“Me and my friends still have arguments about Niall and Harry now.”
Culture
Messenger Joins #MissingLiveTheatre Campaign
Across the UK, theatres remain closed and unable to stage live performances. In life before Covid-19, these were busy and vibrant buildings – but COVID-19 has changed that.
Devon-Based Comedy Night Raising Money for South West Charities
Are you looking for a way to spend yet another evening in lockdown? Then look no further. ‘Belly Laughs at Home – Devon’ is here to entertain you from the comfort of your living room!
‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’: Review
Girls just wanna have fun! ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ arrives at the Theatre Royal Plymouth this week.
Life In Lockdown Series
Life in Lockdown Update: amber weeks
Lockdown was easy at the beginning; having a few lazy days thinking that this madness would only last three weeks. But then it got harder and longer. 97 days. 139,680 minutes. 8,380,800 seconds – and counting.
Life in Lockdown: Tobias Chalcraft
Following a conveniently timed, weekend-long birthday celebration and having spent the day on placement in the city centre, I finished early in order to go to my Monday afternoon university lecture. It’s as if my subconscious knew this would be my last, or at least final class outside of Zoom.
Life in Lockdown: Amber Weeks
What is life in lockdown to me? You would think that was a simple enough question to answer, wouldn’t you? But it’s not. Lockdown has been weird – there have been days where I have completely forgotten about it and then there have been days that I can’t seem to get it off my mind.
Life in Lockdown: ‘Life as a Quaran’teen’
The dramatic change that the recent lockdown has brought to the UK is undoubtedly an incredibly hard situation to get our heads around. However one topic that the media are not focusing on is the effect it is having on teenagers.
Politics
In Conversation: With Rebecca Smith: Reflections on #GE2019
Two months after #GE2019, we reunited with former PPC Rebecca Smith to look back on a result that delivered her some mixed feelings.
Environment
It’s Not Easy Being Green: Why You Should Study Conservation Biology
As climate change and related environmental crises increasingly decorate the media, there’s a growing demand for more people to take on a more sustainable mindset. Hannah Hall, 21, is starting her march to the front line of this cause via undergraduate studies in Conservation Biology, here in Plymouth.
Plymouth Youth Climate Protests
Friday 21st June saw dozens of Plymouth locals take part in a protest to raise awareness of climate-related issues.
Opinion: Tryna be Green
Climate change. It’s a topic we are all concerned about right now, but how can we really make a difference?
Plastics are Suffocating our Oceans
By the year 2030, the amount of plastic pollution is predicted to double with most of the consequences expected to hit the oceans.
Opinion
The Big D
“Not to be too deep”, but death is inevitable. We don’t know how, nor when, but it is unequivocally part of the human experience – something that nobody can escape. It is beyond race, class and gender.
Education
what will student life be like this year?
Although it may still seem like a bit of a way off, it will soon be that time of year where we’ll be getting knee-deep in some studying again.
Business
Big Sis C.I.C reach £18,000 in community fundraiser
Big Sis C.I.C have already raised £18,000 to support girls’ mental health in the South West – but they still need your help.
A Little Nudge in the Right Direction
Nudge Community Builders describe themselves as a ‘community benefit society’, set up and run by local people, for local people.
Food
The Brunch Restaurant That Everyone’s Talking About is now Open Seven Days a Week!
It’s one of the newest additions to Mutley Plain, but is The Early Bird worth the fuss? Definitely. And guess what? It’s now open seven days a week!
A Cafe with a Twist
Taking drinking coffee to a competitive level, Twist Board Game Cafe offers a new way to drink your latte whilst having fun.
Cereal Cafe Coming to Plymouth
At the end of the month the newly opened Kawaffle bar is expanding its horizons, as Sofie and Kieran Taylor open a cereal cafe in Plymouth Market.
Generation Plymouth 