From Norway with Love: Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree
The London festival may change a lot for the Christmas season due to the Covid 19 lockdown restrictions and the social distancing rules in aiming to slow down the increase of Covid-19 cases. …
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Wagatha Christie: Rebekah Vardy wins stage one of libel trial against Coleen Rooney
Rebekah Vardy has won the first stage of her libel case against Coleen Rooney, a high court judge ruled on Friday. In October 2019, Rooney publicly accused Vardy of leaking information on the former’s private…
Well-being: ‘‘it’s in the game’’
Contrary to expectations (sorry, parents!), gamers have better mental health than those who do not play, the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) reported. Two games were central to the research: Animal Crossing and Plants vs Zombies:…
ITV’s ‘I’m A Celebrity’ accused of normalising animal cruelty amid RSPCA complaints
ITV’s hit show ‘I’m A Celebrity’ has been approached by the RSPCA over concerns regarding its use of animals. The animal rights charity organisation has reached out numerous times over the years and never received…
On-campus COVID testing: will it work?
The multi-faceted question of testing students on-site at university has been raised in light of the planned travel window in early December to get students home for Christmas. A number of challenges face the proposal….
Fleets: Twitter takes leaf out of the social media playbook
Taking a chapter out of Snapchat’s book, just like Instagram did only four years ago, comes Twitter with the last to make the additional feature: stories. Called “fleets” — a hot take on “fleeting moments” mixed…
University of Manchester rent strike movement ‘getting bigger’
Today marks the 8th day of students occupying a tower at the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield Campus. With increasing press coverage, a member of the UoM Rent Strike group tells us how the group is…
Bambi hates lockdown 2.0
As the rate of Covid-19 cases increase and society’s fear of the virus decreases, the wildlife of London has been given the shorter end of the stick and bear the brunt of the second lockdown’s…
Between myth and history: urban legends about London
London has always had a rich heritage of urban legends and scary stories, craved to be discovered by all fans of the genre. Thanks to many guides available on the market, you can even venture…
Re-explore the most enchanting corners of London through your screen
If you can’t do without the English capital but can’t enjoy it live during these lockdown days, nothings better than discovering (or rediscovering) the more or less famous corners of the city through some of…