Arts & Culture

Story by Lyn Brandon | Photos by Emilie Taylor Saturday 18th May saw another successful event organised by People’s Kitchen Pitsmoor (PKP). The main event was an excellent vegetarian chilli with homemade flat breads and … [Read more]

Story by Liz Allen Held over from the last language themed issue, WEA tutor Liz Allen tells us about some of her Burngreave ESOL class’s experiences of learning English. Language Experiences Ifraax’s story: “I was … [Read more]

Review by Alison Higgins | Photos by Lynette Hodges Inside the Vestry Hall, fifteen of us are sitting on cushions inside a tent made of colourful draped Indian fabric. On the far wall of the … [Read more]

Story and photos by Deborah Blencowe St Catherine’s Nursing Home commemorated Victory in Europe, with a fine selection of songs and food. Event co-ordinator, Julie, welcomed me into the day room, which was lovely, busy … [Read more]

As we approach summer (despite the torrential rain coming down as we put this issue together) we bring back our popular photography competition. The competition is named after local photographer Richard Hanson, who was a … [Read more]

Brought to you by quiz master Graham Jones. Each of the ten questions has three clues of varying difficulty to the same part of a local place name. All you have to do is work … [Read more]

These are the answers to last issue’s language quiz. If you haven’t had a go at it you, be sure to give it a try before reading these answers. No cheating! Arabic Slovak Punjabi Portuguese … [Read more]

In our ongoing series, we continue to show you how to say ‘hello’ and ‘thank you’ in just some of the many languages spoken in Burngreave (pronunciations are in brackets). Farsi (Iran and Afghanistan) Hello  … [Read more]

It’s the COPY DEADLINE Tuesday 28th May for issue 143, the June edition of the Messenger. If you are working on something for us or have something to include, please try to complete and get … [Read more]

All the articles from the printed copy of issue 142, the April 2019 edition of the Burngreave Messenger, are now online. You can see all the issues collected in an index at Issue 142 April … [Read more]

Story and photos by Bibiana Jordan-Horvath 8th April is International Roma Day. Roma culture, heritage, language and traditions are celebrated globally and Sheffield embraced this idea. In these photos are Sheffield activists, educators, mentors and … [Read more]

As this edition of the Messenger goes to print, we are awaiting the result of our latest application to the Big Lottery Fund for a further two years’ of funding. Whilst we are waiting to … [Read more]

Sheffield Festival of Debate has been running for five years now, organised by Opus Independents, who are otherwise probably best known for producing Now Then magazine. Three events, in particular, stand out for local residents. … [Read more]