Do you read people’s writings about covid? I don’t, if I can help it.
Read MoreRules, by Terry Freedman. I thought this sign is a reasonable analogy to the likely rules in a post-lockdown world.
Writing during Covid
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Covid-19
Road closed for social distancing, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #47: Closed road
No, I don’t understand it either.
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Covid19-how to wash your hands, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #44: How to wash your hands
Shouldn’t we have had booths like this a long time ago, long before the pandemic?
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Hands off! by Terry Freedman
UK Copyright conference
As we haven’t adopted the EU’s Copyright Directive, what will copyright law look like in the UK? Also, how has copyright been affected by Covid-19? These and other issues will be discussed in this online conference taking place on 16 July 2020.
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Foxglove, compost and rubbish, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #35: Foxglove, rubbish and compost
An example of nature’s resilience.
Read MoreWhen adult education classes resume, will you go back?
in News & views, Audio
As there are quite a few advantages to learning online, I’m not sure I’d want to go back to the old way of taking classes.
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Park benches in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #33: Park benches in the time of Covid
The effect is to heighten the prevailing sense of dystopia.
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Shops in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #32: Shops in the time of Covid
When is a shop not a shop?
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A school, closed, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #31: Schools in the time of Covid
Is a closed school a school?
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Zoom virtual background, by Terry Freedman
Zoom meeting backgrounds: a glimpse into the lives of others
Is having a virtual background cheating in a sense? And is having a virtual background that looks like your own but isn’t really, cheating even more?
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Skies in the time of Covid, by Terry Freedman
PhotoPrompt #30: Skies in the time of Covid
One of the unexpected benefits of the Covid-19 pandemic has been clear blue skies.
Read MoreCovid19: who ya gonna trust?
An Australian news channel has hit upon an astonishingly original idea: a podcast about coronavirus featuring people who have some idea of what they’re talking about.
Read MoreHow good is online workshopping?
Tutors, especially, but also students, should do their utmost to make full use of all the facilities that online tools afford.
Read MoreThe perils of online discussions: messaging
Now that your experience of being in a classroom has narrowed to the dimensions of your own study or living room, you may be interested to learn from some of the mistakes I have made when it comes to learning online.
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Covid-19: Time to read The Plague?
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In his novel The Plague, Camus described fairly accurately people’s attitudes and behaviour during a plague. It seems rather apposite in our current circumstances.
Read MoreMy OTHER Blog
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Should you be feeling bereft because of the absence of new articles on this website, here is some good news.
Read MoreCovid-19: Free resources from Publishers Weekly
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One of the pleasures of attending the London Book Fair is being able to pick up and read issues of Publishers Weekly. Unfortunately, because of the Covid-19 crisis, the LBF didn’t take place this year. But here is some good news.
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Person wearing a mask, by Terry Freedman
Covid-19: Why it's important to carry on writing
in News & views
Although continuing to write as if everything is business as usual is quite hard at the moment, I think it’s important to try.
Read MoreAlways wear trousers on Skype
Seeing as we are in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic, with millions of people either in lockdown or self-isolating, many previously face-to-face activities are starting to be carried out online. I thought this true story might serve both as a cautionary tale and as some light relief.
Read MorePhotoPrompt #26: Rush hour
Here is what the rush hour looked like on the last day I travelled in London.
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