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A scene from the HBO Dramatisation of The Handmaids Tale.

Anna Nicholas: My column

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Anna Nicholas’s views on being muted by a new ‘woke’ belief system and how Brexit affects British businesses operating in the EU.

An employee of German biopharmaceutical company CureVac, demonstrates research workflow on a vaccine for the coronavirus (COVID-19) disease at a laboratory in Tuebingen, Germany.

At last there is hope!

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But honestly, is any of this feasible? Are governments really that bright? Columnist and writer Anna Nicholas thinks it’s very doubtful.

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Getting your package delievered at home is beginning to be the new normal.

Getting your package delivered or not?

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Anna Nicholas’s second Majorca based crime novel, Haunted Magpie, is published this November. It will be available at Universal Bookshop, Portals Nous & Come In & Llibres Colom in Palma, also at all good UK bookshops & via amazon.

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Dominic Cummings.

Cummings-Gate

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The antics of Cummings and his kind has rightfully enraged those who steadfastly
adhered to government guidelines even at the expense of never being able to say goodbye
to those they loved.

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British Prime Minister Boris Johnson takes part during the 'Clap for our Carers' campaign in support of Britain's National Health Service (NHS) in 10 Downing Street.

What a muddle

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I’m not sure whether Boris Johnson has just thrown all his cards in the air and handed the rulebook to a bunch of mad men but it certainly seems that way.

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Professor Neil Ferguson.

Brainless professors

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It’s good to get some laughs during lockdown. It certainly beats the relentless drudgery of the day to day corona news.

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We can finally leave our homes and for one hour go running!

Freedom?

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I was confused about the one km radius edict. Did that mean that I’d have to run around in circles for one hour?

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Captain Tom Moore on completion of his fund raising walk.

Walking the walk

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At subliminal level, the public is reverting to caveman mode, unconsciously thinking of survival and how best to cope in a world of uncertainty.

My Column

To mask or not to mask?

Hospital Pizza Express

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The haves and have-nots will have a totally different experience at this time, just like the passengers did on the fateful Titanic.

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Had I not been in lockdown I would have: climbed three Tramuntana peaks.

Life goes by

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For now, this is a golden opportunity to listen to silence, embrace one’s family and friends and reach out to those in need even virtually.

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Madrid City Council thanked the people of Madrid for their "civic-mindedness in this serious health crisis" with two flags displayed on the façade of the Palacio de Cibeles, one with the colours of the Spanish flag and a 'Thank you to all', and the other with the ribbon worn by the mayor, José Luis Martínez-Almeida, on his social networks.

Comrades in arms

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I have been impressed by the plucky spirit of the expats on Majorca and the social media community as a whole.

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Majorca's reality TV presenter Caroline Flack.

The fragility of life

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Calls for more media control after Caroline Flack's death, coal and wood fire ban, homeless people in Palma and sharing trend is catching up.

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Flowers and gifts for Valentine's Day are displayed for sale at a local store in Commerce, Texas.

Braving it out

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Weekly columnist writes about the carefully crafted PR move, Valentine's Day fervor, wild dogs on the loose and the long goodbye by Harry and Meghan.

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Maths lessons are so exciting when they are set up in a practical way by imaginative teachers.

Learning can be such fun!

Cutting, counting, experimenting, building, problem solving and investigating real problems to find appropriate solutions helps to make learning meaningful.

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