As London gradually unlocks, its hospitality sector is slowly waking up.
But there’s a familiar theme evident throughout this enormous industry: thousands of Europeans who used to work here have moved on.
“Quite a lot of people left mainly because of Brexit, and din’t feel like they were welcome anymore. Not just this city, but also the country – and obviously COVID didn’t help that,” says Davide Orazi, head barista at coffee bar Watch House.
Asma Khan runs an Indian restaurant in London s Covent Garden and says she’s struggling to fill the gaps.
“To some extent we deserve this, because when things were going really well, we didn’t look after our staff.”
The Raiders will do everything in their power to ensure English half George Williams sees out his contract after reports emerged he is considering a return to the UK after growing homesick.
Canberra s expectations are that Williams will play out the final 18 months of his deal with the club and no release has been sought by the 26-year-old.
NRL.com understands the Raiders at this stage are unwilling to enter the convoluted halves market that has led to the likes of Adam Reynolds, Shaun Johnson, and UK-based ex-Dragon Gareth Widdop, tossed up as possible replacement options should his personal situation escalate.
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Rochelle Jordan’s hyperkinetic “Got ‘Em” was one of the first sonically arresting tracks to drop at the top of 2021. With lyrics like, “We could go back to the 405/401 to the city lights” over 2-step garage beats, the track not only encapsulates the diasporic journey Jordan’s music is negotiating, but also the navigational path her own life has taken. Not only is she lyrically referencing major highways in Los Angeles and Toronto, the musical bed on which her vocals rest evokes the sounds of ’90s UK garage. In doing so, Jordan synthesizes the geographical strands with seemingly effortless aplomb, asserting her current musical agenda.
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Whoever said Heavy is the head that wears the crown should consider the burden imposed on the heir to the throne. KUČKA might know a thing or two about that. For the past few years, the UK-born, Australia-based producer also known as Laura Jane Lowther has collaborated with some of the biggest names out there from Vince Staples to Flume, all the while tinkering with songs that now form
Wrestling, a proper debut album that might soon cement her pop star status.
What could have been a vanity project one more overstuffed pop album engineered to maximize streams is in fact a thrilling ensemble of electronic songs that borrow the sheen of R&B and pop music while cultivating its weirdness. Evoking 90s-era Björk, KUČKA uses this album to test the form and the structures of what a song can be, from the refined clarity of the confidential ballad Patience to the bubbly excitement of the oblique banger Sky Brown.