Uncanny and Transcendent Fiction
It has now been a full year since we went into the first lockdown. People were nervous and anxious about what this strange new world would be like. A world behind locked doors, Internet grocery shopping, home exercise and (possibly the worst) home schooling. Two weeks in and we started to hear stories about dolphins […]
Read More COVID DIARY: A Year of FearIt’s been over a week since I got vaccinated. No further side effects beyond the cold shoulder and the flu(ish) symptoms for a day. I feel well (overweight, but well). The vaccine seems safe enough to me. I’m still shielding but the rest of the family is back to school. My son has gone back […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 356 Back to SchoolYes, the title seems slightly misleading, but its not. Clearly, I am still alive and have managed to avoid Covid so far (in all its different mutated forms). I have played with the idea of pranking the Internet by playing dead, but eventually came to the conclusion that no one actually reads my blog (other […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 348, The VaccineFan art based on Sucker Punches awesome video game, by my daughter, the artist calling herself batpro100.
Read More Ghost of TsushimaThe inevitable has happened. Parts of England have been forced to go back into lockdown. Easing restrictions as quickly as the government did was clearly a mistake. Allowing people to travel abroad was even more insane. But somehow this new lockdown seems to be more about social differences and less about what is sensible. The […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 132 Return to LockdownCyberpunk Cityscape inspired by the Dubai Marina. Acrylic on canvas.
Read More Art stuffIt’s been a long time since my last post. The days started to roll together. Days became weeks. Weeks became a month. The world slowly shifted. Darkness is all around us. After all this time the UK is about to lift more restrictions, allowing many more businesses to reopen and families to reunite. However, the […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 104The sun is out and madness abounds. People are flocking to the beaches, to the parks, to any bit of green and blue out there. The number of deaths seemed to be going down and now its back at over 400. If people continue to ignore the virus, we’re going to see that second peak […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 70, The Maniacs!Eid is normally a time for family, community and over indulgence in good food. The day should start with a congregational prayer that is attended by everyone (even those that have been MIA all year). Then I normally take all the roast chicken we’ve made and a smorgasbord of desserts we’ve made at home over […]
Read More COVID DIARY: DAY 66, Eid in Strange Times