Issue 133

Story by John Mellor Spanning 100 pages and 90 years this book tells the story of John and Grace’s early lives, as well as their work in Burngreave since arriving in 1970. It is a [Read more]

Story by Craig Broadwith | Photos by Tristram Kenton ‘Black Men Walking’ is play written by Testament (aka Huddersfield based rapper Andy Brooks) for Sheffield’s Eclipse Theatre Group, and based on a real walking group, [Read more]

Story by Rob Smith SADACCA recently played host to the Black-led theatre and short film company, Eclipse. Clinton McCoy introduced the Eclipse representative Jyothi Giles who informed us of the production company’s further intentions to [Read more]

Story by Jill DesForges I have been writing creatively for a number of years. For a few years I was a member of a women’s writing group and was inspired by a poem called ‘Round [Read more]

Story by Richard Belbin A report issued last month from the End Child Poverty coalition of charities showed shocking levels of child poverty across the country. 87 council wards in the UK have a majority [Read more]

Story by Laura Farah | Photo by Erica Patterson Shakespeare Showtime is a drama initiative aimed at encouraging children aged 8-16 years to explore the works of William Shakespeare whilst building confidence and communication skills. This [Read more]

Story by Danny Antrobus I’m a very unprolific comedy writer. A few of my sketches and jokes have featured on BBC Radio 4 Extra’s topical comedy show, Newsjack. And I regularly write material for Newsrevue, [Read more]

Story and photo by Carrie Hedderrwick Have you been harassed by your landlord or threatened with eviction? Have you a written tenancy agreement and a current gas safety certificate? Is your deposit in a protection [Read more]

Story and photo by Huw Thomas The Nobel Prize passed through Pitsmoor, in the shape of Jeff Halper. Jeff visited Christ Church Pitsmoor and hosted a session on the future of Israel and Palestine. During [Read more]

Story by Alison Higgins Domestic abuse affects thousands of people across Sheffield every year. In 2016/17 Burngreave had the highest number of domestic abuse crimes reported to the police – 278 for the year. But [Read more]

Story by Victoria Smith | Photos by Frankie Currie, Victoria Smith and Richard Belbin I became artist in residence at Burngreave Cemetery Mortuary Chapel in the summer of 2014, the weekend the Tour de France [Read more]

Photo by Fran Belbin I became a volunteer at Burngreave Library because it is a well needed and valued community resource. This has given me the opportunity to contribute some time and energy to the [Read more]

Story by Fran Belbin | Photo by Nico Hall Ashlee Male, who featured in Issue 130 of the Messenger has made it into the record books now that her World Record for the most hula [Read more]

Story and page design by Martin Currie | Photos by Alan Blay I first met Alan Blay at a party. Conversation wasn’t really flowing, so I resorted to asking “what do you do?” Apparently, he [Read more]