The Saltley Geyser – 7-10 September 2023 – Professor David Cotterrell Installation

David Cotterrell - Saltley Geyser (credit Grant Smith, 1998)

Totally Thames’s artistic commission for 2023 is the extraordinary Saltley Geyser by the installation artist David Cotterrell. As one of the key events for the London-wide Thames Festival cultural program, this represents a dramatic return for one of Cotterrell’s first public projects. 25 years after its original installation (in a small park in Birmingham), it will be witnessed again in East London’s Royal Albert […]

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Archival collaboration: a two-day international conference on heritage, community, and archives – A Blog post by convener Dr James Fenwick

Banner - Heritage, Community, Archives: Methods, Case Studies, Collaboration Sheffield Hallam University Monday 12th and Tuesday 13th June 2023 Image: Wiki Commons – Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license

Archival collaboration: a two-day international conference on heritage, community, and archives On the 12th and 13th June 2023, a two-day conference was convened at Sheffield Hallam University that brought together researchers and archivists from across the world. Titled Heritage, Community, Archives: Methods, Case Studies, Collaboration, the conference sought to initiate collaborations between researchers and archivists and to bridge the gap […]

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Design Futures shortlisted in two categories for the UK Packaging Awards 2023

Photo shows a pink cardboard box. The closing flap of the box has the appearance of a pig's nose. To the left of the box are 3 Trupic vegan chocolate bars. The packaging is printed with the words 'Keep Trufflin'"

Design Futures has been shortlisted once again for UK Packaging Awards. This year, they are shortlisted for the ‘Design Team of the Year’ Performance Award. They have also been nominated for their innovative packaging design for local chocolate company Trupig Vegan in the ‘Corrugated: Online Retail and Consumer Goods’ Quality Award category. Speaking about the design for Trupig, Design Futures […]

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Harriet Earle talks to BBC Radio to discuss the Beano comics ahead of the 85th anniversary

Dr Harriet Earle recently spoke to BBC Radio Sheffield (listen back from 2:04:50) and BBC Radio Scotland (listen back from 54:20) about the Beano comics and their diverse changes ahead of the 85th anniversary. Dr Harriet Earle is a Senior Lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Sheffield Hallam University. Dr Earle’s research focuses on representations of conflict and trauma […]

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Impact VR team collect award for ‘Luna’s Light’ at international games awards

Sheffield Hallam University’s Impact VR team collected the prestigious 2023 Games for Change award for Luna’s Light in New York, USA. Luna’s Light is an enchanting adventure designed for upper limb rehabilitation. With an immersive fantasy world and an enchanted bow, it offers an engaging way to carry out therapy at home. The game was co-designed with physiotherapists and patients […]

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‘Folklore and The Nation In Britain and Ireland’ book with chapters by members of the CCL Research Group paperback edition published

‘Folklore and The Nation In Britain and Ireland’ (edited by Matthew Cheeseman & Carina Hart) has just been published in a new paperback edition by Routledge and is currently available with 20% off until 02/08/23 at £31.19 (after 02/08/23, paperback edition available at £38.99). The book explores folklore and folkloristics within the diverse and contested national discourses of Britain and […]

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