#MeetTheMusicians 🎻 In anticipation of the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2026, we are thrilled to welcome some of the world’s finest musicians and stellar guest artists involved! Meet our residents, Ensemble 360.
#ThisIsChamberMusic #SCFM26 #Ensemble360
Around Sheffield on Wednesday night? Queer Poets Reading brings together three poets living in Sheffield to celebrate queer poetry in the National Year of Reading. Free tickets!
A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!
Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....
How We Look: Museum Late Event Millennium Gallery Thursday 23 April 2026 7pm-10pm
See the gallery through fresh eyes and focus on ‘how we look’ during an evening of hands-on philosophy. Info/booking here www.sheffieldmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/lat... Organised by @sheffieldmuseums.bsky.social
Three Sheffield Poets event Sat 25 April 6pm in La Biblioteka, Leah's Yard. Info and tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/three-shef... Part of Sheffield Indie Book Fest 2026
White delicate paper cutting artwork in white with a scene of two figures in a garden with tall trees and an arched building
Joanna Koerten (Dutch 1630-1715) painter, draughtswoman, pioneer in the art of paper cutting (silhouettes) #womensart
"Playing of virtuosity, sensitivity and... phenomenal power."
"Something close to flawless."
Read @bachtrack.com's review of Fibonacci Quartet's first appearance in Sheffield! 🎻
bachtrack.com/review-fibon...
"Sheaf is the river that flows through the side of Sheffield where I live; it’s brimming with wildlife, herons and kingfishers and dippers. It’s also gathered wheat, or gathered paper..."
'The Story of Sheaf' by @suzannahevans.bsky.social
suzannahevans.substack.com/p/the-story-...
Ten Longbarrow hardbacks, spines facing out.
You can find Longbarrow Press at the following book fairs in the coming weeks:
States of Independence, Leicester, Saturday 28 March
Free Verse: Poetry Book Fair, London, Saturday 25 April
Book Market, SIBFest, Sheffield, Sunday 26 April
Free, all welcome. Further info:
longbarrowpress.com/events/
Amazing news to wake up to: Sheffield has been longlisted for UK City of Culture 2029!🎭
We can't wait to work with our brilliant partners, creatives and communities across the city to help turn this dream into a reality 🤝
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Enjoy the great outdoors from the comfort of your seat at Sheffield Adventure Film Festival this weekend. With films on an Afghan ski community & a pioneering rock climbing couple. Plus kit-repurposing, abseiling & a sauna. See more in our top ShAFF picks: www.ourfaveplaces.co.uk/whats-on/she...
#MeetTheMusicians 🎻 In anticipation of the Sheffield Chamber Music Festival 2026, we are thrilled to welcome some of the world’s finest musicians and stellar guest artists involved! Meet jazz pianist and composer, Gwilym Simcock. musicintheround.co.uk/explore-at-h...
#SCFM26 #GwilymSimcock
We've just found out we're the #Nibbies North of England Small Press of the Year 2026! 🎉🎉🎉
Thank you to the judges, our brilliant fellow Northern indies, our authors and translators, and our readers. This means so much.
www.thebookseller.com/british-book...
Huge congratulations - that is great news
This image depicts the aftermath of the Great Sheffield Flood of 11 March 1864.The disaster was caused by the collapse of the newly constructed Dale Dyke Dam. The dam wall failed while the reservoir was being filled for the first time, releasing roughly 114 million cubic feet of water into the Loxley Valley. The flood resulted in the deaths of an estimated 240 people and nearly 700 animals. It destroyed or damaged over 400 houses and 20 bridges, significantly impacting villages like Loxley and Malin Bridge
The Great Sheffield Flood devastated parts of Sheffield OTD, 11 March 1864, when the Dale Dyke Dam broke as its reservoir was being filled for the first time. A small crack had been discovered in the embankment. Despite attempts to relieve the pressure, the dam breached. Around
Why are readers still drawn to Gothic writer Ann Radcliffe?
Our podcast series brings together experts to explore how Radcliffe shaped Gothic fiction and why her stories still matter today.
Listen to the series: player.sheffield.ac.uk/series/ann-r...
#WorldBookDay #AnnRadcliffe #GothicLiterature
Collage with a realistic looking green plant with yellow flower against a black background
Oenothera Biennis, Common Tree Primrose. 1781, collage by Mary Delany (1700-1788),known for her botanical flower collages or 'paper-mosaicks' #WomensArt
Languages carry identity, memory and belonging.
The Quilt of Welcome brings together words from children across Sheffield to show that all languages are welcome in schools and public places.
Watch here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/quilt...
#Multilingualism #Belonging
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Today is National Tile Day
We have lots of tiles in our collections, many of which we have turned into #MuseumJigsaws
🧩 www.jigsawplanet.com/BarnsleyMuse... 🧩
#NationalTileDay #tiles #puzzle #jigsaw #game
This special episode of the Folklore Matters podcast was recorded at Off The Shelf Festival in Sheffield at the end of 2025. Owen Davies & Ceri Houlbrook discuss their groundbreaking book, 'Folklore'.
Listen on Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/episode/0i1q... #booksky
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Painting if a flowering plant in a pot on a sunny balcony overlooking a landscape
Blue Hyacinth, c. 1937
Oil painting by Tove Jansson
#WomensArt
The UK’s largest festival of Japanese cinema, the Japan Foundation Touring Film Programme, is back again with a great line up of films. Tour includes screenings at the Showroom Cinema in Sheffield. Information here: www.jpf-film.org.uk
We couldn't wait to give you a taste of #OTSFest so we’re dropping a pre-festival event!
Join the bestselling author of The Midnight Library @matthaig.bsky.social at The Montgomery Theatre on 18 May. He’ll be discussing his new novel, The Midnight Train, with Helen Mort.✨
Book Now 👉 bit.ly/4aASVzh
I know it’s been a while (sorry) and it’s not even great light to show you, but I’ve just finished my first embroidery of 2026. 😊 I hope it was with the wait and that you enjoy!🪡🌿🦉✨
*Completely freehand stitched, no pattern, paints or sketch. #stitchedart #thesewingsongbird
Calling all writers! Check out the Writers Day on Saturday 7 March organised by The Writers Workshop in Sheffield. Info below
Ceramic bowl shaped to form three owl's heads with eyes and a beak for each. There are incised lines forming the feathers. The whole is covered in a green glaze.
We've found a way to combine #MuseumSuperbowl with #MuseumSuberbOwl
🦉Ceramic bowl by C H Brannam for Liberty & Co
#OwlishMonday #Superbowl
Painted portrait of a white woman, upper half facing forwards in a red top, hair tied back, against a dark background
Welsh artist Gwen John, Self Portrait, 1902 #womensart
This image shows the interior of the Georgian Theatre Royal in Richmond, North Yorkshire. It is a Grade I listed building, described as the most important theatre in the development of the English playhouse. Built in 1788 by actor-manager Samuel Butler, it is one of the UK's oldest working theatres. The theatre maintains an authentic 18th-century country theatre atmosphere, featuring original boxes, a sunken pit, and a small gallery. The scenery shown, which is part of the theatre's collection, dates between 1818 and 1836.
Built in 1788 by actor manager Samuel Butler the Georgian Theatre Royal In Richmond Yorkshire closed in 1848. Some 115 years later it was restored and reopened 1963 before being extended in 2003. It is the most complete Georgian theatre in the country.
