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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 30: Realisation

Early this morning I have a dream where some weird infection is spreading over the world, and everyone has been told that they can only…

2 min readApr 18, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 30: Realisation

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Francesca Ramsay
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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 29: Nothing of Note

Distracted, lethargic, slightly sad, quietly and incessantly anxious. Bored, quite argumentative and prone to small but significant…

1 min readApr 17, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 29: Nothing of Note

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 28: Extension

C is weeing on the potato patch. This is one of the numerous ways he reminds me of my father. Which is disconcerting. Though many things…

2 min readApr 16, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 28: Extension

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 27: Food

Out on my daily walk on the common, an elderly man cycles past muttering ‘bastard, bastard, bastard’ under his breath. His rucksack and…

2 min readApr 15, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 27: Food

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 26: Spring Clean

I’m sitting on the floor of the mezzanine drinking gin and tonic with my feet in the last triangle of sun. From up here I can see a lot of…

2 min readApr 14, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 26: Spring Clean

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 25: Habits

C is still playing Football Manager. He talks about it as if it were a job. He is crushingly disappointed with his chosen team, Oxford…

2 min readApr 13, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 25: Habits

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 24: Railway Lines

Disused railway lines contain all the worst detritus of human life. Rather than the treasures, old coins, literature, art and music that…

1 min readApr 12, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 24: Railway Lines

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 23: Character

C has been communicating to me in the voice and character of his new alter-ego- the very disappointed and very right wing character of my…

2 min readApr 11, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 23: Character

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 22: Holiday

We are all in holiday mode. Holiday mode with the underlying stress that all your loved ones could die next week. But holiday mode…

2 min readApr 10, 2020

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Social Distancing in a Shared House; Day 22: Holiday

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Social Isolation in a Shared House; Day 21: Foam and Mainly Nothing

This morning on my way to Tesco I saw a runner exerting himself so hard that thick streams of foam were dripping out of his mouth and…

2 min readApr 9, 2020

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Social Isolation in a Shared House; Day 21: Foam and Mainly Nothing

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Francesca Ramsay

Francesca Ramsay

Somewhat lackadaisical art historian. Freelance arts writer and editor. Very often not writing about art. Let’s talk: www.francescaramsay.co.uk

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