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On April 12, stage two of England’s road map out of Covid lockdown was enacted and a vast chunk of its economy blew off the cobwebs and reopened to an expectant public.
Pubs, restaurants and cafes were allowed to resume outside service and non-essential retail shops and gyms welcomed back patrons, albeit with Covid-secure protocols in place.
Nowhere in England is there a denser concentration of retail, hospitality and leisure establishments than its capital city.
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Back on a Saturday in February, before the road map had begun, and when schoolchildren were still learning from home,
The National sent photographer Rob Greig on to London’s desolate streets to take a snapshot of the city in lockdown.