Sheffield Trades Union Council (TUC) is pleased to announce the launch of a new pamphlet commemorating Sheffield’s – and Sheffield TUC’s – involvement in the General Strike of 1926. It is being produced by archivist, local historian, GMB trade union rep and Labour Party activist Edd Mustill (also the author of a new centenary history, Britain’s Revolutionary Summer: The General…

  The Socialist Equality Party (British section of the International Committee of the Fourth International or ICFI), offers this two-hour event, an analysis of the General Strike of 1926. It was launched in response to a massive attack on the wages of Britain’s 1.2 million coal miners, amid a period of labour unrest. But the Trades Union Congress (TUC), which…

The 11th Migration Matters Festival is the UK’s biggest Refugee Week event. The 2026 theme Forged By Migration recognises how different communities have shaped Sheffield, and contributed to its diverse international population. This year there is an added outdoor stage in collaboration with Kelham Island Museum, offering a free event on Saturday 28th of June. Festival highlights include Mobo Award-winning…

Crossed Wires Podcast Festival returns to Sheffield bringing four days of headline live podcast recordings, big names, city-wide events, a lively Fringe, pop-ups, after-parties and one-off shows, with up to 35,000 people expected. First Wave Line-Up Announced: Dig It – Jo Whiley & Zoe Ball How to Fail – Elizabeth Day The Blindboy Podcast – Blindboy Boatclub If I Speak…