Creative Voices

Sangita 2nd November, 2010 Leave a comment

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)

[audio:http://web.sheffieldlive.org/podcast/get.php?web=j8452.mp3|titles=Creative Voices: Gang Culture]

SHOW 2: NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE EFFECTS (20 minutes)

[audio:http://web.sheffieldlive.org/podcast/get.php?web=j8453.mp3|titles=Negative and Positive Effects]

Cornucopia Halloween Special

Sangita 31st October, 2010

Have you ever felt the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, the chills going up your spine until you feel like you have to shake this feeling off your back? No matter how silly it feels?

Or how about those times when you feel like someone is looking over your shoulder? So much so, that you can almost feel someone breathing down your neck?

Listening to this ‘Cornucopia Halloween’ special (broadcast as part of our annual allnight weirdathon), as you are right now; alone in a darkened room, the disturbing feelings become stronger than ever and so intense that you feel the need to keep looking behind you; just to reassure yourself that you’re still alone.

And that’s when it will strike…

[audio:http://www.cornucopia-radio.co.uk/Cornucopia%20Radio%20Podcast%2025.mp3|titles=Cornucopia Halloween Special]

You can also listen to the rest of the all-night weirdathon by clicking here

Credits: Produced, Written and Edited by Peter Beeston. The story “Dracula” was taken from the Woody Allen book “Getting Even” and was adapted for the podcast because we think it’s brilliant. Please don’t sue us!!
Performed By: Jonathan Syer, Rob Atkinson, Duncan Miller, Christopher Bellamy, Rex Davies, Wendy Davies, Renate Reynolds, Chris Drury, Sangita Basudev and Phil Mason.
Music Tracks:Night Of A Thousand Orgasms – Genre Lectric
Copyright © 2010 – A Cornucopia Production

New term, new building, new President…

Sangita 17th October, 2010 Leave a comment

Emma Wass speaks to Joshua Forstenzer, president of the University of Sheffield Students’ Union.

Josh Fostenzer speaks to Emma Wass

As a non-British PhD student, Josh talks about how he hopes to bring something different to the role. He speaks passionately about the Students’ Union’s involvement with the local community and discusses the Gold Award, which was granted by the Student Union Evaluation Initiative to the union.

The end of Bullfighting in Spain?

Sangita 17th October, 2010 Leave a comment

Bullfighting ban in Catalonia

Spain has been famous for its somewhat controversial tradition of bullfighting, which is still a big part of the country’s fiesta culture. As a spectator sport, it is still widely popular, with several thousand Spaniards attending each week.

Despite this, in July the parliament of Catalonia voted to ban bullfighting after a petition was brought against it. The petition was signed by 180,000 people who believe this tradition to be barbaric and outdated. In the vote held on July 28, 68 voted in favour of the ban, 55 voted against and nine abstained.

Communities Live reporters Carlota Calderón and Emma Wass interviewed three Spaniards to ask for their opinion regarding this new legislation, which will take effect in January 2012.

Carlota is a Spanish native from the northern city of Pamplona, where San Fermines, the “running of the bulls” festival is held every summer. Emma spent a few months in the same region, Navarra, so has also experienced the fiesta culture first hand.

The interviewees are Hisham Melara from Granada, Andalucía, Oscar Floristán from Navarra, and Nacho Vázquez from Zaragoza.

The report discusses the moral issue regarding bullfighting i.e. animal welfare and the political issues behind the ban which relate to Catalonia’s fight for independence from the rest of Spain.

The Sheffield Live! Birthday Bash with Neil McSweeney

Sangita 16th October, 2010 2 Comments

Neil McSweeney is headlining a birthday party for Sheffield Live! on Friday the 29th of October at Penelope’s. The doors open at 7.30pm and the show starts at 8PM.

Neil’s unusual voice and unforgettable lyrics are not to be missed, so If you haven’t heard him before, this is your opportunity!

You can purchase tickets for this concert from “Rare and Racy” bookstore (on Sheffield’s Devonshire Green) or by clicking this link to wegottickets.com Tickets cost £5 or alternatively you can pay £7 on the door.

Also playing on the night are Velvet Rose, a jazz group whose calming sounds provide a welcome alternatively to our frantic everyday lives and closing the night will be Johnny and the Prison-Didn’t-Help Boys; whose catchy country & western sound is mixed alongside an excellent sense of humour.

This is an event not to be missed! Not only is it a celebration to mark three years on the air for Sheffield Live! but it’s also a celebration of local music and local talent!

[audio:http://web.sheffieldlive.org/wpress/audio/29advert.mp3|titles=3rd Birthday Party|artists=Sheffield Live!]

Mind your language(s)

Sangita 20th September, 2010 1 Comment

Emma Wass with Annika Vale (left), Katherine Smith and Cllr Mike Reynolds

Audio – GCSE languages

GCSE results in August showed the percentage of students leaving school with a decent grasp of foreign languages at a record low. The number of students taking a language at GCSE has dropped by a third since the government made it optional in 2004.

Communities Live presenter Emma Wass spoke to Cllr Mike Reynolds from Languages Sheffield, Katherine Smith from the IBC programme and Annika Vale from local translation company TransAction Translators, to discuss this issue.

The panel discussed the coalition’s proposal to reintroduce a compulsory language at GCSE, which languages children should be studying, and why it is important to have knowledge of a foreign language.

The report was aired on Communities Live.

Nick Clegg in Sheffield

Sangita 5th September, 2010 Leave a comment

By Amna Kaleem

Nick Clegg is received by Paul Scriven and angry protesters as he arrives at the Town Hall

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Nick Clegg’s latest visit to Sheffield attracted the kind of attention politicians shy away from.

On September 3, trade unionists and campaigners gathered outside the Town Hall to protest public spending cuts and remind Clegg of the promises he had made before the general elections. The protest was organised to coincide with the launching ceremony of Opportunity Sheffield, where Nick Clegg was the guest speaker.

On his arrival at the Town Hall, Clegg was greeted with the chants of ‘Judas’, a reception quite different from the one he got at Barker’s Pool just a few months back.

Speaking to Sheffield Live! the Hallam MP answered questions about Forgemasters loan, his constituency home and the charge that he has betrayed Sheffield.

Video: Angry protestors welcome Nick Clegg

From triple bypass to Great Yorkshire Run

Sangita 4th September, 2010 Leave a comment

Andrew Moncreiff with his cardiac rehab instructor Jo Strong

Andrew Moncreiff with Jo Strong, his cardiac rehab instructor

Andrew and Jo talk to Sheffield Live!

Andrew Moncrieff, 64, from Millhouses, is taking part in the Bupa Great Yorkshire Run on September 5, doing a 10k jog. This time last year, Andrew was recovering from a triple bypass. After taking part in Physical Activity Referral Scheme, run by Sheffield City Council, Andrew is able to take to the streets to raise money for the dedicated medical staff at Northern General Hospital and his trainers at Graves Leisure Centre.

Sheffield Live! spoke with Andrew and Jo Strong, his cardiac rehabilitation instructor, about the benefits of Physical Activity Referral Scheme.

If you are interested in Physical Activity Referral Scheme, you can contact the team on 0114 203 9528 or email PARS@sheffield.gov.uk.

The report was aired on Communities Live on September 3.

This year at the Summer Arts College

Sangita 1st September, 2010 Leave a comment

Sheffield Live! reporter Emma Wass interviews Natasha Marshall and Jacob Whitehead about this year’s Summer Arts College.

Natasha is a Restorative Justice Mentor for Sheffield YOS, the Youth Offending Service, and was one of the organisers of the three-week course. Jacob Whitehead, one of this year’s participants, talked to us about the workshops they attended, as well as what he had learnt and how he felt it would help him towards a future career in the music and arts industry.

As well as giving these young people something worthwhile to do over the summer, the project was also about giving them a focus and preparing them for a future career, encouraging them to rebuild their lives.

Workshops included drumming, street art, break dancing, music production, mixing and learning interview techniques at Sheffield Live! 93.2FM.

Project Coordinator Katie Ryan with three of the successful participants

All nine of the participants passed the course and were awarded with the Bronze Arts Award on Friday. At a celebration event at the Showroom Cinema on Friday, August 27, they were joined by friends and family to view a film of the highlights of the project created by Jacqui Bellamy.

Communities Live was invited to take a look at the exhibition of their work where Emma Wass spoke with Project Coordinator Katie Ryan.

EmmaWassSummerArtsCollege.mp3

The report was aired on Communities Live on August 25 and September 1.

Theatre goes bespoke

Sangita 30th August, 2010

EmmaWassinterviewsStacySampson.mp3

Sheffield Live! reporter Emma Wass interviews Stacey Sampson from Dead Earnest Theatre, an applied theatre company in Sheffield who create bespoke theatre and interactive workshops to address a range of social issues. Most recently they devised a performance for the Accommodation and Campus Services Department of the University of Sheffield around the issue of staff absence and returning to work interviews.

In this interview, Stacey talks about the Creative Sparks programme, an initiative for children funded by Sheffield City Council. Over the past two weeks they have been delivering free drama and art and craft workshops in Firth Park and the city centre.

For more information about the Creative Sparks workshops, email Stacey on stacey@deadearnest.co.uk.

The report was aired on Communities Live on August 27, 2010.

Creative Voices

Cornucopia Halloween Special

New term, new building, new President…

The end of Bullfighting in Spain?

The Sheffield Live! Birthday Bash with Neil McSweeney

Mind your language(s)

Nick Clegg in Sheffield

From triple bypass to Great Yorkshire Run

This year at the Summer Arts College

Theatre goes bespoke

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