Photography: James Pierce As I write this on 31st August, it is International Overdose Awareness Day. We’ve organised an informal reading of Drug Wars, a book about Britain and the illegal drug trade written by an ex-undercover drug cop, Neil Woods and writer JS Rafaeli. It’s just me and a local drugs worker from Barnsley, …
Words: Sue Burton Photography: Warren Draper Can wearing the right colours, improve your wellbeing? Wearing the right colours can lift your mood, make you look and feel incredible, and take an outfit from dull to dazzling in one step. Finding the right shade can be tricky, but a professional colour analysis will demonstrate how your …
How local writer Linda Jones became a publish children’s author… Words: Linda Jones. Born and brought up in Newport South Wales I struggled at school to begin with. I couldn’t read until I was 9, but, once the school gave me additional support my world opened up. During my early teenage years I wrote avidly …
Warren Draper Ever since we released our dedicated #Slow issue back in May 2015, Doncopolitan has been working to encourage slow living and slow livelihoods as a means of social improvement and economic regeneration in Doncaster. The regenerative power of the slow ethos lies in its advocacy of human-scaled businesses, its support for resilient …
Written by Greenjacker For those who don’t know, the Greenjacker has a not-so-secret hideaway down at Bentley Urban Farm (BUF), an upcycled market garden situated behind Bentley Hight Street School and St Peter’s Church. Bentley is a typical Doncaster town. An ex-mining community which is officially listed amongst the top 10% of the poorest regions …