Month: April 2020

• Covidspring IX: The Ties that Bind

  When I began writing these blogs they were were very public and political. They gradually became more personal. Lockdown is an introverting lifestyle. But the gossamer- like threads that hold…

• Covidspring VIII: The Age of Larry David

  Covidspring VIII: The Age of Larry David We came very late to Curb Your Enthusiasm. During lockdown it has been our box set of choice. Aside from the fact that…

• The signs of the Covidspring

  As the lock down began we started to see and pause at signs in restaurant, shop and office windows as we walked around SW1. Over the weeks that followed I…

• Covidspring VII: I’ll know and be with you

  As with nearly everyday since lockdown, the weather was perfect again. I was forced once more to spend this perfect day with my favourite person in the world in our…

• Covidspring VI: What has been taken away

  17 bodies were removed from one New Jersey care home after a tip off. There are sometimes sentences that stay with you for years or a lifetime after reading them.…

• Covidspring V: A moment for positive political imagination

  Covidspring V: A moment for positive political imagination Our age is one in which the cynicism of our political class is more powerful than their optimism. In which fear drives…

• Covidspring IV: The Cost of the CovidSpring

  Covidspring IV: The Cost of the CovidSpring We could be paying for all this easily Back in 1993 I was editing a journal called Contemporary Record: the Journal of the…

• Covidspring III: Hypothecate Now!

  Covidspring III: Hypothecate Now! We would pay more tax for the NHS now and forever The populist pragmatism of this government is the perfect ideology to benefit from the increase in…

• Covidspring II: It takes a Virus

  Covidspring II: It takes a Virus Rethinking Critical National Infrastructure   Our state was not secure against a virus.  In the first part of this essay I talked about the…

• Covidspring I: After the State of Exception

  The State of Pimlico On my walk from my home in Pimlico, for my designated exercise period, I can pass a temporary mortugary erected on the Horseferry Road. I can…