Is Sheffield’s only independent councillor too shy to speak?
‘It’s thanks to you, not me. All I did was carry on your work.’
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Victoria Munro
Victoria is an investigative reporter, who has written extensively about Sheffield's music and hospitality sectors. She was previously the editor of the Waltham Forest Echo.
Aseel Al-Essaie was the victim of a grisly murder, now he’s television
‘One person’s worst day is another person’s payday’
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Sheffield was in decline. In Bill Stephenson’s photos, the city still glows
‘There’s a golden hour when everyone loves everyone — and a point where people are ready to punch each other’
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Is the tug of war over Abbeydale Picture House finally nearing its end?
‘He’s nearly bankrupted us, there should be some recompense for that’
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How Sheffield learned to stop worrying and love the bomb
This city was once a ‘nuclear-free zone’. A lot has changed.
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We’re the Snooker City - but for how much longer?
Plus, the true story behind an iconic piece of graffiti
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Will Theatre Deli’s closure blow up Sheffield’s ‘talent pipeline’?
'Ultimately, we made the decision to close and find another way to work, rather than change'
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From Sheffield to the stars: an interview with Britain’s first astronaut
‘For quite a few months, it was uncertain whether or not the mission would go ahead’
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Musheir spent over a month trapped in the Gaza strip. He wants the world to know what he saw
‘My people are being wiped out and I can do nothing’
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The rise and fall (and possible collapse) of Abbeydale Picture House
A venue in this iconic building has failed before - what makes things different now?
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Someone has kidnapped Mr Sheffield. A squad of volunteer detectives is on the case
‘He’s probably one of the most famous ponies in the country and we still can’t find him’
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Social media pile-ons, karaoke, and my morally indefensible job
An editor’s edition by Victoria Munro
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Kommune is dead, long live Kommune
'I don’t want to be here anymore. This building is cursed.'
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In defence of the indefensible: journalism
‘An hour-long exam should be devoted to copying out that first sentence over and over, like a Victorian schoolchild’
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‘By the end, it was just blind panic’: Inside the final months at SSB Law
In 2021, it was ‘one of Sheffield’s biggest employers’. Now, the firm has crashed and burned
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Can you strip in Sheffield? After six years, the jury’s still out
‘They took away our work space and left us, they’re wolves in sheep’s clothing’
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