2020: That was the year that was July to December
The second part of my look back at 2020, a year like no other… You can read part one here. For us, July felt like…
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Covid-19 tiers: Please follow the rules!
From today (31st December), large areas of England move into tier 4 restrictions, which is pretty much lockdown. Covid-19 lockdowns, tiers and restrictions are hard….
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2020: That was the year that was January to June
Well 2020 was certainly a year like no other, wasn’t it? Who would ever have thought we would have ended up stuck at home for…
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2020: The year of cancelled things
2020 truly was the year of cancelled things. Even when coronavirus was starting to take hold and things were starting to get closed down, who…
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Coronavirus: Looking back on a year of lockdowns and restrictions
There seems to be so much to say about coronavirus. I wrote last week about the general madness and frustration of 2020. Today I want…
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Coronavirus: How did we get here?
Every now and then, even now, I just stop for a second and wonder how the hell did we get here? I look at the…
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How lockdown 2 is treating us
Well, here we are nearly two weeks in lockdown 2 – the second English national lockdown. How is it treating you? Does it feel the…
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Freelance work ups and downs during Covid-19
I’ve been a freelance writer since 2014. I do mainly business journalism, plus writing copy for websites. I have three main clients and two intermittent…
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Is Christmas 2020 cancelled?
There’s been a lot of talk in recent months about Christmas 2020 being ‘cancelled’. There has also been talk from the government about ‘saving’ Christmas….
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Blogging and life
The more observant among you may have noticed that I haven’t been blogging quite as much lately. I started blogging in 2011 and have always…
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Coronavirus, lockdown and endless cancellations
If 2020 has taught us one thing (well, it’s taught us many… ), it’s that there’s not much point in making plans. Because coronavirus, the…
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Back to school, back to normal?
It’s already been three weeks since my kids went back to school. Although they were looking forward to a bit of normality after six months…
