Modern Heroes

Masked Heroes

Yesterday, my sister sends me a selfie. It’s less filters, more medical gear: masks, masks, masks, and a big face shield that makes her...

Self-Portraiture in Isolation

A few months of confinement have gone by in Paris and as I try to readjust my lifestyle around the restrictions that have been imposed, I...

How Our Community is Tackling Covid-19

When the government implemented lockdown measures, I was 10.000 kilometres away from home. My name is Alberto and I am in a study abroad...

Landing in China, 22nd January

Passengers wearing masks on the train. My story has no modern heroes but is merely a documentation of my confrontation with the...

New Parallels

As COVID-19 continues its hold on the population across the world, I wanted to write about the struggle in coping with pre-existing...

Hackney Mask: A Fashion Designer’s Answer to the Pandemic

Like many UK residents, Korean fashion designer Jackie JS Lee watched in horror as COVID19 swept through China, South Korea and Italy in...

Instrumental Isolation Collective - an Anecdotal Collection

The "instrumental isolation collective" is a collaborative Spotify playlist of soothing instrumental tracks which are open for anyone to...

Time Enough at Last - The Pleasures and Perils of Solitude

I sit quietly and observe the view from the window in my room. It’s another monsoon evening in humid Indonesia and the evening light...

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