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.

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.

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.

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.

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'.

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.

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

The first guest post in our blog series on 'Solitude in the Time of COVID-19' comes from historian Fred Cooper, who offers a path through some contexts for and responses to the current crisis.