Run Plymouth: highlighting athletes across the city
It’s time to dust off those trainers as it is the return of Plymouth’s yearly running festival, taking place between Plymouth Hoe and Elburton. Every year, thousands of people take part in these various races. Whether that’s to improve their fitness, beat personal...
Athlete’s Road to Recovery : Rehabilitation and Mental Health in Sport
What would a world without sport be like? In the UK sport is engraved into our culture. Whether it’s the rugby or football, cricket, or tennis there is always crowds and crowds of people ready to support. Sport is very prevalent in our society and has become integral...
Are Streaming Services Causing the Death of Cinema?
For nearly 30 years, streaming services have been available in many different formats. In 1992, a company called Starlight Networks released StarWorks, which was a way people could access videos over the ethernet. Now compare that to the present day, it’s 2022...
Queer Hate Crimes and the Dreaded Question
There are certain types of people in this world who will always find someone to hate. It may not be that they are, in themselves, hateful, but rather that they find themselves, as people so often are, afraid of that which they don’t understand, that which is...
Is Crypto mining worth it in 2022?
With GPU prices falling by an estimated 25-30% in NVidia’s RTX 20/30 series in the last 3 months, and with more people being able to grab that special card they have always wanted, is it now the time for more people to get into the cryptocurrency market? For...
Graffiti in Plymouth: What does it mean?
https://sites.marjon.ac.uk/doughnut/files/2022/05/Portfolio-Assessment.mp3 Graffiti is a weird one. Sometimes it’s a beautiful sight to behold, and other times it’s a burden on your eyes. With the sharp increase of Graffiti in Plymouth, I sought to answer why....
When lucy met the Bluetits
https://sites.marjon.ac.uk/doughnut/files/2022/04/Bluetits-AUDIO-CLIP-NO.-2-MP3.mp3 On Tuesday 12th April I went down to the white steps of Tinside on Plymouth Hoe, where I had arranged to meet Claire Cassidy of the Plymouth Ladies Bluetits group. Tinside is where...
Wordle – are you hooked?
Wordle! Have you heard of it and are you, like me, already addicted? The online game Wordle is the newest instant daily word thing to appear in the lives of scrabble and other wordgame addicts. It first appeared online in October 2021 and was created by Josh Wardle, a...
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If, like me, you’d never seen this image before, it’s called the Headington Shark! On Saturday 9th August 1986, the postman was greeted by the installation of this giant shark as he walked his early round on New High Street in Headington, a small suburb of...
WHO WILL SNATCH 4TH SPOT IN THE PREMIER LEAGUE ?
We are now at the halfway point in this years Premier League season and it is all to play for in the 4 horse race for 4th spot . Tottenham Hotspur , Arsenal , West Ham United and Manchester United will be fighting to the last day for that last place in Champions...