Doors at 7pmAt a time when trans rights are under attack across Britain and beyond, Deviants and Tra…

The Sheffield-based social enterprise hopes Carver Fields will lay the groundwork for a different food system for the city.

We speak with ecologist Joe Freer to find out what’s next for an ambitious project to restore Sheffield’s hidden rivers to good health.

At Opus, we recently joined dozens of organisations across the city by pledging to provide a safe space for trans, non-binary and gender nonconforming people as part of a campaign led by Safe Space ...

The Netherlands has relocated 86 tonnes of the shiny stuff - what's going on?

Despite the party chairing the Housing Committee since 2022, progress on a city-wide scheme has ground to a halt.

Taking place from 18 to 20 September, Rebel Amulets will offer up poetry, bands and performances – and a place to talk.

Organisations in the business of radical change necessarily come into contact with harmful systems every day – whether that’s neoliberalism, patriarchy, deep-rooted racism, or a combination of all thr...

Andy Burnham has said that he wants to bring a sense of hope into politics – could that see him introduce a universal basic income in the UK?

Crookes & Crosspool councillor Minesh Parekh writes for Now Then about the case for bringing the failing company back into public hands.

Van Heel, known as Frankie, is a marketing executive who has been in a relationship with Burnham since their university days.

Oliver Coppard says public funds must be protected during work to open Doncaster Sheffield Airport.

As the commercial case continues to fall apart, climate campaigners say the whole of South Yorkshire will have to be in negative carbon emissions to balance out reopening.

As the commercial case continues to fall apart, climate campaigners say the whole of South Yorkshire will have to be in negative carbon emissions to balance out reopening.

Here at Opus, we recently spent a fair whack of money and a not inconsiderable amount of staff time to migrate our website from one provider to another, with an end result that (hopefully) appears...

We're working with academics at Sheffield Hallam University on a new series exploring river stewardship and nature connection in Sheffield – and we need your help to illustrate it.

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The building that houses the queer DIY arts space is now part of a “National Trust for music venues”.

Could ‘meanwhile use’ offer a solution to the problems facing our town and city centres?

Could ‘meanwhile use’ offer a solution to the problems facing our town and city centres?

He’s pink, dotty and as British as a Boots meal deal. In recent months he’s duetted with pop stars, appeared on Saturday Night Live and been declared the UK’s equivalent of Mickey Mouse. What’s behind...

Working out of a hideaway in the Loxley Valley, Andrew Vickers has been tasked with creating ‘eco-niches’ for threatened species to call home.

Our Sheffield-based community media platform, Now Then, recently announced long-awaited plans to return to print later this year. Here on the Opus Blog, we thought we’d look back at the history of...

One Labour candidate who lost her seat described local councillors as "collateral damage" for the party leadership, with council leader Tom Hunt unseated by the Greens in Walkley.

Festival of Debate presents Kate Pickett: The Good Society – Foundry, Wed 6 May 2026 - 6.30pm Doors, 7pm Start A fairer, healthier, more caring and sustainable society is entirely within our grasp. Th...

Our Sheffield-based community media platform, Now Then, recently announced long-awaited plans to return to print later this year. Here on the Opus Blog, we thought we’d look back at the history of...

A city-wide licensing scheme would go beyond today’s changes, forcing landlords to fix threats to human life, says one Labour councillor.

With moves to restore the river well underway, small firms along the banks of the Sheaf are beginning to take their stewardship responsibilities seriously.

Composer and outgoing programmer at Music in the Round Dr Benjamin Tassie writes for Now Then about why the city’s scene is at its best when it takes risks and rewards experimentation.

Starting next year, the People’s Network will bring together buses, bikes, trams and trains for the first time in vivid orange-and-charcoal colours. 

For students at Sheffield Hallam, an opportunity to design for different species opens up new ideas of what architecture is for.

We want to get back to producing a printed magazine. There, we said it. Now, the details...