Month: March 2020

Lockdown will be in place for ‘significant period’, says Gove; Labour MP and doctor Rosena Allin-Khan says Boris Johnson should self-isolate for 14 daysBoris Johnson to warn: tougher lockdown may be necessaryMichael Gove appears to blame China over lack of UK coronavirus testingFirst working NHS surgeon dies from coronavirusCoronavirus – Read more…

Britons donned gloves and facemasks on trips to supermarkets nationwide today, after the death toll from the virus reached 1,228 over the weekend. Via: Tesco limits customers to just ONE item of milk, bread and toilet roll each

Michael Gove said it was right to put the UK into lockdown to limit the spread of the disease, even though it meant spiralling UK debt, as you cannot ‘put a price on lives’. Via: Michael Gove hints at looming austerity after massive coronavirus bailouts

(Merge)Sobriety can smooth any artist’s fuzzy edges. Named after the Alabama creek that runs behind her childhood home, Katie Crutchfield, AKA Waxahatchee, ditched alcohol for good before making her fifth album, Saint Cloud, which sees her sound leap from reverb-laden indie rock to glossy, radio-friendly country. But even though her Read more…

Longer, lighter days can help us banish old habits, sleep better and improve our mental health, even during the lockdownThank goodness that, in this time of crisis, it is now spring. In the northern hemisphere, at least, we can say hello to green shoots, flowers, bumblebees and butterflies. Finally, the Read more…