Covid Living

I have an excuse. I had surgery two months before the first lockdown, sending me into a spiral. What was I going to do? How could I see my physio? And, when would this...

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 it’s meant to be good for you right? Wrong, on the...

The Staycation London podcast presents Episode 1 "How Fans Affiliate With Football" with Tariq Taylor, Alfie Kaye, Ethan West and Edwin Richardson. https://soundcloud.com/user-11375464/staycation-london-podcast-how-fans-affiliate-with-football/s-cIjbMO09rxf

One university student gives a glimpse into the strange reality of online learning Rather than getting to class we’re learning on Teams – sometimes Zoom – and have been for a year now. It’s rubbish...

54-year-old successful architect Gavin Hale-Brown shares his account of surviving COVID-19's cruelty    Covid 19, Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, the plague... well as one who has been infected, who has ended-up in hospital with it, I can...

Edwin Richardson says you should race over to visit as soon as you can With the pandemic and lockdown, I decamped to my home – very close by – nation that has been living Covid...

Football, for many of us, is way more than ‘just a game’: it’s a way of getting away from day to day troubles. Whether you have an Old Trafford season ticket or turn up...

The number of pets in London doubled during lockdown. Dog ownership increased 84% in 2020 alone. There is now a pandemic puppy phenomenon and thieves are roaming the capital looking to make thousands from...

Will Vincent talks to a local authority housing officer who tells the hidden story of the work done to save people from the streets and what happened when we were all ordered indoors https://soundcloud.com/user-28992473/housing-the-homeless-podcast

With 38 hours to deadline I’ve four un-started articles and a few to edit. In those hours I must also sleep, and fast – it’s Ramadan you see.   But in extremis I found a...