We’ve created this short audiodrama based on the opening scene of the feature film script ‘Jocasta Plays with Dead Things’, to help promote and get more people interested in this future film production. So to find out more about this story and

Mind Labs: Philistines

Jun 10th, 2013 14m 5s

Matt McAteer introduces us to someone who is interested in art but alienated by the language of the art world.

MInd Labs: The Long Journey

Jan 2nd, 2012 8m 56s

The Long Journey is a story about a man who sets out across a blizzard of snow in a vain attempt to reach a destination which he has no hope of ever reaching, but still he tries. Written by Ziemowit Holda (the story was originally called Sisyph

Mind Labs: My Creative Journey

Nov 5th, 2011 32m 52s

My name is Maureen Atkin and I am a widowed Mother of five wonderful sons and will celebrate my 73rd birthday on New Years Eve. For over six and a quarter years I have been happily living in the Kirkhill Residential Care Home on Lowedges Road i

Mind Labs: The Dead and Their Place

Oct 8th, 2011 37m 59s

The way we treat our dead tells us much about our attitude towards life, as it does about our belief in an afterlife. In ancient times, people were buried with objects befitting their rank; as if they were ordained to continue that role after d

Mind Labs: The First Days of Noise

Sep 3rd, 2011 21m 58s

In this episode of ‘Mind Labs’, we take a listen to the early days of sound recording. Highlighting some of the very first recordings made of the world around us. Featuring pioneering work by Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville, Thomas Edison and

Mind Labs: Our Story

Apr 2nd, 2011 22m 57s

Graham Marshall uses this weeks ‘Mind Labs’ to tell us a heartbreaking true story about his life. One that until now; only a handful of people ever knew about. But today, on the airwaves of Sheffield Live! we can finally hear the remarkable tal

Deciphering The City: Psalter Lane Campus

Feb 15th, 2011 21m 14s

Today's stop is different to the previous ones. In contrast to the others, today I am in a 'non place'. I am standing in front of what was my art school, of what was the Psalter Lane campus, but now it is just rubble. Is it possible to understa

Deciphering The City: Heeley City Farm

Feb 2nd, 2011 12m 19s

There are places that bring us closer to the urban essence for their speed, movement, plurality and capacity for change, and there are other sites that get us closer to the ultimate substance of a city by paradox and opposition, experiencing ot

Deciphering The City: Sheffield Train Station

Feb 2nd, 2011 11m 57s

Walking Sheffield from West to East, I couldn’t help but stopping where I feel is generally one of the most relevant places of a city, the point that both welcomes and bids farewell to visitors, commuters and locals. I have decided to stop by t

Deciphering The City: Bole Hill Recreation Ground

Feb 2nd, 2011 12m 11s

I looked at Sheffield on a map and realised that its shape is nestled in the countryside. It looks like it is supported by or relaxed on the big green area. This large area of green even looks a little ‘motherly’, supporting Sheffield on the ma

Mind Labs: Steam Powered Radio Show

Jan 23rd, 2011 42m 17s

This week’s first program in our occasional ‘Mind Labs’ series is a new original music and comedy sketch show from Boona Wallace & Anxious Andrews. It’s called the “Steam Powered Radio Show” and if you press play; you can have a listen! (ain’t

Mind Labs: Martin Luther King - Auburn Avenue

Jan 23rd, 2011 30m 17s

This week ‘Mind Labs’ presents a report called ‘Martin Luther King - Auburn Avenue’ by Steve Buckley, the Treasurer for Sheffield Live! and President of AMARC, the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters. The Programme was made last y

Mind Labs: Sheffield Floods

Jan 23rd, 2011 30m 51s

In June 2007 the River Don over topped its banks causing widespread flooding in the Don Valley area of our city. During this time a 14-year-old boy was swept away by the swollen River Sheaf and a 68 year old man died after attempting to cross a

Mind Labs: Media Literacy

Jan 23rd, 2011 25m 39s

This week’s feature in our ‘Mind Labs’ slot is a programme about the, importance of media literacy. The programme was made possible with a grant from the Community Media Association and the UK Media Regulator Ofcom. Ofcom has a duty to promot