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 it’s meant to be good for you right?
Wrong, on the...
My lockdown experience
Stéphanie Malm narrates her three stages of lockdown
https://youtu.be/gXTA6JiYWDU
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 to teams play in empty stadiums on the TV, radio...
“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 thing by far was finding out my mum had been...
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 trying to be “resilient”, however, can be a heavy burden...
Clock ticking, but fully focused
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...
Edu-Stay-Cation
Jordan Holland’s uni-from-home story suggests you should be careful what you wish for.
How many times have you ever wished for an extra hour in bed – rising at 8:50pm to simply roll out ready...
Sport in lockdown
The Covid Living podcast presents Episode 2 "Sport in lockdown" with Philip Bendon and Benjy Nurick. It covers professional sport during lockdown and topics such as the changing fan experience and players' performances without...
Dogs against loneliness
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...
Lockdown changed me for the better
https://youtu.be/RZ_K9TUaUcA
Lock down, locked out, locked in. Imagine being 22 then turning 23 in the blink of an eye and spending a year under national restrictions. Being told what to do, where to go and...