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As a response to the developing Covid-19 pandemic on the 23rd March 2020 the United Kingdom government introduced lockdown legislation across society, instigating some of the most restrictive measures of social control since the second world war (HM Cabinet Office, 2021).  … Continue reading →

Introduction: Mental health has become the topic of conversation not only nationally, but worldwide during this pandemic due to many factors: people have been forced to stay inside to stay safe from the virus and have been isolated from many … Continue reading →

When lockdown was first announced, most people panicked and began to bulk buy household items such as toilet roll and bread – essentially emptying stores nationwide. On the other hand, a great deal of people took this quarantine as a … Continue reading →

Retrospectively it is hard to recollect the events of Christmas 2020, which begin to merge into the grey-tinted months of the pandemic. As we slowly ease out of this pandemic, this blog aims to preserve my personal experiences of Christmas … Continue reading →

Campus and Covid-19: By Maya Younger Introduction: The campus is at the heart of many universities across the country.  In normal times, thousands of students pass through their respective campuses every day, learning in lectures, studying in the libraries, or … Continue reading →

Extra-curriculars in COVID-19 (To experience an audial exhibition, please press play above.) This exhibition regards extra-curriculars under COVID-19. It explores how people spent their time outside of their professional or academic commitments from March 2020 as announced by the government … Continue reading →

If you would prefer to here an audio version of ‘Friendship During COVID-19’, please click play above. Introduction: Shut all retail. Shut all hospitality. Stop travel. Shut schools. Stay at Home. But don’t forget to check in on your friends? … Continue reading →

Rewind 15 months to February 2020, where ‘Covid-19 Pandemic’ headlines were read, heard, and seen worldwide. Confusion brought a sense of familiarity, as society continually questioned why was our freedom being minimised? 15 months ago, the why was unanswerable. Now … Continue reading →

Life in Lockdown: Mental Health Under Covid-19 The impact of Coronavirus within the UK has caused one of the most challenging situations that many people will have faced in their lifetime. The continuous stress and uncertainty of the virus, the … Continue reading →

Humans beings are, by nature, social creatures. Our biology functions through homeostasis: “[the] drive towards stability, security and adaptation to change” (Matias et al. 2020). From March 2020 onwards however, the “zoonotic disease” COVID-19 spread rapidly across the world and … Continue reading →