The streets were decorated from side to side with flags, trestle tables and everyone had brought out table cloths and food for the street party.
Month: May 2020
NEW BOOK: A NATURAL YEAR
Fewer’s infectious passion for his subject simply inspires our own observation, and suggests how careful study of the natural world around us can be a sure antidote to the stresses of modern life.
VIRUS: QUICK SUNDAY BRIEFING
The ‘no politics’ agreement goes out the window. Boris fails to consult Nicola on new slogan. Here’s ours: Dae as yer telt. Stay in the hoose. Save lives, including yer ain.
HARVESTING AND HERDING- H WORDS TO HAUNT US
The government’s initial strategy, therefore, was herd immunity and harvesting. Operational implementation follows a strategy, not the other way round. Only belatedly did the government’s strategy morph into one that sought to protect the elderly and reverse the harvesting, through widespread testing and contact tracing. But by then it was too late. Operations could not catch up.
LOCKDOWN: THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Some people say it’s through technology that we will save ourselves, but perhaps in lockdown we are glimpsing that we need something more.
VIRUS: DUBLIN’S FAVOURITE CAFE CLOSES FOR GOOD
It was the same for the people on the fringes of society who came in during the winter and fell asleep, undisturbed, in the banquettes near the fire; the tramps and the people not quite well in the head, as my aunt would have said.