You don’t really need me to tell you that 2020 has been quite a year. Although restrictions have been generally eased in the UK, for months we shut ourselves away from our families and friends in an attempt to protect ourselves and each other from a virus that has wreaked havoc across the world, on a scale that is unprecedented in modern times.
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A reminder to look for beauty in darker times
Over five years ago, I started my blog to write about the centenary of the First World War, and paired each post on a commemorative event with a traditional war-time inspired recipe.
Over 100 years on from the War, the world is engaged in a different kind of conflict. Coronavirus has swept the globe, leaving a trail of devastation in its path in the form of many thousands of grieving families.
It’s an enemy we cannot see and which we have limited weapons to fight against. It doesn’t discriminate against old or young, men or women, rich or poor, those in power or ordinary people.
But it is a war that has required us to fight together rather than with each other. These are indeed unprecedented times.
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