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   Wandsworth Common      Ground floor:    What I miss the most  is physical contact, be it a handshake, a hug or a comforting pat on the shoulder. I started this project 3 days after the birth of my 4th grandchild but I haven't yet been able to pick View fullsize
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   East Sheen    In lockdown we kept working but chose to shorten our hours and close on Sundays to reduce the pressure on our staff.  A forced day off has been liberating. I walk, read, cook and reflect. I’m mindful.  A day to myself is a simple lux View fullsize
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   Victoria Park    The past few months have thrown up a real mix of emotions, from the disappointment of being furloughed and living with the uncertainty of whether I’ll have a job to go back to, to the unexpected joy of spending more time with my t View fullsize
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   Balham    For us lockdown has represented an enforced pause in our usually chaotic London lives; no option but to rest and recharge before we welcomed new life into a world we sometimes don’t recognise.   As first time parents we’ve experienced a View fullsize
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   Peckham Rye    We were prepared for lockdown to a certain extent……….  My mum, Esmé, has lived with me since 2016 after a stroke - so our long term independence has adapted to change. We both own a deep resilience, in part because we have lost thre View fullsize
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   Balham    I have Lyme Disease which affects my immunity and makes me more susceptible to Covid-19. Pre-lockdown I was in the throes of training and fundraising for an upcoming expedition to the South Pole (www.antarcticaruban.com) to raise awarene View fullsize
_DSC0582.jpg View fullsize
   Norbury    Being a postie in lockdown has been a blessing as the routine of my daily life has remained the same. What has changed is the increased workload and the miles I walk each day. In this age of digital communications, video meetings and on View fullsize
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   Battersea    At the end of 2019 I quit my job and started a pet portrait business. Despite a good start, when covid-19 hit the commissions dried up, along with my confidence.  I had no job, no money, and was getting depressed. I needed a focus. I View fullsize
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   Stoke Newington    The realisation of my own privilege hit me like a tonne of bricks. I always thought I understood race because my dad was a black immigrant, although he never discussed it with me when I was growing up. I think he knew that his w View fullsize
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   Clapham Common    Wow!  COVID-19 sure hit us with a bang and has left its mark in many ways, but, with many positives too. The slower pace of life, quality time with family, the space to reflect, the grounding quality of nature, the community spir View fullsize
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   Wandsworth    We decided to take the second photo without my husband because, for the bulk of lockdown, he was absent. He works in 2 hospitals and when they were busy rearranging how they did things, and making sure staff were protected whilst cop View fullsize
_DSC9472.jpg View fullsize
   Wimbledon    Lockdown has made a huge difference to our family life. It's allowed us to spend more time together as a family, and for me (Joe) in particular, to be around much more to watch our beautiful daughter Francesca grow and develop.   Food View fullsize
_DSC9621.jpg View fullsize
   Lee Green    This Covid 19 pandemic was a big surprise to us as a family, I was very ill for a while with it. The one good thing that has come from it, is that it brought us closer as a family and for that I am truly grateful.     View fullsize
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   Hanwell    https://uk.gofundme.com/f/helping-dress-medics  When I first heard about the Helping Dress Medics scrub making project I volunteered to get involved, along with many other costume professionals who couldn’t work during lockdown.   Helpi View fullsize
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   Belsize Park    Lockdown has been a bugger, hasn’t it? Not being able to access the gym, the nail bar, the massage salon and the dog groomer!  So I’ve had to step up to the plate, or rather the front step. Poor old Bruno won’t be entering Crufts a View fullsize
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   Sutton    Lockdown has been a strange time for most of us, and for me it has kept me most of the time at home on my own. I live alone and not seeing people or having physical touch has affected my mental health more than I thought. I am passionate View fullsize
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   Barnet    Lockdown has been hard in many ways but we know that we are amongst the lucky ones who have been able to keep working at home. An upside has been the time saved not travelling to work and I expect to be doing more home working in future. View fullsize
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   Fulham    They say that every change holds an opportunity, and it's up to us how we use it. The current situation showed us how connected we all are, how our actions affect others, and how important human connections are. It made me appreciate the View fullsize
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   Tooting    Throughout this crazy coronavirus time, I’ve split up with my then girlfriend for 3years, feels like the best thing I ever done, I can breath again.   I also have had the coronavirus and it really had a detrimental effect to my emotiona View fullsize
_DSC8747.jpg View fullsize
   Clapham    Relationship psychotherapist Esther Perel says of modern relationships, ‘we are asking one person to give us what an entire village once used to provide’ and never has this been truer. In the safety, and confinement of our homes under L View fullsize
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   Earlsfield    Time flies even during lockdown, has it been ten weeks already?!   My lockdown experience has irreversibly shaken me to the core, while my routine has altered only slightly.   We have abused our planet and make a mess of nature. Cut View fullsize
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   Stockwell    We were due to hold a big celebration in May for an important anniversary but the pandemic stopped that.  We both work with people who are already in need due to social inequalities deepened by 10 years of austerity from our governmen View fullsize
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   Fulham    What I miss most about this lockdown is just the normality of socialising, being able to go into a restaurant and change your order ,(unhappy emoji face ) it’s just deliveroo for one , you can’t even go boxing and have light banter with View fullsize
_DSC8611.jpg View fullsize
   Putney    I am 83, and a widow. I have a wonderful family and friends and they help to fill the void - the highlight of my week is cooking Sunday lunch for them. Not so, since lockdown.  On the negative side there is no-one to hug, and in our fami View fullsize
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   Waterloo    1st ever picture of the three of us. A rare picture of love during these hard times. The world has come to a stop, but our bond together has been unbreakable     View fullsize
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   Norwood    Working from home during lockdown has allowed me to grow closer to my family and help more in making sure we live in a nice, comfortable environment.   My dad is still traveling on public transport and even though I have always been ver View fullsize
_DSC8507.jpg View fullsize
   Newham    I work in a Primary School by day organising activities for pupils before school and after school and keeping families updated with events in the local community.Evening, weekends, and school holidays, I get the local community active an View fullsize
_DSC7905.jpg View fullsize
   Clapham    I did work as a Costume Supervisor for theatre, but the show I was on was cancelled with no notice.   As soon as I heard of the emergency demand for scrubs I knew I could help, and the action has helped me.   We've made around 650 scrub View fullsize
_DSC8374.jpg View fullsize
   Abbey Wood     When lockdown kicked in I started planting seeds, as so many people have. Not just plants, but seeds of thought.    I'm living in a transitional home and phase at the moment, so time to reflect & evaluate has been much appreciat View fullsize
_DSC8166.jpg View fullsize
   Tooting    Lockdown has given me the opportunity to focus on the simple things in life.  I sit in my tiny garden watching  and listening to the different birds that arrive daily, which brings me much happiness!  I have picked up a guitar again for View fullsize
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   London    What were once simple outings to the Grocery Store have now become massive Expeditions. Got gloves? Check. Wait…where’s my mask? We barely make it outside of our building before one of us mutters, “Ugg, I have 2 left-handed gloves; I am View fullsize
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   Battersea    Being at home 24/7 with your kids, you learn a lot about them, yourself and your thresholds!   Home schooling has been incredibly challenging and even hair- raising at times, but it has given us a unique insight into another side of o View fullsize
_DSC6143.jpg View fullsize
   Clapham Junction    My family has been coping ok since lockdown although my mum and grandma definitely do miss being able to get outside the house, however I am very much a homebody so everything I enjoy doing is already here. I’ve been painting a View fullsize
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 South Norwood  Covid19 has brought some family quality time to our lives. Our daughter is loving every single minute of having mum and dad around all day long. It’s wonderfully rewarding to see her evolving right in front of our eyes and not through View fullsize
_DSC7654.jpg View fullsize
   Wimbledon    A few years ago, my son, Thomas, asked for a 3D printer for his birthday, a printer that has only seen occasional use - that is until Covid 19 and lockdown started. Since then, it's been running 15½ hours a day producing 3D printed vi View fullsize
_DSC7291.jpg View fullsize
   Camberwell    Who would have thought that our bond would be our survival kit. Our love would be our medicine. Our laughter would be our food!  Its been a surreal time, the longer the time has gone on it's become more comfortable and the more 'norm View fullsize
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   Feltham    This lockdown has given us time to relax, reflect and re-focus. Appreciate each other more and plan for our future not just for us but for the potato we are growing.   Hoping this time gives the world a chance to heal and people to grow View fullsize
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   Earlsfield    Firstly, it’s very hard, but now it’s getting better. It helps if you are doing something, like reading books or reading the Quran. The community are taking good care, my children and grandchildren are also doing their part in this s View fullsize
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   Tooting    Living.... into the edge, doing what I can, volunteering at my GP's surgery  Loving.... the quiet gentle of plants budding, with my insouciant friend, Bodhi     View fullsize
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   Crystal Palace    For us the lockdown has made us slow down. We have more time to pay attention to things, both inside and outside of ourselves. More space to appreciate and be grateful. To see what we have, rather than what we might lack. More op View fullsize
_DSC6745.jpg View fullsize
   Battersea    Lockdown stream of consciousness......  I’m proud of how we have adapted..as individuals, as families, as communities, as a nation. We may have been slow to get a grip on this thing but we might just be the first to come up with a vac View fullsize
_DSC6266.jpg View fullsize
   Earlsfield    During this time of self-isolation  I've been learning to use different types of communication: Duolingo, Video calls, Zoom & social distancing visitation.  Loving cycling on roads that are almost traffic free  Less pollution, ex View fullsize
_DSC6217.jpg View fullsize
   Stockwell    Unusual times often require unusual acts, and that’s exactly how we felt on the first Sunday in lockdown as we clambered out of our bedroom window armed with music stands and violins to play a few tunes for a small number of our neigh View fullsize
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   Tottenham    I saw it roaring
I felt it clawing at my clothes like a grieving friend  
It said there are no new beginnings
  Until everybody sees that the old ways need to end  
But it's hard to accept that we're all one and the same flesh
  Given View fullsize
_DSC5696.jpg View fullsize
   Westminster    As the little one no longer has school she has been able to spend quality time at home with the family. Usually Siyana is busy with school, after school tuition, swimming and Arabic classes. And the siblings and parents are usually View fullsize
_DSC5759.jpg View fullsize
   Wandsworth    As Australians, we’re used to keeping in touch with loved ones online. We miss our London friends – our urban family – but we are enjoying their ingenuity through virtual quizzes, dinners and even an Anzac Day memorial (and no need f View fullsize
_DSC5859.jpg View fullsize
   Battersea    Yup, this is different…   However, we do have a blinding tan… in April!  For us, lockdown has really highlighted the importance of feeling safe and having a place to call home together as a couple and with our lovely friend and flatma View fullsize
_DSC6034.jpg View fullsize
   Chiswick    We're Clare and Mark Ellen and Nick took these shots at our locked-down home in Chiswick, West London. What extraordinary times we're negotiating. It feels like some higher being has pressed 'reset' on the earth’s router and it’s havin View fullsize
_DSC5946.jpg View fullsize
   Battersea    Being miserable is a habit. Being happy is a habit. The choice is ours. We focus on what we can control instead of what we can’t control.   We’re grateful to have these precious moments together. Cooking and eating together, playing g View fullsize
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   Westminster    Plenty of lessons learnt, sad tales and new emotions but, it has been fun. Life in lockdown has made us both realise just how much of our daily lives we spend dedicated to work, work and more work. It has been refreshing going back View fullsize
   Stockwell    Where we hugged, now we wave. Where we met, now we Zoom. Where we rushed, now we pause.  So frame that picture you never framed; call that cousin you lost touch with; try that recipe you cut out last year; fix that shelf; sort those p View fullsize
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   New Cross    My studies are now on indefinite pause. I was about a month away from qualification.   Amid the madness with all due respect to those who’ve lost their lives, to those suffering, to those given no other option but to work sans PPE bec View fullsize
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   Deptford    We've all been struck by the changes to the community, the good and bad. We are counting on ourselves and friends to retain sanity. Although obliged to stay at home, there are new posed problems recreating a routine for a group of intr View fullsize
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   Crystal Palace    This is very different, living in scary and uncertain times on lockdown until the future says when we will be safe to live the new normal again.  I'm a registered childminder and a mummy so the action has changed, but I wake up g View fullsize
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   Tower Hamlets    We’re Polly and Khobir Wiseman-Goldstein and we live in East London. Khobir works for the NHS, so he’s still going in to work each day. It’s been stressful, because of the chronic underfunding of the service and the lack of proper View fullsize
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   Croydon    You need to remember there are people around the world that would love to have our bad days     View fullsize
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   Balham    For us, I would say our experience of lockdown is "you don't know what you've got till it's gone"- prior to the lockdown our family were very active with work, school, gym, sports clubs etc and we took the school, gyms, pools, football p View fullsize
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   Clapham Common    In the face of adversity, Londoners have come together as a community.  Neighbours talk to each other, help each other and collect each other’s shopping.  As a family, we have learnt to go back to basics, enjoy each other’s compa View fullsize
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   Wandsworth Common    We had lived in this house, and together for the first time, for a total of two weeks when the Covid-19 pandemic got serious. To that end, La Vida Lockdown has been another wave in what has been a sea of new starts and changes View fullsize
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   New Cross    The greatest change is not seeing faces - missing the conversations and interactions everyday that keep us attached to the outside world. Life has become much more detail-oriented, spending so much time tending to the house and really View fullsize
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   Dulwich    A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind - Chinese proverb.  As people who do not work a typical 9 to 5, much feels the same apart from the drastic reduction in work and earnings.  However, other aspects have increased: cook View fullsize
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   Walthamstow    Cesare Pavese wrote ‘we do not remember days, we remember moments’. This echoes in our minds as we are reminded of the fragility of life and the importance to appreciate the little things. We wake as a new family of three each morni View fullsize
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   Streatham    I think we're still working out what we'll take from life in lockdown.  On a basic level, it's definitely made us even more grateful for our home as a space we enjoy being in. I also feel like the upside of this is that people are foc View fullsize
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   Clapham    There is more to life than increasing its speed     View fullsize
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   Kensal Green    Existential angst is not easy to sustain all day.  We've adapted.  We find ourselves managing to normalise a way of life that isn't in any way normal. Music helps, so does cooking, being creative, messing about and finding differen View fullsize
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   Hampstead    Having spent my first three years of retirement in perpetual world travel, Lockdown feels like someone has pressed the pause button.   Staying at home gives time to reflect. To consider what truly matters in life. Health. Family & View fullsize
   Wandsworth Common      Ground floor:    What I miss the most  is physical contact, be it a handshake, a hug or a comforting pat on the shoulder. I started this project 3 days after the birth of my 4th grandchild but I haven't yet been able to pick
_DSC0896.jpg
   East Sheen    In lockdown we kept working but chose to shorten our hours and close on Sundays to reduce the pressure on our staff.  A forced day off has been liberating. I walk, read, cook and reflect. I’m mindful.  A day to myself is a simple lux
_DSC0146.jpg
   Victoria Park    The past few months have thrown up a real mix of emotions, from the disappointment of being furloughed and living with the uncertainty of whether I’ll have a job to go back to, to the unexpected joy of spending more time with my t
_DSC0791.jpg
   Balham    For us lockdown has represented an enforced pause in our usually chaotic London lives; no option but to rest and recharge before we welcomed new life into a world we sometimes don’t recognise.   As first time parents we’ve experienced a
   Peckham Rye    We were prepared for lockdown to a certain extent……….  My mum, Esmé, has lived with me since 2016 after a stroke - so our long term independence has adapted to change. We both own a deep resilience, in part because we have lost thre
_DSC0273.jpg
   Balham    I have Lyme Disease which affects my immunity and makes me more susceptible to Covid-19. Pre-lockdown I was in the throes of training and fundraising for an upcoming expedition to the South Pole (www.antarcticaruban.com) to raise awarene
_DSC0582.jpg
   Norbury    Being a postie in lockdown has been a blessing as the routine of my daily life has remained the same. What has changed is the increased workload and the miles I walk each day. In this age of digital communications, video meetings and on
_DSC9984.jpg
   Battersea    At the end of 2019 I quit my job and started a pet portrait business. Despite a good start, when covid-19 hit the commissions dried up, along with my confidence.  I had no job, no money, and was getting depressed. I needed a focus. I
DSCF2723.jpg
   Stoke Newington    The realisation of my own privilege hit me like a tonne of bricks. I always thought I understood race because my dad was a black immigrant, although he never discussed it with me when I was growing up. I think he knew that his w
_DSC9752.jpg
   Clapham Common    Wow!  COVID-19 sure hit us with a bang and has left its mark in many ways, but, with many positives too. The slower pace of life, quality time with family, the space to reflect, the grounding quality of nature, the community spir
_DSC8879.jpg
   Wandsworth    We decided to take the second photo without my husband because, for the bulk of lockdown, he was absent. He works in 2 hospitals and when they were busy rearranging how they did things, and making sure staff were protected whilst cop
_DSC9472.jpg
   Wimbledon    Lockdown has made a huge difference to our family life. It's allowed us to spend more time together as a family, and for me (Joe) in particular, to be around much more to watch our beautiful daughter Francesca grow and develop.   Food
_DSC9621.jpg
   Lee Green    This Covid 19 pandemic was a big surprise to us as a family, I was very ill for a while with it. The one good thing that has come from it, is that it brought us closer as a family and for that I am truly grateful.
_DSC9447.jpg
   Hanwell    https://uk.gofundme.com/f/helping-dress-medics  When I first heard about the Helping Dress Medics scrub making project I volunteered to get involved, along with many other costume professionals who couldn’t work during lockdown.   Helpi
_DSC9344.jpg
   Belsize Park    Lockdown has been a bugger, hasn’t it? Not being able to access the gym, the nail bar, the massage salon and the dog groomer!  So I’ve had to step up to the plate, or rather the front step. Poor old Bruno won’t be entering Crufts a
_DSC9380.jpg
   Sutton    Lockdown has been a strange time for most of us, and for me it has kept me most of the time at home on my own. I live alone and not seeing people or having physical touch has affected my mental health more than I thought. I am passionate
_DSC8541.jpg
   Barnet    Lockdown has been hard in many ways but we know that we are amongst the lucky ones who have been able to keep working at home. An upside has been the time saved not travelling to work and I expect to be doing more home working in future.
_DSC8661.jpg
   Fulham    They say that every change holds an opportunity, and it's up to us how we use it. The current situation showed us how connected we all are, how our actions affect others, and how important human connections are. It made me appreciate the
_DSC8783.jpg
   Tooting    Throughout this crazy coronavirus time, I’ve split up with my then girlfriend for 3years, feels like the best thing I ever done, I can breath again.   I also have had the coronavirus and it really had a detrimental effect to my emotiona
_DSC8747.jpg
   Clapham    Relationship psychotherapist Esther Perel says of modern relationships, ‘we are asking one person to give us what an entire village once used to provide’ and never has this been truer. In the safety, and confinement of our homes under L
_DSC9064.jpg
   Earlsfield    Time flies even during lockdown, has it been ten weeks already?!   My lockdown experience has irreversibly shaken me to the core, while my routine has altered only slightly.   We have abused our planet and make a mess of nature. Cut
_DSC8967.jpg
   Stockwell    We were due to hold a big celebration in May for an important anniversary but the pandemic stopped that.  We both work with people who are already in need due to social inequalities deepened by 10 years of austerity from our governmen
_DSC7251.jpg
   Fulham    What I miss most about this lockdown is just the normality of socialising, being able to go into a restaurant and change your order ,(unhappy emoji face ) it’s just deliveroo for one , you can’t even go boxing and have light banter with
_DSC8611.jpg
   Putney    I am 83, and a widow. I have a wonderful family and friends and they help to fill the void - the highlight of my week is cooking Sunday lunch for them. Not so, since lockdown.  On the negative side there is no-one to hug, and in our fami
_DSC8062.jpg
   Waterloo    1st ever picture of the three of us. A rare picture of love during these hard times. The world has come to a stop, but our bond together has been unbreakable
_DSC8415.jpg
   Norwood    Working from home during lockdown has allowed me to grow closer to my family and help more in making sure we live in a nice, comfortable environment.   My dad is still traveling on public transport and even though I have always been ver
_DSC8507.jpg
   Newham    I work in a Primary School by day organising activities for pupils before school and after school and keeping families updated with events in the local community.Evening, weekends, and school holidays, I get the local community active an
_DSC7905.jpg
   Clapham    I did work as a Costume Supervisor for theatre, but the show I was on was cancelled with no notice.   As soon as I heard of the emergency demand for scrubs I knew I could help, and the action has helped me.   We've made around 650 scrub
_DSC8374.jpg
   Abbey Wood     When lockdown kicked in I started planting seeds, as so many people have. Not just plants, but seeds of thought.    I'm living in a transitional home and phase at the moment, so time to reflect & evaluate has been much appreciat
_DSC8166.jpg
   Tooting    Lockdown has given me the opportunity to focus on the simple things in life.  I sit in my tiny garden watching  and listening to the different birds that arrive daily, which brings me much happiness!  I have picked up a guitar again for
   London    What were once simple outings to the Grocery Store have now become massive Expeditions. Got gloves? Check. Wait…where’s my mask? We barely make it outside of our building before one of us mutters, “Ugg, I have 2 left-handed gloves; I am
_DSC8209.jpg
   Battersea    Being at home 24/7 with your kids, you learn a lot about them, yourself and your thresholds!   Home schooling has been incredibly challenging and even hair- raising at times, but it has given us a unique insight into another side of o
_DSC6143.jpg
   Clapham Junction    My family has been coping ok since lockdown although my mum and grandma definitely do miss being able to get outside the house, however I am very much a homebody so everything I enjoy doing is already here. I’ve been painting a
 South Norwood  Covid19 has brought some family quality time to our lives. Our daughter is loving every single minute of having mum and dad around all day long. It’s wonderfully rewarding to see her evolving right in front of our eyes and not through
_DSC7654.jpg
   Wimbledon    A few years ago, my son, Thomas, asked for a 3D printer for his birthday, a printer that has only seen occasional use - that is until Covid 19 and lockdown started. Since then, it's been running 15½ hours a day producing 3D printed vi
_DSC7291.jpg
   Camberwell    Who would have thought that our bond would be our survival kit. Our love would be our medicine. Our laughter would be our food!  Its been a surreal time, the longer the time has gone on it's become more comfortable and the more 'norm
   Feltham    This lockdown has given us time to relax, reflect and re-focus. Appreciate each other more and plan for our future not just for us but for the potato we are growing.   Hoping this time gives the world a chance to heal and people to grow
   Earlsfield    Firstly, it’s very hard, but now it’s getting better. It helps if you are doing something, like reading books or reading the Quran. The community are taking good care, my children and grandchildren are also doing their part in this s
   Tooting    Living.... into the edge, doing what I can, volunteering at my GP's surgery  Loving.... the quiet gentle of plants budding, with my insouciant friend, Bodhi
   Crystal Palace    For us the lockdown has made us slow down. We have more time to pay attention to things, both inside and outside of ourselves. More space to appreciate and be grateful. To see what we have, rather than what we might lack. More op
_DSC6745.jpg
   Battersea    Lockdown stream of consciousness......  I’m proud of how we have adapted..as individuals, as families, as communities, as a nation. We may have been slow to get a grip on this thing but we might just be the first to come up with a vac
_DSC6266.jpg
   Earlsfield    During this time of self-isolation  I've been learning to use different types of communication: Duolingo, Video calls, Zoom & social distancing visitation.  Loving cycling on roads that are almost traffic free  Less pollution, ex
_DSC6217.jpg
   Stockwell    Unusual times often require unusual acts, and that’s exactly how we felt on the first Sunday in lockdown as we clambered out of our bedroom window armed with music stands and violins to play a few tunes for a small number of our neigh
2500.jpg
   Tottenham    I saw it roaring
I felt it clawing at my clothes like a grieving friend  
It said there are no new beginnings
  Until everybody sees that the old ways need to end  
But it's hard to accept that we're all one and the same flesh
  Given
_DSC5696.jpg
   Westminster    As the little one no longer has school she has been able to spend quality time at home with the family. Usually Siyana is busy with school, after school tuition, swimming and Arabic classes. And the siblings and parents are usually
_DSC5759.jpg
   Wandsworth    As Australians, we’re used to keeping in touch with loved ones online. We miss our London friends – our urban family – but we are enjoying their ingenuity through virtual quizzes, dinners and even an Anzac Day memorial (and no need f
_DSC5859.jpg
   Battersea    Yup, this is different…   However, we do have a blinding tan… in April!  For us, lockdown has really highlighted the importance of feeling safe and having a place to call home together as a couple and with our lovely friend and flatma
_DSC6034.jpg
   Chiswick    We're Clare and Mark Ellen and Nick took these shots at our locked-down home in Chiswick, West London. What extraordinary times we're negotiating. It feels like some higher being has pressed 'reset' on the earth’s router and it’s havin
_DSC5946.jpg
   Battersea    Being miserable is a habit. Being happy is a habit. The choice is ours. We focus on what we can control instead of what we can’t control.   We’re grateful to have these precious moments together. Cooking and eating together, playing g
_DSC5661.jpg
   Westminster    Plenty of lessons learnt, sad tales and new emotions but, it has been fun. Life in lockdown has made us both realise just how much of our daily lives we spend dedicated to work, work and more work. It has been refreshing going back
   Stockwell    Where we hugged, now we wave. Where we met, now we Zoom. Where we rushed, now we pause.  So frame that picture you never framed; call that cousin you lost touch with; try that recipe you cut out last year; fix that shelf; sort those p
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   New Cross    My studies are now on indefinite pause. I was about a month away from qualification.   Amid the madness with all due respect to those who’ve lost their lives, to those suffering, to those given no other option but to work sans PPE bec
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   Deptford    We've all been struck by the changes to the community, the good and bad. We are counting on ourselves and friends to retain sanity. Although obliged to stay at home, there are new posed problems recreating a routine for a group of intr
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   Crystal Palace    This is very different, living in scary and uncertain times on lockdown until the future says when we will be safe to live the new normal again.  I'm a registered childminder and a mummy so the action has changed, but I wake up g
   Tower Hamlets    We’re Polly and Khobir Wiseman-Goldstein and we live in East London. Khobir works for the NHS, so he’s still going in to work each day. It’s been stressful, because of the chronic underfunding of the service and the lack of proper
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   Croydon    You need to remember there are people around the world that would love to have our bad days
   Balham    For us, I would say our experience of lockdown is "you don't know what you've got till it's gone"- prior to the lockdown our family were very active with work, school, gym, sports clubs etc and we took the school, gyms, pools, football p
   Clapham Common    In the face of adversity, Londoners have come together as a community.  Neighbours talk to each other, help each other and collect each other’s shopping.  As a family, we have learnt to go back to basics, enjoy each other’s compa
   Wandsworth Common    We had lived in this house, and together for the first time, for a total of two weeks when the Covid-19 pandemic got serious. To that end, La Vida Lockdown has been another wave in what has been a sea of new starts and changes
   New Cross    The greatest change is not seeing faces - missing the conversations and interactions everyday that keep us attached to the outside world. Life has become much more detail-oriented, spending so much time tending to the house and really
   Dulwich    A crisis is an opportunity riding the dangerous wind - Chinese proverb.  As people who do not work a typical 9 to 5, much feels the same apart from the drastic reduction in work and earnings.  However, other aspects have increased: cook
   Walthamstow    Cesare Pavese wrote ‘we do not remember days, we remember moments’. This echoes in our minds as we are reminded of the fragility of life and the importance to appreciate the little things. We wake as a new family of three each morni
   Streatham    I think we're still working out what we'll take from life in lockdown.  On a basic level, it's definitely made us even more grateful for our home as a space we enjoy being in. I also feel like the upside of this is that people are foc
   Clapham    There is more to life than increasing its speed
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   Kensal Green    Existential angst is not easy to sustain all day.  We've adapted.  We find ourselves managing to normalise a way of life that isn't in any way normal. Music helps, so does cooking, being creative, messing about and finding differen
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   Hampstead    Having spent my first three years of retirement in perpetual world travel, Lockdown feels like someone has pressed the pause button.   Staying at home gives time to reflect. To consider what truly matters in life. Health. Family &

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