Culture Counter special: That was the year that was
From Stephen Donnelly’s emoji embarrassment to Jamie Dornan’s Wild Mountain Thyme to the trials of Britney Spears, 2021 was a year like no other, and not always for the right reasons
JANUARY
Restrictions, variants and wedding receptions of six people: January got off to a stormy start. Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States. Ahead of that, the storming of the US Capitol in Washington DC by a mob of Trump supporters sent shockwaves around the world, and forced at least one 1990s pop star to clarify that he wasn’t there on the day: one furry-hat-clad man bore a strong ...
