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“Creativity doesn’t fix grief. But it can shape it” A new collection of poems by the late Jill Angood offers reflections on flatlands, family and the constant presence of water. Ros Ayres meets Jill's partner Chris Pyke to talk grief, poetry and dancing. #Poetry #Sheffield #Grief

Jill Angood - "People who know...

Now Then SheffieldJill Angood - "People who know that landscape really recognised it – she captured its flavour"Creativity can’t take away loss, but it can help us carry it. Ros Ayres talks to Chris Pyke about grief, poetry and dancing.

This is insane theguardian.com/education/2025

International students spent BILLIONS in the UK, as well as contributing financially and immeasurably in terms of culture and intellect to our world-class University sector. We should be encouraging them

Example: economic benefit to #Sheffield central constituency alone is £0.5 billion a year sheffield.ac.uk/news/new-data-

The Guardian · International student levy could cost English universities £600m a yearBy Richard Adams

Pattern club meetup

Where: Gut Level Sheffield, S1 2PD
When: 6:30pm-9pm (but note the bar will be open from 5-11pm!), Thursday 21st August 2025
Tickets: Free, but please a) register here and b) become a Gut Level member (£2+ per year)
Who: People curious about making strange things with patterns

What: Our monthly pattern club meetup on the third Thursday of the month. All people interested in the stranger side of patterns welcome! These meetups will be focussed on sharing practice-lead investigations into pattern-making in heritage and contemporary arts, crafts and music. For example if you’re a textile/fiber artist who is curious about creative coding, a coder who wants to be a musician, a musician who is curious about choreography, or a choreographer who wants to integrate braiding into their work, an origami artist who.. well you get the idea! We want to make this a safe, fun and diverse space to share ideas. We actively encourage ‘imposters’ to attend!

The meetup is free but please register here. You will also need to be a member of / join gut level – standard membership starts at just £2 per year.

These meetups are open to all. Attendees are expected to read and respect our code of conduct: https://patternclub.org/code-of-conduct/.