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The idea was that the people of the UK would, at 8pm on March 26th, take to their windows, porches, gardens, etc. to deliver a nationwide round of applause for those NHS staff currently on the frontline of the fight against the coronavirus.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: courier new, courier, monospace;font-size: 10pt\">Alas, we still haven&#8217;t got around to removing the soundproofing we installed in the subtext warehouse during the recent campus construction works (subtexts passim). However, reports reach us from those on the receiving end of this display of gratitude &#8211; reports of banged pots and pans, car horns, fireworks and applause. Suffice it to say they were extremely grateful for the show of support; good on you to those subtext readers who took part!<\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of you may be familiar with the &#8216;Clap for Our Carers&#8217; campaign, which has recently spread across social media with the speed of, well, some sort of virus. The idea was that the people of the UK would, at &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2020\/03\/27\/showing-you-care\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":568,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4],"tags":[572,569,575],"class_list":["post-1242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-covid-19","tag-issue-193","tag-nhs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p99sHo-k2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1474,"url":"http:\/\/wp.lancs.ac.uk\/subtext\/2021\/02\/19\/testing-testing-testing\/","url_meta":{"origin":1242,"position":0},"title":"Testing Testing Testing","author":"Johnny Unger","date":"February 19 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Our lateral flow coronavirus testing facility, located in the Great Hall, is now open. 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