Sheffield on Twitter – update nine

August 2009 update Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter. The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. Paul Scriven – leader of Sheffield city council @Paulscriven Jon McClure – Reverend and the Makers front man @JonMcClure Cocoa  – chocolate shop [...]

Sheffield on Twitter – update eight

July 2009 update Here are this month’s additions to the list of Sheffield people and organisations of interest on  Twitter. The full directory can be found on the Sheffield Twitter users page. The Antics – improvisational comedy troupe @TheAntics Toby Foster – comedian and BBC Radio Sheffield breakfast presenter @TobyFoster Nat Johnson and the figureheads, [...]

How to fill your lunch break in Sheffield

Lyrical streets or a lunchtime pint A few weeks ago a Guardian journalist got in touch and asked whether I would contribute to a feature about what someone should do with an hour to fill over lunchtime in different cities around Britain. They were after ideas for what to do in the centre of Sheffield, [...]

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 [...]

Silversmiths Channel 4 date set

Ramsay’s Great British Nightmare comes to Sheffield You will have no doubt heard by now about Gordon Ramsay’s visit to The Runaway Girl last summer, where he worked his ‘magic’ and turned it into Silversmiths restaurant. Well in case you missed yesterday’s tweet, the broadcast date has been set for Friday 30 January at 9:00pm [...]

Ten ways to improve Sheffield (part one)

Part one of a two part post, identifying ways that the city can be improved. Here are numbers one to five (not in any order) Sort out the traffic congestion Is traffic congestion in Sheffield really that bad? According to this report Sheffield traffic is in the top 10 slowest-moving in the UK. If South [...]

Should part of London Road become Chinatown?

Would Sheffield’s Chinatown bring benefits to the city or create an ethnic ghetto? Over the last few years there have been various reports regarding a proposal to officially designate an area of the city as Chinatown, although to date nothing concrete has been formally decided. It is thought that any such development would be based [...]

Free wi-fi hotspots in Sheffield

Where can you get free wi-fi in Sheffield – and which UK city will be the first to embrace the concept of free municipal wi-fi for all? It was election day yesterday and in London the speculation continues over whether Ken or Boris will be crowned Lord Mayor for the capital. While these two have [...]

Victoria quays and the Sheffield city centre masterplan

An updated version of the masterplan details plans for how one redeveloped but undervalued corner of the city may finally be properly integrated with Sheffield city centre The other day I downloaded a copy of the Sheffield city centre masterplan executive summary (1.5Mb, PDF) – the full 122-page, 3.2Mb PDF is also available if you [...]

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