We Know We Can Hope
A poem by Philip PJ. On 23rd March 2020 the UK entered its first lockdown. I wrote this poem during the first wave of the coronavirus about hope and the calming perspective it can give us.
Far from Home: Andrew Wyeth’s Christina’s World and the tranquil spirit of the painting
By Rachel Yu Cheng Chan. It has been almost two years since I left my home country to pursue my history degree here in Sheffield. Like every international student, I developed homesickness during my stay. Currently, as a third year student doing a dissertation for history, it was a surprise to me that I only …
Walking in their footsteps: The women who shaped the National Trust
By Hannah McCann. ‘We all want quiet. We all want beauty … we all need space.’ In this past year, the importance of nature and outside spaces has never been greater. Many turn to nature as a form of therapy, a way to unwind and relax. The National Trust has for many provided this green …
Home after Home: Resting in Peace in Sheffield’s General Cemetery
By Catherine Kennedy. Sheffield general cemetery can be accessed via Cemetery Avenue, off Ecclesall Road. These days it is adjacent to an urban thoroughfare and the Sheffield Hallam Collegiate Campus, but when it was purchased for development, the site was an ex-quarry and its location was sufficiently rural for potential customers to worry about the …
John Keats and the importance of finding happiness in miserable times.
By Lewis O’Brien. “Yet did I never breathe its pure serene/ Till I heard chapman speak out loud and bold:/ Then felt I like some watcher of the skies/ When a new planet swims into his ken” – On first looking into Chapman’s Homer. Never has John Keats’ optimism been more relevant than over the …
The Local History of the Hartlepool Coast
By Jade Burnett. The walk along the Hartlepool coast is one lined with the memories of Britain’s social and cultural history. As a historic seaside resort, and a former naval industrial center, the town’s coastline has a great deal to tell us about working class life in Britain, from leisure to war.
Carl Wark: Legends in the Mist
By Robert Curtis It’s a cold day in February. The sun that shone for much of the morning has faded, and up in the hills a thick fog descends. A harsh wind lashes your cheeks, and you can barely see a dozen paces ahead on the gravelly path that takes you onward over the Hathersage …