Gill Hughes
@gillhughes.bsky.social
Missing the sea, loving the hills.
Sheffield by way of Liverpool.
(And desperately trying to find all the wonderful people I followed on Twitter since 2009, on here!)
Sheffield by way of Liverpool.
(And desperately trying to find all the wonderful people I followed on Twitter since 2009, on here!)
November 28, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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So on the bus through late November running
by yellow lights tormented, darkness falling,
the two girls sang for miles and miles together…
—Iain Crichton Smith, “Two Girls Singing”
published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2021
#poem #poetry
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by yellow lights tormented, darkness falling,
the two girls sang for miles and miles together…
—Iain Crichton Smith, “Two Girls Singing”
published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2021
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
So on the bus through late November running
by yellow lights tormented, darkness falling,
the two girls sang for miles and miles together…
—Iain Crichton Smith, “Two Girls Singing”
published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2021
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...
by yellow lights tormented, darkness falling,
the two girls sang for miles and miles together…
—Iain Crichton Smith, “Two Girls Singing”
published in DEER ON THE HIGH HILLS, @carcanet.bsky.social 2021
#poem #poetry
www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/inde...
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BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
November 12, 2025 at 7:16 AM
BREAKING: European Sleeper will start a Paris-Berlin sleeper train from 26 March 2026, after Nightjet pulls out in December.
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
It'll run via Brussels (with Eurostar connection from London) 3 times a week. This + existing train = Brussels-Berlin 6 times a week. www.europeansleeper.eu/paris
Oh I just love this - "Tootings" 🎵🎶
November 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Oh I just love this - "Tootings" 🎵🎶
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Meet the locals: Emergence Collective. "One of Sheffield’s most distinctive & quietly radical musical forces." Ahead of their album launch on Friday, the improvised ensemble spoke to us about the ideas that bond their ~40 musicians & how Sheffield inspires them > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/meet-the-loc...
Emergence Collective → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A quietly radical musical force based entirely around improvisation. Ahead of their album launch, they reflect on the ideas that bond their roughly 40 musicians, and how Sheffield has inspired them al...
ourfaveplaces.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Meet the locals: Emergence Collective. "One of Sheffield’s most distinctive & quietly radical musical forces." Ahead of their album launch on Friday, the improvised ensemble spoke to us about the ideas that bond their ~40 musicians & how Sheffield inspires them > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/meet-the-loc...
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Our Joe’s film picks for November. A new body horror from the director of Raw and Titane. A portrait of family connection in Taipei. Lynne Ramsay’s new film about a woman trying to hold onto her sanity. Boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our Joe’s film picks for November. A new body horror from the director of Raw and Titane. A portrait of family connection in Taipei. Lynne Ramsay’s new film about a woman trying to hold onto her sanity. Boundary-pushing LGBTQ+ cinema from East and Southeast Asia > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/fi...
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Our Sheffield art picks bring together highlights of the city's exhibitions, markets, workshops & more. November & December features craft showcases. Landscapes real & imaginary. Festive making. And an immersive exhibition inspired by a slug’s way of life > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/ar...
November 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Our Sheffield art picks bring together highlights of the city's exhibitions, markets, workshops & more. November & December features craft showcases. Landscapes real & imaginary. Festive making. And an immersive exhibition inspired by a slug’s way of life > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/ar...
Every November & December, people gather in pubs across Sheffield & North Derbyshire to sing locally-written carols passed down through generations. Some songs are only sung in Sheffield. Some only in one pub. Find out more from @sheffieldfolkguide.bsky.social > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/the...
The Sheffield Carols → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Every November and December, people gather in pubs across Sheffield and North Derbyshire to sing locally-written carols that have passed down through generations. Some of these songs are only sung in ...
ourfaveplaces.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 4:57 AM
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A solo show about family dynamics and car mechanics. A Yoruba adaptation of Macbeth. Feminist, future-facing dance. A one-woman mix of cabaret and comedy. All coming up in our Sheffield theatre picks > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/th...
November 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
A solo show about family dynamics and car mechanics. A Yoruba adaptation of Macbeth. Feminist, future-facing dance. A one-woman mix of cabaret and comedy. All coming up in our Sheffield theatre picks > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/th...
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Each November, over a hundred creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace's two buildings open their doors to the public for one weekend. Make some plans to get nosy at Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios this month > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/yor...
Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
Each November, over a hundred creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace's two sites open their doors to the public for one weekend. Meet some of Sheffield's most talented artists, nosy around their cre...
www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Each November, over a hundred creative residents at Yorkshire Artspace's two buildings open their doors to the public for one weekend. Make some plans to get nosy at Yorkshire Artspace Open Studios this month > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/yor...
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Coming up in our Tom's music picks this month: master of the West African kora, Suntou Susso. The expansive sound of English Teacher. Acoustic improv in an album launch from Sheffield’s own Emergence Collective. And lots more > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/mu...
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Coming up in our Tom's music picks this month: master of the West African kora, Suntou Susso. The expansive sound of English Teacher. Acoustic improv in an album launch from Sheffield’s own Emergence Collective. And lots more > www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/our-picks/mu...
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Sheffield Folk Guides for the next 2 weeks- Sheffield local carols start this week! Come and sing these brilliant local carols in a pub. The first session will be this Thursday at The Greyhound, Ecclesfield. see www.localcarols.org.uk @helpsheffield.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Sheffield Folk Guides for the next 2 weeks- Sheffield local carols start this week! Come and sing these brilliant local carols in a pub. The first session will be this Thursday at The Greyhound, Ecclesfield. see www.localcarols.org.uk @helpsheffield.co.uk
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A weekend of left-wing politics & culture, @sheffieldtransformed.org returns later this month. With zine making, a radical history walk, pub quiz, a folk session at Gut Level, plus conversations on LGBTQ+ activism, racial justice, international solidarity & more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
Sheffield Transformed Festival → Our Favourite Places – Sheffield Culture Guide
A weekend of left-wing politics and culture. With discussions on local, national and international issues, plus a party.
ourfaveplaces.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:32 AM
A weekend of left-wing politics & culture, @sheffieldtransformed.org returns later this month. With zine making, a radical history walk, pub quiz, a folk session at Gut Level, plus conversations on LGBTQ+ activism, racial justice, international solidarity & more > ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
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2025 marks 10 years of Reel Steel.
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we have a special Limited Edition '10 years' t-shirt designed by illustrator Rosie Wilson:
reelsteelcinema.com/merchandise
featuring characters from films we've screened in 35mm, available to order until December 1st...
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we have a special Limited Edition '10 years' t-shirt designed by illustrator Rosie Wilson:
reelsteelcinema.com/merchandise
featuring characters from films we've screened in 35mm, available to order until December 1st...
November 11, 2025 at 12:01 PM
2025 marks 10 years of Reel Steel.
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we have a special Limited Edition '10 years' t-shirt designed by illustrator Rosie Wilson:
reelsteelcinema.com/merchandise
featuring characters from films we've screened in 35mm, available to order until December 1st...
To celebrate our 10th Anniversary, we have a special Limited Edition '10 years' t-shirt designed by illustrator Rosie Wilson:
reelsteelcinema.com/merchandise
featuring characters from films we've screened in 35mm, available to order until December 1st...
Reposted by Gill Hughes
📣Announcing... A Children's Manifesto
Kids of all ages can attend to help Sheffield Transformed to write a manifesto about what change they want to make and what world they want to live in.
🎟️ Buy tickets and find out more:
buff.ly/g9shP7n
Kids of all ages can attend to help Sheffield Transformed to write a manifesto about what change they want to make and what world they want to live in.
🎟️ Buy tickets and find out more:
buff.ly/g9shP7n
November 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📣Announcing... A Children's Manifesto
Kids of all ages can attend to help Sheffield Transformed to write a manifesto about what change they want to make and what world they want to live in.
🎟️ Buy tickets and find out more:
buff.ly/g9shP7n
Kids of all ages can attend to help Sheffield Transformed to write a manifesto about what change they want to make and what world they want to live in.
🎟️ Buy tickets and find out more:
buff.ly/g9shP7n
"Cities, by contrast, are messy places: places of fluidity and freedom and possibility"
This is such a wonderful piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social. And as a true northerner, I absolutely LOVE #London and pretty much all #cities (although special mention to #Sheffield & #Liverpool ofcourse!)
This is such a wonderful piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social. And as a true northerner, I absolutely LOVE #London and pretty much all #cities (although special mention to #Sheffield & #Liverpool ofcourse!)
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
Say what you like about ‘Sadiq Khan’s no-go hellscape’ – Britain’s cities prove the rightwing agitators wrong | Jonathan Liew
To rightwing populists, places of fluidity and freedom will always be the enemy, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Liew
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
"Cities, by contrast, are messy places: places of fluidity and freedom and possibility"
This is such a wonderful piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social. And as a true northerner, I absolutely LOVE #London and pretty much all #cities (although special mention to #Sheffield & #Liverpool ofcourse!)
This is such a wonderful piece from @jonathanliew.bsky.social. And as a true northerner, I absolutely LOVE #London and pretty much all #cities (although special mention to #Sheffield & #Liverpool ofcourse!)
Oh I HAVE enjoyed reading this! #PaulMcCartney #LindaMcCartney #Beatles #Wings #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
‘The world said I was dead - in so many ways I was’: Paul McCartney on the lost years after the Beatles
In 1969, as the band imploded, the singer was 27, depressed and drowning in a sea of legal and personal rows. He hadn’t died, as rumour had it, but he was struggling. He introduces an oral history of ...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Oh I HAVE enjoyed reading this! #PaulMcCartney #LindaMcCartney #Beatles #Wings #Scotland
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/n...
Delighted to see how the #BowerSpring #Cementation #Furnace has been exposed and preserved #Industrial #Steel #Heritage #Archaeology #Sheffield @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #KelhamIsland #Museum
October 30, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Delighted to see how the #BowerSpring #Cementation #Furnace has been exposed and preserved #Industrial #Steel #Heritage #Archaeology #Sheffield @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #KelhamIsland #Museum
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Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
October 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Today’s #OnlineArtExchange is all about Autumn 🍂 William Ibbitt captured the moment the trees began to change colour, with orange foliage shining out against the fading green leaves. @artukdotorg.bsky.social
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
🖼️Dam House, Crookesmoor, Sheffield
👨🎨William Ibbitt (1804–1869)
📸Sheffield Museums
Well @petemckee.bsky.social - today I took yet another person to fall in love with your WONDERFUL exhibition @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #WestonPark Here we are near the end and still crowded!This loving homage to your family & #Sheffield deserves to stay forever! Like Liverpool kept the Iron Men!
October 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Well @petemckee.bsky.social - today I took yet another person to fall in love with your WONDERFUL exhibition @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social #WestonPark Here we are near the end and still crowded!This loving homage to your family & #Sheffield deserves to stay forever! Like Liverpool kept the Iron Men!
This is such a wonderful idea and no better champion than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social #children #Booker prize. #reading #books
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
Frank Cottrell-Boyce (@frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social)
Waterstone's UK Children's Laureate
Ideas lead to idols. Only wonder leads to truth.
Swinging a hammock on the Island of Brilliant podcast
https://islandofbrilliant.podbean.com/
frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social
October 25, 2025 at 7:43 AM
This is such a wonderful idea and no better champion than @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social #children #Booker prize. #reading #books
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
What a joy tonight it was @otsfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield for the #poetry celebration of 40 years of #TheNorth from @poetrybusiness.bsky.social. Wonderful poetry, poets and readings and I have my beautiful book from @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social to indulge in.
October 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
What a joy tonight it was @otsfestival.bsky.social #Sheffield for the #poetry celebration of 40 years of #TheNorth from @poetrybusiness.bsky.social. Wonderful poetry, poets and readings and I have my beautiful book from @bethdaviespoet.bsky.social to indulge in.
Another lovely #CountryDiary from @jensoilandpen.bsky.social
@drjhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/country-diary-mountain-plants-take-root-in-a-derelict-chapel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@drjhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/country-diary-mountain-plants-take-root-in-a-derelict-chapel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Country diary: Mountain plants take root in a derelict chapel | Jennifer Jones
Allerton, Merseyside: This cemetery is the resting place for famous names, and home to plants that are far from their preferred cliffs and rocky slopes
www.theguardian.com
October 23, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Another lovely #CountryDiary from @jensoilandpen.bsky.social
@drjhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/country-diary-mountain-plants-take-root-in-a-derelict-chapel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@drjhttps://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/22/country-diary-mountain-plants-take-root-in-a-derelict-chapel?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
This is the best new musical ever!! Don’t miss this one - premiering in #Sheffield this week @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social
This riotous new musical is inspired by the stories of members and customers of Gwenda's Garage - a lesbian-run car repair workshop in 1980s Sheffield.
Gwenda's Garage | Southwark Playhouse Borough | 30 October - 29 November
📸 Chris Saunders
Gwenda's Garage | Southwark Playhouse Borough | 30 October - 29 November
📸 Chris Saunders
October 22, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is the best new musical ever!! Don’t miss this one - premiering in #Sheffield this week @sheffieldtheatres.bsky.social