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Lockdown Wales by Will Hayward
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9781781726013
Published:
02 Dec 2020
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
291 pages
Dimensions:
198x208x34mm
Weight:
0.341kgs
Author:
Like the rest of the UK, lockdown in Wales meant human tragedies and unforeseen pressures on our lives. How did we manage? What was the cost to people and to the country? What did it say about the place we live in? Will Hayward has the insider account of personal loss and government strategising, key worker heroics and political fall-out.
The story of lockdown in Wales, one of the most significant events in recent Welsh history. The Covid-19 epidemic brought with it tragedy for some, and life-changing circumstances for very many people. The human cost will be counted for years and Lockdown Wales records some of the personal hardships and difficulties suffered by Welsh people. It also explores how people responded to their situation in such a positive way, and how the Welsh government managed the crisis.
The epidemic affected so many aspects of the way we live and are governed, and Will Hayward investigates the long list of topics and flashpoints in the lockdown: PPE and other pressures on the NHS, nightingale hospitals, social distancing, 'stay local', school closures, furloughing and the economy, testing, the effect on BAME communities, quarantine and isolation, domestic violence, reconnection with the natural world, the arrival of Zoom and online culture and many other subjects. He also looks at how the epidemic was reported, the strategies of the Welsh government, and the increasingly strained relations between Westminster and the devolved administrations.
Lockdown shone a bright light on Wales and the UK as places to live before the pandemic: ten years of austerity, a cash-strapped NHS, a UK riven by the Brexit debate, growing momentum for devolution or independence. The result - in the lack of pandemic planning, the myth of being 'all in it together', rising employment as companies relocated to Europe, etc - means that many believe that the recent past is a normal to which we must not return, and Hayward explores the possibilities for the future.
About the Author: Will Hayward is a multi award winning journalist and columnist based in Wales specialising in politics and investigative journalism. He is the Acting Political Editor of WalesOnline, the Western Mail and South Wales Echo where he is also a popular columnist. He has a passion for reporting on a huge range of issues around equality, poverty, climate change and domestic violence. For Will political reporting is not about the politicians but the people their day to day decisions affect. Will didn't realise he wanted to be a journalist until he was 25. In his four year career Will has been nominated for 17 journalism awards and was named Welsh Journalist of the year in 2019. His book Lockdown Wales: How Covid 19 Tested Wales is forthcoming from Seren in November 2020.
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