A five-day cultural residential event to bring together artists, cultural activists and organisers working across the trade union, social justice and working-class movements, exploring the role of the arts in social and political movements, contemporary working-class culture, and the impact of new technologies on creative practice. It runs from 6–10 April 2026 as a five-day residential package, but day passes…
Barnsley, South Yorkshire (Neighbouring town: public transport available from Sheffield)
It is 100 years since the depression-era General Strike, and Unite the Union is working with Durham Miners Association and the National Union of Mineworkers to mark the anniversary. They will be bringing together trade unionists, historians, musicians, artists and authors to make this a truly memorable celebration of working class pride, and a good day to visit Barnsley. Sheffield…
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…
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…
