23/03/2026

Charity’s desperate campaign to ‘restore dignity drop by drop’ for homeless people

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2025/12/12/charitys-desperate-campaign-to-restore-dignity-drop-by-drop-for-homeless-people/ A charity in Sheffield is running out of time in its campaign to improve living conditions for formerly homeless people. Emmaus Sheffield focuses on helping individuals break the cycle of homelessness by offering the necessary tools to change their lives. This comes in the form of food, clothes, support, or housing found above their charity shop. […]

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23/03/2026

Art exhibition for “kind and loved teacher” draws to an end

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2025/12/12/art-exhibition-for-kind-and-loved-teacher-draws-to-an-end/ An exhibition at Western Bank Library to celebrate a prestigious architecture teacher is coming to an end after a successful six months. Western Bank library’s latest exhibition, titled: ‘Peter Blundell Jones: architecture, landscape and the city’, will be coming to an end on December 14, having run since July. The exhibition celebrates the life […]

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23/03/2026

University of Sheffield company fighting against animal testing turns two

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/23/university-of-sheffield-company-fighting-against-animal-testing-turns-two/ and on the Sheffield Star: https://www.thestar.co.uk/community/university-of-sheffield-company-fighting-against-animal-testing-turns-two-5610820 on rise for animals: https://riseforanimals.org/news/sci-news-feb-2026/ A university spinout company researching alternatives to animal testing is turning two. Sansanima was first created in 2024, with the aim to find an alternative to animal testing and encourage other companies to adopt this practice. They are currently using their research to […]

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23/03/2026

More than a degree: The University of Sheffield SU celebrates its 120th anniversary

Orignally published on Sheffield wire https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/02/23/more-than-a-degree-the-university-of-sheffield-su-celebrates-its-120th-anniversary/ and on the Sheffield Star https://www.thestar.co.uk/education/more-than-a-degree-the-university-of-sheffield-su-celebrates-its-120th-anniversary-5610817?r=3139 As the University of Sheffield Student Union turns 120, students, alumni and staff members look back at the rich history of our institution and reminisce about their own experiences. Sarah Broadhurst is the curator for the Western Bank exhibition ‘More Than a Degree: 120 Years of Life at […]

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21/03/2026

“If you’re into it, read into it”: Sheffield prepares to celebrate 2026 as the Year of Reading

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/02/if-youre-into-it-read-into-it-sheffield-prepares-to-celebrate-2026-as-the-year-of-reading/ A year-long reading campaign has been launched to address the dropping literacy rate around the country and overall decline in reading. The new scheme comes from the National Literacy Trust, a literacy charity aiming to support children and young people in strengthening their literacy skills. Alongside the department of education, they have dubbed 2026 […]

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21/03/2026

Upcoming World Book Day: a “complete shock” for Sheffield parents

Originally published on Sheffield Wire: https://sheffieldwire.co.uk/index.php/2026/03/02/upcoming-world-book-day-a-complete-shock-for-sheffield-parents/ A magical day for a child but an extra expense for their parents. World Book Day is coming up, but this time it will be echoed by a worsening financial crisis.  The annual event this year will be held March 5 in every school around the country, to encourage children to read and be […]

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19/01/2026

Kudzu Ocean

(Abridged version published by TWIG magazine: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1agXkJLRZsbzY3D2Z1KxcqRNDlQweFoxl/view) Emergent layer She drops her ring, a thin jade band with a vine of glistening diamonds twisting all around it, beneath her. We watch it tumble down, surely it’ll be caught in one of our nets, maybe land on one of our wooden bridges, maybe we’ll find it in someone’s hammock of woven […]

Short stories 0 9 min read
19/01/2026

But I need your body

Also published on the Sheffield Review (https://thesheffieldreview.wordpress.com/camilla-sechi/) I still live in the very first body I was ever gifted.  I only had it repaired once, aged thirteen, when I fell off a tree in our garden and landed onto my arm. It took a month to heal, a month I spent living in my emergency body. It might as well […]

Short stories 0 14 min read
18/06/2025

Snow up in Rigi Kulm and a Luzern day trip

It took us around three trains to reach Luzern, a city in the Germanophone canton of Luzern, located in Switzerland. We departed from the Lausanne station bright and early only to reach a rainy Luzern. First order was a boat ride to cross the lake, to then reach a funicular station. From then on we reached a snow-covered Rigi Kulm […]

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18/04/2025

Lenore

If the mirror isn’t lying, then I know I am faceless. I try to remember what I looked before, this word hangs around me like a fluttering of feathers. I know there is an answer, out there, somewhere, something knows who I am, and while it may seem an unsolvable mystery to me, the truth that can never be uncovered […]

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