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The Diary: Revenge best served after a few cold ones

Thu, 16 May 2013 07:00:20 GMT

It was something of a humiliation in Spain last time round.

Take Two with Colin Drury

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:51:23 GMT

bean’s blades blues

Much ado about our Joe’s screen success

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:26:46 GMT

You could call it audacious. You could call it bold. You could call it simple South Yorkshire cheek. But, for Joe Stephenson, whatever it was, it worked.

Chef Luke cooks up storm for the cameras – but he’s no Jamie

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:25:27 GMT

LUKE French isn’t exactly like Jamie Oliver.

take two

Tue, 14 May 2013 06:24:16 GMT

from russia...in English?

Wargames players let battle commence

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:32:07 GMT

Some enthusiasts call it conflict simulation. Others talk of tabletop reenactment. A few label it combat strategy reproduction.

take two

Mon, 13 May 2013 06:29:48 GMT

EAR’S TO THE TOWERS

The Diary: Exchange and art: landmark to reopen

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:15:40 GMT

It is one of Sheffield city centre’s most iconic buildings, a six storey landmark once described as among the finest structures of its kind in the country.

Take Two with Colin Drury

Thu, 09 May 2013 07:13:32 GMT

A Dickens of a tale

The Diary: Art deco building still standing thanks to Sheffielders

Thu, 09 May 2013 06:58:26 GMT

Sheffielders left officials in no doubt of their views when two years ago plans were put forward to demolish Hambleton House, in Exchange Place.

Frothy tale of rakes and flirty barmaids

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:58:33 GMT

THERE is a school teacher known as Slipper because of his choice of punishment, a cricket team who would be village heroes if only they could win a game, and a teenage barmaid loved by the local lads for both her frothy pints and her inability to stop flirting.

Temperance bar owners keep a clear head as business booms

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:57:07 GMT

AND from Forties memoirs to a Twenties-style bar – with a temperance drinkerie set to be potentially opened in Sheffield.

Take Two

Tue, 07 May 2013 06:55:13 GMT

Mug shots of moggies

The Diary: Exhibition reveres all things Barnsley

Mon, 06 May 2013 08:31:38 GMT

It was an idea first suggested seven years ago but, in a way, this is a project which has been almost 1,000 years in the making.

Take Two with Colin Drury

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:14:18 GMT

PROBLEM SOLVED...

The Diary: Still but a youngster, home is happy at 50

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:08:53 GMT

At 50 years old, it’s fair to say Broomgrove Nursing Home is considerably younger than most of its 40 residents.

The Diary: They’re made from what? Swarf sculptures to go on show

Thu, 02 May 2013 07:04:26 GMT

THEY are Sheffield sculptures made from a most unlikely Sheffield material: swarf.

An Audacious idea in Harwood Street

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:30:03 GMT

It was a music project which started life in a Grimsby bedroom.

From milkman to Michelangelo, Edwin, 85, has some bottle

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:28:54 GMT

YOU might say it was a lucky break which led 85-year-old Edwin Wraith to start painting back in 1980.

take two

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:27:12 GMT

OPEN?