Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 209 [9 October 2020] Published: 11 October 2020 Coronavirus chaos has strengthened its grip on the UK, the focus having now switched away from London to the north of the country. There are so many different ideas, protocols and strategies proposed for or operating in so many different regions and […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 169 [30 August 2020] Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye … As we get set to wave goodbye to summer, and goodbye to the waves as they roll along the golden sands, the question that seems to be foremost in almost everybody’s mind is are we about to […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 141 [2 August 2020] Published: 8 August 2020 ‘You ought to get out more!’ Since the birth of coronavirus, the intentional irony in this off-hand remark has taken on a whole new irrational meaning. We know that we want to get out more, but we are told that we should […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 138 [30 July 2020] It will all be over by Christmas … As the world’s media focuses upon the race to see which country can get the first Covid-19 vaccine off the starting blocks, amidst wild accusations of vaccine poaching and dramatic speculation that the game has gone nationalist, I […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 115 [12 July 2020] Published: 13 July 2020 12 July 2020 saw our first get together with friends since coronavirus sentenced us to solitary confinement. Although my wife had been working on her pet project for six months, converting what had once been a slab of Soviet and German concrete […]
Diary of a Self-isolator: Day 106 [3 July 2020] Published: 8 July 2020 Although I am still prone to headlining this series of articles as the Diary of a Self-isolator, I have begun to wonder whether the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions warrants a change of name, say, for example, the Diary of a Social Distancer, […]
A biographical essay on the life, ‘nostalgic aesthetics’ and philosophy of Victor Ryabinin of Königsberg, by Boris Nisnevich Translated by Olga Korosteleva-HartEdited by Mick Hart Published: 22 April 2020 ~ the anniversary of Königsberg philosopher Immanuel Kant’s birthday Victor – a child of ruins Thinking about life, we ask ourselves questions: ‘Why do we come […]