The music industry has suffered as the pandemic saw cancellations of live performances and the closure of venues.
Category: Art and Culture
COMMENT: Oprah with Meghan and Harry is a brutally honest take on their lived experience
A beautiful young woman marries her prince, and they live happily ever after. It sounds like the end to one of the fairy tales we read growing up. In reality, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had to work for their happily ever after and ultimately remove themselves from the world of princes and princesses, dukes and duchesses.
The 10 best films of 2020
After a record setting year at the box office in 2019, 2020 was set up to be another huge year for cinema, with multi-billion pound franchises like the MCU, James Bond and Fast and Furious all scheduled to release their latest tent-pole film.
From WAP to the pygmy possum: 17 positive things to come from 2020
The Kingston Courier editorial team takes a look back at some of the most positive things to come from 2020. It has been a wild ride, friends.
Stickman: Brought to life at the Rose Theatre
The much loved children’s modern classic, Stickman by Julia Donaldson is back at the Rose Theatre this Christmas.
10 female music artists who have defined 2020
Artists have persisted through this challenging year. Here is a list of the top 10 female artists who have been succeeding throughout this testing year.
‘Unfinished business’: Educating Rita to return to The Rose
Educating Rita, which re-opened The Rose theatre in October, will return to Kingston in February 2021.
10 Christmas Specials to revisit this year
Here is the Courier’s pick of 10 classic British Christmas Specials to revisit this year.
20 best books of 2020
This year has provided us all with that extra bit of spare time at home and what better way than to escape the world and lose ourselves in the narratives of others and a good book? But what were the literature highlights? Take a look at the Kingston Courier’s must-read books from this year.
A look back at the top songs of 2020
This year has not exactly been the best year for, well, anything really. However, the music industry, despite everything, has had artists producing some incredible songs to lift our spirits.