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Pets during and after the pandemic
Fergal Hale-Brown talks to animal welfare officer Kia Newbould-McFarlane about how she started her career, what the pandemic has meant for pets and what...
Policing lockdown – a retired copper’s review
Will Vincent talks to a retired policemen and get's his views on everything from BLM protests, lockdown policing and how people see the police...
I broke lockdown law for football
Jumping over fences, walking through holes in gates, broken locks on pitches, all to play football.
Why?
For the love of the game. The constant need...
Lockdown changed me for the better
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Lock down, locked out, locked in. Imagine being 22 then turning 23 in the blink of an eye and spending a year under national...
Walk with me on the Isle of Dogs
In 2019, I moved to the Isle of Dogs in East London. You may recognise it as the 'bendy bit' on the Eastenders intro....
Resilience on the pandemic ward
Throughout the pandemic, NHS workers were provided with a variety of techniques to “de-stress”. Articles were published on strategies to increase our “resilience”. Continually...
My perfect walk
Walking is something I used to do as a means of transportation, as simply the easiest and cheapest way of getting from Point A...
Watching football under Covid
Football fans around the world have had to adapt. Covid-19 has left fans being unable to attend stadiums and having to watch or listen...
“Imagine being given a cancer diagnosis during a pandemic”
The last year of the pandemic has been very tough. I was furloughed, made redundant and my University lectures went online only.
But the worst...
Stay-at-home-smoothies
I’ll be honest; many times over, I’ve treated myself to smoothies from the shops. We’ve all been there, wonderful colours, great sounding ingredients and...