A public stamp of approval can take different forms. For a popular performer, it often involves a grand prizegiving staged in front of an audience of fellow artists. But for the singer and composer Richard Hawley, the tribute just paid by his home city is an accolade that aces all the others.
“I am immensely proud and so are my family,” Hawley told the Observer this weekend, responding to news that the hit musical based on his songs, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, has been awarded the Made in Sheffield trademark. “It’s mind-blowing,” he said.
