Life in London's lockdown: how the real becomes surreal
It's not the black plague. It's not Soviet Russia. It's not 28 Days Later. It's not Wuhan. These all had something in common: they were happening somewhere else. But this is happening here.
London | It's not the black plague. It's not Soviet Russia. It's not 28 Days Later. It's not Wuhan. But it is a bit like that – and it is very weird. Life in London's lockdown is both serene and surreal.
The only resemblance to the black plague is the strange, discomforting lengths to which people will go just to avoid each other, to keep the six-foot social distance.
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Hans van Leeuwen is The Australian Financial Review’s former Europe correspondent. He is now International Economy editor for The Telegraph UK.
