“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...
Seeking 98% Oxygen
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...
My lockdown experience
Stéphanie Malm narrates her three stages of lockdown
https://youtu.be/gXTA6JiYWDU
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 the future holds for pandemic puppies
https://soundcloud.com/user-869684735/animal-welfare-interview
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...
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...
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...
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 today
https://soundcloud.com/user-28992473/retired-policeman-podcast
“We keep a roof over people’s heads”
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
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...