Notwithstanding the scan of a QR code upon entering a venue, or the flash of a vaccination certificate to a staff member, life has returned to normal. Like the rest of the population, I went into this new period with extreme excitement and anticipation. After months of isolation and uncertainty, and having the word “freedom”…
Hi everyone! Hope you are all doing well 🙂 I just thought I'd jump on here quickly to provide an update on this blog! As many of you may be aware, the area where I live has now been under lockdown for almost 3 months. We have 1 more month to go before restrictions will…
Well, what a few months it has been in New South Wales. From the complete easing of restrictions to new waves of lockdown, this is an immensely challenging period. Here are some uncategorised, unorganised thoughts I’ve had over the past couple of months: When I wrote my first article on COVID-19 in January 2020, it…
Hello and welcome back to the Sports Roundup! It’s been a massive couple of weeks in the sporting world, so let’s get straight into it! Here are my Top 5 Sporting Moments of the Week: 5. The Tokyo Olympics are hanging by a strand. As each day passes, the chances of the Olympics taking place…
When numbers get higher and higher, they become more and more meaningless and incomprehensible. The numbers lose value, and the shock element that might have been present at the start begins to fade away. The difference between 2 million and 1 million seems oddly small. Or maybe that’s just me? It’s hard for my brain…
10 Tracks on Repeat: 1. Photo ID by Remi Wolf (2020)- This quirky, cheeky and adventurous alternative RnB song is a true hidden gem of 2020, with the up-and-coming Remi Wolf putting out one of the most effective earworms of the year. 2. Everlasting Light by The Black Keys (2010)- The opener to the garage/blues-rock…
233,000 cases. 219,000 cases. Now you may think those are the number of cases over the past two days around the world. However, they are just the number of COVID-19 cases in Europe over the last two days. Europe is suffering one of the worst outbreaks of COVID-19 ever seen, and it looks like many…
COVID-19 is not going away anytime soon. This horrific virus has destroyed lives, workplaces and countries. There isn’t much hope in our world currently, but although the short-term future looks bleak, there is still a bright long-term future that we can look forward to. However, for now, many countries are re-introducing lockdowns as they suffer…
If you ask someone to describe 2020 in one word, you may receive some of these responses. “Quarantine” “Home” “Online” “Pandemic” “Crazy” All of these words return to a topic which has dominated 2020, Coronavirus. Coronavirus or COVID-19 begun in China in December 2019, however; the international media only started reporting the virus in January.…
Many people around the world are calling for an easing of restrictions. Shouldn’t we at least start to open up some areas? The worst of the virus is in the past, right? If we have learnt anything from this pandemic it should be 2 things, COVID-19 is highly contagious and can be deadly. 3 months…
Written by Guest Author: Sam Zweck They say recessions and a global crisis can happen about every decade. Go back to 2009 – the GFC. Derived from the US housing market crash and the fall of Lehman Brothers. Australia was quite weathered for that storm. This one, however, is different. A health crisis, namely, a…
This is an Easter period like no other. When families would typically be catching up or travelling, they have been forced inside of their own homes to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. Regardless of your religion or spiritual beliefs, I would like to wish you all a Happy Easter! I hope that although we…
For 13 years, everything had been the same. Although subjects change, teachers change, and even friends change, school is very repetitive. You wake up in the morning, pack your bag, attend school and come home. There is a clear structure, routine and discipline. University is very different. It is entirely up to the individual. Learning…
Lockdown is boring. Having to be inside for consecutive days with no endpoint set in place can be extremely difficult. Here are ten things you can do during lockdown to hopefully alleviate some boredom and set your mind on something else! 1. Make sure that you do some form of exercise every day! This can be…
Ten Songs on repeat: 1. Paradise by Tropical F*** Storm (2019)- Tropical F*** Storm are an Australian art-punk supergroup that slipped under my radar over the last two years. However, due to all the time I've got on my hands these days, their aggressive, agitated and nasty style of punk has become one of my…
Levine Lowdown 