lockdown

22nd Apr

Roger Robinson and Caleb Femi both perform new commissions for the Manchester Literature Festival

Award winning writer Roger Robinson and Caleb Femi explore racism and pandemic solitude in their new poems for this year’s Manchester Literature...

30th Mar

| By Tyrese King

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Literature in lockdown has meant major shift in the way bookshops operate

Over the past year, the coronavirus lockdown has had a huge impact on both people and businesses alike. The pandemic has affected many...

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27th Mar

| By Kit Bell

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Online learning tips and tricks for students: what have we learnt one year on from the start of the pandemic?

Online learning is no longer new to us – the majority of students were forced online by the sudden closure of schools and universities in the first...

23rd Mar

| By Ruby Lopez

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Wake up and smell the roses: how the pandemic is emphasising the importance of nature

Grateful for its calming green and melodic chirping, credit is owed to our old friends flora and fauna for carrying us through...

22nd Mar

| By Claudia Waring

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Worries about pets being abandoned continue as third lockdown comes to an end

Pet adoptions have gone up in Manchester and around the UK due to people working from home or being furloughed, with internet searches for “buy...

27th Jan

| By Andrea Maria Petrie

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Creativity: the unlikely hero in the fight against the coronavirus blues

Ten months, four tiers, three lockdowns, two-metre distancing and scores of face masks later, Britain has reluctantly adapted to what experts...

20th Jan

| By Connie Enzler

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Teachers: the key workers left behind in the Covid-19 government vaccine roll-out

School teachers and staff are concerned over safety in schools and believe they should be higher on the government’s vaccination priority list....

17th Jan

| By Rory Gannon

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'I'm happy I got it!' Manchester residents start to receive first dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Manchester residents have started to get the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine as the country remains in its third period of lockdown. As the UK...

18th Dec

| By Andrea Maria Petrie

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New campaign encourages creativity amongst Greater Manchester residents to combat lockdown-induced mental health dips

The newly launched ‘get creative during covid’ campaign is encouraging Greater Manchester residents to undertake creative projects during lockdown,...