Tower and Town, November 2020

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Colour Supplement: Editorial: Lockdown Colour Supplement

Lockdown is hard on everybody, but human ingenuity and indomitability has a way of wringing laughter and enjoyment out of even the toughest of situations. We are all familiar with World War II PoWs staging their own evenings’ entertainment in their determination to keep their spirits up. The same spirit is evident as we all confront the Covid-19 corona virus.

You will find here a miscellaneous collection of accounts of life under lockdown from around the world. Each has a touch of that indomitable human sparkle. I hope they will give you some cheer; please do also look at the online edition (http://towerandtown.org.uk) where there is some video footage that we are unable to include in a printed magazine.

I owe a debt of gratitude to my very generous and vivid correspondents: thank you!

Peter and Catharina Tinniswood in France, near Albi

Hugh de Saram