Friday October12th 2018 7.30pm Another excellent double-header of electronic music. Åyusp A new collaboration between Graham McElearney and Paul Mills, born out of a common love for our favourite German electronic music, influenced in particular by all the usual suspects – the mighty Tangerine Dream of course (especially the golden line up with Peter Baumann) […]

Wednesday January 9th 2019 7.30pm This talk will examine the decorative plasterwork and carved woodwork in Bishops House and explore how it relates to that in other houses in Sheffield and North-east Derbyshire area during the 17th century. It was all being done by a group of craftsmen living in Norton and Greenhill. Free, but […]

Wednesday December 5th 2018 7.30pm Editor, Nancy Fielder, will talk through stories and photos which have appeared in The Star over the last century throughout Advent and Christmas. Be prepared for a few festive laughs along the way on this tour of Sheffield news in the jolliest of seasons. Nancy also invites readers to bring […]

Wednesday November 7th 2018 7.30pm This talk will examine how Sheffield reacted to the possibility, then the reality that man could fly. It will chart the development of flying clubs in the city and the role played by some well known actors on the Sheffield stage. It will also reveal that Sheffield has unexpected links, […]

Wednesday October 3rd 2018 Sanitation was the prime environmental concern of developing societies in the nineteenth century.  The growth of conurbations, especially in London and the industrial north of England and lowland Scotland, presented local and national government with urgent, desperate problems – water-supply and sewerage. Practical solutions took most of the nineteenth century to […]

Wednesday September 12th 2018 “Elaine Mein, The Cunning Woman. Concealed Objects and written charms: protection in the medieval period.” More details to follow