Barnsley’s most unconventional museum
If you’re drawn to places that do things differently, Cawthorne Victoria Jubilee Museum in Barnsley is well worth a visit. What its volunteers modestly describe as a ‘Victorian hotchpotch’ is, in truth, the museum’s greatest charm. In this most unconventional of museums, founded in the 1880s and owned by the...
Cannon Hall: A Story of a House and its Family
For centuries, Cannon Hall in Barnsley has watched the world go by. Visitors have admired it, locals have walked past it and history has settled quietly into its walls, but the family who once called it home has often remained in the background. This May, a new exhibition brings them...
Call-Out for Lost Stories of Wentworth’s Servants
Did your grandmother rise before dawn to light fires at Wentworth Woodhouse? Did a great-uncle polish silver in its vast kitchens or tend the sprawling estate grounds? A new exhibition opening this summer at Wentworth Woodhouse is calling for the stories that history left out – those of the servants...
Aroundtown Meets Richard Kitson
A life spent painting other people’s stories inevitably begins with your own. For figurative artist Richard Kitson, his story begins with a working-class upbringing in South Yorkshire where wanting to be an artist was a bit like colouring outside the lines. Those around him might not have pictured Richard making...
From Sheffield to the States: The passing game that conquered the world
This summer, as football fans gather in pubs and living rooms across South Yorkshire to watch the World Cup, the spectacle unfolding in American stadiums will showcase the very best of the modern game: speed, skill, precision. But beneath the competition lies a deeper narrative. One that begins in Sheffield,...
Small Change, Big Stories
For most people, loose change is something to spend or ignore. But for Paul Sargeant from Rotherham, coins have fascinated him for over forty years, with numismatics – or coin collecting – becoming a lifelong pursuit. It started in the 1980s when Paul bought a metal detector and headed out...
England’s most successful international manager you’ve probably never heard of
South Yorkshire’s connections to the World Cup often fall on famous faces from big clubs, but did you know the Dearne Valley has also produced figures who have left their mark on the world stage? One of the most successful at international level was George Raynor. Hoyland-born Raynor was the...
Dodworth facility pioneers VR training to boost cornea transplants
A world-first virtual reality training programme is set to transform how eye retrieval specialists are trained in the UK, potentially speeding up access to sight-saving corneal transplants. Developed by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) through its Tissue and Eye Services and digital learning teams, the VR programme is reducing training...
Discover Rotherham with a free guided tour
Explore Rotherham in a new light this summer by taking part in a free guided heritage walk led by Rotherham District Civic Society. With a focus on some of the town centre’s historic buildings, the walking tour highlights the architecture and stories that often go unnoticed in everyday life, ...
Rotherham Hospital Charity celebrates 30 years of impact
For three decades, Rotherham Hospital and Community Charity has been proving that healthcare is about far more than medicine. As it celebrates its 30th anniversary this year, the charity is shining a light on the vital role it plays alongside The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, funding the extras the NHS...
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