Andrew Motion - Laurels & Donkeys
Andrew Motion, Poet Laureate (1999-09), introduces his latest book Laurels and Donkeys a collection of war poems presenting scenes from various conflicts of the 20th & 21st centuries - from the First World War to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Some are elegies, some are satires and some are..
Sheffield Cathedral Church Street Sheffield S1 1HA South Yorkshire
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
A year in the life of a Humanist chaplain. Allan Hayes, Leicester Secular Society
Allan Hayes was Leicester’s first Humanist chaplain and will talk about his experiences assisting their Lord Mayor in a city of very diverse faiths and communities. "Whereas a Christian chaplain may have advised the Lord Mayor from a religious perspective, I use a non-religious..
The University Arms, 197 Brook Hill, Sheffield South Yorkshire S3 7HG
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Nelson the Lion Celebration at Clifton Park Museum
A National Family Week Event. Come and celebrate 65 years of Nelson the Lion making his home at Clifton Park Museum.A fun filled day of activities for all the family, includingCraft activities – Party hats and birthday cardsNelson Trail around the museumDecorate your own Nelson the Lion..
Clifton Park Museum, Clifton Lane, Rotherham South Yorkshire S65 2AA
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Nelson the Lion Celebrations at Clifton Park Museum
Come and celebrate 65 years of Nelson the Lion making his home at Clifton Park Museum. A fun filled day of activities including crafts, decorate your own lion biscuits, story telling and a lion trail around the museum.
Clifton Park Museum South Yorkshire S65 2AA
Wednesday 1 Jun 2011
Sheffield Information Link’s World Record Hopscotch Attempt!
A National Family Week Event. Sheffield Information Link, Sheffield's Family Information Service, will be launching a world record attempt for hopscotch! Everyone is welcome to try to break the following two world records: The Fastest Game of Hopscotch, and The Most Games of Hopscotch Played in..
Fargate - outside Next, Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 2HB
Thursday 2 Jun 2011
The Demon Barbers
Over the last nine years The Demon Barbers have gained major recognition for their original and imaginative approach to traditional music and song. They take mainly traditional ballads, strange tales of myth and magic and coil them, twist them, make them stranger, darker, becoming tales of Gothic..
Sheffield Cathedral Church Street Sheffield S1 1HA South Yorkshire
Thursday 2 Jun 2011
Family Fun In Firth Park
A National Family Week Event. Outdoor fun games and crafts for all the familyActivities are suitable for under 5's and their families
First Start Children’s Centre, 441 Firth Park Road, Firth Park, Sheffield South Yorkshire S5 6HH
Friday 3 Jun 2011
Claire Teal
Yorkshire born Clare Teal is one of the most successful Female British jazz singers in decades with a string of albums behind her, including the UK National Top 20 hit "Don’t Talk". Clare is currently either on tour, making radio shows for BBC Radio 2, writing columns or in the studio..
Sheffield Cathedral Church Street Sheffield S1 1HA South Yorkshire
Friday 3 Jun 2011
Emmy the Great
Two years after her critically acclaimed debut First Love, Emmy The Great is set to release her second album Virtue. Written and recorded under very different circumstances to her first, Virtue began as a series of stories Emmy embarked on after her engagement to an atheist, but took on a very..
Sheffield Cathedral Church Street Sheffield S1 1HA South Yorkshire
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
Family Fun Day
A National Family Week Event. Family fun event as part of National Family Week. Fun free activities for all the family.
Secret Garden Children’s Centre, Lindhurst Road, Athersley North, Barnsley South Yorkshire S71 3NB
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
BARNSLEY Heritage Festival
South Yorkshire has an ancient and varied heritage. Our landscape and buildings show evidence of invasion, battles, faith, settlement, peace and the everyday life of local people. JOIN US... for four weekends of open days at some of our hidden gems of architecture and social heritage. There are..
Heritage Faith Sites South Yorkshire
Saturday 4 Jun 2011 and Sunday 5 Jun 2011
Beer & Bangers
Kick back and relax with an evening of side splitting comedy, the city’s best Real Ales from Abbeydale Brewery and our famous Whirlow Hall Farm bangers on the barbeque. Tickets are £22, which includes a pint of Real Ale (wine or soft drinks are available too) a Whirlow banger in a bun and what..
Whirlow Hall Farm, Whilrow Lane, Sheffield South Yorkshire S8 8TB
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
Twilight Walk - Sheffield
Join us as the sun sets for this twilight challenge! Take a challenge - change a life! Join us for this 10 mile sponsored walk and help change the lives of children with multiple disabilities. Enjoy a beautiful 10 mile circular walk as the sun goes down over the heart of Sheffield..
The Winter Garden, Surrey Street, Sheffield South Yorkshire S1 1XZ
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
Sheffield Wine Night
I have arranged another wine night based on the Tuscany region. The restaurant is called Barretts which I attended last week to check it was suitable. Three course meal will be £30.00 which includes the corkage. Let me know if you would like to attend with a bottle or two of Tuscan wine. We..
Barretts, 2 Hutcliffe Wood Road. Sheffield South Yorkshire S8 0EX
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
Weston Park Hospital Cancer Care Dragon Boat Event
Why not take up the challenge and enter a team into this fantastic local event to raise funds for Weston Park Hospital Cancer Care?
Rother Valley Country Park, Sheffield South Yorkshire
Saturday 4 Jun 2011
