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BBC News Published image copyrightLeicester Cathedral image captionThe choir members, photographed here at a rehearsal before the first carol service, all took lateral flow tests A cathedral choir is performing together at its first service since the pandemic after a university donated spare coronavirus tests to the singers. Leicester Cathedral's Choir is singing for three carol concerts on Sunday after members took lateral flow tests. Loughborough University donated the kits as all students have now been tested before returning home. David Monteith, dean of Leicester Cathedral, said: "It'...

Robert Allison Really, Time Magazine? 2020 is the “Worst Year Ever?” I will take this year over any year before penicillin, indoor plumbing, electricity and regular trash collection. We do not know what history will say of 2020. Here in the United States it will be a story of a virus and its consequences, wildfires and hurricanes, and a closely divided, hotly contested election. But most years have natural disasters. Contested elections are nothing new. We also have periodic epidemics, though the coronavirus is certainly an unusually dangerous — and sudden — threat. In January, we hea...

Loughborough alumni share special messages with the winter Class of 2020 Alumni from around the world have shared special messages to congratulate our winter graduates. From Nigeria to Hong Kong, and France to Trinidad and Tobago, alumni have shared why they stay in touch with Loughborough, how they connect with fellow alumni in their countries, and have shared some top tips along the way. It has been an exceptionally difficult year for everyone, not least for those who have completed degrees in recent months. With restrictions and social distancing still in place, graduation ceremonies for t...

Really, Time Magazine? 2020 is "The Worst Year Ever"? I will take this year over any year before penicillin, indoor plumbing, electricity and regular trash collection.

power. on "after words", part of booktv this weekend on c-span2. the late photo journalist leonard freed documented the 1963 march on washington. hundreds of his photos have been published by his widow, brigitte freed. up next a 40 minute discussion of the book with remarks by john coal with the library of congress. >> without, gooage. wrut colt to -- good afternoon, welcome to the library of congress. i'm the director of the library of congress which is the reading and book promotion arm of the library. we're pleased to could sponsor this program with the library prints and photog...