Rob Johnson reviews the latest track Hot Money from local musicians Children of the State. As endorsements go, the backing of Coral frontman and all-round musical legend Ian Skelly is a pretty strong seal of approval. Coming straight out of Manchester (via Doncaster – the band used to rehearse at Donco HQ, no less), indie …
We asked Nick Goldstein, our favourite Jewish Doncastrian to write a piece for our Christmassy issue reflecting his views on Jeremy Corbyn and anti semitism in the Labour Party. Before you read on, we’d just like to make it clear than any opinions, political or otherwise, are the opinions of our writers and not of …
Back in September 2019 I was excited by the forward-thinking and well-informed decision made by Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council (DMBC) to declare a ‘Climate & Biodiversity Emergency’ after a 2018 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggested that there was a slim twelve year window where we could act to keep global …
This month, we asked b:friend founder Mike Niles to tell us all about the work they do around Christmas time and the festive period to end social isolation in older people. Can you imagine waking up on Christmas Day morning and then going to bed that evening without seeing or speaking to another person, a …
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 …