Shop fronts of Sheffield blog

Contributions welcome for this new photo blog Having taken inspiration from London shop fronts photo blog – and a polite suggestion that someone should nick the idea and do a version for Sheffield – I’m pleased to confirm that Shop fronts of Sheffield is now up and running. Anyone can contribute to the photo blog, [...]

Sheffield 365 project: interview with photographer Luke Avery

Year-long photography project draws to a close Sheffield photographer Luke Avery’s marathon 365 photography project is complete, after a year of taking a photo for it almost every day. I’ve personally really enjoyed looking at the latest picture each day. Flicking through the set of photos is fascinating, whether you are looking out for the [...]

Wildlife photographer of the year exhibition on the Moor, Sheffield

Spectacular wildlife photos – for free Coming soon to the Moor shopping area is Wild planet, a selection of 80 pictures from the famous Wildlife photographer of the year exhibition. I’ve been a big fan of the annual photography exhibition which usually runs at the Natural history museum in London and have made a point [...]

Fancie cupcakes: behind the scenes

Inside the Sheffield Fancie bakery The other day I had the pleasure of an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Sheffield’s favourite cupcake company, Fancie. Fancie is only a young business. In just two years it has quickly become one of the city’s most recognisable and loved names in food. Prior to Fancie, there wasn’t much in [...]

The Venns pub quiz zine

A spoof research paper on the workings of the average pub quiz team If you enjoy a pub quiz then look out for what looks like a good new zine called the Venns. Some previews of pages are below. You’ll see that they are packed with important diagrams, charts and graphs. These illustrate several concepts, [...]

Sheffield food box

A box of Sheffield food delights Some relatives are moving back up to Sheffield so we decided to make them a little welcome home present: They are into their food so we wanted to show them some of the best food and drink brands in the city. After crowdsourcing the best Sheffield food products on [...]

Looking back on Tramlines 2010

Sheffield’s urban music festival returns for a second year So once again the hordes descended on the city centre for the second year of the Tramlines festival. This time it was much bigger than 2009, with an estimated 125,000 people creating an amazing atmosphere around town. Following feedback from last year, there were some changes [...]

The mystery Sheffield wedding photos

Can you help identify the people in these wedding snaps? The other day a reader of this blog, James, got in touch about his discovery of a lost set of wedding photos: Last year I bought some darkroom kit from a charity shop in Broomhill. Inside one of the developing drums was a film with [...]

Sheffield 365 project

Sheffield photo blogs You may have seen a @sheffieldblog tweet earlier mentioning the good news that Sheffield daily photo blog (@sheffieldphoto on Twitter) has sprung back into life. As well as this, another Sheffied-based photo blog has been running in 2010. The Sheffield 365 project by photographer Luke Avery is an addictive set of daily [...]

Sheffield Pride 2010

Saturday 26 June, Endcliffe park Just a reminder that today sees Sheffield Pride 2010 take place in Endcliffe park. This is the third year that the city has hosted a major Pride event and it continues to grow. With the weather looking good, there is no reason why this year’s won’t be the biggest yet. [...]

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