‘Gentle, Angry Women’ retrace 110-mile march to Greenham Common in award-winning film at Showroom

by Danielle Hutchinson Press and Publicity Officer, Awen Productions and Folklife Films ‘Gentle, Angry Women’ is the latest documentary film by award-winning Cornish film company Awen Productions. The story follows three young women as they retrace the march to Greenham Common, forty years on from the first Women’s Peace Protests. The film has just won theContinueContinue reading “‘Gentle, Angry Women’ retrace 110-mile march to Greenham Common in award-winning film at Showroom”

Sheffield remembers Nagasaki and Hiroshima.

A guest blog by Rachel Rowlands Lord Mayor of Sheffield, Cllr Safiya Saeed Lord Mayor Safiya Saeed spoke at a ceremony held in Tudor Square on August 9th, marking the 80th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of two Japanese cities, which killed around 200,000 people and nuclear contamination from which continues to poison the environmentContinueContinue reading “Sheffield remembers Nagasaki and Hiroshima.”

Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?

CO2 levels in the atmosphere have risen to record levels, and Europe has been sweltering under a heat dome. But climate scientist Mark Lynas caused a stir in the environmental movement by suggesting that nuclear war is now a bigger threat than our changing climate. Nuclear war could indeed lead to the extinction of humankind.ContinueContinue reading “Have our leaders forgotten the dangers of nuclear power and weapons?”

Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima

On 6 August, outside Sheffield City Hall, Lord Mayor Jayne Dunn joined in a commemoration marking the 79th anniversary of the nuclear bombings of the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, organised by Sheffield Creative Action for Peace (SCRAP). Not only were thousands killed and the cities destroyed, but nuclear contamination continues to poison theContinueContinue reading “Sheffield Remembers Hiroshima”