Talking to Myself 07 Dec 202106 Jan 2022 Blog Vanessa Lim misses dancing. In this blog, she learns new ways to say 'I miss you' and remembers the intimacies of dance partners. No island is an island: Covid and the deadliness of willed isolation 16 Nov 202107 Dec 2021 Blog Our Principal Investigator, Barbara Taylor discusses what it means to be 'involved in mankind as a whole' in pandemic times. A Slice of Life 18 Jun 202118 Jun 2021 Blog In our latest post, Tom Wicker reflects on the sensory solace of lockdown baking and breathing out in the face of COVID uncertanties. Coffee, COVID and Porridge 26 May 202127 May 2021 Blog Writer and mental health advocate Kate Stone Matheson describes the solitude of chronic illness and disability against a backdrop of repeated pandemic lockdowns in Melbourne, Australia. There's Something About Elephants 06 Apr 202106 Apr 2021 Blog We cross continents for our latest 'Lockdown Fantasy', as Viv Graveson imagines herself back to the very best kind of solitude with a herd of orphaned Kenyan elephants. To My Adorable, Defiant, But Entirely Imaginary, Corgi 12 Mar 202112 Mar 2021 Blog Our postdoctoral researcher James Morland writes about family, longing, and the dreamiest of dream dogs for the second post in our 'Lockdown Fantasies' blog series. Solitude and Nature Writing 18 Jan 202122 Jan 2021 Blog We explore nature, in the Cairngorms and beyond, in our latest post, as Di Beddow introduces us to the mountain landscapes of Nan Shepherd's writing and suggests how nature might enhance and sweeten solitude. The Solitude Files 26 Nov 202030 Nov 2020 Blog Anna Harpin and Susie Riddell from theatre company Idiot Child explore experiences of lockdown solitude in this short film created for our project. The Homes That People Make For Each Other 18 Nov 202022 Jan 2021 Blog In this post, Nisha Ramayya shares some of the things that have made lockdown feel less lonely and helped her to consider loneliness differently. The Unexpected Solace of Lockdown 25 Sep 202026 Nov 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.