Tom Ellis: Adapting to a different way of living

Stick together

Tom Ellis
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Two and a half weeks into isolation and Professional Adviser editor Tom Ellis is struggling a little bit with the monotony. That said, he emphasises the role people and community have to play in this crisis...

I think the strangest thing about the current situation is how the days all blur into one. I live in a 2-bedroom flat in East London with my girlfriend - no garden, just a balcony. It might not sound like much - and, to be fair, it isn't - but two and a half weeks into this semi-lockdown it's done us well. I saw something earlier this week that has stuck with me. It was basically a father tweeting about how his son was upset he wouldn't do his arts and crafts with him like he would yesterday, because his dad had to join a conference call in the home office. "It's Monday, I have to wor...

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