"There used to be lines on the floor outside places like Park Hill and the Kelvin," says Airship's Dan Brookman. "You couldn't throw a telly past the red lines and the green lines meant it was safe to walk underneath." Luckily that's all change

Looking Up Sheffield Season 2, Episode 1: Cities of Dust

Apr 16th, 2021 28m

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 peop

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 10: 50 Shaves of Greg

Dec 17th, 2020 41m 48s

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

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 9: All good in De Hood

Nov 13th, 2020 42m 30s

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

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 8: Sculptor, Skater, Speakeasy creator

Oct 7th, 2020 42m 45s

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

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 7: Kayaks, castles and courts

Sep 18th, 2020 31m 56s

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 celeb

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 6: The Greencast

Aug 25th, 2020 29m 37s

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 e

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 5: Lockdown Up Sheffield

Jul 9th, 2020 36m 36s

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 caf

Looking Up Sheffield Episode 4: I Heart Sheffield

Feb 14th, 2020 32m

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

Looking Up Sheffield: Episode 3. What's Don Is Don

Dec 14th, 2019 29m 40s

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 t

Episode Two: A Priest Walks Into A Haunted Starbucks

Oct 18th, 2019 23m

Halloween. This podcast, much like most horror films, is arguably better than the original.We are off to Carbrook Hall. Until recently the most haunted pub in Sheffield. Now the most haunted Starbucks, in the world probably. We talk to barista

Looking Up Sheffield Episode One: Two Rivers

Sep 27th, 2019 18m 30s

Welcome to a new podcast about Sheffield buildings, heritage and people!Our first episode is set, as all first episodes should be, in a former toilet. Not just any toilet, but the public conveniences on the very spot where Sheffield was formed!

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