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Stories of War
Alex and Lucy’s film in which Austin’s stories of his war experiences are combined with his photographs, and archive footage. Alex and Lucy worked with Learning for the Fourth Age, and a...
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Alex and Beth
Beth worked with Alex to make a film about an important event in Alex’s life. The film was shown inside a model of the flats where Alex lived at the time. Beth and Alex also made a film...
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Broomhall Breakfast
St Andrews United Reform Church in Broomhall, Sheffield, run a weekly breakfast open to everyone. Alex and Kay made this film about it. Read more about the Broomhall Breakfast here.
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The Postcard
This guest post by Sue Sibbald is reposted with permission from Sue’s blog Borderline Personality and Me. For more information about Sue, see below. I collected postcards. They are miniature...
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To Insanity and Back
We’re very grateful to Katy for writing this guest post about her experience of hearing voices. There’s more about Katy at the end of the post. Walking through town on a break from college,...
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The mistake that people make with history
Many thanks to Lizzy Jewell for this guest post. The mistake that people make with history is to assume that there is only one of them. Once you’ve learned the kings and queens, memorised the key...
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This project is the result of a collaboration between the University of Sheffield LGBT Staff Network and LGBT Student Committee, who worked with staff from our Human Resources Department. During...
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At home with dementia
Many thanks to Yo Tozer-Loft for sharing this story. There are times in life that are bigger than we can manage. In 2009, when my children were 7 and 3, my father came to live with us. He was 83...
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Clinical Practice and the Value of Narrative, 11th June [NEW DATE]
Tuesday 11 June 2013, Leeds Clinical Practice and the Value of Narrative: Analysing the Value and Application of Narrative and Stories in Delivering Healthcare This seminar will look at the ways...
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Portable Worlds
One of the stories presented at the Storying Sheffield Exhibition in June 2013 was this film which formed part of an installation. It takes an abstract approach to Shirin’s story, using her own...
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This is not a lecture. Stories of wellbeing.
In February 2013, people from all over the University of Sheffield came together to honour and celebrate the life of our colleague Tim Richardson. A 24 hour lecture series was staged. You can read...
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“No words count, except those on the page”: Interview with Hilary Mantel
For the Sheffield Alumni magazine, Brendan Stone, Director of the Storying Sheffield project, interviewed Hilary Mantel CBE: double winer of the Man Booker Prize twice and a University of Sheffield...
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“Tougher than anything life throws your way”
Emma and Georgina worked with Michelle to tell her story through the medium of a family album, a story which speaks of “family, positivity, breaking free and hope”. To see larger versions of...
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Broomhall Breakfast
St Andrews United Reform Church in Broomhall, Sheffield, run a weekly breakfast open to everyone. Alex and Kay made this film about it. Read more about the Broomhall Breakfast here.
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Where is the life we have lost in living? Narratives of irritable bowel...
The University of Sheffield’s Storying Sheffield Knowing as Healing team are working with Cassie Limb, an artist from Kelham Island Arts Collaborative, to put together an exhibition for the IBS...
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Steel stories – initial thoughts
Steel Stories is a current project in which three Sheffield-based photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. In this blog post, Andy Brown...
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Vicky Grant in the Daily Mail
Vicky Grant, who leads the Storying Sheffield Knowing as Healing project was featured in the Daily Mail on October 30th, talking about her research into IBS. Click here to read the full feature, and...
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The tram (and the red shadow)
Many thanks to Anne Fielding for sharing this story about her mother, Nellie McQueen, who worked in the Sheffield steel mills during WWII. Anne says of her mother, “She wore a red overall and the girls...
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Displacement: Lisa & Liv
Lisa and Liv created a film to capture Lisa’s experience of growing up in the countryside and of living, and raising her son, in Sheffield, and the challenges she faces here. The film was...
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Steel Stories: The ‘Putter’
Steel Stories is a current project in which three Sheffield-based photographers and film-makers are producing visual narratives of the steel industry in Sheffield. They are accompanied on their shoots...
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