does everyone realise the entire arts/culture landscape is going to be utterly scarred after this? bang on about pubs and freedom, but all the bands you’ve listened to, the Netflix shows you’ve watched, the people that make the adverts for things you can’t wait to go and buy...

the huge number of people who work to make shows happen, those very same shows that have been broadcast online for people to enjoy in place of cancelled festivals. what the hell are we doing for these people? it already wasn’t the best paying career for many but there was passion

and then there’s the music venues which pre-covid were already dropping like flies to property developers. it’s rough out there and the government is showing zero signs of understanding the full extent.