A BLACKBURN 55-year-old whose reaction to the coronavirus was to find out what he could to help is proof of a new academic finding that local people are more likely to volunteer. The University of Kent study shows that residents of boroughs which took part in the government s s Integrated Communities Strategy are almost twice as likely to come forward to assist others or the community than those which did not. It reveals during the Covid-19 pandemic people in Blackburn with Darwen have been 90 per cent more likely to volunteer than those from most other areas. Student safeguarding and welfare officer Neil Colquhoun started volunteering in March after seeing an appeal for telephone befrienders to support people isolated during the first lockdown.
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La cruel historia de la canción marinera que se viraliza en TikTok como consuelo en la pandemia
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The harsh history behind the internet s favorite sea shanty
2021-01-20 10:30:00 UTC
It s easy to see why Soon May the Wellerman Come became TikTok s first viral hit of 2021. This jaunty 19th century earworm, sung so earnestly by a  postman with a thick Scottish brogue, is perfect for remixing with multiple layers. Though musicologists will tell you it s technically a ballad, Wellerman fits our concept of a sea shanty as snugly as a cable-knit sweater. And shanties are perfect music for pandemic times. We ve spent months in isolation, yearning for the day when this ship of weirdness will reach the port of normalcy.Â
Nathan Evans, a 26-year-old postman and aspiring musician from outside Glasgow, is credited with having started the “ShantyTok” trend with his rousing rendition of Wellerman, posted in late December.
In the US and UK, Wellerman’s surprise popularity is being held up as evidence of the mental toll of months-long lockdown – but the shanty itself originates from the Antipodes, and tells of a pivotal point in Australia and New Zealand’s history.
A “Wellerman” was an employee of the Sydney-based Weller Brothers’ shipping company, which from 1833 was the major supplier of provisions – such as the “sugar and tea and rum” of the shanty’s refrain – to whaling stations on New Zealand shores.