Eight ways lockdown has changed our homes and habits
For almost a year, Londoners have been trapped inside the four walls of their homes. To mark the start of These Four Walls, our new series on how the pandemic has changed our domestic lives, we explore its impact on everything from how we sleep to what we eat by Eastlondonlines/ April 12, 2021/
By Anna Prudhomme, Nenseh Koneh, Weronika Strzyzynska
The last year has been absolutely unprecedented; one lockdown turned into three, “stay home, protect the NHS, save lives” has been permanently engrained on our brains, and we now consider beer a “substantial meal.” Many of us have seen our entire lives reduced to the four walls of our homes. And, while its still too soon to tell what our lives will look like after we re-enter the outside world, we have have found eight ways in which we adapted our dwelling spaces to accommodate our new homebody life s
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Britain is in the throes of a huge dognapping crime wave. The humane societies and rescue charities in Britain say they have never seen anything like it. Animal welfare investigators – pet detectives, really – blame the pandemic. The demand for dogs is massive, but there are so few for sale or adoption. So crime bosses are now puppy brokers. In the United States, the most famous recent case involved Lady Gaga s French bulldogs, Koji and Gustav, stolen from her dog walker, Ryan Fischer, who was shot during the dog robbery in West Hollywood. In Britain, the problem has risen to the level of senior government officials. Home Secretary Priti Patel called the reported rise in pet theft “absolutely shocking”. Police Minister Kit Malthouse vowed action, saying, “It s a sad fact that criminals will seek to profit by this vile crime.”
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