launched to raise money to build a memorial in st paul s cathedral to those who ve died as a result of coronavirus. costing £2.3 million, it would be the first new structure of its kind inside st paul s for 150 years. charlotte wright reports. for centuries, st paul s cathedral has been a place to reflect on significant international events, which is why campaigners say it s a fitting site for this, a covid memorial. designed by an architect who himself lost his mother during the pandemic. there are now over 100,000 other families who will have gone through that same sense of dislocating anguish. and, for us, i think a memorial could not be more important. the plan is to build the memorial here at the north door, the site of a porch that was bombed during world war ii. and visitors will walk through to an area of reflection, where there will be a digital book of condolence and they can call up entries, including photos and epitaphs. more than 7,300 names have already been up
eileen had never met. hello, eileen. diane was her telephone friend throughout the pandemic and today they were able to meet face to face at last. i think it makes a big difference that somebody cares. how much difference having someone you could talk to? terrific. we ve had a good laugh, haven t we? we just realised that we at the same sense of humour i think and i would tell her tales and it would make her laugh, so i would tell her some more and i would stop you. just worked out really well. eileen has been on her own since losing her husband but there s many like her and age uk has lottery funding to maintain the telephone service. we found we had a lot of people volunteer to wanted to do it you have been furloughed and a lot of customers wanting to come on board who needed some extra support, so that is how the project snowballed. and those like diane who volunteered with the telephone service found the rewards flowed both ways. it must have been important to you as well
which killed ms hutchins in october. now, it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it s nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that s currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house o
are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that is currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on cryptocurrency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house or even a video clip. that proof is a unique token that is non changeable, non fungible it is a non fungible token, or nft. personally, i have always been sceptical of whether nfts are a sensible idea but there are plenty of people who ve bought into them, literally. ownership rights for some digital artworks
it s time for click. this week: buying a forest on the blockchain yes, it is nftrees . a one minute covid test, and that s no gag. we ll take a call from the past if we can lift the handset. and it s mars, it s the moon, it s the country that is out of this world. are you ready for today s teaser? go on, then! right, what does this penguin, this building in iceland, a huge digital artwork and this slamming basketball block all have in common? ah, our most loyal viewers might know! yes, they will. they ve all turned up in our attempts to explain the blockchain the buzzword of the decade, the things that every business needs. does it really? no, but go with me. and the thing that is currently burning through more electricity than the country of argentina as people use blockchain technology to try and get rich on crypto currency. so the blockchain is a way of storing ownership records. it can prove that you own a bitcoin, a house or even a video clip. that proof is a uniq