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2 August 2021
Want my job? with Barber Institute of Fine Arts Assistant Curator, Helen Cobby
We talked to Helen Cobby, Assistant Curator at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, about her role, career path and any advice she had for young people interested in careers in art.
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26 July 2021
Labour aims to transform UK economy with 'new deal' for workers
The proposal will be kicked off by deputy leader Angela Rayner, and seeks to protect employees from unfair working practices and provide a ‘real living wage’. Guarantees of education, training or employment will also be given to young people.
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26 July 2021
Momiji Nishiya takes Olympic gold in skateboarding at 13
The Japanese skateboarder becomes the first ever gold medallist in women’s street skateboarding at the 2020 Summer Tokyo Olympics.
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24 July 2021
Gary Lineker set to host new ITV game show
The new show, called Sitting on a Fortune, will centre around contestants positioning themselves in a row of seats to answer questions, with a cash prize of up to £100,000.
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24 July 2021
Twitter to trial up and down vote buttons
The new feature is being tested by the social media platform, and will only be available to some users of the iOS app.
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23 July 2021
Netflix to add mobile gaming for subscribers
In what could be a landmark move in the streaming wars, Netflix announced the plans in a letter to investors, which will see the company bring mobile gaming to its subscribers at no additional cost.
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22 July 2021
Voice Retrospects: Last Action Hero
Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and packed with numerous cameos, Last Action Hero is a metanarrative title that has fun with the idea of its fictionality and the absurdity of the action genre and deserves watching!
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21 July 2021
Registration opens for Commonwealth Games ticket ballots
You can now register to enter into a ballot for tickets to events at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Tickets will start from £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults.
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21 July 2021
Tencent to purchase Sumo Group for more than £900 million
The Chinese tech conglomerate’s offer to purchase the British video game developer values the company at £913 million, with Tencent already owning Riot Games (League of Legends) and holding a large stake in Epic Games (Fortnite).
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16 July 2021
Google fined €500 million by French competition authority
The Autorité de la concurrence accused the tech firm of refusing to seriously follow a mandate to negotiate with news organisations over the use of their content and material, and could lead to additional fines of €900,000 per day for Google.
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16 July 2021
Youth Card launched by leading social mobility charities
Speakers for Schools, UK Youth and Young Enterprise have combined to create the free app which will provide young people with a variety of career development opportunities as well as numerous discounts at different retailers.
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16 July 2021
Notes on Grief
An affecting exploration of loss and remembrance, Notes on Grief adapts Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s original essay for the stage at this year’s Manchester International Festival.
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16 July 2021
All of This Unreal Time
Starring Cillian Murphy, the short film features a series of apologies, that in their poetical quality, result in a production that makes for thought-provoking viewing at Manchester International Festival 2021.
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9 July 2021
Nintendo announce new Switch OLED model
The new Switch model will launch on 8 October 2021 and sees incremental improvements over its predecessor rather than an overhaul. New changes include a larger OLED screen, 64 GB of storage and an in-built LAN port for wired online gaming.
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9 July 2021
Study finds that human activity contributing to global rainfall
Conducted by University of California, Los Angeles researchers, the study found that extreme precipitation events such as flooding and landslides, were affected by human actions.
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9 July 2021
Audacity denies accusations of being 'potential spyware'
The claims, which were made by the technology website Fosspost, have been denied by the audio-editing software, which was acquired this year by the Cyprus-based firm Muse Group.
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2 July 2021
Sandhill Manor
Produced and performed by graduates of the University of Worcester’s MTheatre course, Sandhill Manor utilises the folktale of the Sandman to weave its own narrative dreamscape.
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2 July 2021
Pinterest becomes first platform to ban weight loss advertisements
The social media company, which revolves around the sharing of content through images and animated GIFs, announced a ban on all advertisements that promote weight loss through their language or imagery.
Comment posted on 16 February 2021
I really enjoyed reading this article! Having felt like my gaming library was getting a bit stale recently, I'd love to try out some of the games you've recommended, especially Stardew Valley or Terraria. I can definitely attest to having fallen victim to the 'one more turn syndrome' after playing Civilization V or Football Manager 2020 with my friends!