What is keeping us all going through all this? Communication. Whether that is through pictures of rainbows in windows, singing lessons via Zoom, science communication on Facebook Live, memes, gifs, and WhatsApp messages, YouTube songs, stories read over the phone...
...leaving shopping in a doorway, simultaneously but not together looking up at the ISS passing overhead, chatting to a neighbour over a garden wall, posting a leaflet or a letter with a phone number on it that you can call when you need help...
...hearing music being played 3 streets away, communal clapping on a Thursday night, online quizzes and toasting each other via a virtual pub. Communicating with each other is what makes us feel togetherness, belonging and unity. It can be in art, music, science, comedy or...
...anything in between, but it is important, unifying and humbling. And it is why I do what I do! Basically, you can make us stand 2m apart, but you can& #39;t make us shut the fcuk up!
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