How the Digital economy bill will affect you

Individuals, businesses and community groups in Sheffield to be impacted You may have read coverage of the Digital economy bill that is currently working its way through the house of Lords. It is a response to the Digital Britain report and looks like it will do more to cripple our digital economy than support its [...]

Sheffield publicity department

Flying the flag for the city Views from the seven hills of Sheffield and more are celebrated by the new Sheffield publicity department blog that promises to tell us about the things that make the place special: We’re here to tell you about…the things that make Sheffield beautiful, and amazing, and unique. The hills, the [...]

Sheffield restaurant reviews

Two new blogs There are now two blogs covering restaurant reviews in Sheffield. Sheffield restaurant reviews has promised weekly posts reviewing places in and around the city. So far they have reviewed La luna on Ecclesall road and the Chequers inn at Froggat. They are also on Twitter as @SheffRestaurant. London road clock will work [...]

MTV Canada’s tour of Sheffield

…including a trip to Crookes with the Crookes Over the last few days, MTV Canada reporter Sharlene Chiu has been visiting Sheffield. At some stage I expect that her visit will be made into a programme and hopefully be posted online, but in the meantime you can see photos and information about her three days [...]

Sheffield on Twitter – update seven

June 2009 update Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter, with perhaps the most notable being the addition of the council (@SCCPressOffice). The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. Sheffield city council press office – the council’s press office @SCCPressOffice [...]

Sheffield daily photo blog

A picture a day from the steel city If you like photos of Sheffield then this new photo blog and Twitter account is worth following. It does what it says on the tin: each day a new photo of the city is posted with accompanying comments giving some background information and related links. Recent entries [...]

Sheffield music listings websites

Three more what’s on sites for the city Last October I did a round-up of general what’s on event sites for Sheffield and now there are a further three music listings websites to add to the list: Off the beaten track features gigs and events that you might not know about. It also tries to [...]

Top posts on sheffieldblog.com

One year on, which are the most popular posts? I thought I’d do a quick round-up of the most viewed posts during the first year of this blog. According to WordPress, this is the 83rd post, which makes an average of about 1.5 a week. I’d like to write more often but don’t always have [...]

The Designers Republic: a rebirth?

After 23 years, the world-famous design studio has closed There have been rumours about the internationally-renowned design studio The Designers Republic closing this week, and sadly it appears that they are true. Creative Review magazine’s blog has an interview with tDR founder Ian Anderson, who explains how an unfortunate combination of factors caused the company [...]

Sheffield blog on Twitter

Last week I took the plunge and gave this blog a presence on the micro-blogging site Twitter, which you can find at twitter.com/sheffieldblog. I’ve had a personal Twitter account for a year and have been thinking about doing this for a while. In the end I decided that the additional time taken to maintain a [...]

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