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…

The annual Festival of Debate this year kicks off with author and researcher Kate Pickett, from the University of York. She was part of the pioneering team that produced “The Spirit Level” (2009), which shifted scientific understanding of inequality. How to make a good society prioritising health, care, education and rehabilitation is her current focus. The conversation will be hosted by…

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…