Relatives recount distress and loneliness their loved ones went through in pandemic as a result of isolation policy

“At the time it felt like a devil’s bargain – it was horrible, but it was what [we thought] we had to do to keep people safe,” says Amy of the “devastating” and “terrifying” restrictions that led to her maternal grandparents being locked down in separate care homes during the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Eva and Eric had been married for more than 60 years when her dementia and his increased frailty meant they needed separate residential support. When the first lockdown was announced in March 2020, however, it in effect cut them off from each other and their granddaughter, to whom they had been especially close after the early death of Amy’s mother.

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"Sally Rooney is a writer, not a terrorist," said an open letter signed by the Hollywood stars, alongside Jessie Buckley, Susan Sarandon, Tilda Swinton, Alison Oliver, Jonathan Glazer and Armando Iannucci.

A decade ago, I made a decision about my daughter’s education that I hoped would challenge New York City’s separate and unequal school system. Now 16, she thinks I made the wrong choice.

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Jon Savage (Londres, 73 años) es un referente musical absoluto. Este periodista, crítico y escritor es una figura clave en la historia del punk británico (y global) como demuestra su libro England´s Dreaming, sobre los Sex Pistols, pioneros de ese sonido. Savage también es gay. Y en su último e imponente libro, El público secreto. Cómo los artistas LGTBQ dieron forma a la cultura popular (1955-1979), traducido al español por Tito Pintado para la editorial Liburuak, ha ensamblado su conocimiento musical con su propia identidad, con la realidad LGTBIQ+, con la lucha por los derechos. “Este libro lleva rondando mi cabeza décadas”, afirma el autor en una conversación por videoconferencia, “pero cuando uno envejece, quiere dejar cosas hechas”.

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