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COVID-19

Life under lockdown: The long road back to ‘normal’

Life under lockdown
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After seven weeks of lockdown, the UK took its first tentative steps on the road back to normality […]

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May 18, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Months, not weeks

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So now we know where we stand. COVID-19 is still claiming hundreds of lives every day. And so […]

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May 11, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: A never-ending hiatus?

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Everything feels a little Groundhog Day right now, doesn’t it? Another week of lockdown, with still no end […]

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May 4, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Not what I expected

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We’re now over a month into lockdown and I’ll be the first admit that things haven’t quite panned […]

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April 27, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: So it begins again

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As one three-week lockdown ends, another begins. And so the cycle starts again. Can anyone remember what life […]

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April 20, 2020 A dad's life

Nightmares and maintaining our mental health

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It’s the nightmares that stick with me. On the whole, I’m a calm and rational person. I’ve adopted […]

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April 16, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: A marathon, not a sprint

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The UK’s third and final week of coronavirus lockdown ended with the four-day Easter weekend. But with no […]

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April 14, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Hanging in there

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Reality has bitten in this middle week of the UK lockdown. We may not be achieving everything we […]

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April 6, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: A different life

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We’ve just experienced our first weekend in the UK under lockdown conditions, and we’re already getting used to […]

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March 30, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: The shapeless monotony

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With the UK now in what I’m calling a ‘soft lockdown’, boredom is as much the enemy as […]

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March 27, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: And so it begins

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As I write this post, the UK has just announced severe restrictions on people’s movements across the entire […]

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March 24, 2020 A dad's life

Life under lockdown: Our ‘new normal’

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These are strange, worrying and unprecedented times. Who could have predicted even three months ago that terms such […]

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March 20, 2020 A dad's life

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