She didn't think herself a racist. She'd had black school friends, worked with black women at the restaurant, and watched Oprah daily.But when her seven-year-old, white daughter brought home a ... [+]
The Anniversary - A cautionary tale in time of Lockdown
Nowadays, Maisie spends most of her time looking out of their bedroom window. She's arranged the furniture so she can observe the outside world in comfort. A chair from the back room pulled to one side of the window. A pair of binoculars on the window ledge in case she spies anything of interest, and a notebook and pen to record it for future reference.Nicholas's small bed lies undisturbed beside her chair. The cat hasn't been upstairs recently, preferring instead to sit on Stan's lap in the lounge while he watches DVDs of Dads' Army. Stan has every episode of every series, and he watches them