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A view of the Flapper from across the canal with two tower blocks in the background

Finding my way to the Flapper & Firkin

Another important small venue is about to fall under the developer’s wrecking ball. The Flapper helped me find my way… in more ways than one Continue reading Finding my way to the Flapper & Firkin

Pete Green13 June 201817 October 20221 Comment
Me and three colleagues standing on the picket line in the snow

Striking, poetry, and other alternatives to work

Liberation from the office means a chance to write, cook, and ponder the absurdity of the Western work ethic as we know it Continue reading Striking, poetry, and other alternatives to work

Pete Green27 March 201828 March 20182 Comments

Multiple boundaries: a winter walk at Cleethorpes

Re-exploring your hometown can reveal surprises, on the edgelands between the familiar and the unknown Continue reading Multiple boundaries: a winter walk at Cleethorpes

Pete Green11 January 201828 March 20182 Comments

Off the shelf: urban choices and Sheffield Ikea

On the one hand, nice furniture and 400 new jobs… on the other, corporate uniformity, dirty air and premature deaths Continue reading Off the shelf: urban choices and Sheffield Ikea

Pete Green26 September 201720 October 2022Leave a comment

The Barge: a haven for the outsiders

The unique Grimsby pub that defined me is under threat of closure because of a cinema. This 2010 blogpost explains why it must be saved Continue reading The Barge: a haven for the outsiders

Pete Green7 August 2017Leave a comment

Sheffield Almanac: a poem of love and regeneration

Some reflections on the little miracles of how and why my debut poetry pamphlet came into the world this month Continue reading Sheffield Almanac: a poem of love and regeneration

Pete Green19 June 201720 October 20224 Comments

Ten years of sparkly

Ten brilliant sparkly things that have happened in the ten years since Atomic Beat Records released my first solo single in May 2007 Continue reading Ten years of sparkly

Pete Green17 May 201717 October 20222 Comments

Putting the word out

A little round-up of my new stuff published and forthcoming performances Continue reading Putting the word out

Pete Green8 March 201720 October 2022Leave a comment

The rise and fall of Sheffield music (or how the Arctic Monkeys ruined everything)

OK, they didn’t ruin everything. But after synthpop, Jarvis, and Alex’s mic drop, where does the city go next? Continue reading The rise and fall of Sheffield music (or how the Arctic Monkeys ruined everything)

Pete Green2 February 201717 March 20191 Comment
Close-up of volume and gain dials on a Marshall amplifier

There’s a kind of hush

Quietness today is a hand-drawn DIY gig flyer on a wall of Carling Academy listings expensively printed on matt laminate card. Play me one more chorus of idiot landfill indie, its sound and fury signifying nothing, and I’ll choose silence. Continue reading There’s a kind of hush

Pete Green3 October 201617 October 2022Leave a comment

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