Your mask’s slipped, mate
It’s official! Overnight on Monday, the news websites finally confirmed it: in England, wearing face masks or face coverings in all shops is going to be compulsory from 24th July, and ignoring this mandate will be enforceable by fairly hefty fines. (No, no idea about that ten-day delay. It’s like...
The lassitude of lockdown limbo
I don’t know if it’s because the weather’s been so utterly shit recently, or because it’s just been so very, very, LONG since the first rushed scurry to lockdown began at the end of March, but this week has been one of the worst so far for me, mood-wise....
Here’s a thing
And that thing is a list of things I am currently, brattishly, really sad about. It’s v. selfish and uncool to be sad about these things during a worldwide pandemic, and most of the time I do try to count my blessings a bit, but right now it’s Friday...
Lockdown, and living in the literal moment
Back in March, when it became obvious that something drastic would have to happen to slow the rampage of Covid-19 through the country, I thought that a lockdown would be literally end of days. I was dreading it. I’m not a person who likes to be indoors or anywhere...