It has been a pretty eventful few weeks in the world and my life, but also at Concrete. Taylor Swift randomly dropped a new album (see Matt’s column for more in-depth thoughts than I could ever provide), I got my degree results after a very long wait, and Concrete unveiled our brand-new website design! Where…
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Editor's column
New beginnings and a reflection
Here it is, the first editorial I am writing as Editor-in-Chief of Concrete. I wish I was writing this under different circumstances, with a print issue being scattered around UEA and campus bustling with people who read our publication. Instead, I sit at home in Edinburgh, hundreds of miles from Norwich and even further from…
Editor's column
More often than not money trumps morality
In times like this kindness often flies out of the window but can we really blame anyone? Isn’t it all about money in the end? If we realise that, perhaps we can survive lockdown and soldier through the coming economic recession without losing too many illusions. It’s a case of money versus morality. Let’s apply…
Editor's column
Another issue, another dawn
We’re almost there, as Jess writes in her Deputy Editorial column today. Applications for the next Editor-in-Chief and Deputy will soon close, and now only one more issue remains of the semester. I doubt anyone expected we’d be in a lockdown, many of us away from UEA, taking classes online. Yet even though we’re away, university…
Editor's column
Pushing past the lockdown blues
Usually I write my editorial in the Media Office, looking out over the Square while I wonder how I’ve managed to leave it to the last minute yet again. The deadline rush hasn’t changed, but the setting has. I’m sitting at home, surrounded by stacks of books (you can probably guess who my module focuses…
Editor's column
Keep washing your hands!
Summatives, choosing a career path, getting that summer bod – these are just a few of life’s stresses. And now there’s coronavirus to worry about. It’s just not fair is it? I’ve decided to use my editorial this issue to suggest some ways to steer clear of the virus, and hopefully dispel a few myths…