Collective trauma and how we coped: The joys and dangers of lockdown nostalgia

It was the most challenging of times, yet many of us are nostalgic for lockdown. It’s a natural response, says Katie Bishop, in this period of uncertainty

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Cast your mind back to early 2020 and ask yourself: How was your lockdown?

In some ways, I was lucky with mine – I had no children to homeschool, no frontline job, and the good fortune to avoid serious illness.