COVID-19
Discovering unlikely worlds in the silence of 2020
Margareth Sembiring uses the lockdown silence to look inside herself, and hears unforeseen melodies …
Bendiciones
Ida Nieves remembers the Latino Christmases of her childhood. As 2020’s celebrations loom, she wishes Bendiciones to all but already misses the hugs!
Christmas travels … from cover to cover
(4 minute read)
The loss of freedom to travel has brought frustration and anxiety to many. Leonard Franchi suggests ‘travelling’ with the imagination until the restrictions are eased.
A world without hugs…
(4 minute read)
Marie McCoy explores the sadness of a world deprived of the sense of touch.
The genie is out of the bottle
(5 minute read)
Prepare for a very different world when the threat of COVID has finally lifted, writes Chris Creegan.
To lock down or not to lock down? Part 2
(6 minute read)
Michael Wee sheds light on the complexity of mental health concerns in the pandemic.
Weary, worried and waiting
(4 minute read)
Richard Bauckham reflects on the special strains of a new lockdown in the UK.
To lock down or not to lock down? Part 1
(3 minute read)
Michael Wee discusses the ethics of decision-making about lockdown.
The Coronavirus and ‘The Great Operation’
(10 minute read)
Rosemary Milne offers useful advice on how to remain fully human in a digital age.
What would Poirot do?
(6 minute read)
Kenson Li learns lessons for lockdown from the great fictional sleuth.
