Coming Through the Darkness of Lockdown
Posted in Lockdown Stories10 mn read At the time of writing, I have been in Lockdown since March 14th. That’s 90 days plus…
10 mn read At the time of writing, I have been in Lockdown since March 14th. That’s 90 days plus…
5 mn read I’ve always been a fundamentally caring person, but when I retired from my last career, I imagined I’d be doing less caring, not more…
8 mn read For the past seven years, I have been having a Living Apart Together relationship with my partner, Asanga. He lives on his beautiful wild land in North Wales and I live in my funky flat in Harlesden, North West London
8 mn read Nick Coleman is newly 60, and an author who used to be a music critic at Time Out and the Independent.
4 mn read Dr Rachel Clarke is a specialist in palliative medicine. She has often been in the media during the Covid-19 crisis talking clearly about what is needed in terms of provision of PPE, perspectives and compassion.
5 mn read The lockdown stopped all of us in our tracks – people are dying, others are fighting for survival… so why do I keep talking about sexuality and pleasure?
5 mn read Sophie Parkin is a writer, artist and poet. Her most recent book is A History of Soho’s The Colony Club. She owns an artist club in East London Vout-o-Reenees.
7 mn read Michele Kirsch, asthmatic isolator, mother of two, author, and furloughed chef, writes about her experiences of lockdown from a tower block in East London.
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.
6 mn read Even if we are not concerned about our own health, we may have loved ones who are at risk, and it may be that the only way we can protect them is by staying away.