Women, Sex and Solitude in Marian Engel's 'Bear' 06 Oct 202006 Oct 2020 Blog Our Principal Investigator Barbara Taylor explores the mysteries and joys of erotic companionship between a lone woman and a bear, in this reading of Marian Engel's award-winning novel 'Bear'. The Unexpected Solace of Lockdown 25 Sep 202021 Sep 2020 Blog During the UK's first period of lockdown, our project began to form an archive of written testimonies about how the pandemic has affected people's experiences of solitude. In the last of three blog posts, members of the public reflect on the positive elements they have found in their lockdown lives. With or Without You: Solitude and Family Life 23 Sep 202023 Sep 2020 Blog During the UK's first period of lockdown, our project began to form an archive of written testimonies about how the pandemic has affected people's experiences of solitude. In the second of three blog posts, members of the public reflect on the possibilities and impossibilities of solitude in family life. 'Within Almost-Touching Distance': Solitude and Physical Isolation 21 Sep 202021 Sep 2020 Blog During the UK's first period of lockdown, our project began to form an archive of written testimonies about how the pandemic has affected people's experiences of solitude. In this first of three blog posts, members of the public reflect on physical isolation during and after lockdown. Watching When One is Alone With Oneself: Solitude and the Dog 01 Sep 202002 Sep 2020 Blog Thomas Laqueur takes us on a journey through literature and art in our latest guest post to find the animals who guard against cosmic loneliness. 'Curing solitude'? Retreats and the experience of solitude in community 02 Jul 202006 Jul 2020 Blog In the newest guest post on this blog, Jane Shaw muses on experiences - past and present - of community forming and being alone together as part of religious retreats. Converging Histories: Loneliness, Disability and Facial Difference 17 Jun 202006 Jul 2020 Blog Fay Bound Alberti discusses facial difference, loneliness and the challenges raised by the pandemic in the latest post for our series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19'. Undocumented Solitudes 04 Jun 202006 Jul 2020 Blog This week our blog series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' features conversations with two undocumented women living through the pandemic in the UK. Pubs, Parks, Strangers and Strangeness 01 Jun 202030 Sep 2020 Blog 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. COVID-19 and Captivity 20 May 202006 Jul 2020 Blog 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'.
