Support your local theatre troupe, back on stage for the first time in 2 years! Sheffield’s Midland Players present a comedy-thriller, ‘Spygame’, by Bettine Manktelow. The story questions how far people are willing to go to achieve fame. It involves trust, deception and intrigue, reflecting the unreal world of ‘reality TV’. Performances run from Wed. 26th to Sat. 29th Jan.…

A demonstration outside the South Yorkshire meeting to demand the Mayor and council leaders act now to bring our bus services into public control. Banners and placards are welcome, and bring your singing voices as the South Yorkshire Climate Alliance have written a song! Also present will be the Unite the Union’s giant rat to represent the shocking attitude of…

Sheffield Extinction Rebellion meeting on the topic “Glasgow failed. What next?”, following on from their brilliant Amazon blockade on Black Friday. The meeting starts at 6.45pm but you can arrive early to chat. From 6pm-6:45pm is a social, bring your own food and a mug (for tea, provided). This is Sheffield XR’s Main Monday Meeting which is very friendly and…

Sheffield no longer has an annual anarchist bookfair, but Manchester & Salford Anarchist Bookfair is happening this year. Well worth crossing the Pennines for a good selection of books, zines, talks, films, tee shirts, etc. etc. And of course an update on anarchist thought and activities in 2021.

This Global Day of Action for Climate Justice has been called by the COP26 Coalition, halfway through the COP26 negotiations in Glasgow. It will be followed over the next four days by a People’s Summit for Climate Justice. The message of the Coalition (hundreds of individuals, trade unions, NGOs, faith groups, and grassroots groups) is that justice won’t be handed…

African Europeans is a landmark account of a crucial thread in Europe’s complex history. Olivette Otele traces a long African European heritage through the lives of individuals both ordinary and extraordinary. She uncovers a forgotten past, from Emperor Septimius Severus, to enslaved Africans living in Europe during the Renaissance, and all the way to present-day migrants moving to Europe’s cities.…