News, Sport, and Entertainment from the University of Gloucestershire
Let’s play a game, close your eyes and imagine. Its 2am, you just ended your night out and are walking home. The street is poorly light and you are alone but it’s okay because you can already see your home in the distance. You hear steps behind you. Suddenly a sharp pain in the back […]
Jasmine Ponting remembers working at the Cheltenham Races, just before lockdown Last year in March, I found myself working at Cheltenham Racecourse during their 4-day festival. The decision for the festival to go ahead was highly controversial due to the fact that Coronavirus had already claimed lives in the UK. Three days after the races […]
Emily Wyatt takes a look back at her last trip with her boyfriend before lockdowns begun I never thought a trip to Bristol would be taken for granted, yet here we are 11 months later reminiscing on better times when covid wasn’t on everyone’s minds. I was completely unaware that the weekend of February 13th 2020 […]
Sophia Mccracken reminisces on the times before the first UK lockdown I think the movie must have been Terminator or perhaps Predator, it was one of those Arnold Schwarzegger classics, it got to a scene where there was a crowd of unmasked people all in each others social bubbles, I remember feeling anxious like they […]
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 […]
Jack Shute recalls attending a Black Lives Matter peaceful protest after lockdown It must be said how important it is to stay at home during lockdown and of course government restrictions must be followed to keep us safe. But what do we do when we witness a major injustice? Well, surely our right to protest […]
We’ve been bringing you news for the last few weeks here at Park Life. With Christmas just around the corner we’ve produced a special extended bulletin to round-up the year and give you all the news from today. Jack Shute and Ulani Seaman host the final show, listen below!
Want to spend the new years a little bit differently this year – why not spend it at the Cheltenham races? Bring the family and have some covid friendly fun to bring with you into the new year. There will be live music and a family zone to keep you occupied throughout the whole day […]
Its been a journey but we’re finally getting somewhere. Scotland have become the first country to make period products free. On Tuesday the 24th of November 2020, Scottish women were out celebrating as their parliament passes a law to make period products free of charge. Let’s take a look back through the history of period […]
Following the Recording Academy’s announcement of its Grammy nominations for the 2021 awards show, a massive backlash arose on social media with countless criticisms. High profile musicians also spoke out against the award show, including Drake, Nicki Minaj and last year Ariana Grande. Most the criticism came after several artists were overlooked in this year’s […]