Looking Up Sheffield

We finally got our podcast chops in gear for season two of the popular peoples' podcast (note the apostrophe placing) and what a cracker it is. While we pretend to look after our respective children, Loz and Nic talk positively about other people's rubbish and what might become of John Lewis. We introduce a new feature, Building Of The Month, with the fantastic Heritage Sheffield, where he talks about his love of the White Building in Fitzalan Square (like the Beatles' White Album if that too...

Our little podcast has made it to episode 10, just in time for Christmas. A year where life has changed for everyone. But none more so than Sheffield's director of health Greg Fell. 2020 has seen him leading the city's response to Covid-19. In our TV screens, on You Tube and across the city, Greg has issued practical and no-nonsense advice to Sheffielders. It is for this, his many different Shaves, flock wallpaper and fleet FACT (Fell Always Cuts Through) that he is Looking Up Sheffield's ina...

Boxing is, of course, in Sheffield’s DNA. From the Bomber to Brook, it has produced its fair share of gloved-up heroes. But the real heroes are operating out of a former school which was in serious danger of falling into dereliction. Then again, so were some of the people who have all lined up to credit De Hood with turning their lives around.Reagan Denton is a man with a colourful back story. A British boxing contender in Frank Maloney’s stable, he ended up swapping the ring for a ...

Meet Bally, the Speakeasy creator. He’s one of a trio of people doing great things in the previously less than thriving Castlegate area that we feature on this episode. Last time around we focused on the buildings that are making the area swing again, from the Old Town Hall to the Terminal warehouse and the Grey to Green scheme, but this podcast is nothing without the people that are making the change happen.In podcast eight he takes us on a journey in sound, recorded naturally enough in his ...

Podcast guest Simon Ogden didn't let the Covid restrictions stop his plans to put Castlegate, the ancient heart and beating digital future of Sheffield, into the spotlight.Normally he's planning a week long jam of events and parties which celebrate the area and its ongoing regen. Forced to think differently, he's taken to his hard hat and kayak to take you into the hidden spaces we walk past everyday and never acknowledge. In this podcast we give an exclusive look at the three films...

Everybody's been getting out in the great outdoors, but it's not just for our own benefit. Looking Up Sheffield brings you three for the price of one by podcasting under a waterfall in Rivelin Valley, in the heart of a former underpass turned epic green space in the city centre, and in a part of the city once dubbed the worst council estate in Britain that is now awash with pictorial meadows. We go for a wild swim in an unspecified location, list 10 places to celebrate the great out...

We never expected to be gone so long. We paused Looking Up Sheffield for three months to adjust and recalibrate before deciding that the news about Hillsborough Park's coach house getting the funding to become the city's first ever dementia cafe was too good not to share. As well as speaking to Age UK Sheffield main man Steve Chu about his million pound plans, we recorded in back gardens, behind vans and between spin cycles. We bring tales of Black Lives Matter, next door's bhajis and what bo...

Just in time for Valentine's Day, podcast four focuses on Sheffield's Heart Of The City 2, which is even better than the original. We talk to Nalin Seneviratne, director of city centre regen at the council, about progress, heritage and renewal from the mezzanine at Marmadukes, part of the new development. We also talk to Tim at Marmadukes over oatmilk lattes. Amid clanging plates and dubious sound levels, we discuss Sheffield's amazing cafe scene, Leah's Yard and what's on our ...

A special Christmas edition celebrating the River Don. It's been in the news for all the wrong reasons, so it's time to remember why the Don is worth our attention. Looking Up Sheffield urges you to forget the politics and immerse yourself in the story of Wardsend Cemetery, an astonishing space being brought back into the light. We conjure a top ten of River Don highlights, forget which century we are in and realise that counting isn't our strong suit. Co-host Nicola Allen gets...