Some Richard Hawley, just because.
Ah. Stay classy, Sheffield.
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Sheffield is my planet
This is… odd. But strangely interesting and rather revealing too.
It’s an autocomplete map of the UK – what Google thinks you’re about to ask when you put in “Manchester is…” or “People from Birmingham are…”. This shows us the stereotype of each city in the UK:
Of the places I’ve lived, Sheffield is my planet (ok), Newcastle is a hole (I disagree) and Oxford is hellish (it had its moments).
Have a look around, but a couple of highlights include “Swansea is the graveyard of ambition” (allegedly a Dylan Thomas line), “Worcester is the Paris of the ’80s” (apparently a T-shirt slogan from Worcester, Massachusetts) and, in the words of Hugh MacDiarmid, “Edinburgh is a mad god’s dream”.
Meanwhile, it turns out that Cape Town has the disappointingly predictable responses, “Cape Town is it safe” and “Cape Town is a racist city” – the latter just like Aberdeen. Maybe it’s something to do with granite.
As for the title of this post, Sheffield is my planet is revealed to be a city council initiative to combat climate change.
How exciting.
“Not too far from here”
Incoming from snowy Sheffield, this mildly suspicious ad from a local Tesco:
Is this the classifieds equivalent of an old Ford Transit Van with a tatty piece of cardboard proclaiming “Free Sweeties” next to its potentially open sliding door?
In all likelihood, it’s probably just an old dear with entirely innocent intentions of making £4.50 and protecting some kids from the spring showers.
But that “not too far from here” line does make it look ever so slightly creepy, no?
12 minute exposure
Not me in the sun today, although 90 minutes of football in the merciless African heat did sap my energy somewhat. A relaxing braai this afternoon has left me with very little time, so here’s a photo I’ve wanted to share for quite a while:
This is from Sheffield photographer Dan Arkle and features Stanage Edge, which we’ve featured before. For this shot, Dan popped his camera on a 12 minute exposure and climbed up and down the edge while wearing a headlamp.
Dan has plenty of other great shots of Sheffield and surrounds on his site, which is well worth a visit.
Speedy’s 1996 album to be released – finally!
Sheffieldblog is reightly (sic) very excited at the news that a copy of Speedy’s debut album News from Nowhere has “been found” and is going to be released online later this month.
Speedy’s only notable release was 1996’s “Boy Wonder” a brilliant tune which came right at the height of Britpop. But while Supergrass, Ocean Colour Scene, Pulp, Dodgy and Shed Seven were banging out hit after hit, Speedy sadly disappeared quickly from earshot. The single never charted, but did feature on one of the Shine compilation albums – the Indie equivalent of the Now series.
Full of fun, full of energy, taking me – *weep* – 16 (sixteen) years back.
Anyway, while I’m wondering where my life went, here’s the heads up on the album streaming etc.