Mike
I wasn’t in an “at risk” group before, but now I am. They’ve decided that if you are over 65, and have been having a flu jab before that age, then you must be classed as at risk. Slightly worrying, but worrying doesn’t help at all, does it? Helen doesn’t want me to help her in the supermarket or shops any more, now that I’m “more at risk”. I can stay in the car, she says.
On 16 March 2020, one week before official government guidance, and just as Covid 19 was turning into a global epidemic, the Performance Ensemble went into lockdown. Our weekly company workshops came to an abrupt halt, and we disappeared behind our individual front doors. The easy ways of communicating, face to face, were no more. But we still needed to connect. Nine of the company started to keep diaries of their experiences, as a way of overcoming the isolation. Here they are: 31 days of lockdown, recorded during the months of March and April, beginning on 16 March and ending on 1 May, just as restrictions started to be eased. Edited by Barney Bardsley