Another letter to my past self
“Future Durham is going to come with a whole new, digital sphere which you’ll have to navigate”: finalist Imogen Usherwood writes a letter to her past self, the one starting second year at Durham.
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“He has found his place in the sun”: Badger the cat dies after short illness
“Very sadly, after a short illness, he has found his place in the sun,” the Dean of Durham, Reverend Andrew Tremlett, has announced.
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Join the Palatinate reading challenge!
“Is your New Year’s resolution once again to read more books?” Books editors Sol Noya Carreno and Millie Vickerstaff have created a 2021 reading challenge and curated a list of recommendations.
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BREAKING: humanities and law students to be taught online in first two weeks of Epiphany
Students will be asked to take a test on their first, fourth and seventh days back in Durham; those who choose not to must self-isolate for those seven days instead.
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Editorial #834: A different kind of ending
“It hasn’t been the Editor-in-Chief experience I wanted or expected, I’m proud of it none the less.” Outgoing Editor-in-Chief Imogen Usherwood says goodbye to Palatinate and to 2020.
Read moreMusic of the month: December
The latest instalment of Music’s monthly editor’s playlist sees outgoing Editor-in-Chief Imogen Usherwood go through some of her top tunes.
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Covid-19 updates: University’s lateral flow tests available to book from tomorrow
Students working in the Bill Bryson Library today were told of the change through an announcement on the loudspeakers. This change also applies to staff.
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DEBATE: Is a second lockdown justified?
To mark one week into England’s second national lockdown, Meghna Amin and Mary Kate Rylands consider the necessity of these tighter restrictions.
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Bill Bryson and writerly retirement
‘There’s no notice to hand in, no resignation to make’: Imogen Usherwood reflects on Bill Bryson’s retirement
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Editorial #832: This term is hard enough as it is
“Every day, when a lecturer starts their email ‘I hope this finds you as well as it can at this difficult time’, I’m reminded that, however much we have normalised the Covid-19 era, it remains an extraordinary and, frankly, scary time.” Editor-in-Chief Imogen Usherwood reflects on student life in lockdown.
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