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Oscars 2021: Does anyone even watch the Oscars anymore?

“All in all, the worst Oscars ever, and that’s quite an accomplishment.” The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ scaled back pandemic version of the Oscars on Sunday, could be described as either incredibly refreshing or incredibly awkward; depending on what you thought of Glenn Close doing Da Butt, among other moments. But the […]

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Our Covid Heroes: What is it like to be a supermarket worker in a pandemic?

“I’ve stood with people before, where they have confronted people and people are just like, ‘F*** off’, I don’t want to do that”.  The coronavirus outbreak has highlighted how important essential supermarket workers are to households across the UK. Every day they’re putting their lives at risk to maintain some sort of normality. Supermarket employees […]

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Let’s talk about Olivia Rodrigo’s “drivers license”

Olivia Rodrigo is already one of 2021’s biggest success stories.  Drivers license is the first song the 17-year-old Californian actor and singer has released independently of Disney Channel. Especially if you’ve been on TikTok in the last few days, you’ve probably already heard Rodrigo’s song. Drivers license has broken Spotify’s global one-day streaming records for […]

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The Last Normal: Greta Thunberg’s Bristol protest

Alice Knight explains what it was like attending Greta Thunberg’s first climate change protest in the UK Yesterday marked 300 days since England was thrown into its first national coronavirus lockdown, with the country now in its third. It’s beginning to feel like we’ve been in lockdown for years, so it can be strange to […]

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The current Covid testing centres in Cheltenham

Park Campus The University Gloucestershire campus is currently running asymptomatic testing for its students following governments advice for the Christmas period. The antigen test does not require laboratory processing and can turnaround results within an hour. Students are eligible to receive two tests before returning home for the Christmas Holidays. The NHS is also using […]