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.
Category: Features
Music: The best albums of 2020
It has been a strange year for the world and it has been no different for the music industry. However, the tough times still gave us some great music.
5 things that will stay the same this Christmas
Christmas bubbles, a tiered New Year and looming January lockdowns – there is no doubt that Christmas is going to be different this year. But if you are fed up of hearing about social distancing and Covid-safe festivities, here are five things that will not change in a Covid Christmas.
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.
Lifesaving heart screening halted due to pandemic
A mother from Worcester Park was able to save her son’s life by taking him for a preemptive heart screening just before the first lockdown began.
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.
How volunteers are doing essential work to help refugees
Charities and volunteers are helping Moe and other refugees, not only through the pandemic, but through the longest wait of their lives.
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.
