Category Archives: Post Lockdown Thoughts

Written and published 9 September 2022, the day after Queen Elizabeth II’s death. The news came through at 6:30 and I was standing on the District Line between Sloane Square and South Kensington. It went silent. Nobody was talking before, but still it went silent. The air was sucked right out of the train andContinue reading “It’s funny the things that make you proud”

23rd August, 2020 Allez Paris Saint-Germain echoes through the streets, along with the smell of beer and cigarettes, the blaring of motorbike horns and the steady hum of anticipation. Bodies in blue, red and white teem out of Boulevard de Clichy’s numerous bars, leaving jubilant fans 50 feet and 100 people away from the smallContinue reading “Allez Paris”

“I’m sorry,” my Mother said, as we sat watching the 10 o’clock news. “It can’t be a very fun time to be twenty one.”  “I’m not sure,” I replied, without much thought. “It’s…” I began, before stopping and searching for the rational behind my resistance. Unable to find it, I took my 2,736th sip of cannedContinue reading “We Know Better”

Over one hundred days have passed since Boris Johnson announced lockdown restrictions across Great Britain. As our Prime Minister – a man who evidently envisions himself akin to wartime leaders such as Churchill and FDR – sat proudly in front of the Union Jack, clenching his fists in the face of looming danger, I couldContinue reading “In Order To Demand the Truth, We Must be Willing to Accept It”