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Living in London during Lockdown – Hanja Kochansky
5 mn read Eighty-three-year-old Hanja Kochansky is living alone and on lockdown in London. Everyone over the age of 70 has been asked to self-isolate for twelve weeks.
Lockdown Stories
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How Lockdown Led Me To Photography
4 mn read Until the lockdown and the worldwide pandemic struck back in March 2020, I spent my life racing here, there and everywhere, barely stopping to study my surroundings.
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‘@147womendinnerparty – An Exhibition in Celebration of 147 Forgotten Women
6 mn read I wrote that in 2020. It is also human to forget. Already the idea that we had that time when we couldn’t see each other for dinner or a cup of tea is vanishing into the mists.
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An Unexpected Hospital Stay in the Middle of the Pandemic
9 mn read Foolish me. I presumed I had it under control at 85. I planned to live for about ten more years and then, in my mid-90s, die of a heart attack.
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I Took Up A New Exercise in Lockdown – Natural Movement
4 mn read This article came about from my answer to one of Rose’s questions within the group back in March – ‘Have you taken up anything new for exercise in Lockdown?’
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Daughter and Mother – Ruby, 56, interviews Maria, 95
5 mn read Ruby Millington is a journalist, zeitgeist expert and great cook. During the lockdown, her mother Maria, 95, moved in.
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A Warm Coat in April – honing the art of the virtual live show
6 mn read It’s one year on and there is every reason to be optimistic. Thirty-one million people have been vaccinated in the UK, over five million have had their second shot. Last week there were no reported COVID deaths in London.
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A Guide to Surviving A Pandemic
10 mn read To make it through a pandemic – if you are me – You will need:
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How am I Coping?
7 mn read Ok, just got the news of a new lockup on 16th December. It had been expected but I was hoping it would be on Friday so I could still have lunch with my friend Pamela at the French House in Soho on Thursday.
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Living with my 92 year old Mum
6 mn read Mum has been living with us since two days before lockdown began. Uprooted from her cosy flat where assisted twice a day by experienced carers, she lived a semi-independent life.
