Fiona Cullinan

Lowering the alert level from 4 to 3 means the virus is in the general population and that restrictions can therefore ease further, though it’s not a given. Here is a variety of opinions nicked from BBC comments: This is Outrageous! Relaxing the lockdown like this is Totally Irresponsible! Good…

It feels like I applied for a proper job today but really it’s freelance, part-time, remote WFH work on top of my current workload. (Not like that time I applied for a full-time job with an NGO in Berlin and was going to potentially uproot my whole life – would have…

As the shops reopen this week, some health and safety set-ups will be better than others. We are highly reliant on people following the rules and, ahem, ‘staying alert’ to the endless signs and instructions if we are to avoid a second wave. I’m dubious how compliant people will be.…

When we lost our long time bunny overlord, Bunminster, just after Easter, we decided to have a break from getting another rabbit straight away. The animal sanctuaries were closed for adoptions during lockdown, anyway. We knew our remaining bun, Clem Bundango, would need company at some point but it’s been…

The shops reopened today. I couldn’t care less but the media seemed to be in a frenzy about it. I do need some sun cream but I think I sated my retail thirst by buying a bushcraft knife, folding saw and survival fire starter last week. I am a survival…

When… When your three-year-old great nephew says the phrase ‘social distancing’ as the reason you can’t get close… When you overhear an older lady talking about the speech she never gave because of lockdown and how she would rather wait to give it in person to a real audience… When…

Just before lockdown, three of us launched Walkspace as a Midlands collective based on the strange and often academic arts of creative walking. We ran a few events, mostly night walks, before the global pandemic smothered all our plans.  Restricted to solo walking our suburb of Stirchley we started noticing……

I know of only two or three households that are supposed to be shielding, ie, not leaving their homes and minimising all contact until at least the end of June because they are at the highest risk from coronavirus. This includes my friend Paul and his family, usually gregarious and upbeat…

Hello! Anyone still reading after 78 blog posts? Hi sis. Hi Triz. Hi Hazel. Hi Liz. Hi Ray. Hi John maybe. I hope you like the headline – I thought it sounded like a cryptic crossword clue. Five days in a row at the allotment now and I’m starting to…