Valentine’s Day is the Marmite of cultural holidays. You’re either in love with love and revel in the opportunity to gift your loved ones flowers and chocolates or dismiss it as corporate nonsense, the sole purpose of which is to sell greeting cards that will inevitably land in the bin.
But whatever your stance, in the year of 2021, we here at
GQ feel that everyone could benefit from an extra dose of heart-fluttering feels to get us through Valentine’s Day in lockdown, because, let s face it, the current mood of society doesn t exactly inspire romance. That doesn t mean the day should be a write off – in fact, quite the opposite. After the past year, we should all jump at the chance to shower both others and ourselves in love. Sure, you ll be staying at home, but that doesn t mean you can t treat yourself to delicious food, a few scented candles and a day of indulgence in the name of self-care.
I love the way millennials walk around town listening to their music on their branded headphones. They seem so utterly absorbed in it and happily shut off from their surroundings. I get the feeling they’re thinking ‘oh well, at least I have my music’. After all, “Music is the medicine of the mind,” American playwright John Logan once said. There has been quite a bit of research on music s power on the human psyche over the years and how it is intrinsically linked to our development. Why do we recognise certain songs at lightning speed? Why can a tear fall onto our cheeks during the first minute of a love song? We can barely grasp what happened to us in those split seconds, just that it felt mysterious and powerful at the same time. Why can a Madonna or Bon Jovi song make a middle-aged person leap onto the dancefloor? Why do those nostalgic feelings come flooding back when we rediscover a mix tape carefully compiled for us by an ex tapping into feelings that should b
Festival will happen, says chief executive );
HENLEY Festival will take place this year, says its new chief executive.
Jo Bausor said she and her team were working hard on staging a “near normal” five-day event in July but conceded that this might change depending on the Government’s covid-19 safety guidelines.
Last year’s festival was cancelled because the coronavirus pandemic.
The festival also depends on Henley Royal Regatta, which always takes place in the week before the festival and provides much of the infrastructure. Mrs Bausor said that decisions would need to be made on how the event would look by the end of next month or early March at the latest.
Echoing the Biden campaign, and tightly coordinated with the speeches and imagery of his first day in office, the music insisted on unity after division, hope after pain
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