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In many ways all our realisations during this time of horror are just a single, vast realisation: we have no systems to protect us; we only have systems that protect

I think we might have unthinkingly equated “lifting the lockdown” with “returning to normal”. They’re not the same things and I think we have to accept they’re not the same

I doubt this is a popular position but I find myself a bit uncertain about this attempt to categorise books as essential goods. I’m a writer, obviously. I have many

“Maybe something by Hornby.” Going to use this in all literary conversation from now on. Regardless of what anyone is saying, I will place my chin in my hand and

So a strange and unforeseen side effect of lockdown seems to be that a heated discussion has broken out about whether lockdown is a good opportunity to write a novel.