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...

Sports journalism under Covid

The Covid Living podcast presents Episode 1 "Sports journalism in a Covid World" with Philip Bendon and Benjy Nurick https://soundcloud.com/user-62907107/sports-journalism-in-a-covid-world

Dashed dreams in Non-League

A year without games is tearing at the ambitions of young footballers explains Fergal Hale-Brown My footballing journey has taken me from internationals to the 7th tier of English football. It has taken me from...
A football fan watching football on TV.

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...

Studying in a COVID World

March 2020 and panic buying for loo rolls as lockdown began. I made it back home, sat down and, like thousands of other university students, tried to study.   It’s been tough. The assignments have...

Living on the Isle of Man

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 – what I’m missing

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...
A dog with their owner at a park.

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...

Lifted in Spurs’ spaceship

17th November 2019. The last time I saw a live competitive football match. 198 days and counting. When it was announced that the first ever WSL North London Derby – that's my team - Tottenham...

Students behind screens

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...