Now Then Magazine

A Magazine for Sheffield by @OpusIndependent. Local news and culture. Online only (for now). Got a tip-off or want to write? Get in touch

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

At Now Then, we want to to tell stories that play an active role in shaping real & lasting change.

We'll never put our articles behind a paywall, but we can only do this with your support. Donate today & help us tell stories of resistance & hope. ✊

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[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

"There's no shortage of empty shops on high streets"

@HyphaStudios' flagship project in the north has seen them take over an old Wilkos in Hillsborough, #Sheffield, turning it into a gallery and studio complex over three spacious floors.

✍️ Sam Gregory
https://t.co/rIZ9NQOkIK

[Independent Media Association @ima_press]

⚡Lower bills, shared knowledge and community action.
🌱🏡Sam Walby reports for @nowthenmag on Green Streets Club, a Sheffield project showing how collective action can help households benefit from solar energy.
https://t.co/YJyJmJy4QT

[Festival of Debate 2026 @FestOfDebate]

Gary Stevenson got rich by reading the markets better than anyone. Now he's using that same sharp eye to take the whole system apart.

On 14 June, we're teaming up with @sheffdocfest to host the premiere of a brand-new series by @garyseconomics

Tickets ➡️ https://t.co/NSpWx7sItw

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

There’s a deliberate simplicity to their music, but it’s never flat: instead, it carries a warm, homespun energy that feels both personal and gently eccentric.

Chinese American Bear (@beary_big_bears) at @YellowArch.

✍️ @daniel_atherton
https://t.co/P1SgssL5K3

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

Hidden Track is a monthly series dedicated to promoting and showcasing contemporary classical music in Sheffield.

They're celebrating their first birthday on Monday 1 June at The Beaten Track on Campo Lane with an evening of live performances 🎶

Deets ⤵️
https://t.co/wb6GFsWj4m

[Make Votes Matter @MakeVotesMatter]

"Unless steps are taken to avert the democratic crisis before us, we could soon see a party with 25% of the vote take 100% of control." @nowthenmag https://t.co/v2qXPvKw3E

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

"Neither of my parents are from Sheffield, so it was down to me to discover bassline"

We sat down with rising DJ and producer Warpfit to chat about his journey from Heeley to becoming one of the most exciting selectors in the country.

✍️ @ArkoDjourno
https://t.co/lYelnSpLhf

[Festival of Debate 2026 @FestOfDebate]

Next month, we're partnering with @SheffDocFest to bring renegade economist and inequality expert @GarysEconomics to Sheffield.

Gary got rich by reading the markets better than anyone. Now he's using that same sharp eye to take the whole system apart ⤵️
https://t.co/NSpWx7sItw

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

"You either lean into it – bleak, grimy, industrial surroundings – or you go, fuck that, give me some glamour"

@DanielDylanWray's new book is a love letter to Sheffield's music scene, and the oddballs & one-offs charting their own course.

✍️ @Wayne_Hoyle
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[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

Sheffield's annual Kelham Island extravaganza @gettogetherfest reaches ambitious new heights with standout performances from Lime Garden, Formal Sppeedwear and the mercurial Modern Woman.

✍️ Steve Hunting
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[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

"There's lots of things nature needs that it doesn't get from the systems we have now"

Working out of a hideaway in the Loxley Valley, @WildSheffield has tasked Andrew Vickers with creating ‘eco-niches’ for threatened species to call home.

✍️ @SamMGreg https://t.co/n0uDjTL3ll

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

"We did think of calling our EP ‘women complaining’, as that's what a lot of our songs are about, but we settled on Cattle Grid and kept it simple!"

Cattle Grid at @YellowArch.

✍️ Steve Hunting
https://t.co/RTRbUAOv1F

[Festival of Debate 2026 @FestOfDebate]

For centuries, our legal systems have treated nature as something to be owned and exploited. But a bold new movement is challenging this paradigm ✊

Still a few tickets left for @JessicadenOuter in #Sheffield at Festival of Debate tomorrow night.

➡️ https://t.co/tSB0c3CXsn

[SheffieldArtsLab @shlab_sheffield]

This is a must see on Thursday night…@drbramwell

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

“It’s partly a coming-of-age story, But it’s also about re-enchantment. About recognising that magic exists in everyday life.”

@DrBramwell brings his innovative new show 'The Haunted Moustache' to @PerfVenuesSheff this Thursday.

✍️ Wayne Hoyle
https://t.co/OuyzWzJQm9

[Opus Independents @OpusIndependent]

The final instalment of our 'History of Now Then' series is live now on the Opus Blog.

In part three, we look at exciting plans to return our community media platform @nowthenmag to print, and how it will contribute to a just transition in Sheffield ⤵️

https://t.co/JxnXxQWyNc

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

Rather than sit by and watch our council’s political makeup distort further and further from the votes that were actually cast, councillors must work together cross-party to fight for Sheffield’s democracy before it’s too late.

✍️ Ash Taylor
https://t.co/EorIj6cGQP

[Now Then Magazine @nowthenmag]

Sheffield has rarely been associated with jazz. Yet, quietly and with increasing momentum, a new generation of artists, promoters and audiences are beginning to reshape that narrative.

✍️ Ashley Moules
https://t.co/pwuIWkkTj2

[Opus Independents @OpusIndependent]

Next Thursday, our friends at @GranthamCSF are screening 'Outgrow the System', with Q&A after ⤵️

This film introduces new economic perspectives, and envisions a world where social movements can rally behind positive visions instead of opposing dystopias.
https://t.co/V6cY5Dqhw1

[Independent Media Association @ima_press]

🔎Ahead of her talk at Festival of Debate next week, @nowthenmag has an exclusive extract from @JessicadenOuter's new book The Forest Fights Back: A Global Movement for the Rights of Nature

https://t.co/nAWFbGWBkd