at Barkers Pool, Fargate, Sheffield Town Hall and Pinstone Street. The show is a rare opportunity for local dealers to showcase cars in the city centre and, for anyone in search of a new car, it offers the chance to view all the newest models in one place.

Dealers and manufacturers already on the list include Burrows with Toyota, Europa with Subaru, Europa with Mitsubishi, Robins and Day

with Peugeot, Pentagon Group with Vauxhall and Jeep, JCT with Mercedes and Smart, Lookers with Ford, Bristol Street Motors with Volvo, Grant McAllin with Ssangyong and MG, and Evans Halshaw with Renault.

“This year we’re pleased to welcome exhibits from other supporting organisations, such as A Fire Appliance, Edale Mountain Rescue, the Institute of Advanced Motorists and Sheffield College Motor Vehicle Apprentices,” says joint organiser Roger Hart of Sheffield Vulcan Rotary Club.

The Lord Mayor will attend at 2pm on the Saturday to present certificates to all of the dealers and, as well as the many cars on display, there will also be family entertainment including a stilt walker and balloon modelling for little ones, and

live demonstrations from the Sheffield College Motor Vehicle Apprentices.

Last year proved to be a huge success and funds raised from the show were divided between seven charities, including the Rotary club’s own charity, which is used as a reserve to help people in need. Recently, the club sent Aquaboxes to Nepal and Italy, providing families and communities with water filters and emergency supplies.

Sheffield Vulcan Rotary Club meets on a Tuesday evening and has a new speaker each week. Most of last year’s money, around £750 each, was donated to local Sheffield charities including Sheffield Young Carers, St Wilfrid’s Centre, Emmaus Sheffield, Sheffield Royal Society for the Blind and the Alzheimer’s Society.

This year’s chosen charities

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include Grimm & Co, a thriving apothecary located in the heart of Rotherham which runs innovative storytelling and writing workshops for young people, St. Luke’s Hospice, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, Fable (For A Better Life with Epilepsy) which helps fund Vagus Nerve Stimulation Therapy for children and adults as well as support, Neurocare, a hospital charity that is raising money for a ROSA Robot for the Royal Hallamshire Hospital to carry out brain surgery, and Edale Mountain Rescue, as well as Rotary Charities.

Sheffield College (Hillsborough) has also played an active part in the advertising of this year’s Motor Show, creating an animated clip that will be showcased to the public closer to the event, and designing flyers.

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To find out more about the Sheffield Motor Show, or for car dealers who want to be involved, visit www.vulcanrotary. org.uk/motorshow Alternatively, call Roger Hart on 07831 305881 or Tony Cosens on 07730 927670.

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40 SUMMER GETAWAY

Time to unwind Swap the stress of the city for the stunning Shropshire countryside at Fishmore Hotel & Spa. Now’s the perfect time to indulge.

IT was a case of who would go first. There it was, glistening in the afternoon sun, tempting us after a stint in the sauna and steam room at Fishmore Hall’s new SPAshell facility. You go

first, no you, no, I insist… after much to-ing and fro-ing and umming and aahing – and chivalry on my behalf it has to be noted – my wife and I decided to jump in the Scandi-

style cedar wellness pool instead. The ice bucket would have to wait.

In the end it was a good choice; I didn’t really need waking up after an extremely indulgent and relaxing back, neck and shoulder massage in one of the spa’s four treatment rooms, I was quite happy to be in full chill out mode. I’m sure my wife did too, after her ELEMIS facial and scalp massage. And what a view as well; it’s not often you can plonk yourself in a hot tub outside with the sun shining and such views afforded to us as the Shropshire countryside and Clee Hills. Even the cows in the field opposite look totally

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relaxed – maybe the new spa is rubbing off on them too.

It’s a stunning addition to the privately-owned Ludlow hotel, which has recently been voted the Best Hotel in the Heart of

41 England by Best Loved Hotels.

The contemporary, almost cuboid design – which was delivered on the back of a truck and put together like giant Lego bricks – is in stark contrast to the Georgian main building. But, with its larch wood exterior and full-length windows, it blends perfectly into its surroundings. Inside it’s compact and well thought out with a comfortable lounge overlooking the gardens, luxury changing rooms as well as those previously-mentioned treatment rooms, sauna and steam room.

We didn’t want to leave.

Inside the 15-room hotel, the bedrooms are spacious and well-designed with luxury bathrooms to match – ours had a huge bath as well as a walkin shower, the perfect place to unwind and put on your finery before experiencing Fishmore Hall’s acclaimed 3 AA Rosette restaurant, Forelles.

Head chef Andrew Birch has built up quite the following

from far and wide and prides himself on choosing the majority of ingredients from within a 30-mile radius of the hotel. His show-stopping six and nine-course tasting menus are perfect for a celebration, or just to indulge your foodie cravings if you feel like it.

And indulge you must, as this was food of the highest order.

We opted for the six-course version and were blown away.

From the pigs head croquette canapés served at our table in the orangery to the petit fours taken in the lounge, we couldn’t fault a thing. Stand-out dishes included scallop served with ras el hanout, cauliflower, apple and coriander; venison served with cavolo nero, artichoke, chestnuts and chanterelles and a chocolate delice with salted caramel and almond ice cream. Service throughout was immaculate.

After a good night’s sleep in the comfiest of beds, a hearty breakfast was just what you

needed before taking a tenminute drive into the centre of Ludlow to wander around the many independent shops, delis and antique centres. There’s also the famed castle and river should you wish to explore further.

Of course you may find it too difficult to leave such lush surroundings as those at Fishmore Hall, but if you need sparking into life, you could always take the ice bucket challenge.

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DETAILS: • Bed and breakfast stays at Fishmore Hall start from £175 per room, per night.

• You can use the facilities at SPAshell for £15, with treatments starting from £45.

• The six-course tasting menu is priced at £65 per person.

• To find out more, visit www.fishmorehall.co.uk

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‘DARK AND SEDUCTIVE’

Was it love at first sight for Rachel Martin as she visited Ecclesall Road’s cocktail hotspot, Kettle Black?

STEPPING into Kettle Black for the first time felt a little bit like going on a first date when you’re still thinking about your ex. I had a burning love for Menzels, the late cocktail bar that occupied the space which Kettle Black has replaced, but this new squeeze is a worthy rebound – lively, yet dark and seductive.

The new kid on the block in Ecclesall Road’s cocktail ‘scene’ is a treasure trove of decadence.

It has undergone a glamourous refurbishment and is now drenched in neon worktops, brass hanging lightbulbs and rich wooden floors.

All of this is fully complemented by a heated courtyard veranda – perfect for an afternoon drink – cosy VIP mezzanine and a soundtrack of rehashed club classics that

sound as funky as ever through the hefty sound system.

Kettle Black is intimate, unpretentious and feels refreshingly authentic. The vibe: relaxed, friendly and cheerfully intimate. It feels a little like a clandestine world of its own, far removed from the bustle of the street outside, despite the fact the bar is habitually packed, especially on weekends.

Atmosphere aside, it is behind the bar is where the

magic comes alive, with their impressive menu designed to serve up a dose of drama in every drink.

Classics are often best left untampered with, but the smooth, subtle espresso martini (£8.50), featuring signature twists including mint, Pooh Bear pick ’me’ up, or gingerbread, tastes even better than a perfectly made original.

The Rouge Kettle (£8.50), a rambunctious raspberry cocktail, mixing Haig Club single grain whisky with Chambord, fresh raspberries, lemon juice, cranberry juice, and a dash of Angostura bitters, served in a copper martini glass, is fruity and refreshing. As is the Singapore Sling (£9) – made from Tanqueray London Dry, Cointreau, cherry brandy liqueur, DOM Benedictine,

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fresh lime juice, pineapple juice and a splash of grenadine, garnished with a fresh orange slice and a maraschino cherry.

If you’re the kind of person who, like me, prefers a long drink after a long day, I’d suggest the delicious Lozzaberry (£8.50), a long drink served with fresh strawberries, muddled with Ketel One vodka, amaretto, fraise syrup and cranberry juice. And don’t forget your phone... there are some serious Instagram opportunities here.

I have more than a little crush on Kettle Black and a second date is definitely on the cards. This is the place to take a date or to catch up with friends over a conspiratorial cocktail away from the frenzy of the city. Just don’t expect to be able to stand up straight after sampling several of owner Pete Harpham’s over proof elixirs.

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MUSIC THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE FUNKY Ben Greenwood picks out some top musical interludes for the month ahead...

KINGS OF LEON Saturday 10 June, 7pm Sheffield Arena, £45 Firm Alt/Rock favourites, Kings of Leon, became a household name in 2008 after their Album, Only in the Night hit the charts and went platinum. The Followill brothers (and their cousin: also a followill) continued to experiment through to their 2016 album; WALLS.

THE SUGARHILL GANG 2 June and 22 June, doors open 7pm Sheffield University, £20 Rap legends, The Sugarhill Gang, revolutionised music in the disco-drenched late seventies along with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Four by pioneering the art of ‘Rhythm and Poetry’ or Rap, as it’s known today. Their hit, Rappers Delight was completely revolutionary when it was released in 1979, but they are far from has-beens. Rappers Delight made it to number 2 in VH1’s 100 greatest Hip-hop songs despite being up against modern acts. Witness the originals themselves at Sheffield University, a must see for any fans of hip-hop.

CKY Wednesday 17 May, 7.30pm O2 Academy Sheffield, £15 If you’re looking for something a little heavier to sink your teeth into, noughties metal band Cky are on at the O2 with a colossal stage presence and unmistakably metal sound.

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LAST DANCE FOR THE NIGHT KITCHEN Sheffield clubland is set to mourning the passing of another great venue. By Ben Greenwood.

GETTING its name from a previous life as a steel cutlery factory, The Night Kitchen has provided Sheffield with a first class music venue for the past seven years. But, come 10 June, it will be closing its doors for good, leaving an eerie silence in the usually bustling warehouse corridors.

The Shalesmoor venue announced their closure in February, with an emotional Facebook post that said: “It’s a sad day as we must announce that after summer we will be putting our cooking utensils down, turning off the ovens and closing the kitchen for good.” The site is due to be demolished to make way for new developments. The post went on to say “[we] always knew that one day we would have to make way for the redevelopment of the area.”

The Night Kitchen has been a staple in the nightlife diary, not only for locals but for students of the city, with the 600person capacity venue selling out most of its events with ease and playing host to underground favourites such as Roots, Dubcentral, Displace, OMN and even high profile DJ’s such as DJ EZ and Gilles Peterson.

This is a huge blow for Sheffield’s nightlife. With damning reports of Britain’s waning nightlife becoming more and more frequent, venues like The Night Kitchen that attracted and retained a large and loyal following are becoming more and more vital

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to the survival of British night culture. But they aren’t going out without one last explosion of cultural, artistic flare.

Two farewell nights, to celebrate the music that the venue has prided itself in delivering since 2007, were added to their Facebook page for Friday 9 and Saturday 10 June. Tickets for the two events were highly sought after. They were described by The Night Kitchen as “historic” and sold out rapidly.

Whilst it is a shame to see such an institution vanish into the cold darkness, there is hope for club culture yet.

Veteran DJ club Niche reopened on 16 April and is looking to climb back up to its place among the city’s favourite clubs. There’s also plenty more to Sheffield’s nightlife scene, with the likes of Corp, Code, Yellow Arch Studio and countless others ready to fill the gap left behind by the soon to be demolished venue.

It’s a given that whatever dull, beige development is built in The Night Kitchen’s place will never have the capacity for fond memories and earshattering bass that gave the venue its character. However it also won’t diminish the unforgettable nights out that The Night Kitchen provided for years and without fail. For those who experienced it, The Night Kitchen will always be the king of Sheffield’s venues, living on in the memories of those lucky enough to have passed through its doors.

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MUSIC CRAIG CHARLES’ FUNK & SOUL CLUB

MOSCOW PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Sunday 28 May, 10.30pm Plug, £8

Friday 26 May, 7pm Sheffield City Hall, £5.60

Ex-Robot Wars host, Craig Charles’ strange but incredible second coming as a born-again funk and soul DJ has seen him soar in popularity after he left behind his acting career on Coronation Street and took up the turntable. His genuine passion for all things funky is completely infectious, as any regular listener to Craig Charles’ Funk and Soul Club on BBC Radio 6 will tell you. So if you’re a funk fan or a Northern Soul newbie, be sure to get a ticket for this.

Add a touch of class to May with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra. Led by conductor, Yuri Simonov, with Freddy Kempf on piano. It’s sure to be a stirring night of atmospheric music for classical lovers and those who are simply interested and want to learn more about the genre.

THE VIEW

The Innovative German electro-punk band have been breaking musical boundaries for almost half a century. Since 1969, Ralph, Fritz, Henning and Falk have pioneered electronic music and continue to innovate through an age where digital beats and autotuned melodies are the new norm. Unfortunately, if you’re looking for tickets, this rare Sheffield treat sold out in just minutes due to high demand.

Sunday 14 May, 7pm University of Sheffield, £17.50 Ten years (yes, 10) after their breakthrough album, Hats Off To The Buskers, the Dundee four-piece are on a tour to celebrate their success and to bring a bit of Scottish pop/punk to Sheffield and eight other venues across the country.

JUDAS

KRAFTWERK Thursday 15 June, 7pm Sheffield City Hall, £45

TAKE THAT

Monday 15 May, 7.30pm Leadmill, £6 As part of their Spring 2017 Tour, Yorkshire lads, Judas, are coming to Leadmill for what is sure to be a high energy performance in a great small venue.

29-30 May, 6.30pm Sheffield Arena, £55 Despite constant efforts to modernise, nineties favourites Take That are disintegrating before our very eyes. As well as the questionable ability of the aging boyband, the price for this performance is a little on the steep side. £55 is a lot to pay. To put this into perspective; You can see The Libertines, All Saints, Primal Scream, Loyle Carner, The Coral, Akala, Kano and many more at Tramlines for just £46. If you’re looking for an expensive gift for your mum’s birthday however, look no further.

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Jonathan Wilkinson perhaps needs no introduction. Working under the banner of ‘We Live Here’, his iconic Sheffield prints are hugely popular but, for this month’s CityMag showpiece, he’s decided to do something a little different...

Tell us about your cover.

The cover brings together the fruits of a fun project I recently started work on. The “Home Toons” are a series of characterised versions of landmarks from across some of my favourite cities. I do a lot of illustration work and doodling in my spare time and these characters came to life as a result of a few loose drawings I did while waiting for the train. They currently exist as A4 sized prints but I hope to continue adding to the series as they’re a joy to work on.

49 What’s your background?

My background comes from studying painting and printmaking, but I always wanted to be an artist once I started drawing pretty much every day, at around nine years of age. Apart from films and music I never cared for much else when growing up and was always the one in class who could “draw”. Fortunately it was an interest that I persisted with and I ended up with a BA Honours in Fine Art at Sheffield Hallam. After finishing my degree in painting and printmaking I managed to get a kind of apprenticeship as a graphic designer and began to work digitally with vectors and Photoshop and – like most artists these days – find it to be a rather essential tool and piece of kit.

How would you describe your style?

I find it hard to describe my style as I tend to shift back and forth between ideas, styles and mediums, but I see a great deal of what I do as being out-and-out illustration and computer based but I hold the practice of painting. Being able to draw in such high regard is the path I am attempting to follow, so I think of myself as an artist that has a recognisably graphic style as well as bolder almost technical drawing aspects to my work – a “graphic artist”, if you will.

What are you working on at the moment?

I’m currently working on an exciting commission for the University of Sheffield so I’m hard at work on that as well as number of private commissions and freelance illustration work. It’s good to work to other people’s briefs from time to time, as your work takes on new forms or reveals an interesting approach you may not have yet considered. I’m also aiming to start work on some new Sheffield themed artworks once my schedule is a little clearer – as we have a one-yearold and a five-year-old everything seems to be taking a little longer at the moment!

back then, as you need to do everything yourself when you’re starting out as an artist, so the more like-minded folks you can collaborate with or hang around the better. You need to try things out and find what you want to do creatively and Sheffield has a great deal of locals that appreciate and support creatives and makers that has really been championed and made more and more visible. It’s nearly 20 years since I moved here and I really can’t imagine how things would have turned out had I not.

What makes Sheffield stand out from other cities?

I think Sheffield has very unique character in comparison with other, more cosmopolitan cities nearby. This lack of artifice and retail clutter allows for reflection and a more laid back approach to life so you can see things more for what they are. There’s a lot going on outside of the city centre, which is rather unique, too!

What would be your dream project?

My dream project would be to be asked to make more artwork for book covers and album sleeves, as it would be nice to work with a few of my heroes. Or more simply other dream jobs are to be able to continue to make my art and know that someone wants to own it and live with it on their wall – I’m very grateful to the fans of my work and people that want to buy prints as they help me to continue to do the thing I love.

What does the future hold?

With regards to the future then I’m always hoping to move my work on and progress in some sort of a way. At the moment I’m trying to get back into working freehand, having less of a reliance on the computer as I find keeping sketchbooks and working loosely on paper and board with pen, pencil or paint generates more ideas, much quicker and makes me think in a different way. It’s also a couple of years since I’ve had a show of paintings so I’m beginning to think about getting wheels in motion for that.

Who/what is your inspiration?

I’m a huge fan of landscape painter George Shaw, who’s rather bleak but poetic paintings of urban landscapes and detritus made me appreciate that one could use their own perspective and relationship to the built environment as a subject matter for art.

He was a tutor of mine in the final months of my degree and really changed my way of seeing the things around me. I’ve also been inspired by the work of painter and printmaker Patrick Caulfield who also took everyday scenes and objects and made them pop with colour and a graphic simplicity.

You’re one of many former students who have chosen to stay in the city, what made you take root in Sheffield?

I stayed in Sheffield after graduating as there was (and still is) a very healthy art scene in the city. It was very important to me

How would you describe the art/design scene in Sheffield?

I would describe the art and design scene in Sheffield as a healthy one – I only need to look at some of my contemporaries and friends to see that – Florence Blanchard, Kid Acne and James Green to name a few. They’re all enjoying success as artists and makers in Sheffield. There’s a rich diversity of ideas and work that’s currently going on in Sheffield – it’s one of the things that make it so super!

Find out more: Twitter: twitter.com/welivehere (@welivehere) Facebook: www.facebook.com/WeLiveHere Web: www.welivehere.co.uk Instagram: www.instagram.com/jonathanwilkinsonart

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Meet the developers behind Kelham Island’s new apartments.

IT’S no secret that Kelham Island is on the up. Once an industrial wasteland, the area is now Sheffield’s poster-child for turning the remnants of longabandoned steelworks, factories and warehouses into night markets, shipping container developments and housing.

It was the likes of Peddler, Krynkl and the Kelham Arcade that first attracted Doncaster developers Marlon Withers and Paul Uter, who form Pushh Developments, back up north after spending six years in London, working on top end houses in Kensington and Chelsea.

They have spent the last 18 months turning Cornish Steelworks into 33 luxury studio, one and two-bed apartments over three floors, some with balconies. With firsttime buyers in mind, the apartments start at £115,000 and are fully fitted out, with just furniture required to turn these sleek new flats into homes.

The development was a nobrainer for Marlon and Paul, who heard about the new era for Kelham Island a few years ago, and decided to snap up some property quick.

“We saw that this area was starting to boom again,” said Marlon. “Paul spotted the development opportunity in

Kelham and we decided it was a good option.”

At the time Kelham Island was still in the early days of development, but Pushh Developments was soon joined by other developers, keen to capitalise on the area’s new reputation for being one of the hippest places to live in the UK. Marlon said: “We’re really pleased with what’s happening down there, when we bought the site 18 months ago we believed Kelham would be developed over the forthcoming years. Since we’ve begun work, all the sites around us have started work as well.

“It’s not a prospect for the

future, it’s happening now and it looks like the area will be fully developed in 18 months.”

In keeping with Kelham’s new, upmarket feel, the apartments at Cornish Steelworks have been finished to a very high standard.

Homeowners can expect under-floor heating, bi-folding patio doors, Porcelanosa kitchens and bathrooms, integrated appliances and rainfall showers.

Marlon said: “They’re a good spacious size, not like those micro apartments that are aimed at landlords to rent.”

Apartments that face the gatehouse and clocktower at

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the former Green Lane Works will soon have the added advantage of facing on to one of the most beautiful reminders of Sheffield’s industrial past.

Built in 1860, the clocktower had become so dilapidated it was placed on Heritage England’s ‘at risk’ register, but with restoration works to return the building to its former glory set to finish soon, some flats will look on to the tower.

On the ground floor of Cornish Steelworks is 5,000 sq foot of commercial space. With no tenants as of yet, there is planning permission for two units, but there is some flexibility depending on interest.

“That’s the next step,” said Marlon. “We’re looking for good tenants that will enhance the area and provide good amenities for the local residents.”

Within the first week 20 per cent of the apartments at Cornish Steelworks had been bought, if you’re interested in taking a look around the show apartment at Cornish Steelworks, contact Belvoir on 0114 252 5215 to book an appointment.

If you’re interested in commercial opportunities at Cornish Steelworks contact Fernie Greaves on 0114 244 9121.

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