Tim Brown (right) at the Black Lives Matter protest in Doncaster Olivia Jones (who we’ve featured recently here and here about the Black Lives Matter protest in Doncaster) speaks to Tim Brown, a local activist, about his experiences of racism in Doncaster. 2020 has been a year of transitions, of metamorphosis and growth. For some …
A Basement, A Red Light, And A Feelin’. Andy Maddison was born just outside of Newcastle in 1973, but raised from the age of 4 in North Doncaster. He was 16 years old during the ‘second summer of love’ in 1989, but, like many young people of the day, had been a regular on the …
As part of The Doncaster Effect project, we speak to Rita Shore. Rita has been actively involved with Doncaster’s community for many years as a devoted teacher. She is an emerging artist at the age of 73 and is proud to be dedicating her time to making art and supporting others. I’m a Doncaster lass, …
Wesley Grimes explores the Danum Trail, a 70 mile circular walk around Doncaster that’s fallen out of popularity with Ramblers. I was a very late driver for my age and, with that, walking was always a means of getting from A to B instead of a pastime. When I passed my driving test, the world …
August in Doncaster is Pride month, and while the actual Pride event sadly couldn’t take place this month, we wanted to celebrate anyway! We’ve written about Doncaster Pride in the past (read our previous blog posts here), and this year we reached out to local Drag Artist Bipolar Abdul to ask what Pride means to …