Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm presents Tarka Dawn, Double XL, Sour Cherry and Chloe Jade Simmons. They will be performing at West St Live on West Street, Sheffield. Doors open at 19:30 with the first band is due to start at 20:00 hrs. Four performers for only £3.00 on Wednesday 29 June. Come down and support the local live music scene here in Sheffield as well as your local community radio station, Sheffield Live! 93.2 fm. C u there.
Hello my name is Simon Thake and I present the Monday Uprising here on Sheffield Live 7-9 every Monday morning. I’m running the Sheffield half marathon this year to raise money for Sheffield Live so if you’d like to sponsor me that would be very lovely of you. See the horribly unflattering picture of me above. I’m the one on the left looking red faced and sweaty.
Please use the button below to sponsor me! Thank you for your support.
By Amna Kaleem
Policies on education have been amongst the most unpopular initiatives taken by the coalition government. A look at the tuition fee protests all over the country is enough to gauge the anger of students. While most of the protests were focused on rise in tuition fees, almost every protest had a group of students from sixth form colleges and schools who were out to protest the scrapping of Education Maintenance Allowance.
The EMA is a weekly allowance of £10, £20 and £30 paid to students who are 16 to 18 years old. The amount paid varies according to the student’s family income, those living below £20,817 qualify for £30, those between £20,818 and £25,521 are eligible for £20 and the students whose family income is between £25,522 and £30,810 get £10 per week. The money is paid directly into the students’ bank accounts and is stopped if they fail to be punctual or attend their classes regularly.
The fund which was set up by the Labour government in 2004 is now being scrapped, which means from next academic year around 647,000 students across the country cannot claim their EMA. In Sheffield alone, there are little over 6,000 students who benefit from EMA. There has been a lot of debate on the subject, some feel students spend the money on iTunes and PS3 games, a claim which may not be completely unfounded as some students who qualify for EMA do not need it to support their education. However, there are also students who would not be able to pursue education if this small weekly payment is withdrawn.
At Longley Park Sixth Form College around 75% of students receive EMA. Here is an interview with college students Abby Thompson and Shanice Wright and their teacher James Finlayson:
One of the success stories of EMA is James Mills who used the programme to pursue further education and was able to go to university. James now works as a parliamentary researcher and has started the Save EMA campaign. James talks about how EMA helped him and how the campaign to save this fund is gaining momentum, nationally:
James Mills
For more information on the campaign, visit http://saveema.co.uk/
The report was aired on Communities Live on December 17, 2010.
By Amna Kaleem
Before you start clearing the snow from your driveway and pavement, let’s clear up some misconceptions around the myth of legal liabilities. It is believed that one can become legally liable for clearing public pathways if someone trips or fall.
The Department of Transport and the Department of Communities and Local Government have repudiated this misconception in a guide they issued in November 2010.
To find out Sheffield City Council’s position on the issue, we spoke with Cllr Shaffaq Mohammad, cabinet member for communities, who told us about the legal support the council is offering in this matter.
Snow myths
The report was aired on Communities Live on December 10, 2010.
By Amna Kaleem
In the last one week, Sheffield gritters have covered over 43,000 kilometres of highways, a distance equivalent to more than the circumference of the earth.
Sheffield Live! talks to Street Force director John Charlton about gritters, snow wardens and potholes.
You can contact Street Force at streetforce@sheffield.gov.uk and (0114) 273 4567.
The report was aired on Communities Live on December 10, 2010
Documentary review by Erini Apostolidou
Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd in a snapshot from the film
The background of the story
As a Qur’an researcher Egyptian Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd was one of the leading liberal theologists in the Muslim world. In an era of rising fundamentalism his resolve to open up new interpretations of the Holy Book cost him dearly. In 1995 he was declared an apostate (infidel) by a court decision and was forcefully divorced from his wife since a Muslim woman cannot be married to a non-Muslim man. After becoming a hate figure for the islamists, he spent the remaining 14 years of his life in exile, first in Spain, then in the Netherlands, where he continued his work. He never assumed the role of the victim, because he did not want the Western media to consider him as such. On the contrary, he took a stance against islamophobia. He tried to tell people that there are various approaches to Islam e.g. rational and fundamentalist, and that other religions can also be interpreted in various ways.
The film
When director Ali Atassi first listened to Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd he was so impressed by his perspicacity and his gift for talking that he saw in him a leader against conservative Islam. He wished more people could listen to this man and so resolved to make this film. The project started with admiration but ended in conflict: why didn’t Abu Zayd return to Egypt where he was needed and take up the fight again? Why did he accept to take part in TV programmes since he knew he would be so much misrepresented?
The director’s ambition is to show the film in the Arab world. That’s why he takes for granted the audience’s knowledge of the case, since Abu Zayd’s trial was a big scandal in the mid ‘90s. However, for an audience unacquainted with the facts this is a challenging film in terms of structure. Its basic components are footage from a public talk where Abu Zayd was the guest speaker and extracts from discussions between Ali Atassi and a) Abu Zayd, b) Abu Zayd’s spouse Dr. Ibtihal Younis c) Abu Zayd’s student and spiritual son Mohammad Hakem. There is also the director’s own footage of Abu Zayd’s appearance in Al Jazeera and BBC radio in Netherlands. All these are crosscut into each other in a way that can be both interpreted as stimulating and confusing at the same time. What is certain is that Ali Atassi ended up with a gripping, even if elliptic, account of the late years in the life and work of an important contemporary figure.
This film apart from introducing us to Nasr Hamid Abu Zayd, provides food for thought in several areas. I had the chance to watch it at the Sheffield Documentary Festival. After the screening I took part in and also recorded a lively discussion between the director and the audience. Click and listen below for an insight into the following subjects:
• Film as a medium for propagating ideas
• Fight against fundamentalism
• Faith in charismatic figures vs. collective effort towards social and political change
• Attitude of media towards intellectuals – ignorance, vulgarity, arrogance
• Conventional aesthetics in film-making vs. deliberate disregard towards them
• Approach to storytelling: total exposition to the background vs. elliptical narration
• Relation between documentary film-maker and subject/protagonists in their film
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After the hustle & bustle of the summer; FroZac Is back on Friday the 3rd of December, 9:00pm till 3.00am and its all happening at Penelopes as we raise money for Sheffield Live! 93.2fm celebrating over 3 years of quality broadcasting!
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Featuring…
MAYBE MYRTLE TYRTLE – Their aural sunshine mixes Bluesy Rockabilly with skiffle interludes & filters it through a feelgood fairground sound in a woozy triumph. Intoxicating!
http://www.myspace.com/maybemyrtletyrtle
THE MOTHER FOLKERS – Stompin, Jiggin madness from the Folkin’ rockers. Get t’Folk!
http://www.myspace.com/motherfolkersmusic
DILL ZOGG – Eclectic party set from the Planet Zogg Nebula
JILL TURNER (Gondwana Sound) – World Gold from the woman in the know
http://www.gondwanasound.co.uk/
BOOMSHANKA TRIBAL BELLY DANCERS – dancing bellies fresh from the hafla!
FROZAC RESIDENTS – Trific, Tom Goose & RP Renz – World n Party, Deep n Chunky, Phat n Funky dance grooves
TREATS N BEATS CAFE – They got all the snacks!
Plus Return of the RAFFLE !!! – Roll up Roll up
Doors: 9pm – 3am
Tickets: £5 (£4 adv & b4 10.00pm)
Tickets can also be bought online at: https://www.wegottickets.com/event/98543
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Well, we did it! On Saturday the 30th of October, as part of the ‘Off the Shelf’ festival, the ‘Cornucopia Radio Show’ was broadcast live from the Sheffield Winter Gardens, for 6 hours between 11am and 5pm.
The day featured poets, storytellers, comedians, performers, actors, musicians, singers and local amateur dramatic groups. Yes, it was a little chaotic (let there be no doubt about that!) but it was also pretty amazing, because amazing is the thing we do best!
Click here for an image gallery featuring every performer or click on the audio player below to listen to each and every act (and if you want to download them as individual mp3s click here)
And if you’d like to get involved in any of our future live events or help with the recording of our studio pieces, then our email address would be a good place to start: studio@cornucopia-radio.co.uk, or if that’s too hard, just try visiting the website.
Are you aged over 18, unemployed and not doing any other training? Interested in learning new digital media skills?
If so, then this is for you…
Sheffield Live! are running the following free workshops:
INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE PHOTOSHOP
25th November 2010 – 10am till 4pm
INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION
26th November 2010 – 10am till 4pm
INTRODUCTION TO RADIO PRODUCTION
27th November 2010 – 10am till 4pm
RADIO PRODUCTION – PRACTICAL PRODUCTION
28th November 2010 – 10am till 4pm
Come and Join us at ‘Sheffield Live, 15 Paternoster Row’ for these exciting free workshops. There are only 8 places available on each course and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis.
For further information and to book a place contact zoe@sheffieldlive.org
This summer, 12 young people worked alongside Sheffield Live! to produce two radio shows under the banner ‘Creative Voices’. One show looked at people’s attitude and opinions of ‘gang culture’ and another show looked at the negative and positive effects which music has on the culture of today.
You can now stream these two shows direct from this webpage. We hope you enjoy them.
SHOW 1: GANG CULTURE (36 minutes)
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