When normality becomes surreal: Pictures from the pandemic you may never see again
In decades to come, images like these could be displayed in a museum. What will future generations make of ‘the great unlocking’?
15 April 2021 • 7:50am
It’s twilight, and the park is draining of colour.
‘That’s The Way (I Like It)’, by KC and The Sunshine Band, drifts tinnily across the basketball court.
People sit on rugs. Some have wine. Some are playing cricket in the distance. Below the basketball court, a teenager clatters past on a skateboard.
The air smells vaguely of grass cuttings, and cannabis. It is achingly familiar, a warm weekend afternoon in a British park. But for months, our parks, skate ramps and streets have been silent and empty, as people of all ages stayed at home during the third national lockdown of the pandemic.