We are in the final days of the 29th annual COP climate summit, where world leaders and diplomats from nearly 200 countries have converged for yet another two weeks of all-night negotiations in the ...

Cloaked in the scent of oil and eclipsed by the shadow of another Trump presidency, negotiations at COP29 in Azerbaijan are in their final week. The global climate talks may seem distant, but might it ...

The building has been empty since John Lewis moved out in March 2021. Now Then. I’ve worked in the creative industries in Sheffield for a number of years, and it’s evident to me that our city punches ...

David Dixon on Wikimedia Commons. The past few years have seen a wave of revelations about the levels of pollution both in our rivers and in the air we breathe, as well as unprecedented public anger ...

Boarding an aircraft is just about the most destructive thing we can do as individuals for the future of the planet – even though the systems we have put in place incentivise us to fly rather than ...

“Sheffield, we can tell this is going to be a rowdy gig!” Kneecap have been onstage less than five minutes and they know how tonight is going to go. We, the crowd, know tonight will be rowdy. You can ...

Now Then is dedicated to exploring exciting new ideas to make Sheffield and the wider world a better place – and our door is always open. As a worker-owned company and as a group of people, we believe ...

Members of Better Buses for South Yorkshire campaigning outside Sheffield Cathedral. Better Buses for South Yorkshire. A free workshop taking place this weekend hopes to get more people from across ...

As a worker-owned company and as a group of people, we believe that only deep-rooted, systemic change can address the social, economic and political challenges we collectively face as a city and as a ...

Professor Matt Flinders speaking to former government minister Alan Johnson. Steve Hunting. Alan Johnson should, and does, know a fair bit about the Labour Party. He was an MP for 20 years, and served ...

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Manufactured desire is the one true love of capitalism. It keeps its subjects needy, fearful and insecure, while commodifying the things essential to our survival to the point where we can’t afford to ...