A week of remembering and forgetting

9th May 20269th May 2026 ~ gordonwrotesomething ~ Leave a comment

The national Covid memorial wall in London on its first anniversary in The outbreak of hantavirus on a Dutch cruise ship in the South Atlantic has stirred up painful suppressed memories of the Covid-19 pandemic. The dominant response on social media has been “oh no, not again” or “I’m not joining in this time”, along … Continue reading A week of remembering and forgetting

The lockdown list

19th November 2020 ~ gordonwrotesomething ~ Leave a comment

The pandemic was giving everybody – rich and poor, young and old – a dose of isolation. And I was a veteran of isolation. I knew things would get worse, but eventually better. I knew many people would suffer and most of their suffering would go unseen. The main thing was not to despair.