This collage was prompted by a photo in the newspaper of a couple saying goodbye prior to lockdown.This submission is from a member of the Adult Learning Group. The Adult Learning Group includes Searchers (a research group), Art Group, and Creative…
On the 23rd March we went into lockdown. With immediate effect premises that had to close included playgrounds, churches and non essential shops. We were told to stay at home except to shop for food, and only exercise once a day maintaining a two…
This short story reflects the way people have come together in the crisis, and how the world may be so different, and disconnected, but offers hope for a new way of life
"This whistle was part of the uniform given to recruits when I joined in 1973 and was to be worn so that the chain was visible on the tunic. I am not sure when this practice ceased. It was purely ceremonial although it was originally a form of…
About the picture(s)In the midst of those gloomy autumn days, my fortnightly morning runs in various parks and meadows in Oxford brought light into the monotonicity of lockdown life. I learned to reappreciate the soothing spirit of nature, conferring…
My dear grandmother was the mother of my father and my three aunties whom my family and the extended family treasured. She was a widow and she lived at the same homestead with my family, but she had her own two bedroom bungalow with a veranda and a…
Experience A general day begins with getting up, having breakfast, then taking a quick look at email. This hasn’t changed but what has is that after that we then have to prepare the homeschooling so we look at the BBC Byte Size activities for the…