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6 Things Everyone Bought During Lockdown But Regret Now

The lockdowns of the early 2020s created a unique and unprecedented consumer environment. Stuck at home with a mix of boredom, anxiety, and perhaps some extra disposable income, people across the country made a wave of specific, trend-driven purchases. We bought things to entertain ourselves, to improve our homes, and…

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The week in audio: Lockdown’s Legacy; Journey Through Time; IMO with Michelle Obama and Craig Robinson – review

A powerful Radio 4 series explores the long shadow of Covid; a new history show feels more like a lecture; and the former first lady teams up with her brother

The Guardian - UK

Covid was supposed to kill cinema – but did lockdown and gen Z save cinephilia?

Sites such as film discovery platform Letterboxd promote a new way of film-viewing, eschewing sneering gatekeepers for a more open-minded and eclectic experience

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Alex James almost went bankrupt but was saved by Vindaloo

Blur star Alex James has admitted he almost went bankrupt when work dried up during the COVID-19 lockdowns but he was saved by royalty money from his football anthem 'Vindaloo'.

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How Covid changed the love lives of Londoners forever

Flatmate hookups, relationships on speed and back-to-the-'50s dating... In honour of episode four of her hit new podcast, London Love Stories, Katie Strick reports on a rollercoaster three years of romance in the capital

Evening Standard

Mogwai star pays homage to the Isle of Lewis with 'an elemental album'

LOCKDOWN Twitter was an odd place. Railing against Covid isolation, users ranted, accused, confessed, and worse. Others made promises, broached…

The National (Scotland)

'I'm embracing my grey hair at 58 - I get so many compliments and I love it'

Sara Saunders, 54, from Kent, saves herself £120 a year by ditching hair dye and embracing her grey locks - she says it's fascinating to see how her body ages naturally

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Sara embraced her grey hair and says it's the best thing she's ever done

Sara ditched the dye during lockdown in 2020

Wales Online

Schoolboy writes and publishes a novel in bid to stay off his Sony Playstation

Determined to tear himself away from his Playstation during lockdown, 16-year-old Dylan Brennan decided to write a book

Wales Online

Scotland's top celebrant says weddings are more popular since 'lockdown reminder'

Andrew Scott, from Glasgow, says weddings are booming as pandemic 'gave people a reminder that nothing in life is guaranteed'.

Daily Record

Handmade sushi company Uramaki goes nationwide

Delivery business set up during lockdown also offers catering for weddings, dinner parties and corporate events

Birmingham Post

Kae Tempest interview: the poet and musician on how their latest album was born out of a breakdown

Lockdown gave the artist time to reflect on a difficult period, and make some much-needed changes

Evening Standard

Two years on: Mancunians whose lives were transformed dramatically by lockdown

'Lockdown gave me life'

Manchester Evening News

Woman who suddenly lost her job picks up a paintbrush and changes her life overnight

Holly Smith, 34, from Surrey, was made redundant in lockdown and began painting pet portraits for fun - now it's her full-time business and she says it was 'the best thing' that ever happened to her

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Tim Key review – unexpected laughs from lockdown-deferred dreams

Key swerves Covid cliches by recreating his professional crisis in silly poems, poignant prose and punchlines involving his five-foot teddy bear companion

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