Snapchat enters its teenage years!

Snapchat recently celebrated its 13th birthday, the same age you must be to use this platform. Within Snapchat, many things appear to children for them to do, hence the popularity of Snapchat. There are features such as the camera, which has filters that are frequently used, stories, which can be Continue Reading

Social Media Doomscrolling: The Damage

Many people use social media daily, ranging from Facebook (the most prominent social media app) to Discord (one of the smallest). Still, all social media have their advantages and disadvantages. Some mental issues can also be raised throughout these media, with how people compare themselves to others being a primary Continue Reading

Professor McGonagall casts her last spell 

Many fans and supporters of Maggie Smith, who was known for being a British actor, are experiencing great grief due to her recent passing less than a month ago, on the 27th of September 2024, by old age. Maggie, full name: Dame Margret Natalie Smith, has starred in many films Continue Reading

Boston Brilliance!

A grand, new festival is coming to the small town of Boston. Lights, colour, artwork and so much more!  8 iconic landmarks will be illuminated with breathtaking colour projections and light displays, to celebrate the town’s unique history and heritage. The festival is free for all, on Friday 14th and Continue Reading

SELCP – Council Partnerships

SELCP is a partnership between East Lindsay, South Holland and Boston councils. Though it is wonderful that they are bringing these communities together, what does this mean for the future of Lincolnshire? SELCP’s aims are to improve their communities, for example in 2022 Boston was voted the “most unhappiest place Continue Reading

Boston’s Bigger Picture…?

The Arts Council England according to GOV.UK ‘champions, develops and invests in artistic and cultural experiences to enrich people’s lives.’ This year, our beloved town of Boston is benefitting but by how much and why? Arts Council England states that ‘for the next three years until 2026, we’ll invest:  £458.5 Continue Reading

Diggins’ Disco

Ron Diggins, the man credited with being the inventor of the mobile disco, is having an exhibition dedicated to his life’s work at Boston Guildhall in his hometown. This will take place until 11th January 2025 in celebration of his legacy there will also be dance sessions. Diggins, the man Continue Reading

Bonnie Parker: Lover or Heartless Killer

Bonnie Parker, the infamous lover to Clyde Barrow, and member of the Barrow gang, went out in a blaze of glory on 23rd of May 1934. Though painted by American Media at the time as a ruthless criminal, was this the case, or was she just blindly in love. Bonnie Continue Reading

LIFE OF LANCELOT: DIVERSITY & STRUGGLES IN LINCOLNSHIRE – CONTRAST FROM THEN AND NOW

Lancelot McFayden. Smithville, Jamaica to Boston, Lincolnshire.  A young boy from Jamaica, who left his Caribbean home in 1944 to assist the ‘Mother Country’, was welcomed to the UK with open arms after being encouraged to help the war effort. But as the times have changed, many views have also Continue Reading

Sidney McFarlane MBE

Mr Sidney McFarlane, a father of three, a trained engineer with a British firm, had been brave enough to come to England from Jamaica in 1955. He was one of thousands of Caribbean people who answered the ‘Mother Country’s’ call for assistance during and after the Second World War. Once Continue Reading