Les (Non-)Miserables - "One Day More"

"A family from Kent who shared a video of their living room performance of a lockdown-themed adaptation of a Les Misérables song have become a sensation online. Ben and Danielle Marsh and their four children changed the lyrics of One Day More to reflect common complaints during the Covid-19 lockdown. They say the video, which has gone viral, was intended to give friends and family a laugh during this stressful time" (Guardian News - YouTube)

Test, test, test - explanation and plea (Jeremy Hunt)

Why it is essential we adopt mass community testing as our national strategy: my video today pic.twitter.com/QriHoYAhYa

— Jeremy Hunt (@Jeremy_Hunt) March 31, 2020

Covid-19: We can't move forward till we can see where we are.

COVID19: How can we control it if we don't know where it is? Test everyone. (Jeremy Hunt)

“How can we possibly suppress the virus if we don’t know where it is?”

Former health secretary Jeremy Hunt condemns the government's mismanagement of coronavirus testing. #CoronavirusLockdown pic.twitter.com/zd4jMmfkLr

— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) March 24, 2020

Vision, having sight of the problem, is vital in order to solve it. Jeremy Hunt cites other countries who have got control of their outbreaks with intensive testing and contact tracing. Let's hope the government understands this message and acts on it.

Self-isolating? Follow Roo's adventures - therapeutic

This is Roo the pig's interpretation of Christopher Isherwood's "I Am a Camera". It's quite fantastic.

Overheard on a Bus #n

Daffodils are ugly, egomaniacs
Blowing their own trumpets,
Playing silly buglers, monotonous
"Does my bulb look big in this" bimbos.
Oh but we love them, we love them senseless
Because we know they're better than us.

Apology

For avoidance of all doubt,
daffodils are lovely, hapless
horse-like, handsome flowers.
I apologise to daffodils,
they cannot help themselves,
it's the way they're brought up.

Hard times in the East End, London 1970s - photo gallery

David Truzzi-Franconi's Photographs of the East End in the 70s published for the first time: https://t.co/QXfJjV1p6g pic.twitter.com/meyZdSgp2L

— Spitalfields Life (@thegentleauthor) March 15, 2020

"If I ever met Jurgen Klopp" by Laura Lexx - hilarious

This is a sort of avant garde short story or flash fiction in a Twitter thread. Follow the link to read to the end.

If I ever met Jurgen Klopp I’d say “omg if we have a baby we should call it Klipp” just so he’d raise an eyebrow at me and tell me I’m a moron and I’d be so naked by the time he’d finished doing that.

— Laura Lexx (@lauralexx) March 13, 2020