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Behind the chaotic production of ‘Music for the Arts Tower’

by Jesselyn Whiteside | Mar 24, 2023 | Top Story 4 - Home Page Picture

Friday evening in Sheffield’s Arts Tower was a unique spectacle to behold. As part of Classical Weekend, Platform 4, a composer collective based in the Steel City, put on a performance piece in collaboration with sound artist Lorenzo Prati.  The event was...

World Tuberculosis day: What is being done about the world’s deadliest disease?

by Vince Lumley Marshall | Mar 24, 2023 | Culture, Health

On the 24th of March 1882, the bacterium that causes TB was discovered by Dr Robert Koch. The discovery of Mycobacterium tuberculosis allowed for work towards a cure for the disease that killed one in seven people, in the US and Europe, at the time. However, despite...

Data shows most people only use new Sheffield AR art trail once

by Charlie Fenton | Mar 24, 2023 | Community

Data taken from the first month of Sheffield’s new augmented reality art trail shows most users are using the app once to scan a QR code, then not revisiting, reusing the app, or following the full trail.   The numbers show that between February 5th and March...

70km hike raises over £2,000 for University of Sheffield

by Ewan Jardine | Mar 24, 2023 | Charity, Community

A University of Sheffield alumni has raised over £2,000 for the university as he hikes from Manchester all the way to Sheffield Thomas Wright, a Sheffield Alumni, is hiking the 70km distance between the two cities to raise money for scholarships and bursaries at the...

Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: How you can save a life

by Jessica Whitaker | Mar 24, 2023 | Uncategorised

A student at the University of Sheffield student is running the Sheffield half marathon to raise money for ovarian cancer, in honour of her late grandmother. Asha Chaudhry, 22, will be one of 6,000 runners partaking this Sunday. Her chosen charity is Target Ovarian...
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