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Starlings in Quarantine: Eli Thayer
I stayed up late last night. That’s been a recurring theme over these last few months. It’s an easy habit to slip into at the moment, seeing as there’s nowhere to go, nobody to see, and little to do each day. As contact with the outside world falls further into memory, other notions of regularity […]
Coronavirus and the Music Industry
The summer concert schedule doesn’t look quite like everyone expected. The warm weather usually means touring artists and major festivals with packed crowds of strangers. However, amidst the coronavirus pandemic, event organisers have been forced to cancel or postpone virtually every large social gathering centred around music. In an industry linked to live experiences and full audiences, concert […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Madeline Pennino
At the start of every new school year I worry that I am not ready for its challenges. I worry I won’t know how to accommodate a different teacher’s style, that I will be overwhelmed with work and unsure how to manage my stress. Every year I convince myself that I am ill-prepared to take […]
Why You Should Do A Year Abroad – Even If It’s Not The Best Year Ever
I always wanted to go on a year abroad. In fact, I had practically decided to go on one even before applying to university and deciding to study modern languages. Everything about a year abroad seemed perfect. Not only an opportunity to escape the piercing wind and pouring rain for a year, but also a […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Mira Mansfield
While term was ongoing and university work was still taking up most of my time, I felt untouched by the pandemic. Though I read the news and regularly listened to the increasingly unhelpful Downing Street daily briefings, there was nothing tangible in my day-to-day life to suggest anything was different. To me, this was just […]
Coronavirus: Did We Overreact?
It’s not often that you get the feeling that you are living through a historic moment – that your present reality is a defining period which will shape the world for generations to come and be etched into the national psyche along with events such as WWII. Yet it feels as if we are in […]
Lockdown or Locked-Up?
There has been a strong feeling of injustice among the innocent people of Britain. The pandemic has locked us up and given us a ‘stay at home’ sentence that has felt unwarranted, and sometimes eternal. The virus has – without being overly dramatic – ruined our lives, imprisoned us in our homes and kept us […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Anna Coopey
So, we’re all stuck in lockdown (and, unfortunately, it’s not Lindsay). There’s not much we can really do about it. Life has dramatically contracted into our own four walls with the occasional foray outside – tending to make you feel like you drew the short straw in The Walking Dead, searching for a couple of […]
The Cummings Affair
2020 has been relentless. Many of its hotly debated topics, scandals and events have transpired as a result of Covid-19 and the various national responses to it. The U.K. government has been widely criticised for (deep breath) its failure to procure adequate amounts of personal protective equipment (PPE) for NHS staff members; its mixed messaging […]
Starlings in Quarantine: Jamie Rees
I am writing this from my tiny room in Peebles, in the Scottish Borders, after what could only be described as a rollercoaster of a day. It’s a weird phrase to associate with a time during which I have achieved next-to-nothing, but that’s the nature of the lockdown brain, I suppose. I began the day […]