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Friday, December 05, 2025

Tag: coronavirus

New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand
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New Lockdown! 2020 recap from someone stuck in Thailand

ward 05/01/2021

First things first – Happy New Year in Lockdown! Good times to be had by all. Except, you know, covid and isolation and general misery. I thought I would start … Read More

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Coping with the lockdown and how to enjoy it

ward 14/04/2020

Since the start of the lockdown, I have noticed that I am coping a lot better than those around me. By ‘around me’ I mean Mrs Word of Ward (in … Read More

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Sir Patrick Stewart’s ‘A Sonnet A Day’ helps self-isolate

ward 24/03/2020

Unless you are a wanker, you are probably self-isolating right now. Well, Sir Patrick Stewart is here to help the boredom by reading a Shakespearean sonnet every day. As someone … Read More

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Coronavirus, what are the best masks?

ward 03/03/2020

I wrote about the coronavirus and masks a month ago when it was just beginning to scare people / be talked about by the media all the time. The two … Read More

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The Coronavirus, pollution and living in Bangkok

ward 04/02/2020

I was blissfully mask and worry free for two weeks, the coronavirus and pollution a distant dream. I have just spent almost two weeks down the coast of Thailand in … Read More

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