Sheffield

:This article is about the city in England. For other uses see Sheffield (disambiguation).

Culture and attractions

7.2% of Sheffield's working population are employed in the creative industries, well above the national average of 4%.{{mn|SCC2|7}} Open Up Sheffield is an annual event over the first two weekends in May where local visual artists and fine craft workers invite the public to their studios and other venues.

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Open Up Sheffield - Visual art - Craft

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Music

Sheffield has been the home of several well known bands and musicians, with an unusually large number of synth pop and other electronic outfits hailing from there. These include the Human League, Heaven 17, the Thompson Twins, Wavestar and the more industrially inclined Cabaret Voltaire. This electronic tradition has continued: techno label Warp Records was a central pillar of the Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass scene of the early 1990s, and has gone on to become one of Britain's oldest and best-loved dance music labels. Moloko and Autechre, one of the leading lights of so-called intelligent dance music, are also based in Sheffield. The city is also home to Gatecrasher One, one of the most popular nightclubs in the north of England.

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Synth pop - Electronic - Human League - Heaven 17 - Thompson Twins - Wavestar - Industrially - Cabaret Voltaire - Techno - Warp Records - Yorkshire Bleeps and Bass - Moloko - Autechre - Intelligent dance music - Gatecrasher One - Nightclub

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Sheffield has also seen the birth of Pulp, Def Leppard, Joe Cocker, The Longpigs and the free improvisors Derek Bailey and Tony Oxley. 1998 Mercury Music Prize award winners Gomez are also connected to Sheffield as some of the founding members went to Sheffield Hallam University together. The up and coming Arctic Monkeys, touted as the "northern Libertines", are the most recent addition to the list.

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Pulp - Def Leppard - Joe Cocker - The Longpigs - Free improvisors - Derek Bailey - Tony Oxley - 1998 - Mercury Music Prize - Gomez - Sheffield Hallam University - Arctic Monkeys - Libertines

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The city's ties with music were acknowledged in 1999, when the National Centre for Popular Music, a museum dedicated to the subject of popular music was opened. It was not as successful as was hoped, however, and later evolved to become a live music venue, then in February 2005 the unusual steel-covered building would became the students' union for Sheffield Hallam University. Live music venues in the city include the Leadmill, Corporation (nightclub), the Boardwalk, the City Hall, the University of Sheffield and the Studio Theatre at the Crucible Theatre.

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1999 - National Centre for Popular Music - Museum - Popular music - February 2005 - Students' union - Sheffield Hallam University - Leadmill - Corporation (nightclub) - Boardwalk - City Hall - University of Sheffield - Crucible Theatre

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Sheffield is home to the world renowned Lindsay string quartet, who are retiring from the stage in June 2005.

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Lindsay - String quartet - June 2005

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Attractions

Sheffield has two major theatres, the Lyceum Theatre and the Crucible Theatre, and four major art galleries, including the modern Millennium Galleries and the Site Gallery which specialises in multimedia.

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Lyceum Theatre - Crucible Theatre - Art galleries - Millennium Galleries - Site Gallery

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The city also has a number of other attractions such as the Sheffield Winter Gardens and the Peace Gardens. The Botanical Gardens currently undergoing a £6.7 million pound restoration. There is also a city farm in Graves Park that is open to the public. The city also has several museums, including the Sheffield City Museum, the Kelham Island Museum, the Sheffield Fire and Police Museum, Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel.

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Sheffield Winter Gardens - Peace Gardens - Botanical Gardens - Graves Park - Museum - Sheffield City Museum - Kelham Island Museum - Sheffield Fire and Police Museum - Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet - Shepherd Wheel

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Media and film

The films The Full Monty, Threads, and Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? were based in the city (indeed, Threads depicted it being destroyed in a thermonuclear war with the Soviet Union!). F.I.S.T. also included several scenes filmed in Sheffield. Sheffield's daily newspaper is the Sheffield Star, complemented by the weekly Sheffield Telegraph. The BBC's Radio Sheffield, and the independent Hallam FM and sister station Magic AM broadcast to the city. The Sheffield International Documentary Festival, the UK's leading documentary festival, has been run annualy since 1994.

Related Topics:
The Full Monty - Threads - Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? - F.I.S.T. - Newspaper - Sheffield Star - Sheffield Telegraph - BBC - Radio Sheffield - Hallam FM - Magic AM - Sheffield International Documentary Festival - 1994

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Universities

Sheffield has two universities, the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University. The two combined bring 45,000 students to the city every year, including many from the Far East. As a result of its large student population, Sheffield has many bars, cafes, clubs and shops as well as student housing to accommodate them.

Related Topics:
University of Sheffield - Sheffield Hallam University - Far East

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Famous Sheffield people

Main article List of famous residents of Sheffield

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Famous residents of Sheffield include:

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• Gordon Banks, footballer
• Sean Bean, actor
• Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist
• David Blunkett, Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, former Home Secretary
• Jarvis Cocker, lead singer of Pulp
• Joe Cocker, singer
• Richard Coyle, actor and comedian
• Malcolm Elliott, professional cyclist
• Naseem Hamed, boxer
• Michael Palin, actor and travel presenter
• Helen Sharman, astronaut
• Michael Vaughan, England cricket captain
• Clinton Woods, professional Boxer