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The latest post in our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' comes from our postdoctoral researcher Charlie Williams, who reflects on his own experiences of solitude and sociality during lockdown.

Gabriel Lawson writes about prisoners-of-war dealing with isolation and its absence in the next post for our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19'.

The novelist and professor of creative writing Patrick Flanery muses on isolation, pandemics and William Maxwell for the latest post in our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19'.

The newest post in our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' comes from our official project cat Benji Franklin, who offers some meditations on solitude and lockdown from a feline perspective.

Nick Jones offers some escapism with a video essay on science fiction solitude for our blog series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19'.

We look to the past for the latest post in our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19', with Naomi Pullin offering some insights into how people remained sociable when physical distant from one another.

In the 1980s, Shokoufeh Sakhi spent eight years in an Iranian prison, two of them in solitary confinement. Here, she reflects on current experiences of isolation and connection, as part of our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19'.

Our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' continues with a post from historian Pat Thane, who details the harmful effects of discrimination faced by older people during this pandemic.

Barbara Taylor, our Principal Investigator, contributes the next post to our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19', musing on the dangers of solitude throughout history.

The next guest post in our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' comes from Marie Kolkenbrock, who writes about finding the balance between proximity and distance during a pandemic