The melodic hum of music floating around an auditorium is a luxury that, like many others, has been snatched away from its patrons thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown enforced on the nation just months ago. But on the other side of the horn, performers are readying themselves to return back to their music stands – […]
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Independent Women: The faces of the businesses that are booming in lockdown
Times are tough for us all at the moment. Whether you’ve lost your job, can’t see your family or are on the frontline battling COVID-19, we’ve all got a struggle to face in the light of the virus. For small businesses, trade has been snatched away by the disease. With some unable to operate from […]
The Great British Book Boom: Why reading is making a comeback
Imagine escaping to a universe where people are dancing with merriment, drinking fine wine from goblets of silver and gazing at the stars overhead as night falls on the kingdom. A universe where you’re allowed to dance with your friends until your feet ache and you can’t keep your eyelids open. A universe that hasn’t […]
Meet the Gloucestershire man who can travel 150 miles for only £4.
A very small percentage of the population are capable of such a feat in this day and age, especially in the UK. It’s currently an exclusive club to be part of, but in time, the majority of the world will be able to join. Not only will you be saving your money, you will also […]
Opinion: Why the High Street is Suffering
We are facing a new reality – High Streets are in crisis and there’s no denying the problem. Big names are entering administration with chains such as Toys R Us already shutting stores across the UK. But what are the main reasons why our High Streets are suffering? Embed from Getty Images Well for starters […]
The University of Gloucestershire – 17 years on
The University of Gloucestershire is celebrating 17 years of university status. Since its early civic function in the 19th century and the Park Campus designed originally to be a zoo, history is there for us to explore. This week marks 17 years since we became the University of Gloucestershire. We keep our letters patent […]
Sexism: will it being classed as a hate crime dwindle the numbers of sexual assault?
It happened to me this morning on my way to university. I was standing at the bus stop, listening to my music and waiting for my bus, when another pulled in and off came the passengers. One man got off in amongst the few; he was shorter than the average height, and had to be […]
Ik spreek Nederlands: Documenting a journey of learning a new language
Learning a brand new language is never easy. It feels daunting to think that almost every word in English has its foreign counterpart. Some words may have letters that need a diacritical. A word might change completely. And it’s never as simple as translating a sentence word for word. All of that binds together in […]
OPINION: How having an eating disorder almost killed me.
Standing on the scales, I cried, as I had lost another few pounds. “I can’t keep doing this to myself,” I thought. “But I need to, I have to be skinnier. I need to do this.” I was 15 years old, struggling at school and work, struggling with family life, struggling to keep myself alive. […]
2017 looks bright for this future star
Since house and electronic music has been making its way onto the mainstream scene, producer and musician Callum Stubbs has been more confident than ever in getting his music noticed. As we sit in a warm Gloucestershire pub, located in the village he was brought up in, he sips his Cheltenham S.P.A and talks to me about […]