In the last part of a three part interview, Dianna Djokey interviews German migrant and doctor Lisa, about Brexit, how councils have fared in the pandemic, and the experience of being a migrant worker in [… read more ]
Award-winning Filipino author, journalist and photographer Karl R De Mesa reports further on the Covid lockdown in Metro Manila, a megacity of at least 12 million people. In this latest piece, originally published in Transit Dialogue [… read more ]
In the second of a two-part series, Dianna Djokey interviews local resident Adam about his experience of being a migrant, and supply teaching, during the pandemic. Adam’s real name was changed at his request. Dianna [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected working, social and political life for people with increased vulnerability to Covid-19 because of disabilities or long term health conditions? Our Covid-19 Community Reporter, Rosy Bremer talks to local resident [… read more ]
How has the pandemic affected the local voluntary sector? In the last of a three part series, Covid-19 Community Reporter Paris Ali-Pilling interviews Aurora New Dawn’s CEO, Shonagh Dillon. Read parts one and two. Paris: How have [… read more ]
In this week’s column, Ian Morris is bemused by people’s confusion on social media as the government’s new ‘Rule of Six’ guidance to address the pandemic took effect last week, and suggests a novel musical [… read more ]
Local resident and film enthusiast Paul Toomer reviews Christopher Nolan’s new film, Tenet, after returning to the cinema for the first time since lockdown. Ever since his debut in 2000 with Memento, Christopher Nolan has [… read more ]
Simon Kolstoe, Senior Lecturer in Evidence Based Healthcare and University Ethics Advisor, at the University of Portsmouth shares two simple tests for your face covering, to help you check it will avoid breathing potential infection [… read more ]
Ian Morris explores some of the confusion over, and objections to, wearing a face covering as the Government’s new guidance comes into effect. Wrap a face mask round your dial… After all, it isn’t difficult is [… read more ]
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