Jogging round the block. A bike ride in the park. An online yoga class. We must take what we can get
So, how’s quarantine going for you? For me, perhaps the most striking discovery of the past couple of weeks is the revelation that my many deferred and undone tasks – the books not read, the films not watched, the camera rolls not tidied, the shelves not rearranged – were never meant to be done at all.
Shakespeare may famously have written King Lear while in plague quarantine but then Shakespeare never had to contend with Instagram Stories, internet chess and an online quiz with the irresistible title “Name Every England Test Cricketer of the 2010s”. (Ajmal Shahzad is the one that gets most people.)
Written by Jonathan Liew
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2020/mar/30/small-sport-coronavirus-lockdown-olympic-legacy under the title “The pleasures of Small Sport can help us all through lockdown | Jonathan Liew”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
